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Vision 21 : fossil fuel options for the future / Committee on R&D Opportunities for Advanced Fossil-Fueled Energy Complexes, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on R&D Opportunities for Advanced Fossil-Fueled Energy Complexes.
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- The compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vision 21 (Program)--Evaluation.
- Vision 21 (Program).
- Fossil fuels--Environmental aspects--United States--Evaluation.
- Fossil fuels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (156 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Fossil fuel options for the future
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.
- Summary:
- Vision 21 reviews the goals of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Vision 21 Program (DOE's vision for the future of coal-based power generation) and to recommend systems and approaches for moving from concept to reality. Vision 21 is an ambitious, forward-looking program for improving technologies and reducing the environmental impacts of using fossil fuels (petroleum, natural gas, and coal) to produce electricity, process heat, transportation fuels, and chemicals.
- Contents:
- ""front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Overview of the Vision 21 Program Plan and Goals""; ""3 Enabling Technologies""; ""4 Supporting Technologies and Systems Integration""; ""5 Commercialization""; ""6 Overall Assessment of the Vision 21 Program""; ""APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""APPENDIX B Presentations and Committee Activities""; ""APPENDIX C Vision 21 Program Plan: Clean Energy Plants for the 21st Century. April, 1999""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780309171854
- 0309171857
- 9780309515993
- 0309515998
- OCLC:
- 923256752
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