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Record Nr.

UNINA9910703699903321

Autore

Coffey Timothy <1941->

Titolo

A primer on alternative transportation fuels / / Timothy Coffey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, , 2010

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 71 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Defense & technology papers ; ; no. 74

Soggetti

Fuel switching - United States

Hydrogen as fuel

Liquid fuels

Biomass energy - United States

Synthetic fuels - United States

Oil-shales - United States

Armed Forces - Fuel

Biomass energy

Fuel switching

Oil-shales

Synthetic fuels

United States Armed Forces Fuel

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on September 23, 2010).

"September 2010."

Series from web site.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-71).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Mission requirements that drive system considerations -- Review of engine technologies -- Selecting the power plant -- The role of hydrogen -- Liquid transportation fuels from reforming and gasification -- Enzymatic approach to producing fuels from biomass -- Fuels from biomass oils -- Synthetic fuel from atmospheric carbon dioxide -- Exploitation of oil shale -- Conclusion.