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Sustainable Energy

Towards a Zero-Carbon Economy using Chemistry, Electrochemistry and Catalysis

  • 1st Edition - February 23, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Julian R.H. Ross
  • Language: English

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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Description

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.

Key features

  • 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

Readership

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

Table of contents

1. Introduction

2. Traditional Methods of Producing, Transmitting and Using Energy

3. Less Conventional Energy Sources

4. The Production and Uses of Hydrogen

5. Biomass as a Source of Energy and Chemicals

6. Transport

7. Batteries, Fuel Cells and Electrolysis

8. The Way Forward: Net Zero

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 28, 2022
  • Language: English

About the author

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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

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