Methane in the environment : occurrence, uses and production / Angelo Basile, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Basile, Angelo (Angelo Bruno)

Series:

Energy science, engineering and technology series.

Energy science, engineering and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methane--Environmental aspects.

Methane.

Atmospheric methane--Environmental aspects.

Atmospheric methane.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Due to the decreasing world petroleum reserves, a great emphasis is today placed on the development of alternative sources for energy production. In this context, abundant natural gas is seen as an energy source for the future. Methane, the main component of natural gas, is considered the most abundant organic compound on our planet. Unlike other fossil fuels, natural gas is clean burning and emits lower levels of potentially harmful byproducts into the air. Currently, methane (via steam reforming) is considered the most common and cost-effective method for hydrogen production and it contribut

Contents:

""METHANE IN THE ENVIRONMENT: OCCURRENCE, USES AND PRODUCTION""; ""METHANE IN THE ENVIRONMENT: OCCURRENCE, USES AND PRODUCTION""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: METHANE AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY: ENHANCING THE CATALYTIC COMBUSTION PROCESS BY ELECTROCHEMICAL PROMOTION PHENOMENON""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ACRONYMS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. CATALYTIC COMBUSTION OF METHANE""; ""ENHANCING THE METHANE COMBUSTION PROCESS BY THE ELECTROCHEMICAL PROMOTION OF CATALYSIS PHENOMENON""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 2: HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTRA OF METHANEAND INTERFERING GASES AND THEIR APPLICATIONTO THE ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFERSIMULATION IN THE METHANE CONCENTRATIONRETRIEVAL TASKS""""ABSTRACT""; ""LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ACRONYMS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SPECTROSCOPIC INFORMATION ABOUT CH4 MOLECULE""; ""LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS OF CH4 ABSORPTION LINEPROFILE PARAMETERS""; ""LINE-MIXING EFFECT""; ""COMPARISON OF ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSION, MODELED USINGDIFFERENT CH4 LINE PARAMETERS DATABANKS""

""OVERLAPPING OF ABSORPTION LINESOF THE ATMOSPHERIC GASES WITH CH4 ABSORPTION LINESIN THE ATMOSPHERIC SOLAR SPECTRA""""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: METHANE CYCLING MICROORGANISMS IN SOILSFROM THE PERUVIAN AMAZON RIVER BASIN""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DIVERSITY OF METHANOGENS BASED ON MCRA GENES""; ""DIVERSITY OF AEROBIC METHANOTROPHS BASEDON PMOA GENES AND ENRICHED CULTURES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF METHANE IN THESEVASTOPOL COASTAL AREA, BLACK SEA""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""

""2. MATERIALS AND METHODS""""3. RESULTS""; ""4. DISCUSSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONOF CeAlO3 PHASE: ROLE IN Ni CATALYSTSFOR METHANE-REFORMING REACTIONS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ACRONYMS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. SYNTHESIS OF CEALO3 PHASE""; ""3. APPLICATION OF CEALO3 AS SUPPORT IN REFORMINGOF METHANE""; ""4. APPLICATION OF OTHER PHASE AS SUPPORT IN REFORMINGOF METHANE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 6: COMPLETE METHANE OXIDATIONON SUPPORTED PALLADIUM CATALYSTS:STEADY STATE ISOTOPIC TRANSIENTKINETIC ANALYSIS""""ABSTRACT""; ""LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ACRONYMS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. CATALYSTS""; ""2. STEADY STATE ISOTOPIC TRANSIENT KINETIC ANALYSIS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: EFFECTS OF FEED STRATEGIES ON ANAEROBICSEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS APPLIEDTO BIOMETHANE PRODUCTION""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""LIST OF SYMBOLS/ACRONYMS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. THE BIOMETHANATION PROCESS""; ""3. IMPORTANT ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF DISCONTINUOUS REACTORS""

""4. ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 16, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62948-433-4

OCLC:

864139178