Methane: Fuel for the Future

ISBN-13: 9781468443424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 334 str.

Enoch Durbin

Opis

This crisis was not seen in terms of any real shortage of oil in the -near term, although an end to conventional oil could be seen on the horizon. The OPEC production rate has slipped from 31 million barrels a day shortly before the 1973 oil embargo, to a current rate of less than 20 million barrels a day.

Spis treści

A. The Urgency for a Multi-National Alternative Fuels Program.- A. The Urgency for a Multi-National Alternative Fuels Program.- B. Availability of Alternative Fuels.- 2. Geological Estimates of Methane Availability.- 3. Supplies of Methane in the United States.- 4. Earth Outgassing of Methane.- 5. Biomass Conversion to Methane.- 6. Methane from Coal Conversion.- C. Technological Adaptions for Alternative Fuels.- 7. Crude Oil Conservation in Motor Vehicles.- 8. The Natural Gas Fueled Engine.- 9. Methane and Diesel Engines.- 10. The Home-Rechargeable Natural Gas Commuter Car.- D. Commercial Experience with Alternative Fuel Programs.- 11. A Retail Marketing Strategy for Methane.- 12. Specifications for a Retail System.- 13. The Experience of CNG Fuel Systems Ltd.- 14. Use and Distribution of Natural Gas.- 15. Innovative Approaches to CNG Vehicles.- E. Some National Programs for Alternative Fuels.- 16. The New Zealand Experience.- 17. The Italian Experience.- 18. The Japanese Experience.- 19. The Netherlands Experience.- 20. The Brazilian Experience.- 21. Aspects of the Alternative Fuel Program in the United States.- 22. The Canadian Program.- 23. Energy Policies in British Columbia.- Energy Tables.- List of Contributors and Participants.- List and Photographs of Conference Exhibitors.