TY - BOOK ID - 145436982 TI - Gasoline, diesel, and ethanol biofuels from grasses and plants AU - Gupta, Ram B. AU - Demirbas, Ayhan. PY - 2010 SN - 1107208475 1282908081 9786612908088 0511779151 0511922949 0511931042 0511932383 0511927207 0511924666 0511929706 PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Plant biomass. KW - Forest biomass. KW - Biomass energy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145436982 AB - The world is currently faced with two significant problems: fossil fuel depletion and environmental degradation, which are continuously being exacerbated due to increasing global energy consumption. As a substitute for petroleum, renewable fuels have been receiving increasing attention due a variety of environmental, economic, and societal benefits. The first-generation biofuels - ethanol from sugar or corn and biodiesel from vegetable oils - are already on the market. The goal of thisbook is to introduce readers to second-generation biofuels obtained from non-food biomass, such as forest residue, agricultural residue, switch grass, corn stover, waste wood, municipal solid wastes, and so on. Various technologies are discussed, including cellulosic ethanol, biomass gasification, synthesis of diesel and gasoline, bio-crude by hydrothermal liquefaction, bio-oil by fast pyrolysis, and the upgradation of biofuel. This book strives to serve as a comprehensive document presenting various technological pathways and environmental and economic issues related to biofuels. ER -