Biofuels for Road Transport by Lucas Reijnders and Mark A. J. Huijbregts (2009, Hardcover)

Key Details
Author:	Lucas Reijnders, Mark A. J. Huijbregts
Language:	English
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	1848821379
ISBN-13:	9781848821378

Size
Length:	170 pages
Height:	9.5 in
Width:	6.5 in
Thickness:	0.8 in
Weight:	14.4 oz

Publisher's Note
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 â??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 (â??biodiesel'), Fischer-Tropsch diesel and HTU 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.Biofuels for Road Transport: A Seed to Wheel Perspective is a valuable reference for professional engineers, researchers and postgraduate students involved in biofuels, renewable energy (including bioenergy) and the automotive industry.