Alternative Fuels addresses many of the factors affecting current and emerging energy use choices, including the availability and desirability of various fuels - and in particular, hydrogen.

Topics include:

• energy policy
• fuel supply trends
• statistics and projections
• oil reserves
• alternative scenarios
• energy utilization
• sustainable energy
• cost analysis
• fuel escalation
• energy and development
• regulatory issues
• barriers to implementation
• conversion systems
• storage systems
• thermodynamic efficiency
• fuel chain efficiency
• life-cycle efficiency
• technology issues
• extracting
• refining
• air emission issues
• safety
• natural gas
• hydrogen gas
• methanol
• ethanol
• steam reforming
• and fuel cells

Features:

• Addresses technologies aimed at resolving the current challenges facing the world energy markets
• Examines how to align policy and technology to improve the availability and sustainability of energy resources
• Discusses various types of fuels and the technologies necessary to implement them

Contents

1. Fuels & Trends
2. The Evolution of Oil
3. Fuel & Autos
4. Fuels for the Auto
5. The New Transportation
6. Fuels & the Environment
7. Hydrogen Sources, Biomass & Wind Power
8. Alternative Fuel Paths & Solar Hydrogen
9. Infrastructure Choices & Nuclear Hydrogen

Index

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