Hydrogen could be a significant fuel of the future, with the potential to make a major contribution to the resolution of pressing social and environmental problems such as carbon emissions, energy security and local air pollution. This book, based on four years of detailed research, subjects the...

Cover -- SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF BIOFUELS: Evidence from Developing Nations -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Part One: Global overview -- 1: Biofuels at the confluence of energy security, rural development, and food...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- 2 Ecosystem Services R&D -- 3 Biofuels R&D -- 4 Common Themes -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B: List of Organizers and Panelists -- Appendix C: Descriptions of Agency Activities Presented at...

Intro -- INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE U.S. CHEMICAL AND BIOFUEL INDUSTRIES -- INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE U.S. CHEMICAL AND BIOFUEL INDUSTRIES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE* -- ABSTRACT -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- GLOSSARY -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- Overview and Principal Findings -- LIQUID...

This investigation explores the influence of oxygenated fuels on different energy and exergy parameters first and the second law of thermodynamics. The parameters were estimated based on the experimental data using thermodynamic Equations. Due to similar fuel properties to diesel, a...

Biogas is considered to be an important source of renewable energy, the production of which is on a continuous rise and which can be decisive for the elimination of fossil fuels by 2050. To reduce the negative impact of human actions on the environment, we must take measures urgent for...

Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Wirtschaftlichkeit der Produktion von Biokraftstoffen und den möglichen Auswirkungen des beschleunigten Wachstums der Biokraftstoffproduktion auf landwirtschaftliche Produktmärkte. Er zeigt, dass Produktionskosten von Ethanol und Biodiesel je nach...