Environmental Sustainability of Biofuels
Prospects and Challenges

A comprehensive sustainability analysis of biofuels based on lifecycle analysis and various multi-dimensional decision-making techniques for prioritizing biofuel production technologies

Khalid Rehman Hakeem (Edited by), Suhaib A. Bandh (Edited by), Fayaz A. Malla (Edited by), Mohammad Aneesul Mehmood (Edited by)

9780323911597

Paperback, published 2 December 2022

416 pages, 150 illustrations (20 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 2.6 cm, 0.45 kg

Environmental Sustainability of Biofuels: Prospects and Challenges provides a comprehensive sustainability analysis of biofuels based on lifecycle analysis and develops various multi-dimensional decision-making techniques for prioritizing biofuel production technologies. Taking a transversal approach, the book combines lifecycle sustainability assessment, lifecycle assessment, lifecycle costing analysis, social lifecycle assessment, sustainability metrics, triple bottom lines, operational research methods, and supply chain designs for investigating the critical factors and critical enablers that influence the sustainable development of biofuel industry. This book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners seeking to deepen their knowledge of biofuels as an alternative fuel.

1. Biofuels in Environmental Security
2. Biofuels and sustainable development goals
3. Biofuels an option for Agro-waste management
4. Biofuels and land use/land cover change nexus
5. World biofuel continuum: issues and challenges
6. Impacts of the biofuel industry on the environment
7. Biofuel production: A viable solution to combat deforestation
8. Biofuel production: An initiative of Environmentally Sound Technologies (EST's) or Green technologies
9. Impact assessment of Global biofuels regulations & policies on biodiversity
10. Role of nano-additives in biofuel production
11. Prospects of R&D in the biofuel sector/industry
12. Prospects of cross-sector partnerships in the bioenergy sector: a step towards environmental sustainability
13. Biofuel consumption and global climate change: solutions and challenges
14. Algae as a feedstock for biofuel production
15. Biofuel: A prime eco-innovation for sustainability
16. Biofuel: A unique solution for the future energy crisis
17. Genetic Engineering and fifth-generation biofuels
18. Biofuels to power the automotive engines
19. Indicators for sustainability assessment of biofuels
20. Sustainable aviation Biofuels
21. Life cycle sustainability of biofuels

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX]