Consumptive water use in liquid fuel production : select analyses / Pasquale D. Battista, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Battista, Pasquale D.

Series:

Energy science, engineering and technology series.

Energy science, engineering and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liquid fuels.

Water consumption.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The production of energy feedstocks and fuels requires substantial water input. Not only do biofuel feedstocks like corn, switchgrass, and agricultural residues need water for growth and conversion to ethanol, but petroleum feedstocks like crude oil and oil sands also require large volumes of water for drilling, extraction, and conversion into petroleum products. Moreover, in many cases, crude oil production is increasingly water dependent. Competing uses strain available water resources and raise the specter of resource depletion and environmental degradation. Water management has become a ke

Contents:

""CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE IN LIQUID FUEL PRODUCTION. SELECT ANALYSES""; ""CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE IN LIQUID FUEL PRODUCTION. SELECT ANALYSES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: CONSUMPTIVE WATER USEIN THE PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL AND PETROLEUM GASOLINE �2011 UPDATE""; ""ABBRAVIATIONS""; ""UPDATE NOTES""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""GASOLINE FROM CONVENTIONAL CRUDE OIL""; ""GASOLINE FROM CANADIAN OIL SANDS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2.METHODOLOGY""; ""3. ETHANOL""; ""4. GASOLINE""; ""5. ADDITIONAL ISSUES""; ""6. CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 2: ENERGY-WATER NEXUS: MANY UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN ABOUT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL EFFECTS OF INCREASED BIOFUEL PRODUCTION ON WATER RESOURCES""""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""EACH STAGE OF BIOFUEL PRODUCTION AFFECTS WATER RESOURCES, BUT THE EXTENT DEPENDS ONTHE FEEDSTOCK AND REGION""; ""AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, AND ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES CANMITIGATE SOME WATER RESOURCE EFFECTS OF BIOFUELS PRODUCTION, BUT THERE ARE BARRIERS TO ADOPTION""

""EXPERTS IDENTIFIED A VARIETY OF KEY RESEARCH AND DATA NEEDS RELATED TO INCREASED BIOFUELS PRODUCTION AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES""""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY""; ""APPENDIX II. EXAMPLES OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AVAILABLE TO REDUCE THE WATER QUALITY AND WATER SUPPLY EFFECTS OF FEEDSTOCK CULTIVATION FOR BIOFUELS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 13, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62808-939-3

OCLC:

865830804