The Biofuels Handbook

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James G. Speight
Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011 - Science - 555 pages
This timely handbook describes the options available for the production of synthetic fuels from biological sources. An essential reference source for researchers in academia as well as industry.
 

Contents

References
227
Production of Fuels from Wood Sources
255
Properties of Fuels from Wood Sources
304
References
329
Properties of Fuels from Domestic and Industrial Waste
377
Production of Fuels from Landfills
408
Uses of Landfill Gas
454
Constituents
473
ChainGrowth Probability
494
in Comparison to Circulating Fluidized Beds
510
Glossary
518
Subject Index
542
Unconventional Fuel Sources
42
References
74
A Biorefinery
118
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About the author (2011)

Dr Speight has more than forty years of experience in areas associated with (1) the properties and recovery of reservoir fluids, including heavy oil, and tar sand bitumen, (2) refining conventional petroleum as well as heavy oil, tar sand bitumen, synthetic fuels, and biofuels, (3) the properties of fuels, synthetic fuels, and biofuels, (4) the properties, behavior, and processing of natural gas, including gas-to-liquids, (5) the properties and behavior of coal, including coal liquids, and (6) the properties and behavior of oil shale, including shale oil. Environmental effects and remediation technologies related to fossil fuel and synthetic fuel processing. He is the author of more than four hundred publications, reports, and presentations and more than thirty books and bibliographies related to fossil fuels, synthetic fuels, biofuels, fuels processing, and environmental issues. Dr Speight is visiting Professor at University of Utah, University of Trinidad and Tobago. Technical University of Denmark (Lyngby, Denmark), University of Petroleum (Beijing, China), University of Regina (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and University of Akron (Akron, Ohio, USA).

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