Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels, Hardcover by Pandey, Ashok (EDT), Brand New...

Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels, Hardcover by Pandey, Ashok (EDT), ISBN 1560221755, ISBN-13 9781560221753, Brand New, Free P&P in the UKPandey (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research's National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, India) reviews the current state-of-the-art for biodiesel and bioethanol as possible future energy sources. His opening section provides an introductory profile of plant-based biofuels, discusses the world biofuel scenario, provides an overview of the production of biofuels from biomass materials by thermochemical and biochemical methods, and examines the thermochemical conversion of biomass to liquids and gaseous fuels. The next seven chapters focus on bioethanol and discuss the current status and outlook and the production of ethanol from molasses, starchy biomass, and lignocellulosic biomass. The remaining chapters focus on biodiesel and discuss current and future perspectives; production technologies and substrates; lipase-catalyzed preparation of biodiesel; biodiesel production with supercritical fluid technologies; and production of biodiesel from palm oil, rice bran oil, karanja and jatropah seed oil, mahua oil, and rubber seed oil. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()