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INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
Textbook SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The Roles of Carbon and Bio-Carbon: An Introduction to Molecular Sciences
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by Pierre Vogel (Swiss Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
Due to overconsumption of fossil carbon, humanity faces four major problems: global warming, decrease of biodiversity, pollution of the biosphere, and the degradation of agriculture soils. It is not enough to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by stopping the consumption of fossil carbon; it is also urgent to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In order to understand the challenges outlined above, a minimal knowledge of the most important carbon compounds and their transformations is an asset. This textbook is therefore an introduction to the molecular sciences and shows how we depend on carbon compounds, what they are and how they are transformed. Plant biomass, including agricultural, forestry and urban wastes, is the source of bio-carbon that can replace fossil carbon. In addition, we will always need carbon-containing substances for our comfort and health. These important topics are covered in this textbook. Contents: Foreword (Bertrand Piccard); Carbon Around Us; Molecules and Their Structure; Elemental Carbon: Modern Materials; Mineral Carbon; Natural Gas and Biogas; Heat and Reaction Entropy; Fossil Carbon: A Source of Energy and Modern Materials; Fossil Carbon: Source of Medicines; Chirality; Biomass: Our Greatest Asset; Syngas and its Transformations; Epilogue. Readership: Students and teachers; preuniversity and undergraduate students.
560pp Mar 2022 978-981-124-048-5 US$158 £140 THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY
Fundamentals, Technology Economics
by Duncan Seddon (Duncan Seddon & Associates Pty. Ltd, Australia)
For any given project, there are many alternatives to consider for each stage of making, storing and transporting hydrogen. The book aims to assist proponents, and financiers of hydrogen projects to identify the optimum alternatives and identify hurdles and approaches to overcome them. This book attempts to describe an optimum approach to implement and its cost. It sets out to identify hurdles to implementation which may not be apparent to those entering the field for the first time.
The book covers the various means and costs of production from fossil fuels (with carbon capture) – blue hydrogen – electrolysis – green hydrogen – or biomass. The book covers hydrogen storage as liquid or compressed gas and transport, through pipelines as liquid or by an intermediary fluid such as ammonia or a hydrocarbon. The book also discusses the production and costs of hydrogen delivery at the user end of a logistics chain. It also compares the relative energy value of energy delivered hydrogen versus the current suite of conventional fuels.
Contents: The Market for Hydrogen; Methods of Hydrogen Production; The Cost of Hydrogen Production from Fossil Fuels; The Production of Hydrogen from Renewable Sources; Hydrogen Storage and Transport; The Mass Shipping of Hydrogen; Competitive Position of Hydrogen vs. Fossil Fuels; Case Studies.
Readership: Academics, professionals and researchers.
