Biofuels for road transport : a seed to wheel perspective
By: Reijnders, Lucas.
Contributor(s): Huijbregts, Mark A. J.
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BookSeries: Green energy and technology. Publisher: London Springer 2009Description: vii, 170p.ISBN: 9781848821378.Subject(s): Biomass energy | Alternative energy for transport | Road transport | BiofuelsDDC classification: 621.4023 | R272b Summary: “Biofuels for Road Transport: A Seed-to-Wheel Perspective” provides a review of the history, 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 requirements, 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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“Biofuels for Road Transport: A Seed-to-Wheel Perspective” provides a review of the history, 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 requirements, 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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