Renewable Raw Materials

INTRODUCTION TO RENEWABLE RESOURCES IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
PLANTS AS BIOREACTORS: PRODUCTION AND USE OF PLANT-DERIVED SECONDARY METABOLITES, ENZYMES, AND PHARMACEUTICAL PROTEINS
Introduction
Renewable Resources in the Chemical Industry
Fine Chemicals and Drugs
Plant-Made Pharmaceuticals
WORLD AGRICULTURAL CAPACITY
Petrochemicals Today
Renewable Chemicals
Agricultural Production
Supplying the Chemical Industry
Summary
LOGISTICS OF RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS
Introduction
Determining Factors for the Logistics of Industrial Utilization Chains for Renewable Raw Materials
Processing Steps of Renewable Raw Material Logistic Chains
Design and Planning of Renewable Raw Material Logistic Chains
Summary and Conclusions
EXISTING VALUE CHAINS
Industrial Biotechnology Today - Main Products, Substrates, and Raw Materials
White Biotechnology - Future Products from Today's Raw Materials?
Effects of Feedstock and Process Technology onthe Production Cost of Chemicals
New Raw Materials for White Biotechnology
Case Studies: Lignocellulose as Raw Material and Intermediates
Case Studies: "SCOs" as Raw Material and Intermediate
Conclusions
FUTURE BIOREFINERIES
Introduction
Current and Future Outlook for Biofuels
Chemicals from Renewable Resources
The Role of Clean Technologies in Biorefineries
The Size of Future Biorefineries
Conclusions
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL USE OF RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS
Introduction
Biorefinery Industry and the Development of EU Rural Areas
From Analytic to Systemic Modeling Methodology of the Biorefinery Industry
Stakeholders' Perceptions of Biorefinery in Rural Areas: Issues and Lessons from the South of Italy
Concluding Remarks
BIOBASED PRODUCTS - MARKET NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Introduction
Definition
Basic Technology for the Conversion of Renewable Raw Materials
Classes of Bioproducts
Current Status
Outlook and Perspectives
LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS OF BIOBASED PRODUCTS
Introduction: Why Life-Cycle

Roland Ulber studied chemistry at the University of Hannover, Germany, where he graduated in 1994. He then joined the University of Münster, Germany, and received his PhD in 1996 from the Institute of Technical Chemistry at the University of Hannover (under the guidance of Prof. Thomas Scheper and Prof. Karl Schügerl). At the same university he received his Habilitation in 2002. He has been Professor for Bioengineering at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern since 2004. Roland UlberŽs main research interest is the use of renewable resources as feedstock for chemical and biotechnological processes. Currently he is involved in several national and international research projects in the area of biorefineries. He is chairmen of the working group ¿Biotechnological Use of Renewable Resources¿ at the DECHEMA e. V., Frankfurt, Germany.

Dr. Dieter Sell is Head of the Biotechnology Division of DECHEMA e.V., a position he has held since 2006. He received his degree in Biology from the University of Bochum and was awarded his doctorate in Technical Chemistry from the University of Dortmund. From 1991 to 2006 he was the Head of the Bioprocess Engineering Group at the Karl-Winnacker Institute of the DECHEMA. In 2004 he received his habilitation in the field of Technical Chemistry from the University of Hanover. Dr. Sell has published 25 peer reviewed papers and edited 1 book.

Prof. Thomas Hirth is the Managing Director of The Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and holds the Chair of the Institute for Interfacial Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Prof. Hirth received his PhD in chemistry from the University of Karlsruhe. In 1992 he joined the Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology, where he was appointed as Director of the Division Environmental Engineering in 1995. In 2004 he was awarded an honorary professorship at the University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden, in the department of Environmental Engineering

"The editors and their team of contributing experts in this special field created an excellent up-to-date reference guide covering all aspects from a wide range of perspectives, emphasizing not only the technical issues but also considering the market place and socio-economic aspects." (Advances in Food Science, 2012) "As a conclusion of this review this book gives a concentrated overview on all aspects of the use of renewable in the chemical industry for experts and everyone who wants to be informed on today and future options of the bio-based chemistry." (Encyclopedia of Industrial Biotechnology, 30 August 2011)

"The editors and their team of contributing experts in this special field created an excellent up-to-date reference guide covering all aspects from a wide range of perspectives, emphasizing not only the technical issues but also considering the market place and socio-economic aspects." (Advances in Food Science, 2012)

"As a conclusion of this review this book gives a concentrated overview on all aspects of the use of renewable in the chemical industry for experts and everyone who wants to be informed on today and future options of the bio-based chemistry." (Encyclopedia of Industrial Biotechnology, 30 August 2011)