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Renewable motor fuels : the past, the present, and the uncertain future /

This book presents an opportunity to gain an insightful understanding of all the key aspects of alternative automotive fuels in one book. Brownstein describes various sources of renewable motor fuels (including ethanol, algae, isobutanol, natural gas, and battery power) and their production processe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brownstein, Arthur M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, U.K. ; Waltham, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Renewable Motor Fuels; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; 1 History and Legislation; 1.1 Past; 1.2 Present; 1.3 Future; 2 Ethanol by Classical Fermentation: United States and Brazil; 2.1 US Cornstarch; 2.2 Brazilian Sugar Cane; 2.3 United States Versus Brazil; 3 Ethanol from Cellulose; 4 Synthesis Gas-Based Fuels; 4.1 Lanzatech; 4.2 Ineos; 4.3 Coskata; 4.4 Syntec Biofuels; 4.5 Sundrop Fuels; 4.6 Enerkem; 4.7 Fulcrum; 4.8 Maverick Synfuels; 4.9 ExxonMobil MTG Process; 4.10 Fischer-Tropsch; 5 Isobutanol; 6 Algae as a Fuel Source; 7 Diesel Fuel; 8 Natural Gas.
  • 8.1 Industry Background8.2 Vehicle Fuel; 9 Electric Vehicles; 9.1 History; 9.2 Batteries; 9.3 Fuel Cells; 10 The Uncertain Future; 10.1 Coal; 10.2 Gasoline; 10.3 The Present and the Future; Appendix: US Cornstarch Fermentation Ethanol; Production Capacity (2013); Bibliography; Index.