Alternative Fuels from Biomass Sources (Toraman)
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This text examines the chemistry of technologies of bio-based sources for power generation and transportation fuels. When you successfully complete this course, you will be prepared to:
- describe various biomasses that can be utilized for energy and fuel generation;
- explain the composition of various processes necessary for biomass processing;
- utilize the necessary chemistry, as well as mass and energy balances, that would be utilized in a biorefining facility;
- analyze how to utilize biofuels in current fuel infrastructure;
- illustrate what is required in a biorefinery.
Front Matter
1: Why Alternative Fuels from Biomass?
2: Existing Fossil Fuel Technologies for Transportation
3: Electricity Generation 101
4: Use of Biomass in Thermal Technologies
5: Biomass Pyrolysis and Pretreatment
6: General Ethanol Production
7: Processing to Produce Ethanol and Butanol from Carbohydrates and Enzymes
8: Thermochemical Methods to Produce Biofuels
9: Biodiesel Production
10: Algae as a Source for Fuels
11: Economics of Biomass Production – Ethanol, Butanol, and Biodiesel
12: Additional Processes for Fuels from Biomass
Back Matter
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