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Summary
Summary
Focusing on today's major fuel resources - ethanol, biodiesel, wood, natural gas, petroleum products and coal - this book discusses the formation, composition and properties of the fuels, and the ways in which they are processed for commercial use. The book examines the origin of fuels through natural processes such as photosynthesis and the geological transformation of ancient plant material; the relationships between their composition, molecular structures, and physical properties; and the various processes by which they are converted or refined into the fuel products appearing on today's market. Fundamental chemical aspects such as catalysis and the behaviour of reactive intermediates are presented, and global warming and anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions are also discussed. The book is suitable for graduate students in energy engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering and chemistry, as well as professional scientists and engineers.
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This well-organized, well-written, and fact-laden book is the product of mounting societal attention to the consequences of the use of carbon fuels for global climate change, and of the author's many years of experience in organizing and teaching the lore of petroleum engineering and fuel chemistry. The result is an authoritative and detailed explication of the life history of fossil and renewable biofuels from formation, refining, and separation into categories (gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, etc.) and through the engines that burn them, to the ultimate sinks, atmospheric carbon dioxide and carbon sequestration. Schobert (emer., Pennsylvania State Univ.) explains the refining and "cracking" of the mix of large molecules that constitutes crude oil into the volatile and easily combustible components of liquid fuels. Solid fossil fuels (lignite, the various grades of coal and coke) receive adequate scrutiny. Every step in this natural history has given rise to an arcane scholarship shared by geologists, petroleum engineers, and organic chemists, synthesized here with admirable clarity. Historical background and molecular detail combine to produce satisfying insights at every stage. Full understanding of this material will require an undergraduate acquaintance with organic chemistry. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty. T. R. Blackburn formerly, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
Table of Contents
| 1 Fuels and the global carbon cycle |
| 2 Catalysis, enzymes and proteins |
| 3 Photosynthesis and the formation of polysaccharides |
| 4 Ethanol |
| 5 Plant oils and biodiesel |
| 6 Composition and reactions of wood |
| 7 Reactive intermediates |
| 8 Formation of fossil fuels |
| 9 Structure-property relationships among hydrocarbons |
| 10 Composition, properties and processing of natural gas |
| 11 Composition, properties and classification of petroleum |
| 12 Petroleum distillation |
| 13 Heterogeneous catalysis |
| 14 Catalytic routes to gasoline |
| 15 Middle distillate fuels |
| 16 Thermal processing in refining |
| 17 Composition, properties and classification of coals |
| 18 The inorganic chemistry of coals |
| 19 Production of synthetic gas |
| 20 Gas treatment and shifting |
| 21 Uses of synthetic gas |
| 22 Direct production of liquid fuels from coal pyrolysis |
| 23 Carbonization and coking of coal |
| 24 Carbon products from fossil and biofuels |
| 25 Carbon dioxide |
