Milazzo 1984

596 International Bioenergy Directory and Handbook 1984. P.F. Bente, Jr. (Editor). The Bio-energy Council, Washington, 1984, xiv + 610 pp., US 95.00. Like the preceding editions, this 1984 edition is an invalu able source of information. It consists of six parts d evoted to: Biomass resources (I); Microbial conversions (II); Thermal conversions (III); Fuel tests (IV); Related studies (V); and References (VI). Each part in turn consists of a certain numbe r of so-called “assays”, which are really short articles concerned with particular sub-themes of the principal theme characterizing the “part” in which they are published, followed by project summaries concerned with resear ch, developmen t and applications. Thus Part I contains two articles on U.S. Forest resources and Short-rotation intensive culture of hardwood in the U.S., followed by project summaries on the subthemes: Wood; Non-woody plants; Plant fluids, Aquatic plants; Photosynt hesis and Hydrogen formation. Part II contains three articles on Technology and economics of fermentation alcohol; Ethanol from cellulose and Microbiological fundamentals of anaerobic digestion, followed by project summaries on (A) Ethanol from carbohydrates and lignocellulosics, research frontiers and distilleries; (B) Biogas from plant/fecal matters, sewage/proces sing waste, landfill s; integrated systems and resear ch frontiers; (C) Other chemicals. Part III contains two articles on a Model o f the stratified downdraft gasifier and Processing biomass for gasification, followed by project summaries on (A) Combus- tion of wood and wood wastes , agricultural waste s and munici pal wastes; (B) Gasification with air/oxygen and pyrolysis; (C) Liquifaction and (D) Charcoal. Part IV is devoted to fuel text project summaries on alcohols, plant oils and other biofuel cells. Part V consists of project summaries on (A) Assessments, (B) Training/Expedit- ing; (C) Research and (D) Addenda. The volume is completed by Part VI contai ning Additional previous directory reports, Energy facts , List of selecte d volumes for a Bio-energy library and indexes. The structure of each project-summary is rationalized giving the following information: Country, Title of the project, Objective, Organization, Personnel, Status, Information. It is clear th at the whole field of renewable energy from biological sources is conve nientl y surveyed under a compact but, nevertheless, easily understandable presentation and the Directory thus becomes an extremely rich source of information for everybody concerned with bio-energ y problems. C; MILAZZO Rioelectrochemical Society Rome

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International Bioenergy Directory and Handbook 1984. P.F. Bente, Jr. (Editor). TheBio-energy Council, Washington, 1984, xiv + 610 pp., US 95.00.

Like the preceding editions, this 1984 edition is an invaluable source of informa-tion. It consists of six parts devoted to: Biomass resources (I); Microbial conversions(II); Thermal conversions (III); Fuel tests (IV); Related studies (V); and References

(VI).Each part in turn consists of a certain number of so-called “assays”, which are

really short articles concerned with particular sub-themes of the principal themecharacterizing the “part” in which they are published, followed by project summariesconcerned with research, development and applications.

Thus Part I contains two articles on U.S. Forest resources and Short-rotation

intensive culture of hardwood in the U.S., followed by project summaries on thesubthemes: Wood; Non-woody plants; Plant fluids, Aquatic plants; Photosynthesisand Hydrogen formation.

Part II contains three articles on Technology and economics of fermentationalcohol; Ethanol from cellulose and Microbiological fundamentals of anaerobicdigestion, followed by project summaries on (A) Ethanol from carbohydrates andlignocellulosics, research frontiers and distilleries; (B) Biogas from plant/fecalmatters, sewage/processing waste, landfills; integrated systems and research fron-tiers; (C) Other chemicals.

Part III contains two articles on a Model of the stratified downdraft gasifier and

Processing biomass for gasification, followed by project summaries on (A) Combus-tion of wood and wood wastes, agricultural wastes and municipal wastes; (B)Gasification with air/oxygen and pyrolysis; (C) Liquifaction and (D) Charcoal.

Part IV is devoted to fuel text project summaries on alcohols, plant oils and otherbiofuel cells.

Part V consists of project summaries on (A) Assessments, (B) Training/Expedit-ing; (C) Research and (D) Addenda.

The volume is completed by Part VI containing Additional previous directoryreports, Energy facts, List of selected volumes for a Bio-energy library and indexes.

The structure of each project-summary is rationalized giving the following infor-

mation: Country, Title of the project, Objective, Organization, Personnel, Status,Information.

It is clear that the whole field of renewable energy from biological sources isconveniently surveyed under a compact but, nevertheless, easily understandablepresentation and the Directory thus becomes an extremely rich source of informa-tion for everybody concerned with bio-energy problems.

C; MILAZZORioelectrochemical Society

Rome