Perspectives on Water Usage for Biofuels Production Aquatic Contamination and Climate Change /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arshad, Muhammad (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Renewable energy resources.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Climate change.; Fossil fuels.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).; Climate Change Management and Policy.

The book integrates the fundamental factors that determine current and future impacts of biofuels production on water supply and demand in the context of climatic changes. The effects of biofuels production on ground water quality with increasing water scarcity are examined, and the utilization of w...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction/Overview of Biofuels
• 1.1. Ethanol
• 1.2. Biodiesel
• 1.3. Biogas
• Chapter 2. Climatic Changes impact on water availability
• Chapter 3. Water sustainability issues in feedstocks and conversion to biofuels
• 3.1 Water use in ethanol producing bio-refineries
• 3.2 Implication of water usage in biodiesel production
• 3.3 Biogas production and water usage
• Chapter 4. Effects on Groundwater Quality
• 4.1 Impact of biorefinery effluent on groundwater quality
• 4.2 Biodiesel production and implications on ground water
• 4.3 Bio-digestate production and effects on ground water
• Chapter 5. Charting the future of Biofuels and water usage
• 5.1 Conservation of resources
• 5.2. Preservation of ecology
• 6. Summary.