ABSTRACT

While strides are being made in the research and development of environmentally acceptable and more sustainable alternative fuels-including efforts to reduce emissions of air pollutants associated with combustion processes from electric power generation and vehicular transportation-fossil fuel resources are limited and may soon be on the verge of d

chapter 1|18 pages

Global and U.S. Energy Overview

chapter 2|66 pages

Gasication of Coal

chapter 3|44 pages

Clean Liquid Fuels from Coal

chapter 4|28 pages

Coal Slurry Fuel

chapter 5|22 pages

Liquid Fuels from Natural Gas

chapter 6|30 pages

Resids

chapter 7|26 pages

Liquid Fuels from Oil Sand

chapter 8|76 pages

Shale Oil from Oil Shale

chapter 9|20 pages

Shale Gas and Shale Fuel

chapter 10|28 pages

Methanol Synthesis from Syngas

chapter 11|36 pages

Ethanol from Corn

chapter 12|46 pages

Ethanol from Lignocellulosics

chapter 13|14 pages

Biodiesel

chapter 14|16 pages

Algae Fuel

chapter 15|52 pages

Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass

chapter 16|26 pages

Energy Generation from Waste Sources

chapter 17|22 pages

Geothermal Energy

chapter 18|50 pages

Nuclear Energy

chapter 19|30 pages

Fuel Cells