Environmental Sustainability of Biofuels: Prospects and Challenges provides a comprehensive sustainability analysis of biofuels based on lifecycle analysis and develops various multi-dimensional decision-making techniques for prioritizing biofuel production technologies. Taking a transversal approach, the book combines lifecycle sustainability assessment, lifecycle assessment, lifecycle costing analysis, social lifecycle assessment, sustainability metrics, triple bottom lines, operational research methods, and supply chain designs for investigating the critical factors and critical enablers that influence the sustainable development of biofuel industry. This book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners seeking to deepen their knowledge of biofuels as an alternative fuel.
It will equip researchers and policymakers in the energy sector with the scientific methodology and metrics needed to develop strategies for a viable sustainability transition.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Chapter 1. Biofuels in environmental security - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Biofuels and sustainable development goals - p. 13 9. Chapter 3. Biofuels an option for agro-waste management - p. 27 10. Chapter 4. Biofuels and land use/land cover change nexus - p. 49 11. Chapter 5. World biofuel continuum: Issues and challenges - p. 69 12. Chapter 6. Impacts of the biofuel industry on the environment - p. 87 13. Chapter 7. Biofuel production: An initiative of environmentally sound technologies (EST’s) or Green technologies - p. 99 14. Chapter 8. Impact assessment of global biofuel regulations and policies on biodiversity - p. 140 15. Chapter 9. Prospects of R&D in the biofuel sector/industry - p. 163 16. Chapter 10. Biofuel consumption and global climate change: Solutions and challenges - p. 183 17. Chapter 11. Algae as a feedstock for biofuel production - p. 201 18. Chapter 12. Biofuel: A unique solution for the future energy crisis - p. 226 19. Chapter 13. Genetic engineering and fifth-generation biofuels - p. 237 20. Chapter 14. Application of waste biomass into automotive fuels - p. 253 21. Chapter 15. Biofuel: A prime eco-innovation for sustainability - p. 267 22. Chapter 16. Life cycle sustainability of biofuels - p. 285 23. Chapter 17. Are algal biofuels an answer to the petrochemical crisis? - p. 299 24. Chapter 18. Impacts of progressive biofuels on environmental sustainability - p. 313 25. Chapter 19. Role of nanoadditives in biofuel production - p. 343 26. Chapter 20. A chemical approach towards the sustainability of biofuels: Environmental and economic aspects - p. 349 27. Chapter 21. Sustainable aviation biofuels - p. 363 28. Index - p. 389
Environmental Sustainability of Biofuels: Prospects and Challenges provides a comprehensive sustainability analysis of biofuels based on lifecycle analysis and develops various multi-dimensional decision-making techniques for prioritizing biofuel production technologies. Taking a transversal approach, the book combines lifecycle sustainability assessment, lifecycle assessment, lifecycle costing analysis, social lifecycle assessment, sustainability metrics, triple bottom lines, operational research methods, and supply chain designs for investigating the critical factors and critical enablers that influence the sustainable development of biofuel industry. This book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners seeking to deepen their knowledge of biofuels as an alternative fuel.
It will equip researchers and policymakers in the energy sector with the scientific methodology and metrics needed to develop strategies for a viable sustainability transition.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Chapter 1. Biofuels in environmental security - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Biofuels and sustainable development goals - p. 13 9. Chapter 3. Biofuels an option for agro-waste management - p. 27 10. Chapter 4. Biofuels and land use/land cover change nexus - p. 49 11. Chapter 5. World biofuel continuum: Issues and challenges - p. 69 12. Chapter 6. Impacts of the biofuel industry on the environment - p. 87 13. Chapter 7. Biofuel production: An initiative of environmentally sound technologies (EST’s) or Green technologies - p. 99 14. Chapter 8. Impact assessment of global biofuel regulations and policies on biodiversity - p. 140 15. Chapter 9. Prospects of R&D in the biofuel sector/industry - p. 163 16. Chapter 10. Biofuel consumption and global climate change: Solutions and challenges - p. 183 17. Chapter 11. Algae as a feedstock for biofuel production - p. 201 18. Chapter 12. Biofuel: A unique solution for the future energy crisis - p. 226 19. Chapter 13. Genetic engineering and fifth-generation biofuels - p. 237 20. Chapter 14. Application of waste biomass into automotive fuels - p. 253 21. Chapter 15. Biofuel: A prime eco-innovation for sustainability - p. 267 22. Chapter 16. Life cycle sustainability of biofuels - p. 285 23. Chapter 17. Are algal biofuels an answer to the petrochemical crisis? - p. 299 24. Chapter 18. Impacts of progressive biofuels on environmental sustainability - p. 313 25. Chapter 19. Role of nanoadditives in biofuel production - p. 343 26. Chapter 20. A chemical approach towards the sustainability of biofuels: Environmental and economic aspects - p. 349 27. Chapter 21. Sustainable aviation biofuels - p. 363 28. Index - p. 389
