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Title Efficiency and sustainability in biofuel production : environmental and land-use research / edited by Barnabas Gikonyo
Published Oakville, ON : Apple Academic Press, [2015]
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Contents Cover; About the Editor; Contents; Acknowledgment and How to Cite; List of Contributors; Introduction; PART I: LAND USE AND BIOFUELS; CHAPTER 1: The Importance of Land Use Change in the Environmental Balance of Biofuels; CHAPTER 2: Energy Potential and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Bioenergy Cropping Systems on Marginally Productive Cropland; CHAPTER 3: Integration of Farm Fossil Fuel Use with Local Scale Assessments of Biofuel Feedstock Production in Canada; CHAPTER 4: Evaluating the Marginal Land Resources Suitable for Developing Bioenergy in Asia
CHAPTER 5: Energy Potential of Biomass from Conservation Grasslands in Minnesota, USACHAPTER 6: Seasonal Energy Storage Using Bioenergy Production from Abandoned Croplands; PART II: SECOND-GENERATION BIOFUELS AND SUSTAINABILITY; CHAPTER 7: Biodiesel from Grease Interceptor to Gas Tank; CHAPTER 8: Efficient Extraction of Xylan from Delignified Corn Stover Using Dimethyl Sulfoxide; CHAPTER 9: The Possibility of Future Biofuels Production Using Waste Carbon Dioxide and Solar Energy
CHAPTER 10: Well-to-Wheels Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Ethanol from Corn, Sugarcane, and Cellulosic Biomass for US UseCHAPTER 11: Lessons from First Generation Biofuels and Implications for the Sustainability Appraisal of Second Generation Biofuels; Author Notes; Back Cover
Summary The world's interest in reducing petroleum use has led to the rapid development of the biofuel industry over the past decade or so. However, there is increasing concern over how current food-based biofuels affect both food security and the environment. Second-generation biofuels, however, use widely available sources such as non-food lignocellulosic-based biomass and fats, oils, and greases. They make practical consideration of how land use can simultaneously support both the world's food needs and some of its energy needs. This volume consolidates some of the most recent investigations into th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 15, 2015)
Subject Biomass energy.
Land use -- Planning.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical.
Biomass energy
Land use -- Planning
Form Electronic book
Author Gikonyo, Barnabas, editor.
ISBN 9781498728867
1498728863
1771881313
9781771881319