Biofuels
Wiley Series in Renewable Resources
1. Edition February 2009
256 Pages, Hardcover
Professional Book
Short Description
Dealing specifically with liquid and gaseous biofuels that can be produced from renewable resources using different processes, Biofuels provides a broad overview of biofuel developments from both a technical angle and an economical angle. Trends on prices, markets, and growth are discussed in depth. The link between the technical and economical developments is clearly highlighted throughout the entire book.
This book gives a broad overview of the key topics in this field of study, approaching them from a technical and economic angle giving the reader a comprehensive insight into biofuels as a whole. Dealing specifically with liquid and gaseous biofuels that can be produced from renewable resources this text also gives a summary of the past, present and future production technologies and applications of biofuels.
This book is particularly relevant as it highlights the extensive debate of the on-going global needs to find alternative fuels, making it not only a necessary text for working professionals and researchers in the field, but for anyone with an interest in sustaining the earth.
Preface
List of Contributors
Chapter 1: Biofuels in Perspective
Chapter 2: Sustainable Production of Cellulosic Feedstock for Biorefineries in the U.S.A.
Chapter 3: Bio-ethanol Development in the U.S.A.
Chapter 4: Bio-ethanol development(s) in Brazil
Chapter 5: Process Technologies for Biodiesel Production
Chapter 6: Bio-based Fischer-Tropsch Diesel Production Technologies
Chapter 7: Plant Oil Biofuel: Rationale, Production and Application
Chapter 8: Enzymatic production of biodiesel
Chapter 9: Production of Biodiesel from waste lipids
Chapter 10: Biomass Digestion to Methane in Agriculture: A Successful Pathway for the Energy Production and Waste Treatment Worldwide
Chapter 11: Biological hydrogen production by anaerobic microorganisms
Chapter 12: Improving Sustainability of the Corn-Ethanol Industry
Conclusions
References
