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Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass : Technological Status, Costs, and Environmental Impacts.
Title:
Liquid Transportation Fuels from Coal and Biomass : Technological Status, Costs, and Environmental Impacts.
Author:
Fuels, America's Energy Future Panel on Alternative Liquid Transportation.
ISBN:
9780309137133
Physical Description:
1 online resource (389 pages)
Contents:
FrontMatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Synopsis -- Summary -- 1 Liquid Fuels for Transportation -- 2 Biomass Resources for Liquid Transportation Fuels -- 3 Biochemical Conversion of Biomass -- 4 Thermochemical Conversion of Coal and Biomass -- 5 Distribution -- 6 Comparison of Options and Market Penetration -- 7 Overall Findings and Recommendations -- 8 Key Challenges to Commercial Deployment -- 9 Other Alternative Fuel Options -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A: America's Energy Future Project -- Appendix B: Statement of Task -- Appendix C: Panel Members' Biographical Sketches -- Appendix D: Presentations to the Panel -- Appendix E: Research Supporting a Landscape Vision of Production of Biofuel Feedstock -- Appendix F: Estimating the Amount of Corn Stover That Can Be Harvested in a Sustainable Manner -- Appendix G: Life-Cycle Inputs for Production of Biomass -- Appendix H: Background Information on the Economic and Environmental Assessment of Biomass Supply -- Appendix I: Modeling of Capital and Operating Costs and Carbon Emissions of Ethanol Plants with SuperPro Designer® -- Appendix J: Resource Requirements for Production of Microbial Biomass -- Appendix K: Nonquantified Uncertainties That Could Influence the Costs of Carbon Storage.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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