Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Air Pollution and Global Warming from the Use of Fossil Fuels
- 3 Renewable Energy Sources
- 4 Biomass Availability in the World
- 5 Conventional Ethanol Production from Corn and Sugarcane
- 6 Ethanol from Biomass by Fermentation
- 7 Biodiesel from Vegetable Oils
- 8 Diesel from Biomass Gasification Followed by Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis
- 9 Bio-Oil from Biomass Pyrolysis
- 10 Biocrude from Biomass Hydrothermal Liquefaction
- 11 Solar and Wind Energy for Biofuel Production
- 12 Environmental Impacts of Biofuels
- 13 Economic Impact of Biofuels
- 14 Biofuel Policy
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Air Pollution and Global Warming from the Use of Fossil Fuels
- 3 Renewable Energy Sources
- 4 Biomass Availability in the World
- 5 Conventional Ethanol Production from Corn and Sugarcane
- 6 Ethanol from Biomass by Fermentation
- 7 Biodiesel from Vegetable Oils
- 8 Diesel from Biomass Gasification Followed by Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis
- 9 Bio-Oil from Biomass Pyrolysis
- 10 Biocrude from Biomass Hydrothermal Liquefaction
- 11 Solar and Wind Energy for Biofuel Production
- 12 Environmental Impacts of Biofuels
- 13 Economic Impact of Biofuels
- 14 Biofuel Policy
- References
- Index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010