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| View Larger Image | Biofuels Refining and Performance | Hardcoverby Ahindra Nag (Author)
| List Price: | $125.00 | | Price: | $109.93 | | You Save: | $15.07 (12%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Professional | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 312 Pages | | Publication Date: | December 17, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 929,076th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS | Product Description Learn about the ways to economically manufacture biofuels Written by a team of international experts, Biofuels Refining and Performance describes the refining processes and issues involved in producing fuel derived from recently living organisms or their by-products. Each chapter offers detailed discussion of theory as well as the actual experimental procedure used to economically manufacture biofuels on a commercial scale. |
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* A unique global assessment of the potential opportunities and risks of biofuels
* A comprehensive analysis, that takes the reader from an introduction to specific biofuels, through the prospects for technology and agriculture, to the economic, social and environmental implications
* Explores and analyzes the debates surrounding biofuels, offering authoritative conclusions
The world is on the verge of an unprecedented increase in the production and use of...
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