STEAM EXPLOSION TECHNIQUES Fundamentals and Industrial Applications

• Corporate Author: International Workshop on Steam Explosion Techniques : Fundamentals and Industrial Applications
• Other Authors: Focher, B. 1937- Bonaventura (Editor), Crescenzi, V. 1932- Vittorio (Editor), Marzetti, A. 1953- Annamaria (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Gordon and Breach 1991
• Subjects: Lignocellulose > Congresses > Thermomechanical treatment; Steam > Industrial applications > Congresses
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: x, 412 pages illustrations 1991
• ISBN: 2881244572

Steam explosion is a rapidly developing technique for the fractionation and modification of lignocellulosics and for the extraction of industrial polysaccharides. This book is a primary integrated presentation of the fundamental and technological aspects of this process, and provides an exhaustive discussion of its prospects for the future. The main topics concern the kinetic and engineering aspects as well as the structure modifcations of the substrates, induced by the steam explosion process. Applications in the pulping and textile industries, in the bioconversion of wood and agricultural biomass, and in polysaccharide extraction are widel discussed. Potential developments of this technique in the activation of lingocellulosics for dissolving and the production of new textile fibers and films are also considered.