Carbon-neutral fuels and energy carriers / edited by Nazim Z. Muradov, T. Nejat Veziroǧlu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Muradov, Nazim Z.

Veziroğlu, T. Nejat

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fuel.

Renewable energy sources.

Environmental engineering.

Chemical engineering.

Physical Description:

xv, 832 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2012]

Summary:

Considering the severe consequences of continued climate change and the steady depletion of petroleum resources, the need to generate energy that creates little or no pollution and is sustainable is critical to a secure energy future. In this timely and extensive treatment of the subject, emerging and relatively new alternative energy sources are examined in terms of what they are, the technologies needed to take advantage of them, and the technical, economic, and environmental obstacles to commercialization. A broad range of options are explored and assessed, including familiar renewable sources like wind and solar, as well as biofuels, nuclear, hydrogen, synthetics, photochemical, thermochemical, atmospheric carbon dioxide recycling, and biological sources. Editors Muradov (U. of Central Florida), Veziroglu (International Association for Hydrogen Energy), and 15 co-authors contributed. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1. Energy options in a carbon-constrained world : an advent of carbon-neutral technologies / Nazim Z. Muradov and T. Nejat Veziroǧlu

2. Hydrogen energy : abundant, efficient, clean : a debate over the energy-system-of-change / Carl-Jochen Winter

3. Nuclear power for the production of carbon-free energy and fuels / Kenneth R. Schulz ... [et al.]

4. Solar production of fuels from water and CO2 / Gabriele Centi ... [et al.]

5. Efficient utilization of solar, wind, and geothermal energy sources through exergy analysis / Arif Hepbasli

6. Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to fuels / Serguei N. Lvov, Justin R. Beck, and Mark S. LaBarbera

7. Energy storage and other ways of handling intermittent energy production from renewable sources / Bent Sørensen

8. Energy bionics : the bio-analogue strategy for a sustainable energy future / Helmut Tributsch

9. Synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from lignocellulosic biomass / Georg Schaub and Kyra Pabst

10. Fundamentals of biohydrogen production processes / Chitralekha Nag Dasgupta and Debabrata Das

11. Photobiological and photobiomimetic production of solar fuels / Paul W. King ... [et al.]

12. Fermentative biofuels : prospects of practical application / David B. Levin ... [et al.]

13. Biofuels from oily biomass / Maximino Manzanera

14. Fossil fuel decarbonization : in the quest for clean and lasting fossil energy / Nazim Z. Muradov

15. Clean car options for the twenty-first century / C.E. (Sandy) Thomas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

1439818576

9781439818572

OCLC:

690084623

Publisher Number:

99948325335