Skip to main content
Search Button
Canada Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “roberto de philippis”
Skip side bar filters

  • Microbial BioEnergy: Hydrogen Production

    Edited by Davide Zannoni, Roberto De Philippis ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The central theme of this book “Microbial BioEnergy: Hydrogen Production” is focused on the biological machinery that microorganisms use to produce hydrogen gas. The book summarizes the achievements over the past decade in the biochemistry, structural and molecular biology, genomics and applied aspects of microbial H2-production, including microbial fuel cells (MFC), by phototrophs such as purple ... Read more

    $256.19 CAD

People who read this also enjoyed

  • Biomass and Biofuels from Microalgae

    Advances in Engineering and Biology

    Edited by Navid R. Moheimani, Parisa A. Bahri, Karne de Boer, Mark P. McHenry ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This comprehensive book details the most recent advances in the microalgae biological sciences and engineering technologies for biomass and biofuel production in order to meet the ongoing need for new and affordable sources of food, chemicals and energy for future generations. The chapters explore new microalgae cultivation techniques, including solid (biofilm) systems, and heterotrophic ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution

    The Energy Return on Investment

    by Pedro A. Prieto, Charles A. S. Hall ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    The Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI or EROEI) is the amount of energy acquired from a particular energy source divided by the energy expended, or invested, in obtaining that energy. EROI is an essential and seemingly simple measure of the usable energy or “energy profit” from the exploitation of an energy source, but it is not so easy to determine all of the energy expenditures that should ... Read more

    $83.29 CAD

  • Lithium-ion Battery Materials and Engineering

    Current Topics and Problems from the Manufacturing Perspective

    Edited by Malgorzata K. Gulbinska ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    Gaining public attention due, in part, to their potential application as energy storage devices in cars, Lithium-ion batteries have encountered widespread demand, however, the understanding of lithium-ion technology has often lagged behind production.This book defines the most commonly encountered challenges from the perspective of a high-end lithium-ion manufacturer with two decades of experience ... Read more

    $192.19 CAD

  • Modern Solid State Fermentation

    Theory and Practice

    by Hongzhang Chen ...
    “Modern Solid State Fermentation: Theory and Practice” covers state-of-the-art studies in the field of solid state fermentation (SSF). In terms of different characteristics of microbial metabolites, this book catalogs SSF into two main parts: anaerobic and aerobic SSF. Based on the principles of porous media and strategies of process control and scale-up, which are introduced in the book, it not ... Read more

    $256.19 CAD

  • Handbook of Energy

    Diagrams, Charts, and Tables

    by Cutler J. Cleveland, Christopher G. Morris ...
    Handbook of Energy, Volume I: Diagrams, Charts, and Tables provides comprehensive, organized coverage on all phases of energy and its role in society, including its social, economic, political, historical, and environmental aspects. While there is a wealth of information about energy available, it is spread across many books, journals, and websites and it tends to target either a particular form ... Read more

    $131.99 CAD

  • Algal Biorefineries

    Volume 1: Cultivation of Cells and Products

    Edited by Rakesh Bajpai, Aleš Prokop, Mark Zappi ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Over the past century, the majority of chemical and energy needs of our industrial society has originated from fossilized carbon sources (coal, crude oil, natural gas). Increasingly, there is a realization that utilization of the fossilized carbon sources has adverse environmental consequences in the form of increasing concentration of greenhouse gases. We are also becoming aware of the limited ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Extremophilic Enzymatic Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Bioenergy

    Edited by Rajesh K. Sani, R. Navanietha Krishnaraj ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book introduces fundamentals of enzymatic processes, various renewable energy resources and their pretreatment processes. It presents in-depth review of extremophilic enzymes (e.g., Cellulases, Xylanases, Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases, Amylases, Ligninases, Pectinases, Esterases, and Chitinases) which can be used in several biotechnological processes. In addition, the authors present ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Biorefineries

    Targeting Energy, High Value Products and Waste Valorisation

    Edited by Miriam Rabaçal, Ana F. Ferreira, Carla A. M. Silva, Mário Costa ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book addresses the potential of the transformation of biomass into a wide range of marketable products, and examines the biological, biochemical, physical and thermal processing of biomass into products such as fuels, power, heat, feeds, chemicals and materials. Respective chapters explore various topics including biomass characterization, biomass pre-conditioning and sustainability analysis, ... Read more

    $166.49 CAD

  • Algal Biorefineries

    Volume 2: Products and Refinery Design

    Edited by Aleš Prokop, Rakesh K. Bajpai, Mark E. Zappi ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Algae offer potential to produce renewable chemicals and fuels using solar energy and carbon dioxide from atmosphere or in flue gases while simultaneously reducing the generation of greenhouse gases. Since these can be grown on marginal lands with micronutrients and macronutrients often present in waste streams, algae-based chemicals and fuels do not compete with foods. Still large-scale ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Sustainable Biotechnology

    Sources of Renewable Energy

    Edited by Om V. Singh, Steven P. Harvey ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Sustainable Biotechnology; Sources of Renewable Energy draws on the vast body of knowledge about renewable resources for biofuel research, with the aim to bridge the technology gap and focus on critical aspects of lignocellulosic biomolecules and the respective mechanisms regulating their bioconversion to liquid fuels and other value-added products. This book is a collection of outstanding ... Read more

    $256.19 CAD

  • Microbial Resources for Sustainable Energy

    by Basanta Kumara Behera, Ajit Varma ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book sheds new light on how microbes can be used as effective and sustainable resources to produce green energy in the form of biogas, algal diesel, ethanol, hydrogen and direct electricity. It discusses topics such as microbial energy conversion technologies, including ethanol production by microbial catalytic reaction, biomethanization, biodiesel from microalgae, microbial fuel cells, and ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD