Gasoline, diesel, and ethanol biofuels from grasses and plants /
"This book introduces readers to second-generation biofuels obtained from non-food biomass, such as forest residue, agricultural residue, switch grass, and corn stover"--Provided by publisher
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Air pollution and global warming from the use of fossil fuels
- 3. Renewable energy sources
- 4. Biomass availability in the world
- 5. Convention ethanol production from corn and sugarcane
- 6. Ethanol from biomass by fermentation
- 7. Biodiesel from vegetable oils
- 8. Diesel from biomass gasification followed by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
- 9. Bio-oil from biomass pyrolysis
- 10. Bio-crude from biomass hydrothermal liquefaction
- 11. Solar and wind energy for biofuel production
- 12. Environmental impacts of biofuels
- 13. Economic impact of biofuels
- 14. Biofuel policy.