Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a domestic energy resource with the potential to provide a significant amount of energy to meet US liquid fuel requirements. This book examines the potential use of MSW to make synthesis gas (syngas) suitable for production of liquid fuels; the expected process scale required for favorable economics; and, more.
The principle fuel used as a petrol substitute for road transport vehicles is bioethanol. Bioethanol fuel is mainly produced by the sugar fermentation process, although it can also be manufactured by the chemical process of reacting ethylene with steam. This book gathers the research from around the globe in this promising field.
Examines the use of ethanol as fuel, as well as its other applications in different parts of the world. This book addresses a policy initiative by the Federal Administration to apply United States Department of Energy (DOE) research to broadening the country's domestic production of economic, flexible, and secure sources of energy fuels.
Presents the constructive and operational aspects of equipment used in combustion and gasification of solid fuels such as coal, biomass, and solid residues. This title details basic aspects of solid and gas combustion phenomena, which are essential to improvements and optimized design in existing boilers and gasifiers.
The interest in fuel cells as a sustainable source of energy is pulling with it the need for books that provide comprehensive and practical information on specific types of fuel cell and their application. This volume on solid oxide fuel cells contains contributions from experts and provides source of knowledge on this topic.
Among the oil-bearing tree species, Jatropha curcas is becoming an interesting crop for the production of biodiesel. This book reports a series of biotechnological methodologies such as vitro propagation and plant breeding of jatropha curcas for the sustainable production of biodiesel.
Discusses the development of the study on coal combustion, which mainly involves devolatilization, volatiles combustion, char combustion and the formation of pollutants. This book presents a discussion on the intrinsic reactivity and thermal annealing of char, as well as the comparison of different char combustion models.
Skyrocketing energy costs have spurred renewed interest in coal gasification. This book approaches coal gasification and related technologies from a process engineering point of view. It describes the nature and availability of coal, the fundamentals of gasification, gasification technologies, and gas cleaning processes.
Biofuel is a renewable energy source produced from natural (biobased) materials. This book discusses the production of transportation fuels from biomass (such as wood, straw and household waste) by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. It is suitable for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in energy engineering, and professional fuel engineers.
Biofuels are partially renewable and substituting them for petroleum fuels may reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Large scale production and consumption of biofuel is promoted by many nations because of its potential for economic, political, and environmental benefits. This book provides research on this field from around the globe.
Coal is the dirtiest of all fossil fuels. When burned, it produces emissions that contribute to global warming, create acid rain, and pollute water. This book describes a new generation of energy processes that sharply reduce air emissions and other pollutants from coal-burning power plants.
Coal use today is responsible for large, and mostly avoidable, damages to human health and our water and land. Coal use in the future, along with other fossil fuels, threatens to wreak havoc in the earth's climate system. This book looks at 'clean coal' technologies such as coal gasification and carbon capture.
A number of main themes are discussed regarding the chemical structure and thermoplastic properties of coal followed by mathematical formulation models presented to show thermoplastic phenomena of coals, strengths of produced coke and phenomena observed when heating coal particles in packed beds.
Focusing on the physical aspects of ultrasonic de-ashing and de-sulfurization, such as cavitation, streaming and their combined effects, this thesis proposes an ultrasound-assisted coal particle breakage mechanism using aqueous and solvent-based techniques.