Environmental Impact of Biofuels

Edited by Marco Aurelio Dos Santos Bernardes

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Abstract: This book aspires to be a comprehensive summary of current biofuels issues and thereby contribute to the understanding of this important topic. Readers will find themes including biofuels development efforts, their implications for the food industry, current and future biofuels crops, the successful Brazilian ethanol program, insights of the first, second, third and fourth biofuel generations, advanced biofuel production techniques, related waste treatment, emissions and environmental impacts, water consumption, produced allergens and toxins. Additionally, the biofuel policy discussion is expected to be continuing in the foreseeable future and the reading of the biofuels features dealt with in this book, are recommended for anyone interested in understanding this diverse and developing theme.

JEL-codes: Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-953-307-479-5
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Air Quality and Biofuels

Shiv Prasad and Dhanya M S

Allergens and Toxins from Oleaginous Plants: Problems and Solutions

Olga Lima Tavares Machado and Natalia Deus- De-Oliveira

Biobased Economy - Sustainable Use of Agricultural Resources

Suren(dra) Kulshreshtha, B. G. McConkey, T. T. Liu, James A. Dyer, X. P. C. Verge and Raymond L. Desjardins

Biofuel Combustion Emissions - Chemical and Physical Smoke Properties

John C. Y. Chan, Guenter Engling, Xuefang Sang and Ting Zhang

Biofuel Programs in East Asia: Developments, Perspectives, and Sustainability

Tatsuji Koizumi

Biofuels and Ecosystem Carbon Balance Under Global Change

Christina Schadel and Yiqi Luo

Emissions of Diesel - Vegetable Oils Mixtures

Charalampos Arapatsakos

Environmental Impacts of Production of Biodiesel and Its Use in Transportation Sector

Sippy Kalra Chauhan and Anuradha Shukla

Groundwater and Health Implications of Biofuels Production

Rosane Nobre and Manoel Nobre

Identification of Work Tasks Causing High Occupational Exposure to Bioaerosols at Biofuel Plants Converting Straw or Wood Chips

Anne Mette Madsen

Implications of Biofuel Feedstock Crops for the Livestock Feed Industry in Canada

James A. Dyer, Xavier P.C. Verge, Raymond L. Desjardins and Brian G. McConkey

The Impact of Oil Palm Expansion on Environmental Change: Putting Conservation Research in Context

Edgar Turner, Jake Snaddon, Robert Ewers, Tom Fayle and William Foster

Uncertainty Analysis of the Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Renewability of Biofuels

Joao Malca and Fausto Freire

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DOI: 10.5772/960

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