Bhardwaj / Zenone / Chen Sustainable Biofuels

An Ecological Assessment of the Future Energy
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-11-038133-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 366 Seiten

Reihe: ISSN

With oil resources approaching their limits, biofuels have become increasingly attractive. This book provides a detailed description of the ecological implications of second and third generation biofuel feedstock production systems, beginning with an introduction to the importance of ecological sustainability alongside economic viability. The book is divided into sections describing theoretical foundation and benefits of various biofuel cropping systems, and providing a description of practical ecological limitations to achieve those fundamental benefits. The book covers such critical issues as greenhouse gas emissions, carbon balance, water cycle components, other biogeochemical and socioeconomic interactions alongside life cycle analysis principals for achieving sustainability. These are some of the most important sustainability, environmental and economic issues which biofuel industry and scientific community is seeking answers to.

Zielgruppe

Researchers and advanced students of environmental science, agron

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bhardwaj, Ajay Kumar

Zenone, Terenzio

Chen, Jiquan

Weitere Mitwirkende

Press, Higher Education

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nachhaltigkeit, Grüne Technologien

Über Autor(innen)

Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj, Michigan State University, MI, USA; Terenzio Zenone and Jiquan Chen, University of Toledo, OH, USA.