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

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Chemical Sciences Roundtable.

Publication:

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

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (235 p.)

Subjects:

Carbon -- Congresses.
Environmental chemistry -- Congresses.
Fossil fuels -- Congresses.
Electric utilities -- Congresses.
Vehicles -- Fuel systems -- Congresses.
Polymers -- Congresses.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0-309-50305-1

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