Sustainable Energy Solutions in Agriculture

Herausgeber: Bundschuh, Jochen; Chen, Guangnan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a technological and scientific endeavor to assist the society and farming communities, in different world regions and scales, to improve their productivity and sustainability. Through providing the latest technology and by deepening the understanding of possible cost-efficient techniques and application opportunities for different scales and situations, it will show why the implementation of these technologies faces numerous technological, economic and policy barriers while giving suggestions and examples as to how these hurdles can be overcome. Costs of novel technologies using both conventional and renewable energy sources are discussed and compared with those of other technologies for agricultural production, taking into account environmental and social costs that are caused by using fossil fuel based technologies. Energy efficiency is highlighted since it is of special importance in the systems. Also, applications of new and improved technologies are discussed and promoted. Finally, the book highlights what further research and development needs to be performed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 880g
• ISBN-13: 9781138077744
• ISBN-10: 1138077747
• Artikelnr.: 48092290

Autorenporträt

Jochen Bundschuh, Guangnan Chen

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Introduction 1. Towards a sustainable energy technologies based
agriculture Section 2: Energy efficiency and management 2. Global energy
resources, supply and demand, energy security and on-farm energy efficiency
3. Energy in crop production systems 4. The fossil energy use and CO2
emissions budget for Canadian agriculture 5. Energy efficiency technologies
for sustainable agriculture and food processing 6. Energy-smart food -
technologies, practices and policies 7. Energy, water and food: exploring
links in irrigated cropping systems 8. Energy use and sustainability of
intensive livestock production 9. Diesel engine as prime power for
agriculture: emissions reduction for sustainable mechanization Section 3:
Biofuels:10. Biofuels from microalgae 11. Biodiesel emissions and
performance 12. Biogas 13. Thermal gasification of waste biomass from
agriculture production for energy purposes 14. An innovative perspective:
Transition towards a bio-based economy Section 4: Access to energy 15.
Increasing energy access in rural areas of developing countries