Fuels From Biomass: An Interdisciplinary Approach : A Collection of Papers Presented at the Winter School 2011 of the North Rhine Westphalia Research School 'Fuel Production Based on Renewable Resources' Associated with the Cluster of Excellence 'Tailor-M

The book reports on the results of the __BrenaRo Winterschool 2011__, held on November 21-22 in Aachen, Germany. The different chapters cover a number of aspects of the topic of energy generation, with a particular focus on energy generation from biomass. They presents new findings concerning engine development, process engineering, and biological and chemical conversion of biomass to fuels, and highlight the importance of an interdisciplinary approach, combining chemistry, biology and engineering research, to the use of renewable energy sources. All in all, this book provides readers with a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in renewable energy conversion, and gives an overview of the ongoing work in this field in Germany. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Spray Phenomena of Surrogate Fuels and Oxygenated Blends in a High Pressure Chamber....Pages 1-17 GIS-Based Model to Predict the Development of Biodiversity in Agrarian Habitats as a Planning Base for Different Land-Use Scenarios....Pages 19-28 Experimental Investigation of Dissipation Element Statistics in a Jet Flow....Pages 29-46 The Cellulolytic System of Cyst Nematodes....Pages 47-59 New Pathways for the Valorization of Fatty Acid Esters....Pages 61-74 Soluble Organocalcium Compounds for the Activation and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and Heteroaromatic Substrates....Pages 75-88 Co-expression of Cellulases in the Chloroplasts of Nicotiana tabacum ....Pages 89-103 Cleavage and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Mono- and Dilignol β - O -4 Model Compounds....Pages 105-116 Feasibility Study of Auto Thermal Reforming of Biogas for HT PEM Fuel Cell Applications....Pages 117-133 Local Dynamics and Statistics of Streamline Segments in Fluid Turbulence....Pages 135-153 Planar, Stereoscopic, and Holographic PIV-Measurements of the In-Cylinder Flow of Combustion Engines....Pages 155-191 Towards Model-Based Design of Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass....Pages 193-211 Biofuels for Combustion Engines....Pages 213-280 Enzymatic Degradation of Lignocellulose for Synthesis of Biofuels and Other Value-Added Products....Pages 281-311