Fuel efficiency is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the efficiency of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier fuel into kinetic energy or work. Overall fuel efficiency may vary per device, which in turn may vary per application, and this spectrum of variance is often illustrated as a continuous energy profile. This book presents current research data from across the globe in the study of fuel efficiency, including the study of a new CO2 capturing PGS that has a high-efficient NPGE by utilizing waste heat from factories; government intervention to promote the development of increasingly resource productive and efficient systems of energy production and consumption in Japan; as well as improving fuel efficiency of compression ignition engines fueled with vegetable oil.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Evaluation of a CO2-Caputuring High-Efficiency Power Generation System for Utilizing Exhaust Gas from Ironworks
Chapter 2 : Resource Efficiency as a Driver of Growth : The Case of Japan
Chapter 3 : Improving Fuel Efficiency of Compression Ignition Engines Fuelled with Vegetable Oil
Chapter 4 : Air Infiltration Effects on Individual Combustion Efficiency
Chapter 5 : Microalgae : A Second Generation Biofuel
Chapter 6 : Policies, Measures and Management Strategies Influencing Energy Efficiency in the Manufacturing Industry’s Evidence from Germany and Colombia
Index
