Spectroscopic Analysis of Biofuels and Biolubes / R. A. Kishore Nadkarni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nadkarni, R. A. Kishore, author.

Contributor:

American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTM International.

Series:

Journal of ASTM International. monograph Series ; MONO10125M.

ASTM monograph series ; MONO10125M

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum products--Analysis.

Petroleum products.

Lubricating oils--Analysis.

Lubricating oils.

Spectrum analysis.

Petroleum--Spectra.

Petroleum.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 pages) : illustrations, figures, tables.

Volume 2011, Issue 9 (January 2011)

Other Title:

ASTM digital library.

Place of Publication:

West Conshohocken, Pa. : ASTM International, 2011.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file PDF

Summary:

As crude oil stocks around the world slowly dwindle and the prices of crude oil and gasoline at the pump skyrocket, serious attention is being given to developing alternative fuels for the internal combustion engines. The more prominent among these alternative fuels is one derived from biomass, which a majority of oil-consuming countries have an abundance of. Whether biofuels will truly deliver the consumers from dependence on foreign oils is a matter of debate. The United States went through a similar scenario in the 1980s after Arab oil embargos, when concentrated efforts were dedicated by all major oil companies and nations to produce synthetic oil from coal and oil shale. Although technically successful, those efforts came to nothing when the crude oil price tumbled to about 5 dollars a barrel in 1985 and all research and development efforts on synthetic fuels were abandoned. But at least at the moment, with encouragement from state and federal governments, a big push is on the way to commercialize biofuels. Worldwide investment in biofuels rose from 5 billion dollars in 1995 to 38 billion dollars in 2005 and is expected to top 100 billion dollars by 2010. ASTM International is working toward standardizing or developing test methods for the characterization of these biofuels and biolubes.

Notes:

"ASTM Stock Number: MONO10125M".

Includes bibliographical references 11.

Electronic reproduction. W. Conshohocken, Pa. : ASTM International, 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.

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ISBN:

9780803184305 (e-ISBN)

9780803170209

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