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.

From the Contents: Spray Phenomena of Surrogate Fuels and Oxygenated Blends in a High Pressure Chamber.- GIS-based model to predict the development of biodiversity in agrarian habitats as a planning base for different land-use scenarios.- Experimental investigation of dissipationelement statistics in a jet flow.- The cellulolytic system of cyst nematodes.- New Pathways for the Valorization of Fatty Acid Esters.

Michael Klaas, Stefan Pischinger, Wolfgang Schröder