Biofuels for Road Transport A Seed to Wheel Perspective /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Reijnders, Lucas (Συγγραφέας), Huijbregts, Mark (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Σειρά: Green Energy and Technology,
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Automotive engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Automotive Engineering.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

Biofuels for Road Transport: A Seed to Wheel Perspective provides a review of the history, the current status and the impact of biofuels used in road transport, across the full ‘seed-to-wheel’ life cycle of these fuels. Successive chapters cover many issues relevant to the current debate on biofuels...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.