English | 2021 | Original PDF | 35 MB | 391 Pages
Subhas K. Sikdar, Frank Princiotta, B08KGQK4WT, 0367520567, 0367520494, 1000220354, 9780367520496, 9781000220353, 9780367520564, 9781003056157, 9781000220155, 9781000220254, 978-0367520496, 978-1000220353, 978-0367520564, 978-1003056157, 978-1000220155, 978-1000220254
Volume 2 of Advances in Carbon Management Technologies
has 21 chapters. It presents the introductory chapter again, for
framing the challenges that confront the proposed solutions discussed in
this volume. Section 4 presents various ways biomass and biomass wastes
can be manipulated to provide a low-carbon footprint of the generation
of power, heat and co-products, and of recovery and reuse of biomass
wastes for beneficial purposes. Section 5 provides potential carbon
management solutions in urban and manufacturing environments. This
section also provides state-of the-art of battery technologies for the
transportation sector. The chapters in section 6 deals with electricity
and the grid, and how decarbonization can be practiced in the
electricity sector.
The overall topic of advances in
carbon management is too broad to be covered in a book of this size. It
was not intended to cover every possible aspect that is relevant to the
topic. Attempts were made, however, to highlight the most important
issues of decarbonization from technological viewpoints. Over the years
carbon intensity of products and processes has decreased, but the
proportion of energy derived from fossil fuels has been stubornly stuck
at about 80%. This has occurred despite very rapid development of
renewable fuels, because at the same time the use of fossil fuels has
also increased. Thus, the challenges are truly daunting. It is hoped
that the technology choices provided here will show the myriad ways that
solutions will evolve. While policy decisions are the driving forces
for technology development, the book was not designed to cover policy
solutions.
