Fossil fuels: sources, environmental concerns and waste management practices
NewvYork
Nova Publishers
c2013
viii, 307 p.: illus.; 26 cm
Energy science, engineering and technology
Includes bibliographical references and index
Rakesh Kumar, editor
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Environmental problems of extraction, transportation, and use of fossil fuels / S.M. Govorushko -- Current issues of fossil fuels and their future prospect / Kelvii Wei Guo -- Co-processing of coal and hydrochar produced from hydrothermal carbonization )HTC( of waste biomass / Zhengang Liu and R. Balasubramanian -- Modified biomass based alternative fuels / Rakesh Kumar -- The role of gasification in achieving almost zero emissions in energy production from coal / Filomena Pinto and Rui Neto Andre -- Carbon neutral materials from CO2 sequestration : the mineral carbonation option / Aimaro Sanna -- Geoengineering and carbon sequestration : solutions for fossil fuel emissions? / Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery -- Role of remote sensing in forest carbon sequestration with special emphasis on fossil fuel combustion / Abhisek Santra -- Steam reforming of ethanol at low temperature for hydrogen production / Vincenzo Palma, Filomena Castaldo, Paolo Ciambelli and Gaetano Iaquaniello -- The second half of the fossil fuel age : environmental externalities, net energy and energy security concerns / Antonio Garcia-Olivares and Antonio Turiel