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Biomass as a Nonfossil Fuel Source
An attractive and renewable source of carbon for synthetic fuels and energy This timely book contains twenty-five chapters grouped into five major categories: biomass production, liquid fuels, gaseous fuels, economics and energetics, and systems analysis. Pre sentations of pure research as well as discussions of working conversion sys tems make this volume invaluable to those interested in renewable, environ mentally benign energy supplies. CONTENTS
144 ACS Symposium Series No. 144 Donald L. Klass, Editor Institute of Gas Technology Based on a symposium sponsored by the Division of Petroleum Chemistry of the American Chemical Society.
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Production of biomass in the forms of trees, nonwoody land plants, freshwater and marine macrophytes, and water plants is presented. Oil. ethanol. methanol, methane, and acetylene are among the specific conversion products of biomass that are discussed. Enzymatic, thermochemical digestive, and pyrolytic conversion processes are represented in this comprehen sive volume. The economics of chemicals and synthetic fuels from biomass is also analyzed thoroughly. 564 pages (1981) LC 80-26044
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comparison of chemical metabolism by plants and by animal liver enzyme systems is also provided. Metabolic Maps of Pesticides. Hiroyasu Aizawa. xvi + 243 pages. Ac ademic Press, Inc., 111 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10003. 1982. $35 (add $1.50 for shipping and handling), hardcover. This book graphically shows the metabolic chemistry of many pesti cides in animal and plant systems. In cluded are acid amides, amidines and guanidines, anilines, nitrobenzenes, pyrethroids, phosphorodithiolates, and about two dozen other chemical clas sifications. Total Environmental Control: The Economics of Cross-Media Pollution Transfers. J. Lowe et al. 134 pages. Pergamon Press Ltd., Headlington Hill Hall, Oxford, OX3 0BW, U.K. 1982. $21.50, hardcover. This book evaluates cross-media pollution in an economic framework, both theoretically and empirically. Featured are chapters dealing with alternative approaches to pollution damage evaluation. It, looks at media themselves, various industries, energy problems, and many other pertinent matters. Soft Energy Notes. Periodical, six issues/year. Soft Energy Notes, 1045 Sansome St., San Francisco, Calif. 94111. $25/year ($50 for business/ government agencies; $15 for Friends of the Earth members). This periodical states that Ameri cans have gotten 50 times more new energy from improving efficiency than from expanding energy supply. It adds that the largest expansion has been from renewable resources and that in Japan, for instance, solar collectors are a $500 million/year industry. Other renewable energy news items, national and worldwide, are featured in this periodical. Ecology of Coastal Waters: A System Approach. K. H. Mann, x + 322 pages. University of California Press, 2223 Fulton St., Berkeley, Calif. 94720. 1982. $18, paperback; $36, hard cover. This book reviews several types of coastal systems. It discusses grass and mangrove systems, seaweed systems, phytoplankton systems, the role of microorganisms, coral reefs, sediment communities, fish and shellfish, and water movement and productivity. Models and management are also ex amined.
