The biodiesel handbook / / editors, Gerhard Knothe, Jon Van Gerpen, Jurgen Krahl

• Pubblicazione: Champaign, Ill., : AOCS Press, ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 302 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 662/.669
• Soggetto topico: Biodiesel fuels; SCIENCE / Chemistry / General; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical
• Altri autori: KnotheGerhard Van GerpenJon Harlan KrahlJurgen <1962->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: What is Biodiesel? / Gerhard Knothe -- The History of Vegetable Oil-Based Diesel Fuels / Gerhard Knothe -- The Basics of Diesel Engines and Diesel Fuels / Jon Van Gerpen -- Biodiesel Production / Jon Van Gerpen and Gerhard Knothe -- Alternate Feedstocks and Technologies for Biodiesel Production / Michael J. Haas and Thomas A. Foglia -- Analytical Methods for Biodiesel / Gerhard Knothe -- Cetane Numbers / Gerhard Knothe -- Viscosity / Gerhard Knothe -- Cold Weather Properties and Performance of Biodiesel / Robert O. Dunn -- Oxidation: Literature overview / Gerhard Knothe -- Stability of Biodiesel / Heinrich Prankl -- Biodiesel Lubricity / Leon Schumacher -- Biodegradability, Biological and Chemical Oxygen Demand and Toxicity of Biodiesel Fuels / C.L. Peterson and Gregory Moller -- Soybean Oil Composition for Biodiesel / Neal A. Bringe -- Impact of Biodiesel Fuel on Pollutant Emissions from Diesel Engines / Robert L. McCormick and Teresa L. Alleman -- Influence of Biodiesel and Different Petrodiesel Fuels on Exhaust Emissions and Health Effects / Jurgen Krahl, Axel Munack, Olaf Schroder, Hendrik Stein, Jurgen Bunger -- Current Status of the Biodiesel Industry / Steve Howell and Joe Jobe -- Biodiesel in the European Union: Current Status of Legislation and Production / Dieter Bockey -- Biodiesel Quality Management; the AGQM story / Jurgen Fischer -- Status of Biodiesel in Asia, the Americas, Australia and South Africa / Werner Korbitz -- Environmental implications of biodiesel / Sven Gartner and Guido A. Reinhardt -- Potential Production of Biodiesel / Charles L. Peterson -- Other Uses of Biodiesel / Gerhard Knothe -- Other Alternative Diesel Fuels from Vegetable Oils / Robert O. Dunn.
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation
• Titolo autorizzato: The biodiesel handbook
• ISBN: 1-00-304026-8; 1-003-04026-8; 1-60119-719-5; 1-4398-2235-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911004714703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II