Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. 1 Introduction to biorefining 1
5. 2 Chemical composition of lignocellulosic biomass materials 11
6. 3 Chemical and biochemical conversion 64
7. 4 Chemical pulping-based methods 110
8. 5 Integrated forest biorefining 200
9. 6 Cellulose derivatives 252
10. 7 Thermochemical conversion 308
11. Index of selected compounds 385
12. Index of general subjects 395