Explores the production of biofuels as alternatives to fossil fuels, focusing on the technological issues. This textbook considers each type of biofuel in production, covering the benefits and problems with production and use and the potential for biological material to provide sufficient energy for
Biofuels, production, application and development
β Scribed by A H Scragg
- Publisher
- CABI
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 249
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Units......Page 8
1 Energy and Fossil Fuel Use......Page 13
2 Consequences of Burning Fossil Fuel......Page 29
3 Mitigation of Global Warming......Page 46
4 Biological Solid Fuels......Page 74
5 Gaseous Biofuels......Page 93
6 Liquid Biofuels to Replace Petrol......Page 117
7 Liquid Biofuels to Replace Diesel......Page 148
8 The Benefits and Deficiencies of Biofuels......Page 179
References......Page 225
B......Page 242
C......Page 243
F......Page 244
H......Page 245
M......Page 246
R......Page 247
U......Page 248
Z......Page 249
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