Carbon Capture & Sequestration

Development Efforts & Outlook

Anderson Carter Mitchell, Ross Freeman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

100 Seiten

2013
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62257-810-8 (ISBN)

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Carbon capture and sequestration (or storage), known as CCS, has attracted congressional interest as a measure for mitigating global climate change because large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from fossil fuel use in the United States are potentially available to be captured and stored underground and prevented from reaching the atmosphere. Large, industrial sources of CO2, such as electricity-generating plants, are likely candidates for CCS because they are predominantly stationary, single-point sources. Electricity generation contributes over 40% of U.S. CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. Currently, U.S. power plants do not capture large volumes of CO2 for CCS. This book provides an overview of what CCS is, how it is supposed to work, why it has gained the interest and support of some members of Congress, and what some of the challenges are to its implementation and deployment across the United States.

Preface; Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS): A Primer; Carbon Capture & Sequestration: Research, Development & Demonstration at the U.S. Department of Energy; Federal Efforts to Reduce the Cost of Capturing & Storing Carbon Dioxide; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	178 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-62257-810-4 / 1622578104
ISBN-13	978-1-62257-810-8 / 9781622578108
Zustand	Neuware