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Monti - Kenaf: A Multi-Purpose Crop for Several Industrial Applications - 9781447150664 - V9781447150664
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Kenaf: A Multi-Purpose Crop for Several Industrial Applications

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Description for Kenaf: A Multi-Purpose Crop for Several Industrial Applications Hardcover. Kenaf is an annual crop that can provide fibres for several industrial applications as well as raw material for energy exploitation. This book provides a global picture of state of the art research and developments with Kenaf from Asia, USA and Australia. Editor(s): Monti, Andrea; Alexopoulou, Efthimia. Series: Green Energy and Technology. Num Pages: 212 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, 25 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: TGM; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.

Natural plant fibers fibres are being increasingly used in manufacturing industrial products because of their renewable and biodegradable natures. Kenaf is an annual bast fibre crop that can provide fibres for several industrial applications (composites, insulation mats, absorbents, bedding material, etc.) as well as raw material for energy exploitation (solid biofuels). Kenaf: A Multi-Purpose Crop for Several Industrial Applications introduces the physiology and field management of kenaf, agronomy, productivity, harvesting as well as its the industrial and energy uses of this promising non-food crop.

 

Including recent research collected by the BIOKENAF project, Kenaf: A Multi-Purpose Crop for Several Industrial Applications provides ... Read more

 

Although not a new crop, Kenaf: A Multi-Purpose Crop for Several Industrial Applications provides a comprehensive introduction to this crop and its developing applications for energy engineers, industry managers, politicians and managers working to develop sustainable energy sources and bio-economies.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Green Energy and Technology
Number of Pages
203
Place of Publication
England, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447150664
SKU
V9781447150664
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Monti
Andrea Monti, lecturer in bioenergy crops at the University of Bologna, Italy,  has been investigating biomass crops for industrial uses since 1993. He is the editor of Springer book 'Switchgrass: a Valuable Biomass Crop for Energy'

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