Sustainable Energy
Towards a Zero-Carbon Economy using Chemistry, Electrochemistry and Catalysis
- 1st Edition - February 23, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Julian R.H. Ross
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 3 7 5 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 6 3 0 - 7
Sustainable Energy, Towards a Zero-Carbon Economy Using Chemistry, Electrochemistry and Catalysis provides the reader with a clear outline of some of the strategies, particula… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSustainable Energy, Towards a Zero-Carbon Economy Using Chemistry, Electrochemistry and Catalysis provides the reader with a clear outline of some of the strategies, particularly those based on various chemical approaches, that have been put forward with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to achieve “zero carbon" by 2050. The author describes the chemistry of some of the processes involved, paying particular attention to those that involve heterogeneous catalytic steps and electrolysis methods. In cases in which the technology is already established, details are given of the reactor systems used. He discusses novel developments in the areas of transport, the production of essential products using renewable energy and the uses of sustainable biomass.
- Outlines international approaches to cutting or reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Describes current production and uses of energy
- Outlines new approaches to energy supply and usage
- Discusses the hydrogen economy and the uses of renewable energy
- Outlines the importance of fuel-cell and electrolysis systems
- Discusses biomass as a resource of energy and fuels
University and college courses related to chemistry and chemical engineering but should also be of general interest to non-chemists and to the scientifically literate reader, policy makers who are involved in environmental planning, including those involved in formulating government strategies in relation to carbon emissions
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Abstract
- Energy production and the greenhouse effect
- Greenhouse gases
- Consequences of the greenhouse effect
- The sources of greenhouse gas emissions
- Chapter 2: Traditional methods of producing, transmitting and using energy
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Coal
- Crude oil
- Natural gas
- Concluding remarks
- Chapter 3: Less conventional energy sources
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Nuclear energy
- Geothermal energy
- Tidal energy
- Wave power
- Hydroelectric power
- Wind power
- Solar power
- Concluding remarks
- Chapter 4: The production and uses of hydrogen
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The production of hydrogen from natural gas by steam reforming
- The production of hydrogen from natural gas by other methods
- Methanol production
- Production of fuels using the Fischer Tropsch process
- Production of ammonia
- Conclusions
- Chapter 5: Biomass as a source of energy and chemicals
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Wood as a source of energy and paper
- Non-traditional uses of biomass: First and second generation bio-refinery processes
- Concluding remarks
- Chapter 6: Transport
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Historical development of mechanically driven transport
- Exhaust emission control
- Hybrid vehicles
- Plug-in hybrid vehicles
- Battery electrical vehicles
- Fuel cell vehicles
- Concluding remarks
- Chapter 7: Batteries, fuel cells and electrolysis
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The Volta pile, Faraday and the electrochemical series
- Half-cell EMF’s and the electrochemical series
- The kinetics of electrochemical processes
- Electrochemical batteries
- Flow batteries
- Fuel cells
- Electrolysis
- Chapter 8: The way forward: Net Zero
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Hydrogen production using renewable energy
- Fuel cells to be used for transportation purposes
- Solid oxide hydrolysis cells (SOEC’s) for hydrogen production and their use for the synthesis of green ammonia and methanol
- Tailpiece
- Postscript
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 23, 2022
- No. of pages (Hardback): 238
- No. of pages (eBook): 238
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128233757
- eBook ISBN: 9780128236307
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Julian R.H. Ross
Julian Ross is a Physical Chemist with wide experience in the field of heterogeneous catalysis applied particularly to the conversion of hydrocarbons and to environmental protection. He was the founding editor of Catalysis Today and acted as Senior Editor of that journal for almost 30 years. He holds two Honorary Visiting Professorships in China where he has lectured frequently. Julian Ross has had wide experience assessing projects associated with energy and the environment, for example, for EU programmes. He was a member of the Council of Scientists of INTAS (funding projects in the former Soviet Union) and was its Chairman for three years during its final three years of operation. He was also for a number of years a member of the European Research Council panel assessing Advanced Grant proposals on engineering topics. He is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, University of Limerick, IrelandRead Sustainable Energy on ScienceDirect