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Autore |
Coffey Timothy <1941-> |
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Titolo |
A primer on alternative transportation fuels / / Timothy Coffey |
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Washington, DC : , : Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, , 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 71 pages) : color illustrations |
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Collana |
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Defense & technology papers ; ; no. 74 |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen (viewed on September 23, 2010). |
"September 2010." |
Series from web site. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-71). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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