“The ONLY introductory book to cover solid, liquid and gaseous bioenergy.”

If you remember the old Hammacher-Schlemmer Christmas catalogues, they were filled with pages and pages of The ONLY this, the ONLY that, and the BEST that.

But sometimes, along comes a product that’s worth the hype — and we’re told by the Digesterati that’s here’s one. “Bioenergy: Biomass to Biofuels”

“Bioenergy: Biomass to Biofuels” by Anju Dahiya (Editor): it’s touted as “the ONLY introductory book to cover solid, liquid and gaseous bioenergy, emphasizing cutting-edge topics such as microbial fuels and biogas.” The publishers pont to “Integrated coverage from feedstocks to conversion processes to integrated sustainability assessments and economic analysis— featuring case studies for each topic, drawn from real implementation projects.

According to Elsevier, “Bioenergy: Biomass to Biofuels” examines all current and emerging feedstocks and the advanced processes and technologies enabling the development of their end products, ranging from solid (wood energy, grass energy, and other biomass) to liquid (biodiesel from oil seed crops, algae biofuel, waste-oil, ethanol etc.) and gaseous/electric (biogas, syngas, bioelectricity). Life cycle analysis, Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI), integrated sustainability assessments, environmental, economic, and social issues are all given thorough consideration.”

Unsolicited praise comes from the considerable personage of Richard Altman, Executive Director Emeritus, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative. He tells The Digest:

“This is the most thorough and broadest  case study based summary of biomass to bioenergy projects that I have encountered.”

If you haven’t previously encountered Dr. Anju Dahiya, she is a Lead Biofuels Instructor at the University of Vermont, where her “Biomass to Biofuels” program brings together experts from the biofuels industry, farms and the university faculty to provide hands on experience working with all possible renewable bio-energy options: liquid biofuels (biodiesel including oil seeds; ethanol, algae oil), solid biomass (woody biomass and grass energy), and biogas.

Copies available via Elsevier, or Amazon, or Barnes and Noble.