Biodiesel America
Author: Joshua Tickell
Publisher: Biodiesel America
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780970722744
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Energy compromise, and the true potential for a fossil-fuel-free future. Book jacket.
Author: Joshua Tickell
Publisher: Biodiesel America
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780970722744
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Energy compromise, and the true potential for a fossil-fuel-free future. Book jacket.
Author: Joshua Tickell
Publisher: Biodiesel America
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780970722744
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Energy compromise, and the true potential for a fossil-fuel-free future. Book jacket.
Author: Greg Pahl
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1933392967
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For anyone who is trying to keep up with the extremely rapid developments in the biodiesel industry, the second edition of Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy is an invaluable aid. The breathtaking speed with which biodiesel has gained acceptance in the marketplace in the past few years has been exceeded only by the proliferation of biodiesel production facilities around the United States--and the world--only to confront new social and environmental challenges and criticisms. The international survey of the biodiesel industry has been expanded from 40 to more than 80 countries, reflecting the spectacular growth of the industry around the world. This section also tracks the dramatic shifts in the fortunes of the industry that have taken place in some of these nations. The detailed chapters that cover the industry in the United States have also been substantially rewritten to keep abreast of its many new developments and explosive domestic growth. An expanded section on small-scale, local biodiesel production has been added to better represent this small but growing part of the industry. Another new section has been added to more fully explore the increasingly controversial issues of deforestation and food versus fuel, as well as GMO crops. The second edition concludes with updated views on where the industry is headed in the years to come from some of its key players.
Author: Willie Nelson
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9781555916244
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Country music legend Willie Nelson confronts one of the most significant problems facing America today: dependency on foreign oil as a source of energy.
Author: William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi
Publisher: Soyinfo Center
Published: 2017-11-01
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 1928914977
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated books on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 41 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital format on Google Books.
Author: Lyle Estill
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: 2015-04-01
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 1550925911
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Make your own fuel, for a fraction of what you would pay at the pump. Small-scale home biodiesel production holds a singular attraction for the do-it-yourself enthusiast. While perhaps it can't save the world, this unique renewable fuel is economical, fun to make, better for the environment, and will help you reduce your dependence on Big Oil. And getting started is easier than you think. Backyard Biodiesel is written by two recognized experts in the field of small-scale biofuels. This comprehensive hands-on, practical, DIY guide includes: The basics of small-scale brewing-recipes, strategies, and technologies Advanced backyard analytics and troubleshooting Safety considerations and regulatory issues Topping up the tank-how to put your biodiesel to work for you. Making your own fuel is not only possible, it is rewarding. Designed to be accessible to everyone from readers with no prior technical expertise to alternative energy buffs, Backyard Biodiesel is a must-read for any aspiring brewer, packed with everything you need to get up and running quickly and safely.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2012-01-29
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 0309187516
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the United States, we have come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles. In recent years, many questions have been raised regarding the sustainability of our current pattern of high consumption of nonrenewable energy and its environmental consequences. Further, because the United States imports about 55 percent of the nation's consumption of crude oil, there are additional concerns about the security of supply. Hence, efforts are being made to find alternatives to our current pathway, including greater energy efficiency and use of energy sources that could lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions such as nuclear and renewable sources, including solar, wind, geothermal, and biofuels. The United States has a long history with biofuels and the nation is on a course charted to achieve a substantial increase in biofuels. Renewable Fuel Standard evaluates the economic and environmental consequences of increasing biofuels production as a result of Renewable Fuels Standard, as amended by EISA (RFS2). The report describes biofuels produced in 2010 and those projected to be produced and consumed by 2022, reviews model projections and other estimates of the relative impact on the prices of land, and discusses the potential environmental harm and benefits of biofuels production and the barriers to achieving the RFS2 consumption mandate. Policy makers, investors, leaders in the transportation sector, and others with concerns for the environment, economy, and energy security can rely on the recommendations provided in this report.
Author: Gerhard Knothe
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2015-08-13
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 0983507260
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The second edition of this invaluable handbook covers converting vegetable oils, animal fats, and used oils into biodiesel fuel. The Biodiesel Handbook delivers solutions to issues associated with biodiesel feedstocks, production issues, quality control, viscosity, stability, applications, emissions, and other environmental impacts, as well as the status of the biodiesel industry worldwide. Incorporates the major research and other developments in the world of biodiesel in a comprehensive and practical format Includes reference materials and tables on biodiesel standards, unit conversions, and technical details in four appendices Presents details on other uses of biodiesel and other alternative diesel fuels from oils and fats
Author: Margarita Stoytcheva
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2011-11-09
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9533077131
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book "Biodiesel: Feedstocks and Processing Technologies" is intended to provide a professional look on the recent achievements and emerging trends in biodiesel production. It includes 22 chapters, organized in two sections. The first book section: "Feedstocks for Biodiesel Production" covers issues associated with the utilization of cost effective non-edible raw materials and wastes, and the development of biomass feedstock with physical and chemical properties that facilitate it processing to biodiesel. These include Brassicaceae spp., cooking oils, animal fat wastes, oleaginous fungi, and algae. The second book section: "Biodiesel Production Methods" is devoted to the advanced techniques for biodiesel synthesis: supercritical transesterification, microwaves, radio frequency and ultrasound techniques, reactive distillation, and optimized transesterification processes making use of solid catalysts and immobilized enzymes. The adequate and up-to-date information provided in this book should be of interest for research scientist, students, and technologists, involved in biodiesel production.
Author: Samuel P. Pat Black III
Publisher:
Published: 2018-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781599328492
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Biodiesel: Cleaner, Safer and Made in America If you want to succeed as a business or world leader you have to be decisive and persistent, making sure no opportunities are squandered. Whatever is wasteful should be made productive. This is the concept behind the advent of the biodiesel industry, which does exactly that. Biodiesel turns waste into energy, making it a mainstream fuel source that provides an array of environmental, economic, and other societal benefits. Yet many people know little about it, and about how biodiesel could be benefiting them. In this book, you'll learn about some of the overlooked capabilities of biodiesel, including that biodiesel is environmentally beneficial, burning much cleaner than fossil diesel, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Biodiesel also makes efficient use of agricultural byproducts and waste that might otherwise go to landfills. Blended it petrodiesel, it extends critical US fuel reserves and offers a domestic solution to power our infrastructure. The biodiesel industry puts Americans to work, supporting 64,000 jobs in just 2016, a figure that's sure to grow if federal and state policies continue to support domestic production. When American lives are fueled by biodiesel, their wallets are, too. Pat Black will show you how building a stronger biodiesel industry is an easy solution not only for our environment, but also for our economy--creating badly needed jobs with fair wages. Biodiesel: cleaner, safer and made in America.