Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide Mitigation: Science and Technology

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  • Collects the latest research and actual applied techniques for reducing carbon dioxide, and utilizing waste CO2 as a feedstock
  • Outlines newer, more effective ways to separate CO2 from waste-stream gases
  • Explores the utilization of fossil fuels with reduced CO2 emissions
  • Details new methods to reduce the traditionally high-volume releases of CO2 in the manufacturing of steel and Portland cement
  • Presents up-to-date research into CO2 capture, and disposal, storage and sequestration of pressurized CO2 in the ocean and underground aquifers
  • Summary

    Any mention of the "greenhouse effect" tends to ignite controversy. While the rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases-especially carbon dioxide- are certainly among the most pressing issues today, theoretical and perceived consequences have been subject to conjecture and misinformation.
    That raging debate has obscured an important fact: scientists and engineers are hard at work on methods to reduce CO2 emissions, and devise practical methods for their remediation.
    Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide Mitigation: Science and Technology
    sheds light on the most recent advancements, documented by two of the world's leading researchers on CO2.
    Aware of the complexity and still-unknown factors behind climatic change, the authors consider the need to make CO2 mitigation viable for both environmental and economic gain. To that end, Professor Halmann offers new insights into interesting chemical pathways for the conversion of CO2 to useful products. Steinberg adds real-life engineering solutions, applicable to heavy CO2-producing industrial processes, and improving efficiency of energy conversion.
    Exciting theories and pilot projects are also testing the potential for CO2 utilization, conversion, reduction, and disposal. Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide Mitigation: Science and Technology reports on the use of biomass, such as ocean fertilization and "energy farms," to put CO2 to practical and safe use.
    Professional and academic readers involved with CO2 research will find Greenhouse Gas Carbon Dioxide Mitigation: Science and Technology an invaluable roadmap for information and inspiration-a way to move beyond argument, and into action.

    Table of Contents

    The Science of the Greenhouse Effect and Global Climate Change
    Adaptive Response Strategies for Global Warming Mitigation
    Concepts for CO2 Emission Reduction
    Technologies for Improving Efficiency of Energy Conversion and Utilization
    Removal, Recovery, and Disposal of Carbon Dioxide
    Biomass Processes/Enzymatic Reactions and Bioconversion
    Decarbonization of Fossil Fuels, Energetics, Processes and Economics
    High Temperature Thermochemical Reactions
    Carboxylation by CO2 Insertion
    Heterogeneous Catalysis, Hydrogenation, and Reforming
    Photosensitized Activation of Carbon Dioxide
    Electrochemical Reactions
    Photoelectrochemical and Photocatalytic Reduction
    Conclusions on Remediation Strategies

    Editorial Reviews

    "The pernicious effect of carbon dioxide on global temperatures will eventually force us to change our methods of power generation, our means of transportation, and the feedstocks from which we manufacture chemical products. The goal of presenting and evaluating these alternatives has been admirably achieved in the two halves of this timely book."
    --Philip G. Jessop, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 123, No. 29
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