Robert C. Brown is Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering, and Founding Director of the Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State University.Tristan R. Brown is Graduate Lecturer and Research Associate at the Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State University.

• PREFACE viiABOUT THE AUTHORS xi1 INTRODUCTION 12 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS IN ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS 113 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 434 THE BIORENEWABLE RESOURCE BASE 755 PRODUCTION OF BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES 1036 PRODUCTS FROM BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES 1377 BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSING OF CARBOHYDRATE-RICH BIOMASS 1718 THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSING OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS 1959 PROCESSING OF OLEAGINOUS BIOMASS 23710 PROCESSING OF BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES INTO NATURAL FIBERS 25111 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE BIOECONOMY 26112 ECONOMICS OF BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES 28713 BIORENEWABLE POLICY 327Appendix A DESCRIPTIONS OF BIORENEWABLE RESOURCES 341Appendix B CONVERSION FACTORS 367INDEX 369