Biofuels : types and production / by Michael Silva.

By: Silva, Michael [author.]
Language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Larsen and Keller Education, [2023]Copyright date: © 2023Description: viii, 220 pages : color illustrations, photos ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781641722025Subject(s): Biomass energy | Microbial fuel cells | Refuse as fuel | Waste products as fuelDDC classification: 662.88 LOC classification: TP339 | .B56 2023
Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Uses of biofuel -- Energy content of biofuel -- Advantages of Biofuel -- Disadvantages of biofuel -- Biomass -- Chapter 2 Generations of biofuels -- First-generation biofuels -- Second-generation biofuels -- Third-generation biofuels -- Fourth-generation biofuels -- Chapter 3 Types of biofuels -- Biogas -- Syngas -- Alcohol fuel -- Algae fuel -- Biodiesel -- Vegetable oil fuel -- Aviation biofuel -- Biogasoline -- Biohydrogen -- Bioethers -- Sustainable biofuels -- Chapter 4 Feedstocks for biofuels -- Feedstocks -- Energy crop -- Camelina -- Jatropha curcas -- Lignocellulosic biomass -- Switchgrass -- Miscanthus giganteus -- Chapter 5 Production processes and technologies -- Dark fermentation -- Photofermentation -- Ethanol fermentation -- Biodiesel production -- Vegetable oil refining -- Energy forestry -- Gasification -- Methanol economy --Ethanol fuel energy balance
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Includes bibliographic references and index.

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Uses of biofuel -- Energy content of biofuel -- Advantages of Biofuel -- Disadvantages of biofuel -- Biomass -- Chapter 2 Generations of biofuels -- First-generation biofuels -- Second-generation biofuels -- Third-generation biofuels -- Fourth-generation biofuels -- Chapter 3 Types of biofuels -- Biogas -- Syngas -- Alcohol fuel -- Algae fuel -- Biodiesel -- Vegetable oil fuel -- Aviation biofuel -- Biogasoline -- Biohydrogen -- Bioethers -- Sustainable biofuels -- Chapter 4 Feedstocks for biofuels -- Feedstocks -- Energy crop -- Camelina -- Jatropha curcas -- Lignocellulosic biomass -- Switchgrass -- Miscanthus giganteus -- Chapter 5 Production processes and technologies -- Dark fermentation -- Photofermentation -- Ethanol fermentation -- Biodiesel production -- Vegetable oil refining -- Energy forestry -- Gasification -- Methanol economy --Ethanol fuel energy balance

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