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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780012203321

Titolo

Carbon management [[electronic resource] ] : implications for R&D in the chemical sciences and technology : a workshop report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable / / Chemical Sciences Roundtable ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-17066-4

0-309-50305-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

621.042

Soggetti

Carbon

Environmental chemistry

Fossil fuels

Electric utilities

Vehicles - Fuel systems

Polymers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The national academies: National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, [and the] National Research Council"--P. [iii].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Carbon Management: The Challenge""; ""2 Carbon Dioxide Mitigation: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century""; ""3 An Industry Perspective on Carbon Management""; ""4 Opportunities for Carbon Control in the Electric Power Industry""; ""5 Carbon Dioxide as a Feedstock""; ""6 Advanced Engine and Fuel Systems Development for Minimizing Carbon Dioxide Generation""; ""7 Renewable Energy: Generation, Storage, and Utilization""; ""8 Industrial Carbon Management: An Overview""

""9 Managing Carbon Losses for Selective Oxidation Catalysis""""10 Increasing Efficiencies for Hydrocarbon Activation""; ""11 Commodity Polymers from Renewable Resources: Polylactic Acid""; ""12 Chemicals from Plants""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Workshop Participants""; ""B



Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers""; ""C Origin of and Information on the Chemical Sciences Roundtable""; ""D Acronyms and Definitions""