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Transportation is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. 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. This book outlines the current transportation energy requirements and the primary sources of this energy. A detailed analysis of technologies appropriate for road transportation is included, and 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. The book is an invaluable reference for undergraduate and postgraduate science and engineering students with an interest in energy, transportation or environmental issues.
Key Features
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Reviews the energy technologies that may be appropriate for future transportation needs
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Considers resource and environmental reasons for changing our approach to energy, as well as possible future energy sources and future energy needs
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Describes the scientific basis and application of all major technologies for road, rail, maritime and air transportation
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Provides a detailed quantitative analysis of the way in which future transportation energy can be integrated into global sustainable energy production
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Summarises the challenges involved in implementing sustainable transportation technologies
Transportation is a major component of the worldwide energy use and accounts for nearly a third of the global energy consumption. At present over 90% of the transportation energy comes from fossil fuels. This book attempts to address the transportation technologies for a sustainable future, based on an easily understandable simple approach, without going into excessive academic-type presentation. The author of the book has done a great job analyzing the mature and future transportation technologies, without using a rigorous academic and analytical approach. The author provides effortless reading on the subject and how transportation systems could affect future sustainability.
Nihal Kularatna, IEEE Magazine, July/August 2023
1 Our current transportation technologies and the need for change
2 Battery electric vehicles
3 Hydrogen and its derivatives
4 Biofuels
5 Other modes of transportation
6 The future of transportation
Appendix A: Powers of ten
Appendix B: Power and energy
Appendix C: Units of power and energy
Appendix D: Energy contents of various fuels
Appendix E: Battery characteristics