Richard A Dunlap

Transportation Technologies for a Sustainable Future (eBook, ePUB)

Renewable energy options for road, rail, marine and air transportation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Transportation accounts for about a quarter of our primary energy use and approximately 95% of this energy comes from fossil fuels. Any long-term plan to reduce, and eventually eliminate, fossil fuel use needs to include a transitioning of transportation energy to low-carbon sustainable sources. While road transportation accounts for about 85% of our current transportation energy use, other modes of transportation, such as rail, maritime and air transportation, must be considered for any overall analysis of transportation.

There are numerous sustainable technologies, such as battery electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and methanol internal combustion engine vehicles, being considered for transportation. A detailed analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of these technologies is necessary for an assessment of the viability of different approaches for different modes of transportation.

This book begins with an overview of current transportation energy requirements and the primary sources of this energy. This is followed by a detailed analysis of technologies appropriate for road transportation, such as biofuels. The application of sustainable technologies to rail, maritime and air transportation is discussed. Finally, a summary of the challenges involved in implementing sustainable transportation technologies and a quantitative analysis of how renewable energy production relates to the development of sustainable transportation are presented.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750353069
• Artikelnr.: 67463627

Autorenporträt

Richard A. Dunlap is a Research Professor at Dalhousie University in Canada. He joined Dalhousie University in 1981 and became a full professor in 2001. He was the director of the Dalhousie University Institute for Research in Materials from 2009 to 2015. Having published more than 300 refereed research papers, his research interests include nuclear spectroscopies, magnetic materials, quasicrystals, critical phenomena and advanced batteries materials. He is the author of thirteen books, including six with IOP ebooks.