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Biofuels for Road Transport

A Seed to Wheel Perspective

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Paperback, 170 blz. | Engels
Springer London | 0e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9781849968232
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Springer London 0e druk, 2010 9781849968232
Onderdeel van serie Green Energy and Technology
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“Biofuels for Road Transport: A Seed to Wheel Perspective” provides a review of the history, the current status and perspectives for biofuels used in road transport, across the full ‘seed-to-wheel’ life cycle of these fuels. Successive chapters cover the history of biofuels; the first- and second-generation liquid fuels and biofuels for powering electric vehicles; fossil fuel replacement, land requirement, greenhouse gas balances and environmental burdens of ethanol, esters derived from fatty acids (‘biodiesel’), Fischer-Tropsch diesel and HTU diesel; competing technologies (fossil fuels, increases in energy-efficiency and photovoltaic power) and how they compare to biofuels; and the perspectives for biofuels. Cost, availability, technological development, competition with biomass for food and for soil organic carbon and environmental perspectives are also discussed.

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ISBN13:9781849968232
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:170
Uitgever:Springer London
Druk:0

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Transport Biofuels: Their Characteristics, Production and Costs.- Energy Balance: Cumulative Fossil Fuel Demand and Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency of Transport Biofuels.- Non-energy Natural Resource Demand.- Climate Effects and Non-greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Transport Biofuel Life Cycles.- The Impact of Expanded Biofuel Production on Living Nature.- Frequently Asked Questions in the Transport Biofuel Debate.

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