Biofuels : production, application and development /

• Main Author: Scragg, A. H. 1943- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2009.
• Subjects: Biomass energy.; Renewable energy sources.; Biomass energy > Environmental aspects.; Renewable energy sources > Environmental aspects.; Processing Equipment and Technology.; Energy.; Meteorology and Climate.; Wastes (General); Bioenergy.; Biofuels.; Climatic change.; Energy sources.; Fuels.; Global warming.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 237 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains 8 chapters presenting an outline of the problems associated with fossil fuel use, and discusses the consequences of burning fossil fuels as well as how the adoption of alternative fuels can mitigate global warming. Other chapters cover biologically produced, solid, gaseous and liquid biofuel production with their advantages and disadvantages.