Plant Oils as Fuels [electronic resource] : Present State of Science and Future Developments Proceedings of the Symposium held in Potsdam, Germany February 16–18, 1997 /

This volume contains the papers presented at the Symposium having the same name held in Potsdam, Germany, February 16-18, 1997. The symposium was intended as a forum for economists, engineers, ecologists and toxicologists to present and exchange their ideas for improving the product Biodiesel and to discuss these views with expert plant bioscientists. The challenge for the latter was and will be to determine whether biotechnical methods can be applied safely to introduce new properties into the rape plant, an example for a number of other plants also suitable for production of renewable energy. The properties concerned are those which will improve the product Biodiesel fuel economically, technologically and especially toxicologically such that it will then possess those characteristics identified as the most desirable by the scientists. It was, therefore, not the goal of the symposium to evaluate Biodiesel as a form of energy under the present conditions, but rather to find an answer to the question of the chances Biodiesel will have in the market of the future.

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Main Authors:	Martini, Norbert. author., Schell, Jozef S. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1998
Subjects:	Chemistry., Fossil fuels., Biotechnology., Agriculture., Forestry., Plant science., Botany., Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture)., Plant Sciences.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72269-1
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