Liberating Energy from Carbon: Introduction to Decarbonization

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction to Carbon Civilization

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3. What Is So Unique About CO2?

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4. Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions: Sources and Trends

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5. Stabilization of Atmospheric CO2: Prospects and Implications

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6. Pathways to Decarbonization of Energy

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7. Carbon-Neutral Energy Sources

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8. Carbon Capture and Storage: In the Quest for Clean Fossil Energy

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9. Transition to Low- and Zero-Carbon Energy and Fuels

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10. Industrial Utilization of CO2: A Win–Win Solution

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11. Carbon-Negative Options

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12. Emergency Carbon Management: Geoengineering

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13. Back Matter

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Liberating Energy from Carbon analyzes energy options in a carbon-constrained world. Major strategies and pathways to decarbonizing the carbon-intensive economy are laid out with a special emphasis on the prospects of achieving low-risk atmospheric CO₂ levels. The opportunities and challenges in developing and bringing to market novel low and zero-carbon technologies are highlighted from technical, economic and environmental viewpoints. This book takes a unique approach by treating carbon in a holistic manner—tracking its complete transformation chain from fossil fuel sources to the unique properties of the CO₂ molecule, to carbon capture and storage and finally, to CO₂ industrial utilization and its conversion to value-added products and fuels. This concise but comprehensive sourcebook guides readers through recent scientific and technological developments as well as commercial projects that aim for the decarbonization of the fossil fuel-based economy and CO₂ utilization that will play an increasingly important role in the near- and mid-term future. This book is intended for researchers, engineers, and students working and studying in practically all areas of energy technology and alternative energy sources and fuels.

• CO2 emission
• Fossil fuel decarbonization
• carbon capture and storage
• carbon-neutral fuels
• hydrogen generation
• hydrogen production

• Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida, Cocoa, USA

  Nazim Muradov

Nazim Z. Muradov is a research professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF) – Florida Solar Energy Center. He holds a Doctor of Science degree in Physical Chemistry (1990), PhD in Kinetics and Catalysis (1975) and MS/BS in Petrochemical Engineering (1970). Dr. Muradov’s main areas of research include thermocatalytic and photocatalytic hydrogen production systems, fossil fuel decarbonization, solar-powered water-splitting cycles, reformers for fuel cell applications, hydrogen sensors, radiant detoxification of hazardous wastes and nanostructured carbon materials.

Dr. Muradov is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE), and a member of the Board of Trustees and the Scientific Council of the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Energia (Spain). He is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy since 2006.

Dr. Muradov has authored and co-authored one book, several book-chapters, close to 100 peer-reviewed papers and encyclopedia articles and 49 patents. Dr. Muradov is a recipient of the UCF (Institutes & Centers) Distinguished Researcher of the Year Award (1996), UCF Research Incentive Award (2003) and UCF Colleges, Institutes & Centers Excellence in Research Award (2012). In 2010, he was granted the honorary title of the IAHE Fellow.

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