Gasoline, diesel, and ethanol biofuels from grasses and plants
New York
Cambridge University Press
2010
xiv, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Ram B. Gupta, Ayhan Demirbas
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. Convention 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 -- 01. Bio-crude from biomass hydrothermal liquefaction -- 11. Solar and wind energy for biofuel production -- 21. Environmental impacts of biofuels -- 31. Economic impact of biofuels -- 41. Biofuel policy