Energy Technology Perspectives: Conservation, Carbon Dioxide Reduction and Production From Alternative Sources

This book covers energy conservation and new technologies needed within the materials field for today′s climate of high energy costs and environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions. Also included in this book are papers from the second symposium on carbon dioxide reduction metallurgy.
This title includes approaches on carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reduction in metal production by improved energy efficiency in life cycle fuel use, reductions in carbonate–based flux/raw material usage, as well as finding thermodynamically feasible reactions leading to lower emissions. Also covered are energy saving techniques for extraction and processing of ferrous and nonferrous metals and other materials.

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Preface.
Editor Information.
Carbon Dioxide Reduction Metallurgy 2009.
Mechanisms and Electrolysis.
Metal Cations in CO2 Assimilation and Conversion by Plants (S. Shabala).
Effect of Electrode Surface Modification on Dendritic Deposition of Aluminum on Cu Substrate Using Emic–Alcl3 Ionic Liquid Electrolytes (D. Pradhan, and R. Reddyi).
Room–Temperature Production of Ethylene from Carbon Dioxide (K. Ogura).
The Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide in Ionic Liquids (H. Lu, X. Zhang, and P. Wang).
Silicon Dioxide as a Solid Store for CO2 Gas (V. Zavodinsky, and S. Rogov).
Recent Developments in Carbon Dioxide Capture Materials and Processes for Energy Industry (M. Goel).
Ferrous and Titanium Metallurgy.
Reduction of CO2 Emissions in Steel Industry Based on LCA Methodology (A. Losif, J. Birat, O. Mirgaux, and D. Ablitzer).
Electrolytic Reduction of Ferric Oxide to Yield Iron and Oxygen (A. Cox, and D. Fray).
Enhanced Energy Efficiency and Emission Reduction through Oxy–Fuel Technology in the Metals Industry (N. Bell).
Suspension Ironmaking Technology with Greatly R educed CO2 Emission and Energy Requirement (H. Sohn, M. Choi, Y. Zhang, and J. Ramos).
Investigation of Carbonic Anhydrase Assisted Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Using Steelmaking Slag (C. Rawlins, S. Lekakh, K. Peaslee, and V. Richards).
Novel Alkali Roasting of Titaniferous Minerals and Leaching for the Production of Synthetic Rutile (A. Jha, and A. Lahiri).
Accelerated Electro–reduction of TiO2 to Metallic Ti in CaCl2 Bath using an Intermetallic Inert Anode (X. Yang, A. Lahiri, and A. Jha).
Energy Technology Perspectives.
Energy Conservation in Metals Extraction and Materials Processing II.
Energy Conservation and Technology.
Mechanism and Application of Catalytic Combustion of Pulverized Coal (Z. Guo, Z. Lin, and C. Li).
Improving Energy Efficiency in a Modern Aluminum Casting Operation (C. Eckert, M. Osborne, and R. Peterson).
Oxyfuel – Energy Efficient Melting (T. Niehoff, and D. Stoffel).
Energy Savings and Productivity Increases at an Aluminium Slug Plant Due to Bottom Gas Purging (K. Gamweger, and P. Bauer).
Energy Conservation and Productivity Improvement Measures in Electric Arc Furnaces (A. Jaiswal).
Evaluating Aluminum Melting Furnace Transient Energy Efficiency (E. Williams, D. Stewart, and K. Overfield).
Billions of Dollars could be saved with Reliability Excellence (D. Wikoff, and S. Williams).
Extraction Processes/Refractories/Modeling and Analysis.
Energy and Sustainable Development in Hydrometallurgy – An Emerging Perspective (K. Rao).
Copper Electrowinning using Noble Metal Oxide Coated Titanium – Based Bipolar Electrodes (K. Asokan, and K. Subramanian).
Microbial Reduction of Lateritic Nickel Ore for Enhanced Recovery of Nickel and Cobalt through Bio–hydrometallurgical Route ∗L. Sukla, N. Pradhan, R. Mohapatra, B. Mohapatra, B. Nayak, and B . Mishra).
Energy Saving Strategies for the Use of Refractory Materials in Molten Material Contact (J. Hemrick, K. Peters, J. Damiano, and J. Keiser).
Energy Savings through Phosphate–bonded Refractory Materials (J. Decker).
Advanced Ceramic Composites for Improved Thermal Management in Molten Aluminum Applications (K. Peters, R. Cravens, and J. Hemrick).
Energy Efficient, Non–Wetting, Microporous Refractory Material for Molten Aluminum Contact Applications (K. McGowan).
Author Index.
Subject Index.