Renewables-Based Technology (eBook)

Editors: Prof Dr Jo Dewulf, Prof Dr Herman van Langenhove, both of Ghent University, Belgium. Both experienced researchers in environmental chemistry and clean technology.

Contributors.

Foreword.

Series Preface.

Preface.

List of Abbreviations.

Part I: Renewables as a Resource and Sustainability
Performance Indicators.

1 The Contribution of Renewables to Society
(Göran Berndes).

2 The Potential of Renewables as a Feedstock for Chemistry
and Energy (Wilfried G. J. H. M. van Sark, Martin K. Patel,
André P. C. Faaij and Monique M. Hoogwijk).

3 Sustainability Performance Indicators (Alexei
Lapkin).

Part II: Relevant Assessment Tools.

4 Life Cycle Inventory Analysis Applied to Renewable
Resources (Niels Jungbluth and Rolf Frischknecht).

5 Net Energy Balancing and Fuel-Cycle Analysis (Hosein
Shapouri, Michael Wang and James A. Duffield).

6 Life Cycle Assessment as an Environmental Sustainability
Tool (Adisa Azapagic).

7 Exergy (Jo Dewulf and Herman Van
Langenhove).

8 Material Flow Analysis and the Use of Renewables from a
Systems Perspective (Stefan Bringezu).

9 Ecological Footprints and Biocapacity: Essential Elements
in Sustainability Assessment (William E. Rees).

10 The Sustainable Process Index (SPI) (Michael
Narodoslawsky and Anneliese Niederl).

Part III:Case Studies.

11 Assessment of Sustainable Land Use in Producing
Biomass (Helmut Haberl and Karl-Heinz Erb).

12 Assessment of the Forest Products Industries (Klaus
Richter, Frank Werner and Hans-Jörg Althaus).

13 Assessment of the Energy Production Industry: Modern
Options for Producing Secondary Energy Carriers from Biomass
(André Faaij).

14 Assessment of Biofuels (James A. Duffield, Hosein
Shapouri and Michael Wang).

15 Assessment of Organic Waste Treatment (Jan-Olov
Sundqvist).

16 Oleochemical and Petrochemical Surfactants: An Overall
Assessment (Erwan Saouter, Gert Van Hoof, Mark Stalmans and
Alan Brunskill).

17 Assessment of Bio-Based Packaging Materials
(Andreas Detzel, Martina Krüger and Axel
Ostermayer).

18 Assessment of Biotechnology-Based Chemicals (Peter
Saling and Andreas Kicherer).

19 Assessment of Bio-Based Pharmaceuticals: The Cephalexin
Case (Alle Bruggink and Peter Nossin).

Part IV:Conclusions.

20 Conclusions (Jo Dewulf and Herman Van
Langenhove).

Index.