Perspectives on Water Usage for Biofuels Production Aquatic Contamination and Climate Change /

The book integrates the fundamental factors that determine current and future impacts of biofuels production on water supply and demand in the context of climatic changes. The effects of biofuels production on ground water quality with increasing water scarcity are examined, and the utilization of w...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
Schlagworte:
ISBN:9783319664088
Online-Zugang: Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction/Overview of Biofuels
  • 1.1. Ethanol
  • 1.2. Biodiesel
  • 1.3. Biogas
  • Chapter 2. Climatic Changes impact on water availability
  • Chapter 3. Water sustainability issues in feedstocks and conversion to biofuels
  • 3.1 Water use in ethanol producing bio-refineries
  • 3.2 Implication of water usage in biodiesel production
  • 3.3 Biogas production and water usage
  • Chapter 4. Effects on Groundwater Quality
  • 4.1 Impact of biorefinery effluent on groundwater quality
  • 4.2 Biodiesel production and implications on ground water
  • 4.3 Bio-digestate production and effects on ground water
  • Chapter 5. Charting the future of Biofuels and water usage
  • 5.1 Conservation of resources
  • 5.2. Preservation of ecology
  • 6. Summary.