Biofuels Refining and Performance - Ahindra Nag

Ahindra Nag, Ph.D. is with the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology has written this book. This book discuss the refining processes and issues involved in producing fuel derived from recently living organisms or their by-products.

Table of content

Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1. Energy and Its Biological Resources
Chapter 2. Photosynthetic Plants as Renewable Energy Sources
Chapter 3. Bioethanol: Market and Production Processes
Chapter 4. Raw Materials to Produce Low-Cost Biodiesel
Chapter 5. Fuel and Physical Properties of Biodiesel Components
Chapter 6. Processing of Vegetable Oils as Biodiesel and Engine Performance
Chapter 7. Ethanol and Methanol as Fuels in Internal Combustion Engines
Chapter 8. Cracking of Lipids for Fuels and Chemicals
Chapter 9. Fuel Cells
Appendix
Index