The Use of Some Agricultural Products as Raw Materials in the Plastic Industry
Author : James Alvin Johnston
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Page : 478 pages
File Size : 26,7 MB
Release : 1938
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Author : James Alvin Johnston
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Page : 478 pages
File Size : 26,7 MB
Release : 1938
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 33,7 MB
Release : 2000-02-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309175402
Petroleum-based industrial products have gradually replaced products derived from biological materials. However, biologically based products are making a comebackâ€"because of a threefold increase in farm productivity and new technologies. Biobased Industrial Products envisions a biobased industrial future, where starch will be used to make biopolymers and vegetable oils will become a routine component in lubricants and detergents. Biobased Industrial Products overviews the U.S. land resources available for agricultural production, summarizes plant materials currently produced, and describes prospects for increasing varieties and yields. The committee discusses the concept of the biorefinery and outlines proven and potential thermal, mechanical, and chemical technologies for conversion of natural resources to industrial applications. The committee also illustrates the developmental dynamics of biobased products through existing examples, as well as products still on the drawing board, and it identifies priorities for research and development.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 42,25 MB
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ISBN : 1428909664
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Publisher : Office of Technology Assessment
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,77 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : Caroline A. Spelman
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 35,29 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
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Interest has recently grown in the non-food uses of agricultural raw materials (ARMs), particularly in developed economies. Reasons for this include the fact that in Western Europe at least, land is now surplus to food production requirements and concern about the environmental consequences of exploiting finite fossil resources. The end products sought for non-food uses are carbohydrates, fats and fibres derived from both conventional crops such as wheat, maize, oilseed rape, sugar beet and flax, as well as less conventional crops or byproducts such as lupins, elephant grass, straw and agricultural waste. This book provides an integrated perspective on both the technology and economics of the processes involved. In many cases, ARMs have to compete with cheaper substrates such as oil. The author analyzes two case studies in detail: bioethanol and a particular biodegradable plastic. Relevant political and legislative aspects, for example in the United States, Japan and the European community, as well as in less-developed countries such as Brazil, the Caribbean and some African countries where ARMs are used for energy purposes are also studied. The book will interest a wide range of people in academic research, industry and policy making concerned with the practical potential of this area of biotechnology.
Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
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Page : 1240 pages
File Size : 27,31 MB
Release : 1940
Category : Agricultural administration
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Author : Francesco Ciardelli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 25,99 MB
Release : 2019-07-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319944347
The book describes the development and commercialization of materials with viscoelastic properties, placing particular emphasis on the scientific and technological differences between plastics and bioplastics. The authors explain how to handle each of the two types of materials and determine the comparative environmental impact of the material life-cycle. The practical values of the overlapping aspects of the two types of materials from technical properties to eco-compatibility are also discussed.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
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Page : 272 pages
File Size : 27,98 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Agricultural innovations
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Page : 708 pages
File Size : 47,2 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Susanne Wiedenmann
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,39 MB
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3736945809
Renewable resources are rapidly gaining importance as alternative raw materials for industrial production. Supply planning with agricultural raw materials poses several challenges to processors. These challenges include seasonal availability, uncertain harvest quality and quantity as well as uncertain commodity market prices. In this work, decision support based on stochastic programming is developed to optimize supply planning of processors of agricultural raw materials given industrial requirements for material use. The approach depicts uncertain parameter values with probability distributions and maximizes the expected profit. Two examples are used to illustrate possible applications: supply planning for a processor of linseed and for a seed company. As stochastic programs can be adapted quickly, this approach can be applied to other supply planning decisions in bio-based supply chains.