Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: Closing the Carbon Cycle

✍ Scribed by Peter Styring, Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli, Katy Armstrong

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 309
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: Closing the Carbon Cycle explores areas of application such as conversion to fuels, mineralization, conversion to polymers, and artificial photosynthesis as well as assesses the potential industrial suitability of the various processes. After an introduction to the thermodynamics, basic reactions, and physical chemistry of carbon dioxide, the book proceeds to examine current commercial and industrial processes, and the potential for carbon dioxide as a green and sustainable resource.

While carbon dioxide is generally portrayed as a "bad" gas, a waste product, and a major contributor to global warming, a new branch of science is developing to convert this "bad" gas into useful products. This book explores the science behind converting CO₂ into fuels for our cars and planes, and for use in plastics and foams for our homes and cars, pharmaceuticals, building materials, and many more useful products.

Carbon dioxide utilization is a rapidly expanding area of research that holds a potential key to sustainable, petrochemical-free chemical production and energy integration.

• Accessible and balanced between chemistry, engineering, and industrial applications
• Informed by blue-sky thinking and realistic possibilities for future technology and applications
• Encompasses supply chain sustainability and economics, processes, and energy integration

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xiii, Hamid Almegren, Katy Armstrong, André Bardow, Marie Barnes, Andrew B. Bocarsly, Denis Cumming, George Dowson, Peter P. Edwards, Rachael Elder, Liam J. France, Greeshma Gadikota, Jing Gu, Peter J. Hall, Richard H. Heyn, Philip Jessop, Christopher R. Jones, Vladimir L. Kuznetsov, Ana Maria Lorente Lafuente, Jens Langanke, Ray Marriott, Mogens Bjerg Mogensen, et al.
Preface, Pages xv-xxiv, Peter Styring, Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli, Katy Armstrong
Chapter 1 - What is CO2? Thermodynamics, Basic Reactions and Physical Chemistry, Pages 3-17, Michael North
Chapter 2 - Carbon Dioxide Capture Agents and Processes, Pages 19-32, Peter Styring
Chapter 3 - CO2-Derived Fuels for Energy Storage, Pages 33-44, Peter J. Hall, I.A. Grant Wilson, Anthony Rennie
Chapter 4 - Environmental Assessment of CO2 Capture and Utilisation, Pages 45-56, Niklas V. von der Assen, Ana Maria Lorente Lafuente, Martina Peters, André Bardow
Chapter 5 - Polymers from CO2—An Industrial Perspective, Pages 59-71, Jens Langanke, Aurel Wolf, Martina Peters
Chapter 6 - CO2-based Solvents, Pages 73-96, Ray Marriott, Philip Jessop, Marie Barnes
Chapter 7 - Organic Carbonates, Pages 97-113, Richard H. Heyn
Chapter 8 - Accelerated Carbonation of Ca- and Mg-Bearing Minerals and Industrial Wastes Using CO2, Pages 115-137, Greeshma Gadikota, Ah-hyung Alissa Park
Chapter 9 - Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Oxygenated Organics, Pages 141-159, George Dowson, Peter Styring
Chapter 10 - The Indirect and Direct Conversion of CO2 into Higher Carbon Fuels, Pages 161-182, Liam J. France, Peter P. Edwards, Vladimir L. Kuznetsov, Hamid Almegren
Chapter 11 - High Temperature Electrolysis, Pages 183-209, Rachael Elder, Denis Cumming, Mogens Bjerg Mogensen
Chapter 12 - Photoelectrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide, Pages 211-233, Yong Yan, Jing Gu, Elizabeth L. Zeitler, Andrew B. Bocarsly
Chapter 13 - Emerging Industrial Applications, Pages 237-251, Katy Armstrong
Chapter 14 - Integrated Capture and Conversion, Pages 253-272, Turgay Pekdemir
Chapter 15 - Understanding and Assessing Public Perceptions of Carbon Dioxide Utilisation (CDU) Technologies, Pages 273-283, Christopher R. Jones
Chapter 16 - Potential CO2 Utilisation Contributions to a More Carbon-Sober Future: A 2050 Vision, Pages 285-302, Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli, Katy Armstrong, Peter Styring
Index, Pages 303-311