| Title: | The future of road vehicle fuels - forecasts to 2020 (download) |
| Price: | $910.00 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 01, 2008 |
| Source: | Aroq Ltd |
| Abstract: | This is just-auto's first report focusing on future fuels. In it we take a look at auto fuel requirements and examine the currently-available fuels for road vehicle propulsion - the gases, liquid hydrocarbons, and their alternatives - as well as their likely developments, forecasted out to 2020. The report discusses general sustainable energy considerations and possible fuel strategies to address the dangers of global warming. We also focus on the long-term prospects for the fuels of the future and answer questions such as how much fuel will be needed for the vehicle fleet to 2020? How urgent is the need to counter the threat of global warming, and what means are available to enable us to counter this threat? |
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| Word Count: | 45109 |
| Length: | 71 Pages |
| Document ID: | 57624 |
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Sections |
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
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| Single-user licence edition | 3 | 2 |
| Copyright statement | 0 | 4 |
| just-auto.com membership | 0 | 5 |
| Table of contents | 5 | 2 |
| List of figures | 7 | 1 |
| List of tables | 8 | 1 |
| Introduction | 9 | 5 |
| & | 0 | 13 |
| The key questions | 0 | 14 |
| Chapter 1 Present and future fuel needs | 14 | 7 |
| Current patterns of fuel use | 0 | 16 |
| Future fuel needs | 0 | 19 |
| Fuel quality considerations | 0 | 21 |
| Chapter 2 Present and future vehicle fuel supplies | 21 | 17 |
| Energy for mobility | 0 | 22 |
| The crude oil derivatives | 0 | 23 |
| Synthetic hydrocarbons | 0 | 27 |
| Biofuels | 0 | 29 |
| Biofuel production: doubts on expansion | 0 | 33 |
| The gas alternatives | 0 | 34 |
| The challenge: real or imaginary? | 0 | 40 |
| Practical timescales | 0 | 41 |
| Sustainable energy: general considerations | 0 | 41 |
| Meeting vehicular needs | 0 | 43 |
| Future alternative fuels | 0 | 45 |
| First-generation biofuels | 0 | 46 |
| The alcohols | 0 | 47 |
| The methyl esters | 0 | 48 |
| Second-generation biofuels | 0 | 50 |
| Butanol | 0 | 51 |
| Second-generation biodiesel | 0 | 52 |
| Biosynthetic hydrocarbons | 0 | 56 |
| LNG | 0 | 57 |
| Hydrogen | 0 | 58 |
| Problems of storage | 0 | 59 |
| Manufacture and economics | 0 | 60 |
| Bio-hydrogen approaches | 0 | 61 |
| Advanced vehicle technologies | 0 | 62 |
| Advanced powertrain concepts | 0 | 63 |
| Hybrid powertrains | 0 | 64 |
| Fuel cell power units | 0 | 66 |
| CO2 sequestration | 0 | 68 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 68 | 4 |
| The detailed answers | 0 | 70 |
| How much fuel will be needed for the vehicle fleet to 2020? | 0 | 69 |
| How much fuel is, and will be, available to meet this need? | 0 | 69 |
| How urgent is the need to counter the threat of global warmi | 0 | 70 |
| What means are available to enable us to counter this threat | 0 | 70 |
| Final conclusions | 0 | 72 |
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