Review of Gasoline, Diesel, and Ethanol Biofuels from Grasses and Plants, by Ram B. Gupta and Ayhan Demirbas.

Authors

Adam J. Liska, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Comments

Published in Great Plains Research Vol. 21 No.1 (2011), p. 112. Copyright © 2011 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Abstract

A new book on the production of biofuels by Gupta and Demirbas provides technical insight into the conversion processes that could provide a range of domestic fuels from plant materials to substitute for foreign oil. It focuses primarily on conversion processes for production of cellulosic ethanol, Fischer-Tropsch diesel, pyrolysis bio-oil, and hydrothermal biocrude from biomass resources, as well as "first-generation" grain ethanol and biodiesel from vegetable oil. In addition to a detailed summary of these chemical processes, the book provides a briefer treatment of related matters such as biofuel policy, economics, and environmental issues.