Biofuels for road transport: a seed to wheel perspective

‘Biofuels for Road Transport: A Seed to Wheel Perspective’ provides a review of the history, the 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 requirement, greenhouse gas balances and environmental burdens of ethanol, esters derived from fatty acids (‘biodiesel’), Fischer-Tropsch diesel andHTU 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. Provides a science-based view of current biofuels for road transport, and their future Topic is approached from a ‘seed-to-wheel’ perspective covering the full life cycle of the biofuel INDICE: Transport Biofuels: Their Characteristics, Production and Costs.- Energy Balance: Cumulative Fossil Fuel Demand and Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency of Transport Biofuels.- Non-energy Natural Resources Demand.- Climate Effects and Non-greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Transport Biofuel LifeCycles.- The Impact of Expanded Biofuel Production on Living Nature.- Frequently Asked Questions in the Transport Biofuel Debate.

• ISBN: 978-1-84882-137-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 210
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés