Preface......................................................................................................................xi
Editor.......................................................................................................................xv
Contributors........................................................................................................ xvii
1. Fuels and Trends.............................................................................................1
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas
2. Vegetable Oils ............................................................................................... 21
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas, Chandrasekaran Muraleedharan,
and Simon Jayaraj
3. Biodiesel ......................................................................................................... 41
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas, Simon Jayaraj,
and Chandrasekaran Muraleedharan
4. Methanol ........................................................................................................ 81
Mustafa Canakci and Oguzhan Ilgen
5. Ethanol .......................................................................................................... 129
Alan C. Hansen, Carroll E. Goering, and
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas
6. Dimethyl Ether............................................................................................ 167
Spencer C. Sorenson
7. Liquefied Petroleum Gas........................................................................... 203
Mohamed Younes El-Saghir Selim
8. Compressed Natural Gas .......................................................................... 227
Gattamaneni Lakshmi Narayana Rao and
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas
9. Hydrogen...................................................................................................... 243
Fernando Ortenzi, Giovanni Pede, and
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas
10. Electric Vehicles .......................................................................................... 295
Nallusamy Nallusamy, Paramasivam Sakthivel, Abhijeet Chausalkar,
and Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas
Contents
ix
Editor.......................................................................................................................xv
Contributors........................................................................................................ xvii
1. Fuels and Trends.............................................................................................1
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas
2. Vegetable Oils ............................................................................................... 21
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas, Chandrasekaran Muraleedharan,
and Simon Jayaraj
3. Biodiesel ......................................................................................................... 41
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas, Simon Jayaraj,
and Chandrasekaran Muraleedharan
4. Methanol ........................................................................................................ 81
Mustafa Canakci and Oguzhan Ilgen
5. Ethanol .......................................................................................................... 129
Alan C. Hansen, Carroll E. Goering, and
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas
6. Dimethyl Ether............................................................................................ 167
Spencer C. Sorenson
7. Liquefied Petroleum Gas........................................................................... 203
Mohamed Younes El-Saghir Selim
8. Compressed Natural Gas .......................................................................... 227
Gattamaneni Lakshmi Narayana Rao and
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas
9. Hydrogen...................................................................................................... 243
Fernando Ortenzi, Giovanni Pede, and
Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas
10. Electric Vehicles .......................................................................................... 295
Nallusamy Nallusamy, Paramasivam Sakthivel, Abhijeet Chausalkar,
and Arumugam Sakunthalai Ramadhas
Contents
ix