Biofuels for Road Transport
A Seed to Wheel Perspective
Seiten
2009
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84882-137-8 (ISBN)
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84882-137-8 (ISBN)
“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.
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.
Reihe/Serie | Green Energy and Technology |
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Zusatzinfo | VII, 170 p. |
Verlagsort | England |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik |
Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
Schlagworte | Life Cycle Assessment |
ISBN-10 | 1-84882-137-9 / 1848821379 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84882-137-8 / 9781848821378 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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