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Towards Sustainable Road Transport
- 1st Edition - June 11, 2014
- Authors: Ronald M. Dell, Patrick T. Moseley, David A. J. Rand
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 4 6 1 6 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 4 6 9 1 - 7
Increasing pressure on global reserves of petroleum at a time of growing demand for personal transport in developing countries, together with concerns over atmospheric pollution… Read more
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Request a sales quote- Drivers of technological change in road transport and the infrastructure requirements
- Discussion of alternative fuels for internal combustion engines and fuel conversion technologies
- Detailed exploration of current and emerging options for vehicle propulsion, with emphasis on hybrid/battery electric traction, hydrogen, and fuel cells
- Comparative analysis of vehicle design requirements, primary power source efficiency, and energy storagesystems
Renewable Energy Professionals; Automotive Engineers, including Electrical, Mechanical and Chemical Engineers working with Hybrid, Electric and Next-Gen Green Vehicles
- The Open Road
- Preface
- Biographical Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms, Initialisms, Symbols and Units used in this book
- Chapter 1. The Evolution of Unsustainable Road Transport
- 1.1. Bicycles and beyond
- 1.2. Steam takes to the road
- 1.3. The age of electricity
- 1.4. The age of the motor vehicle – from dream to necessity
- 1.5. Growth of the petroleum industry
- 1.6. Development of roads
- 1.7. Growth of the automotive sector
- Chapter 2. Drivers for Change
- 2.1. Challenges for new-generation road vehicles
- 2.2. Demographics and vehicle ownership
- 2.3. Petroleum production and consumption
- 2.4. Conventional petroleum reserves
- 2.5. Atmospheric pollution
- 2.6. Fuel and vehicle efficiencies
- 2.7. Emissions and climate change
- 2.8. Electricity and hydrogen as energy carriers
- Chapter 3. Unconventional Fuels
- 3.1. The need for ‘unconventional fuels’
- 3.2. Raw materials
- 3.3. Motor fuels
- 3.4. Summary
- Chapter 4. Development of Road Vehicles with Internal-Combustion Engines
- 4.1. Early days of the motor industry
- 4.2. Developments in vehicle body design
- 4.3. Engines and transmissions
- 4.4. Suspension, steering, brakes
- 4.5. Exhaust systems and emissions
- 4.6. Other key components
- 4.7. Safety
- 4.8. Accessories
- 4.9. The future for internal-combustion-engined vehicles
- Chapter 5. Progressive Electrification of Road Vehicles
- 5.1. Electricity to the rescue
- 5.2. Stop–start and hybrid electric vehicles
- 5.3. Electric vehicles with batteries charged from the mains
- 5.4. Solar cars
- 5.5. Benchmarks of progress towards cleaner and more efficient vehicles
- 5.6. Road transport in transition
- Chapter 6. Mains Electricity Supply for Charging Vehicle Batteries
- 6.1. Why is electricity supply relevant to road transport?
- 6.2. Electricity – a driving factor in the world economy
- 6.3. Generation and distribution of electricity
- 6.4. Electricity availability in selected countries: contemporary case studies
- 6.5. Recharging electric vehicles
- 6.6. De-regulation of electricity markets
- Chapter 7. Batteries and Supercapacitors for Use in Road Vehicles
- 7.1. Fundamentals of energy storage in batteries
- 7.2. Key criteria for candidate batteries
- 7.3. Battery duty in different road vehicles
- 7.4. Lead–acid batteries
- 7.5. Nickel–metal-hydride batteries
- 7.6. Lithium-ion batteries
- 7.7. Sodium–metal-halide batteries
- 7.8. Characteristics of batteries used in hybrid electric and battery electric vehicles
- 7.9. Supercapacitors
- 7.10. The UltraBatteryTM
- 7.11. Better batteries: future prospects
- Chapter 8. Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Fuel Cell Vehicles
- 8.1. Why use hydrogen?
- 8.2. Hydrogen as a fuel
- 8.3. Present uses for hydrogen
- 8.4. Hydrogen from fossil fuels and biomass
- 8.5. Hydrogen from water
- 8.6. Hydrogen distribution and storage
- 8.7. Hydrogen utilization: fuel cells
- 8.8. Hydrogen-fuelled road transport
- 8.9. Present status and outlook for fuel cell vehicles
- Chapter 9. The Shape of Things to Come
- 9.1. Over-arching issues
- 9.2. Global climate change: extent and consequences
- 9.3. Choice of vehicle technology
- 9.4. Roads
- 9.5. Choice of fuel: hydrocarbon, hydrogen or electricity
- 9.6. The carrot and the stick: role of governments
- 9.7. Possible futures
- Glossary of Terms
- Index
- No. of pages: 368
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 11, 2014
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124046160
- eBook ISBN: 9780124046917
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Ronald M. Dell
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Patrick T. Moseley
From1995 he was Manager of Electrochemistry at the International Lead Zinc Research Organization in North Carolina and Program Manager of the Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium. In 2005 he also became President of the Consortium.
Dr. Moseley was one of the editors of the Journal of Power Sources for 25 years from 1989 to 2014. In 2008 he was awarded the Gaston Planté medal by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
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