The Story of Methane : Five Atoms That Changed the World / Geoffrey A. Ozin and Jessica Ye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ozin, Geoffrey A., author.

Ye, Jessica, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methane.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2024]

Summary:

Methane is the second most abundant greenhouse gas and this book explores the contradictory nature of methane: it is a potent greenhouse gas, but has the potential to play an important role in the energy transition towards a sustainable global economy.

Contents:

Cover

The Story of Methane: Five Atoms that Changed the World

How Much Do You Know About Methane?

Poem

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Preface

Contents

1 - Introducing Methane

1.1 Methane's Early History

1.2 Only Natural

1.3 The End of Natural Gas

1.4 Methane Facts

1.5 Alarm Bells

1.6 Methane Maps

1.7 Methane Isotopes

1.8 More than Fuel

1.9 Methane Storage

1.10 Methane on Mars

1.11 Methane Photochemistry in Space

Key Takeaways

References

2 - Understanding Methane

2.1 Earth's Methane Cycle

2.2 Origin of the Greenhouse Gas Effect

2.3 Methane's Absorption Spectra and How It Works as a Greenhouse Gas

3 - Catalyzing Methane

3.1 What Are Chemical Reactions?

3.2 Reaction Energy Diagrams

3.3 Thermodynamic and Kinetic Stability

3.4 What Are Catalysts?

3.5 Stability of Methane

3.6 New Methane Catalysts

4 - Making Methane

4.1 Synthetic Methane

4.2 Methane From Traditional Catalysis

4.2.1 Thermochemical CO2 Methanation

4.2.2 Biochemical CO2 Methanation

4.3 Harnessing the Sun

4.3.1 Solar-thermal CO2 Methanation

4.3.2 Photochemical CO2 Methanation

4.3.3 Photoelectrochemical CO2 Methanation

4.3.4 Photo-biocatalyzed CO2 Methanation

4.4 The Future of Solar-powered CO2 Methanation

5 - Utilizing Methane

5.1 Energy Transition

5.2 Traditional Methane Valorization

5.2.1 The Methane Chemicals Tree

5.2.2 Rate, Selectivity, and Le Chatelier's Principle with Respect to Thermochemical Catalysis

5.2.3 Application of Le Chatelier's Principle for Predicting Effects of Methane Catalysis Conditions

5.2.4 Theoretical Versus Experimental Conversion and Selectivity

5.3 New Methods for Methane Utilization.

5.3.1 Water as an Alternative Oxidant

5.3.2 Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Methane Valorization Reactions

5.3.3 Electrochemical Methane Valorization

5.3.4 Biochemical Methane Valorization

5.3.5 Solar Methane Valorization

5.3.6 Solar Non-oxidative Coupling Methane Valorization

5.3.7 Solar Dry Reforming and Steam Reforming Methane Valorization

5.3.8 Solar Pyrolysis Methane Valorization

5.3.9 Solar Electrolytic Oxidative Coupling of Methane

5.4 Purifying Methane (From Natural Gas!)

6 - Storing Methane

6.1 Methane Storage Targets

6.2 Methane Adsorption Basics

6.3 Rigid and Flexible Porous Adsorbents

6.4 Methane Removal from Air

7 - Methane Detection

7.1 Why Do We Need to Detect Methane?

7.2 How Do We Detect Methane?

7.3 Methane Combustion Temperature

7.4 Methane Leaks and Artificial Intelligence

8 - Commercializing Methane

8.1 Benefits of Converting Methane to Chemicals

8.2 Natural and Synthetic Methane Sources

8.3 Methane Valorization

8.4 Methane Reactors

8.5 Example: Methane to Hydrogen Conversion

8.6 Commercial Methane to Hydrogen Conversion

Epilogue-Methane in Space

Subject Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781837671762

1837671761

9781837671755

1837671753