Handbook of Alternative Fuel Technologies

Dr. Sunggyu Lee is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. His specialty areas include alternative fuels and renewable energy, advanced and functional materials, as well as chemical reaction and process engineering. Dr. Lee has 34 U.S. patents and over 180 international patents in addition to more than 500 archival publications. He is the editor of the Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing published by Taylor & Francis. He earned his PhD from Case Western Reserve University and his BS and MS from Seoul National University. Dr. James G. Speight, C CChem, FRSC, FCIC, FACS, earned his BSc and PhD from the University of Manchester, England. He also holds a DSc in the geological sciences (VINIGRI, St. Petersburg, Russia) and a PhD in petroleum engineering (Dubna International University, Moscow, Russia). Dr. Speight is the author of more than 50 books and Editor-in-Chief for a number of journals in the energy and environmental fields He was elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1996 and awarded the Gold Medal of Honor that same year. He has also received the Scientists without Borders Medal of Honor of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2001, the academy also awarded Dr. Speight the Einstein Medal. Sudarshan Loyalka was educated in Pilani, India (BE 1964) and Stanford University (MS 1965, PhD 1967). He is currently a Curators' Professor of Nuclear Engineering in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute at the University of Missouri in Columbia. His educational and research interests are in transport theory, aerosol mechanics, the kinetic theory of gases, and neutron reactor physics and safety. A registered professional nuclear engineer in Missouri, he is a coauthor/coeditor of five books, and is a member of the editorial advisory boards of both Progress in Nuclear Energy and the Annals

"...This updated edition (1st ed., 2007) begins with a global review of energy consumption and production. ...The book discusses coal gasification; liquid fuel from coal, natural gas, and oil sand; coal slurry fuel; shale gas; and shale oil. Fuel from biomass is another focus. The discussion ranges from corn and lignocellulosic ethanol to biodiesel, algae fuel, and thermochemical conversion of biomass. The inclusion of these topics along with the latest developments in each area is very timely because they are becoming of more interest to both researchers and energy industry professionals. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." -J. Tavakoli, Lafayette College for CHOICE, February 2015 Vol. 52 No. 6 To read the entire reviews, go to http://choiceconnect.org/webclipping/186851/yqnulg14ektaaf67g7c079kp278w8vzu_aclh4clbvmb2g98b- "The main strength of the material is the comprehensive coverage of all potentially viable sources of alternative fuels and the assessment of the current state of the process technology for transforming these sources into viable alternative fuels. ...In my opinion this book is a must for any serious researcher in the field of ethanol production and/or any educator who teaches a course on alternative fuels and ethanol production." -David G. Retzloff, University of Missouri

• Global and US Energy Overview. Gasification of Coal. Clean Liquid Fuels from Coal. Coal Slurry Fuel. Liquid Fuels from Natural Gas. Resids. Liquid Fuels from Oil Sand. Shale Oil from Oil Shale. Shale Gas and Shale Fuel. Methanol Synthesis from Syngas. Ethanol from Corn. Ethanol from Lignocellulosics. Biodiesel. Algae Fuel. Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass. Energy Generation from Waste Sources. Geothermal Energy. Nuclear Energy. Fuel Cells. Index.