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Focusing on the conversion of biomass into gas or liquid fuels thebook covers physical pre-treatment technologies, thermal, chemicaland biochemical conversion technologies- Details the latest biomass characterizationtechniques- Explains the biochemical and thermochemical conversionprocesses- Discusses the development of integrated biorefineries,which are similar to petroleum refineries in concept, covering suchtopics as reactor configurations and downstream processing- Describes how to mitigate the environmental risks whenusing biomass as fuel- Includes many problems, small projects, samplecalculations and industrial application examples.