Gasoline, diesel, and ethanol biofuels from grasses and plants / Ram B. Gupta, Ayhan Demirbas.
"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. "The world is currently faced with two significant problems: fossil fuel depletion and environmental degrad...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 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 FT 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.