Chemistry of fossil fuels and biofuels /
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Author / Creator: | Schobert, Harold H., 1943- |
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Imprint: | Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. |
Description: | xix, 480 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cambridge series in chemical engineering Cambridge series in chemical engineering. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8962902 |
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