02396nam a2200253Ia 4500 322228 20160527191421.0 130521s2013 flua b 001 0 eng 2012021353 9781420089554 (hardback) DLC DLC DLC pcc TP339 .L44 2012 662.88 L4771b 23 Lee, Sunggyu. 245351 Local Biofuels and bioenergy processes and technologies Sunggyu Lee, Y.T. Shah. Boca Raton, FL Taylor & Francis c2013. xvii, 323 p. ill. 25 cm. Green chemistry and chemical engineering "Preface Humans have a long history of using a wide variety of biomass resources as sources of energy and fuel. The discovery and use of fossil energy, represented largely by coal, natural gas, and petroleum, have drastically reduced the utilization of biomass fuels. The technologies of generating electricity using biomass, producing bioliquid fuels, and powering motor vehicles using bioalcohols and blended gasolines have been developed and practiced since the early twentieth century. Up until recently, however, development interest in biofuels had lessened due to the availability of relatively inexpensive fossil energy resources as well as the handling and transportation convenience of these conventional fuel sources. Due to the strong growth of global transportation fuel demand, sharply escalating worldwide fossil energy prices, fear over the dwindling supply of petroleum and natural gas for the near future, and credible evidence linking global warming and climate change issues with the emission of greenhouse gases, global interest and R&D efforts in renewable alternative fuels have become intense and fiercely competitive, targeting both short- and long-term solutions to alternative energy needs. Although there are a number of options and routes for energy sustainability and independence via renewable alternative energy, bioenergy and biofuels certainly possess outstanding potential to provide solutions and relief to many of the immediate, intermediate, and long-term societal needs of clean energy and their associated challenges"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Biomass energy. 62473 Local Shah, Yatish T. 276304 Local 239893 239893 0 0 ddc 0 662_880000000000000_L4771B 0 evl 144516 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Amazon 129.95 513839 0 662.88 L4771b 80000002505694 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:322228 z:Presup. 2012-13 6