Biogas from Waste and Renewable Resources: An Introduction

ISBN: 3527318410

Author: Deublein, Dieter

Condition: Used

Review"Written as a practical introduction to biogas plant design and operation, this book fills a huge gap by presenting a systematic guide to this emerging technology." (ETDE Energy Database, May 2009)"This volume can provide a valuable introduction for biogas plant design and operation." (CHOICE, January 2009)"Written as a practical introduction to biogas plant design and operation, this book fills a huge gap by presenting a systematic guide to this emerging technology .Strongly recommended." (Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, July/August 2008)"Subsequent chapters cover the process engineering aspects and the different technology types in great detail." (EnAgri, April 2008)Product DescriptionWritten as a practical introduction to biogas plant design and operation, this book fills a huge gap by presenting a systematic guide to this emerging technology -- information otherwise only available in poorly intelligible reports by US governmental and other official agencies. The author draws on teaching material from a university course as well as a wide variety of industrial biogas projects he has been involved with, thus combining didactical skill with real-life examples. Alongside biological and technical aspects of biogas generation, this timely work also looks at safety and legal aspects as well as environmental considerations.From the Back CoverIn the face of rising costs for fossil fuels, there is currently a worldwide drive to utilize unused biomass from industrial and household waste, wastewater, farming, and marine sources to generate electricity, fuel and heat. Biogas plants are the most cost-effective way to realize this and can be built and operated in all sizes and under a wide range of conditions. In fact, biogas plants are predicted to take a leading role in renewable resource utilization, in both the developed and the developing world.Written as a practical introduction to biogas plant design and operation, this book fills a huge gap by presenting a systematic guide to this emerging technology -- information otherwise only available in poorly intelligible reports by US governmental and other official agencies. The authors draw on material taught by Prof. Deublein in a university course as well as experiences from a wide variety of industrial biogas projects, thus combining didactical skill with real-life examples. Alongside biological and technical aspects of biogas generation, this timely work also looks at safety and legal aspects as well as environmental considerations and provides ideas to be explored for potential future progress in the development of biogas production technology.About the AuthorDieter Deublein is Professor for Applied Biotechnology at the Munich Unversity of Applied Sciences (Germany). A graduate from the Technical University of Munich, he has more than two decades of professional experience in the large scale processing of natural resources, mainly from food and feed. Since 1992 he is a member of the Faculty of the Munich University of Applied Sciences, where he has established a strong teaching record in biotechnology and environmental management. He is a leading scientific authority on the technological aspects of biogas production, both in small-scale and large-scale operations.