TY - JOUR
T1 - Energy Systems Analysis for a Renewable Transportation Sector
AU - Mallapragada, Dharik S.
AU - Singh, Navneet R.
AU - Agrawal, Rakesh
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In a fossil-fuel deprived world, it is likely that all the basic human needs will be met by renewable sources like solar energy. Among the needs, transportation offers the greatest challenges, owing to its high energy-density fuel requirements, which have traditionally been met by fossil-based liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Here, we present a detailed systems analysis of the transportation sector, from which emerges an energy efficient roadmap, based on the use of renewable carbon sources like biomass and atmospheric CO2, solar energy in the form of H2, heat and electricity, in conjunction with novel processes for producing liquid fuels. The proposed roadmap is illustrated using the US transportation sector as a case study.
AB - In a fossil-fuel deprived world, it is likely that all the basic human needs will be met by renewable sources like solar energy. Among the needs, transportation offers the greatest challenges, owing to its high energy-density fuel requirements, which have traditionally been met by fossil-based liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Here, we present a detailed systems analysis of the transportation sector, from which emerges an energy efficient roadmap, based on the use of renewable carbon sources like biomass and atmospheric CO2, solar energy in the form of H2, heat and electricity, in conjunction with novel processes for producing liquid fuels. The proposed roadmap is illustrated using the US transportation sector as a case study.
KW - Biofuels
KW - Biomass
KW - Hydrogen
KW - Liquid-fuel
KW - Solar energy
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U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-444-54298-4.50156-2
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-54298-4.50156-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79958841827
SN - 1570-7946
VL - 29
SP - 1889
EP - 1893
JO - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
JF - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
ER -