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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456857703321

Titolo

Liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass [[electronic resource] ] : technological status, costs, and environmentals impacts / / America's Energy Future Panel on Alternative Liquid Transportation Fuels, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Research Council of the National Acadamies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-55458-1

9786612554582

0-309-13713-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Collana

America's energy future series Liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass

Disciplina

662

Soggetti

Biomass energy - United States

Energy conservation - United States

Energy policy - United States

Motor fuels - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""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""