Biofuels Refining and Performance - Ahindra Nag

Biofuels Refining and Performance

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Buch | Hardcover
312 Seiten
2008
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-148970-6 (ISBN)
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Helps you learn about the ways to economically manufacture biofuels. This title describes the refining processes and issues involved in producing fuel derived from recently living organisms or their by-products. It offers discussion of theory and the actual experimental procedure used to economically manufacture biofuels on a commercial scale.
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Keep Up with the Latest Refining Processes and Issues Involved in Producing Biofuels on a Commercial Scale

Biofuels Refining and Performance is a state-of-the-art guide that explores the chemistry of biofuels, the latest refining processes, and major performance characteristics, presenting complete discussions of the theory and experimental procedures used to prepare biofuels economically.

Written by an international team of biofuels experts, this book fully examines various conventional and nonconventional sources of energy…photosynthetic plants as a renewable source of energy…fuels from biomass conversion…the refining of ethanol, methanol, and biodiesel…biofuel cells…soft/decentralized renewables as an energy option for developing countries…and much more. Packed with 80 detailed illustrations, Biofuels Refining and Performance features:



Comprehensive guidance on the chemistry of biofuels
On-target coverage of the newest refining methods for ethanol, methanol, and biodiesel
Cutting-edge information on engine conversion techniques and the performance characteristics of biofuels
Step-by-step instructions for safe handling and storage

A. Nag, Ph.D. is with the Department of Chemistryat the Indian Institute of Technology.

Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. Energy and Its Biological Resources
Chapter 2. Photosynthetic Plants as Renewable Energy Sources
Chapter 3. Bioethanol: Market and Production Processes
Chapter 4. Raw Materials to Produce Low-Cost Biodiesel
Chapter 5. Fuel and Physical Properties of Biodiesel Components
Chapter 6. Processing of Vegetable Oils as Biodiesel and Engine Performance
Chapter 7. Ethanol and Methanol as Fuels in Internal Combustion Engines
Chapter 8. Cracking of Lipids for Fuels and Chemicals
Chapter 9. Fuel Cells
Appendix
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.2.2008
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 234 mm
Gewicht 590 g
Themenwelt Technik Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10 0-07-148970-3 / 0071489703
ISBN-13 978-0-07-148970-6 / 9780071489706
Zustand Neuware
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