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020 _a9780511779152 (ebook)
020 _z9780521763998 (hardback)
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050 0 0 _aTP248.27.P55
_bG87 2010
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100 1 _aGupta, Ram B.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aGasoline, diesel, and ethanol biofuels from grasses and plants /
_cRam B. Gupta, Ayhan Demirbas.
246 3 _aGasoline, Diesel, & Ethanol Biofuels from Grasses & Plants
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _a1. 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.
520 _aThe world is currently faced with two significant problems: fossil fuel depletion and environmental degradation, which are continuously being exacerbated due to increasing global energy consumption. As a substitute for petroleum, renewable fuels have been receiving increasing attention due a variety of environmental, economic, and societal benefits. The first-generation biofuels - ethanol from sugar or corn and biodiesel from vegetable oils - are already on the market. The goal of thisbook is to introduce readers to second-generation biofuels obtained from non-food biomass, such as forest residue, agricultural residue, switch grass, corn stover, waste wood, municipal solid wastes, and so on. Various technologies are discussed, including cellulosic ethanol, biomass gasification, synthesis of diesel and gasoline, bio-crude by hydrothermal liquefaction, bio-oil by fast pyrolysis, and the upgradation of biofuel. This book strives to serve as a comprehensive document presenting various technological pathways and environmental and economic issues related to biofuels.
650 0 _aPlant biomass.
650 0 _aForest biomass.
650 0 _aBiomass energy.
700 1 _aDemirbas, Ayhan,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521763998
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511779152
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