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Sustainable Energy
Towards a Zero-Carbon Economy using Chemistry, Electrochemistry and Catalysis
1st Edition - February 23, 2022
Author: Julian R.H. Ross
Hardback ISBN:9780128233757
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eBook ISBN:9780128236307
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Sustainable Energy, Towards a Zero-Carbon Economy Using Chemistry, Electrochemistry and Catalysis provides the reader with a clear outline of some of the strategies, particularly… Read more
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Sustainable 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
No. of pages: 238
Language: English
Published: February 23, 2022
Imprint: Elsevier
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, Ireland