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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
• Disciplina: 662
• Soggetto topico: Biomass energy - United States; Energy conservation - United States; Energy policy - United States; Motor fuels - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass
• ISBN: 1-282-55458-1; 9786612554582; 0-309-13713-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456857703321
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