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Environmentally Improved Production Processes and Products
introduces students at institutes of higher education, company
management, civil servants, professional designers and process
engineers to the field of environmentally oriented product and
process improvement. The book deals with improvements that are
integrated into processes and products. It differs from other books
currently available in that it covers both production and products.
It is also different because both social/economic and technical
aspects of the improvement of products and production processes are
dealt with, rather than the more usual focus either on technical or
on social and/or economic aspects. Another characteristic is the
wide range of production processes and products covered, ranging
from bakeries to olive growing, from nuclear power plants to glues,
from office chairs to breweries, and from television sets to steel
plants. Geographical coverage ranges from Sweden to China and from
India to Italy and the USA.
"Biofuels for Road Transport: A Seed to Wheel Perspective"
provides a review of the history, the current status and
perspectives for biofuels used in road transport, across the full
'seed-to-wheel' life cycle of these fuels. Successive chapters
cover the history of biofuels; the first- and second-generation
liquid fuels and biofuels for powering electric vehicles; fossil
fuel replacement, land requirement, greenhouse gas balances and
environmental burdens of ethanol, esters derived from fatty acids
('biodiesel'), Fischer-Tropsch diesel and HTU diesel; competing
technologies (fossil fuels, increases in energy-efficiency and
photovoltaic power) and how they compare to biofuels; and the
perspectives for biofuels. Cost, availability, technological
development, competition with biomass for food and for soil organic
carbon and environmental perspectives are also discussed.
"Biofuels for Road Transport: A Seed to Wheel Perspective"
provides a review of the history, the current status and
perspectives for biofuels used in road transport, across the full
'seed-to-wheel' life cycle of these fuels. Successive chapters
cover the history of biofuels; the first- and second-generation
liquid fuels and biofuels for powering electric vehicles; fossil
fuel replacement, land requirement, greenhouse gas balances and
environmental burdens of ethanol, esters derived from fatty acids
('biodiesel'), Fischer-Tropsch diesel and HTU diesel; competing
technologies (fossil fuels, increases in energy-efficiency and
photovoltaic power) and how they compare to biofuels; and the
perspectives for biofuels. Cost, availability, technological
development, competition with biomass for food and for soil organic
carbon and environmental perspectives are also discussed.
International experts provide a comprehensive picture of the
principles, concepts and methods that are applicable to problems
originating from the interaction between the living/non-living
environment and mankind. Both the analysis of such problems and the
way solutions to environmental problems may work in specific
societal contexts are addressed. Disciplinary approaches are
discussed but there is a focus on multi- and interdisciplinary
methods. A large number of practical examples and case studies are
presented. There is special emphasis on modelling and integrated
assessment. This book is different because it stresses the
societal, cultural and historical dimensions of environmental
problems. The main objective is to improve the ability to analyse
and conceptualise environmental problems in context and to make
readers aware of the value and scope of different methods. Ideal as
a course text for students, this book will also be of interest to
researchers and consultants in the environmental sciences.
Environmentally Improved Production Processes and Products
introduces students at institutes of higher education, company
management, civil servants, professional designers and process
engineers to the field of environmentally oriented product and
process improvement. The book deals with improvements that are
integrated into processes and products. It differs from other books
currently available in that it covers both production and products.
It is also different because both social/economic and technical
aspects of the improvement of products and production processes are
dealt with, rather than the more usual focus either on technical or
on social and/or economic aspects. Another characteristic is the
wide range of production processes and products covered, ranging
from bakeries to olive growing, from nuclear power plants to glues,
from office chairs to breweries, and from television sets to steel
plants. Geographical coverage ranges from Sweden to China and from
India to Italy and the USA.
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