Edited by
YEBO LI
Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering
Ohio State University
USA
SAMIR KUMAR KHANAL
Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering
University of Hawai'i
USA
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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data
Names: Li, Yebo, editor. | Khanal, Samir Kumar, editor.
Title: Bioenergy : principles and applications / edited by Yebo Li, Samir Kumar Khanal.
Description: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016039079 | ISBN 9781118568316 (cloth) | ISBN 9781118568378 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Biomass energy. | Renewable energy sources.
Classification: LCC TP339 .B53185 2016 | DDC 662/.88–dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016039079
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Nourredine Abdoulmoumine
Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Sushil Adhikari
Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Hasan K. Atiyeh
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
Marisol Berti
Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
Jeffrey M. Bielicki
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, and The John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Columbus, OH, USA
Chengci Chen
Central Agricultural Research Center, Montana State University, MT, USA
Rakshit Devappa
Biorefining Research Institute, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Thaddeus Chukwuemeka Ezeji
Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), Wooster, OH, USA
Venkataramana Gadhamshetty
Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD, USA
Manuel Garcia‐Perez
Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
Xumeng Ge
Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH, USA
Scott C. Geleynse
School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Richland, WA, USA
J. H. Van Gerpen
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
B. Brian He
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
Lian He
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
Gal Hochman
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Resource Economics, and Rutgers Energy Institute, State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
David Hodge
Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, and Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Sami Kumar Khanal
School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, USA
Samir Kumar Khanal
Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Avanti Kulkarni
Department of Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Yebo Li
Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH, USA
Wei Liao
Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, and Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Hongjian Lin
Department of Biosystems and Bioproducts, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Hong Liu
Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, OR, USA
Xiaolan Luo
Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH, USA
Sudhagar Mani
BioChemical Engineering Program, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Armando G. McDonald
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
Matthew J. Morra
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
Ganti S. Murthy
Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Saoharit Nitayavardhana
Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Michael Paice
Michael Paice & Associates, Richmond, VA, USA
Xuejun Pan
Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin‐Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Ajay Shah
Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, USA
Johnathon P. Sheets
Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH, USA
Devin Takara
Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Yinjie J. Tang
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
Victor Ujor
Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), Wooster, OH, USA
Arul M. Varman
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, USA
Mark R. Wilkins
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
Chang Geun Yoo
Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin‐Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Xiao Zhang
School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Richland, WA, USA
Jun Zhu
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA