Carbon dioxide utilisation: closing the carbon cycle

"Styring, Quadrelli, and Armstrong's Carbon dioxide utilisation: closing the carbon cycle offers a comprehensive and diverse journey through carbon dioxide utilisation technologies, applications, and future perspectives. It is the first book that brings together world leading chemists, engineers, and social scientists to produce a whole systems approach to CDU -- from co-reactant choice to energy integration. The editors and experts examine all aspects of CDU, from its capture, chemical conversion, and ultimate use in a variety of chemicals. This body of work shows how the extra energy can be derived from intermittent renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, and how to store excess energy in value-added chemicals. Examples of reactions and processes complement the thorough consideration of the market value, capacity, and supply chain, addressing where co-reactants will be sourced from, how energy can be integrated, and how these new chemicals can be introduced into the market place. The book combines catalysis, process engineering, and green chemistry in a logical approach to using CO2 on reasonable scales, without compromising the supply chain by using environmentally questionable sources of co-reactants and catalysts."--Back cover.

Introductory concepts. What is CO2? Thermodynamics, basic reactions and physical chemistry -- Carbon dioxide capture agents and processes -- CO2-derived fuels for energy storage -- Environmental assessment of CO2 capture and utilisation -- Contribution to materials. Polymers from CO2: an industrial perspective -- Organic carbonates -- Accelerated carbonation of Ca- and Mg-bearing minerals and industrial wastes using CO2 -- Energy and fuels. Conversion of carbon dioxide to oxygenated organics -- The indirect and direct conversion of CO2 into higher carbon fuels -- High temperature electrolysis -- Photoelectrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide -- Perspectives and conclusions. Emerging industrial applications -- Integrated capture and conversion -- Understanding and assessing public perceptions of carbon dioxide utilisation (CDU) technologies -- Potential CO2 utilization contributions to a more carbon-sober future: a 2050 vision -- Index.