Renewable Fuels [Paperback]

Renewable fuels, in the present times, have become important to curb emission of greenhouse gases, which are causing damage to the environment and leading to climatic changes. Ideally, their utilization can be a zero carbon operation. Planting suitable trees on all waste lands and agro forestry on a large scale can fulfil the needs of timber, fuel, fruits, etc. All kinds of lignocellulosic biomass can be converted by several methods to useful liquid fuels like alcohols, biodiesel, methane, renewable diesel and renewable gasoline. Hydrogen can be used as a renewable fuel because of its desirable characteristics and properties for its use as a green fuel.

Renewable fuels, in the present times, have become important to curb emission of greenhouse gases, which are causing damage to the environment and leading to climatic changes. Ideally, their utilization can be a zero carbon operation.

Er. Rajni Kant retired from UP State Electricity Board as Chief Engineer, Thermal Design and Engineering following which he remained Consultant/Advisor to a number of Design and Engineering Organizations namely Premier Engineering Technologies-Engineering and Management Consultants, New Delhi, M/S Premier Mott Macdonald (Consulting Engineers) New Delhi and other organizations.

Throughout his career both in UPSEB as well as a Consultant/Adviser (after superannuation), he has actively participated in Planning, Design and Engineering, Development, Construction & Erection, Testing & Commissioning and Operation & Maintenance of Thermal Power Plants of various capacities. He was also deeply involved in Environmental studies, Planning and Environmental design of various power plants.

Er. Rajni Kant, an Electrical Engineering graduate from BHU in 1954 (now IIT BHU Varanasi), received an extensive training in the works of M/S Hitachi Ltd. (Japan) and also at larl#%