PROCESS ENGINEERING IN PLANTBASEDPRODUCTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO PLANT-BASED PRODUCTS -- 1.1.1. Plant-Based Energies -- 1.1.1.1. Fuel Ethanol -- 1.1.1.2. Bio-Diesel -- 1.1.1.3 Butanol -- 1.1.1.4. Hydrogen Energy -- 1.1.2. Plant-Based Chemicals -- 1.1.2.1. Intermediate Chemicals -- Ethylene -- Acetic Acid -- Fatty Acids -- 1.1.2.2. Specialty Chemicals -- 1.1.2.3. Enzymes -- Soaps and Detergents -- Food Processing Enzymes -- Enzymes for other Uses -- 1.1.3. Plant-Based Materials -- 1.1.3.1. Bio-Plastics -- Bio-Degradable Plastics Polymerized by Nature Monomer -- Polylactic Acid -- Polymer of Triglycerides -- Bio-Plastics Polymerized by Fermented High Polymer -- 1.1.3.2. Plant-Based Inks -- 1.1.3.3. Forest Products -- 1.1.3.4. Natural Fibers -- 1.1.3.5. Natural Polymer -- 1.1.3.6. Biomedical Materials -- Chitin Fiber -- Osteocollagenous Fibers -- Alginic Acid Fibre -- 1.1.4. Plant Extract -- Ephedrine -- Glycyrrhiza Extracts -- Silymarin -- Gingko Extract -- Asiaticoside -- Echinacea Purpurea -- Paclitaxel -- Shikimic Acid -- Tea Polyphenols -- Soybean Isoflavone -- Arteannuin -- 1.2. PROCESS ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENTSTRATEGY OF PLANT-BASED PRODUCTS -- 1.2.1. From the Perspective of Raw Materials -- 1.2.2. From the Perspective of Process -- 1.2.2.1. Non-Polluting Steam Explosion and Fractionation Technology Platform -- 1.2.2.2. Pure-Culture Solid State Fermentation Technology Platform -- 1.2.2.3. Straw Solid Phase Enzymatic Hydrolysis/Liquid Fermentation EthanolCoupling Technology Platform -- 1.2.2.4. Steam Exploded Straw Membrane Circulation Enzymatic Hydrolysis CouplingFermentation Sugar Platform -- 1.2.3. From the Perspective of Products -- 1.3. THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF PLANT-BASED PRODUCTS -- 1.3.1. The Complexity of Raw Material and CorrespondingDevelopment Strategy.

1.3.2. The Complexity of Process and these Interrelation -- Separation of Nature Ingredients in Plants -- Hydrolysis -- Fermentation -- Chemical Conversion and Modification -- Pyrolysis -- Gasification -- Liquefaction -- 1.3.3. The Complexity of Products and these Interrelation -- 1.3.4 The Demand of Green Chemistry -- 1.4. THE ESSENTIAL CONTENT OF PLANT-BASED PRODUCTSPROCESS ENGINEERING -- 1.4.1. The Applications and Fractionation in Plant Raw Materials -- 1.4.2. The Applications and Process Engineering in Plant-Based Chemicals -- 1.4.3. The Applications and Principle of Process Engineering inPlant-Based Materials -- 1.4.4. The Applications and Principle of Process Engineering inPlant-Based Energy -- REFERENCES -- PROCESS ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES OF PLANTBASEDPRODUCTS -- 2.1. HISTORY AND CONNOTATION OF PROCESS ENGINEERING -- 2.1.1. Establishment and Development of Chemical Engineering -- 2.1.2. The Proposal of Process Engineering -- 2.1.3. Connotation and Function of Process Engineering -- 2.1.4. Knowledge Base of Process Engineering -- (1) "Four Transfers" and "One Reaction" -- (2) Nonlinear Science -- (3) Process Integration -- 2.1.5. Development Trend of Process Engineering -- 2.1.5.1. Multi-Scale Research of Process Engineering -- 2.1.5.2. Green and Information of Process Engineering -- 2.1.5.3. System Integration of Process Engineering -- 1) The Foundation of Process Integration---The Integration of Technical Choice withKnowledge -- 2) Products and Process Integration -- 3) The Integration and Optimization of Unit Operation -- 4) Establishment of the Circulatory Economic Industrial Chain -- 2.2. PROCESS ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT -- 2.2.1. The Basic Flow of Process Engineering Development -- 2.2.2. Basic Development Research -- 2.2.2.1. The Content of Basic Development Research.

Propose and Verify the Selected Producing Methods and Technical Conditions -- Determination of Physical, Thermodynamic and Dynamic Data -- Estimate the Effect of Transfer Process and Carry out Large-Scale Cold Model Experimentsif Necessary -- 2.2.2.2. The Difference Between the Basic Development Research and the TraditionalLaboratory Research -- (1) Research Tasks -- (2) Research Method -- 2.2.3. Conceptual Design and Preliminary Evaluation -- 2.2.3.1. Conceptual Design -- (1) The Content and Methods of Conceptual Design -- (2) Data of Conceptual Design from the Following Four Areas -- (3) Function of Conceptual Design -- 2.2.3.2. Preliminary Evaluation -- (1) The Contents of Preliminary Assessment -- (2)The Investment Estimation of Preliminary Evaluation -- 2.2.4. Intermediate Test -- 2.2.4.1. The Necessity of Intermediate Test -- 2.2.4.2. The Tasks of Intermediate Test -- 2.2.4.3 The Basic Establishment Principles of Pilot Plant -- (1) Scale-Up of Pilot Plant -- (2)The Integrity of Pilot Plant -- (3) Running Period and Detection Control of Pilot Test -- 2.2.4.4. The Relationship between the Basic Development Research and theIntermediate Test -- 2.2.5. Fundamental Design and Final Evaluation -- 2.2.5.1. Fundamental Design -- Design Principles -- Foundation of Design -- The Technical Process and the Illustration -- The Equipment Specification -- Design Pressure -- Pipeline Flow Chart (PID) with Control Points -- 2.2.5.2. Final Evaluation -- 2.3. PROCESS ENGINEERING OF PLANT-BASED PRODUCTS -- 2.3.1 Plant-Based Raw Materials Engineering -- 2.3.1.1. The Structure and Active Ingredients of Plant-Based Raw Materials -- 2.3.1.2. The Distribution of Plant-Based Raw Materials -- 2.3.1.3. Collection of Plant-Based Raw Materials -- 2.3.2. Transformation Engineering of Plant-Based Products -- (1) Efficient Biological Transformation.

