Engineering strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation 1st Edition by Ian Jones 1139152563 9781139152563

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ISBN 10: 1139152563

ISBN 13: 9781139152563

Author:  Ian Jones  

Controlling the level of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is a rapidly growing area of commercial activity. While debate continues both about the impact of greenhouse gas on climate and the role humans play in influencing its concentration, engineers are faced with less controversial questions of how to manage this uncertainty and how to control greenhouse gases at a minimum cost to society. This book gives a concise review of current knowledge required for engineers to develop strategies to help us manage and adapt to climate change. It has been developed from the author’s graduate course in environmental engineering, and is written without technical jargon so as to be accessible to a wide range of students and policymakers who do not necessarily have scientific or engineering backgrounds. Appendices allow readers to calculate for themselves the impact of the various strategies, and the book contains student exercises and references for further reading.

Engineering strategies for greenhouse gas mitigation 1st Table of contents:

1 The future greenhouse gas production
Introduction
The natural carbon cycle
What is greenhouse gas?
What is climate change?
Sources of carbon dioxide
Estimating carbon dioxide release to the atmosphere
Scenarios of the future
Predictions of emissions
Business as usual models
Predictions of concentration
Changes in radiative forcing
Managing in the face of uncertainty
Carbon dioxide emission goals
Further reading and exercises
2 Changing energy efficiency
Changing carbon dioxide intensity
Sectorial distribution of greenhouse gas emissions
Heat loss from buildings
Efficiency of energy transformation
Efficiency of transport of energy
Case study: retrofitting power stations
Case study: building heating and air conditioning
Case study: lighting
CO2 intensity as a function of GDP
Further reading and exercises
3 Zero-emission technologies
Nuclear power
Electric and hydrogen cars
Renewable energy
Wind power
Solar power
Geothermal power
Hydropower
Tidal power
Wave power
Costing of alternative energy
Energy storage
Carbon capture and storage
Oxygen economy
Energy from biomass
Lifecycle accounting
Exercises
4 Geoengineering the climate
What is geoengineering?
Climate geoengineering techniques
Solar radiation
Albedo changes
Aerosol changes
Reflectivity of the earth’s surface
Radiative forcing and surface temperature
Modifying the atmospheric water vapour
Summary of geoengineering opportunities
Exercises
5 Ocean sequestration
Ocean atmosphere exchange
Ocean circulation
CO2 partial pressure in the ocean
Increased ocean sinks
Changing the ocean primary production
Ocean Nourishment: induced upwelling
Iron fertilisation to utilise macronutrients
Ocean Nourishment: cyanobacteria
Ocean Nourishment: macronutrients
Macronutrient delivery to the ocean and its cost
Remote sensing of carbon uptake
Benefits and risks
Comparison of ocean sequestration techniques
Maintaining the thermohaline circulation
Exercises
6 Increasing land sinks
Terrestrial primary production
Growing trees
Estimating carbon in forests
Costs of permanent forest sequestration
Role of forests in mitigation
Agricultural practices
Storing as carbonate
Enhanced oil recovery
Carbon dioxide capture
Geological sequestration
Overview of carbon storage
Exercise
7 Adaptation
Introduction
Rapid climate change
Abrupt climate change
Ethical issues
Adaptation and food security
Intergenerational equity
Case study: Bangladesh
Enhancing adaptive capacity
Costs of adaptation
Adaptation and equity
Risk assessment
Consequences in Africa and Asia of adapting to climate change
Marine protein
Exercise
8 The past and the future
The past
Policies for allocating emission rights
Clean Development Mechanism
The future
Exercise

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