Abstract
Today fossil resources supply 86% of our energy and 96% of organic chemicals. Future petroleum production is unlikely to meet our society's growing needs. Green chemistry is an area which is attracting increasing interest as it provides unique opportunities for innovation via use of clean and green technologies, product substitution and the use of renewable feedstocks such as dedicated crops or food supply chain by-products for the production of bio-derived chemicals, materials and fuels. This chapter provides an introduction to the concepts of green chemistry and the biorefinery and, based on examples, discusses second generation re-use of waste and by-products as feedstocks for the biorefinery.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Advances in Biorefineries |
| Subtitle of host publication | Biomass and Waste Supply Chain Exploitation |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 3-33 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780857095213 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2014 |
Keywords
- Biorefinery
- Clean technologies
- Food supply chain waste
- Green chemistry
- Renewable and sustainable resources
- Resource intelligence