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. Ed(S): Ravindra, Pogaku; Sarbatly, Rosalam Hj. - Advances in Biofuels - 9781489986344 - V9781489986344
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Advances in Biofuels

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Description for Advances in Biofuels Paperback. This book examines the current technology used for extracting fuel from biomass for a variety of plant types. It explores shortcomings of each and details improved techniques, which would be cheaper, more efficient, and produce less waste. Editor(s): Ravindra, Pogaku; Sarbatly, Rosalam Hj. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TC; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
​Biofuels will play a key role in the 21st century as the world faces two critical problems; volatile fuel prices and global climatic changes. Both of these are linked to the overdependence on the fossil fuels: petroleum, natural gas, and coal. Transportation is almost totally dependent on petroleum based fuels such as gasoline, diesel fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, and on natural gas. Despite a significant amount of research into biofuels, the field has not been able to replace fossil fuels. Recent advances will change this scenario. Extracting fuel from biomass has been very expensive (both monetarily and in land usage), ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781489986344
SKU
V9781489986344
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About . Ed(S): Ravindra, Pogaku; Sarbatly, Rosalam Hj.
Dr.Pogaku Ravindra Professor of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering Postgraduate coordinator School of Engineering and Information Technology University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Rosalam Hj.Sarbatly, Ph.D Dean/Assoc.Prof. School Of Engineering and Information Technology, University Malaysia Sabah

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