CHE1004W    DESIGN PROJECT

   Designing a plant to produce biofuel for diesel engines

1. Information Resources
 

• Reference works

• Books 

• Journals and magazines

• World Wide Web
  
   

 3.  Referencing

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Brush up your SEARCHING SKILLS
(PowerPoint slideshow)
 

Visit "Start your engines" 
to find out about diesel engines.

Essential reading:

August 2002–January 2004 by Jon Van Gerpen
 

Background of Biodiesel and the Liquid Fuels Industry: p.1-21.

Glycerol:  p. 187 - 191.

     Reference Works:    (Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks)

      Where to search ............

• Aleph (our catalogue of all books, journals, videos, DVDs, etc. in the Library)

• Browse the Science & Engineering Reference Collection in the Library

Here are some useful Reference Works for this project.  You will find them in the Science & Engineering Reference Section:

• Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology Handbook (DSR 660.6 ATKI)

• Biotechnology from A to Z (DSR 660.303 BAIN)

• The Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology (DSR 660.603 ENCY)

• Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing (DSR 660.28003 ENCY) [see: biofuels; biomass conversion; biomass to ethanol; diesel fuel] 

• Encyclopedia of Energy (DSR 333.7903 ENCY) [see: biodiesel; biofuel; internal combustion engine--diesel engine principles; etc.]

• Handbook of Chemical Engineering Calculations (DSR 660.0212 HAND)

• Handbook of Chemical Processing Equipment (DSR 660.283 CHER)

• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (DSR 660.03 KIRK) [see: fuels from biomass, etc.]

• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology  (DSR 503 MAC) [or online via Databases list on web site: AccessScience]

• The Power Guide (DSR  621.0420294 POWE) [see: biomass fuels; diesel engine; etc.]

• Renewable Energy by B. Sorensen. (DSR 333.794 SORE) [see: biomass; diesel cycle; fuel produced from biological materials, etc]

• Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers (DSR 660 RULE)

• Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia (DSR 503 VAN) [see: diesel engine; etc.]

• Ullmann's Encyclopedia of  Industrial Chemistry (DSR 660.03 ULLM)[see: biofuel; biomass -- fuels from; diesel engine; etc.]

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    Books:

     Where to search ............

• ALEPH (our catalogue of all the books, journals, etc. in the Library.)

(You will be shown how to use ALEPH at the Library Instruction session.)

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• Alternative motor fuels /  M S Lorenzetti (629.2538 LORE)
• Vehicular engine design / K L Hoag  (629.254 HOAG)
• Automotive diesel engines / J Webster (DS 629.2506 WEBS)
• Diesel engines and fuel systems / A F Asmus  (DS 621.436 ASMU)

Journals and magazines:

Where to search ............

NOTE : Look out for the SFX button!  It will link you to all possible ways of accessing the journal articles you find.

• Databases ... to find journal articles on a topic.

• Electronic Journals List ... to see if the full text of the journal you need is available on the Web.

• Aleph ... to see if the Library keeps the journal you need in printed format.

(You will be shown how to access and search the Databases 
at the Library Instruction session.)

Some useful Databases for this Design Project:

• ANTE (Abstracts of New Technologies and Engineering)

• Applied Science & Technology Abstracts

• Ei Compendex (Engineering Index)

• Science Citation Index (in Web of Knowledge)

• Science Direct

NOTE:  - Latest journals (2006) are kept in the Current Journals Centre. 
          - Science & engineering journals 2000 - 2005 are in the Science & Engineering Library.
            (Last 4 rows of shelves)
          - Older journals are in the basement (down spiral staircase next to Short Loans)

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World Wide Web:

Where to search ............

• Reliable search engines such as Google Scholar and Scirus

Evaluate information on the Web :

Information found on the Web should be treated with caution.  Sometimes websites are unreliable and information inaccurate. Check out the websites you use with this website evaluation checklist:

• Does the website emanate from a reputable institution?

• Is the author named, and is he/she suitably qualified and/or experienced in the field?

• Is the information well presented? 

• Is there a bibliography of sources used?

• Is the language clear, grammatical, and free of errors?

• Has the site been recently updated?

Still not sure?  Try the Internet Detective ... a tutorial on how to suss out web sites!

• Analyse your topic .............. break it up into concepts

• Write down a list of keywords to represent each concept

concept 1:
 PRODUCTION

concept 2 :
BIOFUEL

concept 3 :
DIESEL ENGINES

production

biofuels

diesel engines

manufacture

biodiesel

diesel motors

process

biomass

vegetable oils

sunflower oil

soybeans

• Build a search strategy using Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) remembering to separate your concepts by using brackets.

(production  OR  manufacture  OR  process) AND (biofuels OR biodiesel OR biomass OR vegetable oils OR sunflower oil OR soybeans) AND (diesel engines OR diesel motors)

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Be sure to acknowledge all the information sources you have used for your project by listing them in a bibliography at the end of your report.  You have been asked to use the Harvard referencing method.

• Handbook on citation and related matters    by Dr. K. de Jager [Centre for Information Literacy, UCT]

• Referencing Guide  from an Information Literacy course  developed in 2001 for the Cape Higher Education Consortium by Janine Lockhart and Adriaan Coetzee of the Cape Technikon.

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