The Past and Present of Bioethanol Corn, Sugarcane, and Cellulosics

As a reminder, biomass is a biological material that is derived from a living organism, a recently living organism, or a metabolic by-product of a living organism (EIA, 2014). Corn is an example of a living source of biomass, chopped wood is an example of a recently living source of biomass, and met...

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Published inOur Energy Future p. 71
Main Authors Mayfield, Stephen P, Jones, Carla S
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States University of California Press 16.02.2016
Edition1
Subjects
Agricultural sciences
Agriculture
Agronomy
Alcohol fuels
Alcohols
Alternative fuels
Applied sciences
Bioethanol
Biofuels
Biological sciences
Biomass
Biomass production
Biopolymers
Cellulosic ethanol
Chemical compounds
Chemicals
Chemistry
Coarse grains
Corn
Crops
Ecology
Energy crops
Energy engineering
Engineering
Ethanol
Ethanol fuels
Field crops
Food crops
Fuels
Functional groups
Glucans
Grains
Hydroxyls
Microphysics
Molecular physics
Molecules
Physical sciences
Physics
Polymers
Polysaccharides
Starches
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Summary:As a reminder, biomass is a biological material that is derived from a living organism, a recently living organism, or a metabolic by-product of a living organism (EIA, 2014). Corn is an example of a living source of biomass, chopped wood is an example of a recently living source of biomass, and methane gas emitted from cows is an example of a metabolic by-product of a living organism. All of these biomass sources and many more either are directly biofuels themselves or can be used in the production of biofuels. One of the most common biofuels used today is bioethanol,
ISBN:0520278771
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