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Efficiency and sustainability in biofuel production : environmental and land-use research /
The world's interest in reducing petroleum use has led to the rapid development of the biofuel industry over the past decade or so. However, there is increasing concern over how current food-based biofuels affect both food security and the environment. Second-generation biofuels, however, use w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakville, ON :
Apple Academic Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; About the Editor; Contents; Acknowledgment and How to Cite; List of Contributors; Introduction; PART I: LAND USE AND BIOFUELS; CHAPTER 1: The Importance of Land Use Change in the Environmental Balance of Biofuels; CHAPTER 2: Energy Potential and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Bioenergy Cropping Systems on Marginally Productive Cropland; CHAPTER 3: Integration of Farm Fossil Fuel Use with Local Scale Assessments of Biofuel Feedstock Production in Canada; CHAPTER 4: Evaluating the Marginal Land Resources Suitable for Developing Bioenergy in Asia
- CHAPTER 5: Energy Potential of Biomass from Conservation Grasslands in Minnesota, USACHAPTER 6: Seasonal Energy Storage Using Bioenergy Production from Abandoned Croplands; PART II: SECOND-GENERATION BIOFUELS AND SUSTAINABILITY; CHAPTER 7: Biodiesel from Grease Interceptor to Gas Tank; CHAPTER 8: Efficient Extraction of Xylan from Delignified Corn Stover Using Dimethyl Sulfoxide; CHAPTER 9: The Possibility of Future Biofuels Production Using Waste Carbon Dioxide and Solar Energy
- CHAPTER 10: Well-to-Wheels Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Ethanol from Corn, Sugarcane, and Cellulosic Biomass for US UseCHAPTER 11: Lessons from First Generation Biofuels and Implications for the Sustainability Appraisal of Second Generation Biofuels; Author Notes; Back Cover