(2) Thermochemical Transformation -- 2.3.3. The Industrialization Process of Plant-Based Products -- 2.3.4. The Technical and Economic Analysis of Plant-Based Products -- REFERENCES -- PROCESS AND PRINCIPLE OF COMPONENTSSEPARATION FROM PLANT-BASED MATERIALS -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION -- 3.1.1 Plant-Based Resources -- 1) Medicinal Plants -- 2) Edible Plant Resource -- 3) Resources of Industrial Plant -- 4) Plant Resources for Environmental Protection and Improvement -- 5) Plant Germplasm -- 3.1.2 The Problems in the Development of Plant Resources -- 3.2. IDEAS AND METHODS FOR FRACTIONATION OF RAWMATERIALS COMPONENT -- 3.2.1 The Necessary for Component Fractionation of Plant Raw Material -- 3.2.2. Key Issues of Plant Component Separation -- 3.2.3 An Example for Separation of Plant-Based Biomass Components -- 3.3 PRINCIPLE OF COMPONENTS SEPARATION FORPLANT-BASED MATERIALS -- 3.3.1. Components Separation Technology for Lignocellulose -- 3.3.1.1 Physical Method -- 1) Mechanical Smash -- 2) High-Energy Radiation Treatment -- 3) Microwave -- 4) Supercritical CO2 Processing -- 5) Supercritical Water Treatment -- 6) Steam Explosion -- 3.3.1.2. Chemical Method -- 1) Acid Pretreatment -- 2) Solvent Treatment -- 3) Alkali Pretreatment -- 4) Wet Oxidation Pretreatment -- 5) Ozone Pretreatment -- 3.3.1.3. Biological Pretreatment -- 3.3.1.4. Comprehensive Method -- 1) Ammonia Explosion Pretreatment -- 2) CO2 Explosion Pretreatment -- 3) Steam Explosion and Carding -- 4) Steam Explosion and Ethanol-Extraction Pretreatment -- 5) Steam Explosion for Extraction of Bast Fiber Crops Functional Fractions -- 6) Lignocellulosic Biomass Fractionation with Glycerol Pretreatment -- 3.3.2. Component Separation Methods for Medicinal Plants Resources -- 3.3.2.1. Traditional Methods -- 1) Solvent Extraction -- 2) Steam Distillation -- 3) Sublimation.

3.3.2.2 New Technologies and Methods -- 1) Supercritical Fluid Extraction Technology -- 2) Membrane Technology -- 3) Ultrasonic Extraction Technology -- 4) Microwave Extraction Technology -- 5) High-Speed Counter-Current Chromatography Extraction Technology -- 6) Enzymatic Technology -- 7) Semi-Bionic Extraction -- 8) Broken Extraction -- 9) Air Explosion -- 10) Macroporous Resin Adsorption Separation -- 11) Two-Phase Water Extraction Technology -- 3.4. PRINCIPLE AND TECHNICS OF ACTIVE COMPONENTSSEPARATION FROM PLANT CELL WALL -- 3.4.1 Extraction and Separation Principle for Effective Component -- 3.4.2 Ferulic Acid Extraction and Separation Process -- 1) Solvent Separation -- 2) Enzymatic Separation -- 3.4.3 Separation of Protein in the Cell Wall -- Existence State of Protein in Plant Cell Wall -- Cell Wall of Separation and Purification Technology -- 1) The Way without Damage of the Cell Wall -- 2) Way of Destroying the Cell Wall -- 3.4.4 Pectin -- Pectin Components -- Traditional Production Methods of Pectin -- Modern Pectin Separation Methods -- 3.5. SEPARATION PRINCIPLE OF PLANT-BASED ACTIVE COMPONENT -- 3.5.1. Flavonoids -- 3.5.1.1 Structure and Distribution -- 3.5.1.2. Extract -- The Traditional Method for Extraction -- New Extraction Methods -- 3.5.2 Alkaloids -- 3.5.2.1 Extraction Methods -- 3.5.2.2 According yo Extracts Conditions -- 3.5.3 Tannin Isolation -- 3.5.3.1 Existence State -- 3.5.3.2 Production and Separation -- 3.5.4 Plant Oils -- 3.5.4.1 Traditional Vegetable Oil Extraction Technologies -- 1) Press Method [29] -- 2) Leaching Method [30] -- 3.5.4.2 Modern Vegetable Oil Extraction Technologies -- 1) Water Substituting Method [31] -- 2) Water Enzyme Method [32] -- 3) Supercritical CO2 Extraction Method [33] -- 4) Ultrasound Treatment [34] -- 3.5.5. Organic Acid -- 3.5.6. Volatile Oil Extraction -- 3.5.6.1. General Character.

3.5.6.2. Extraction Methods.