Abstract
Those in the global chemical enterprise now agree that the future of the chemical industry depends on becoming more sustainable. Such a goal includes developing energy sources that are not based on fossil fuels, and that do not release large quantities of climate-changing gases. This goal implies developing technologies that effectively collect stranded renewable energy - solar and wind - and enable long-term energy storage and long-distance energy delivery from remote areas. Solar and wind energy are continuing to get cheaper, but they are far from population centers and storage/transmission is difficult. Hence, smallscale distributed manufacturing processes that directly convert the renewable energy to transportable chemicals are important.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Sustainable Engineering Forum 2016 - Core Programming Area at the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting |
| Publisher | AIChE |
| Pages | 19-21 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510834491 |
| State | Published - 2016 |
| Event | Sustainable Engineering Forum 2016 - Core Programming Area at the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting - San Francisco, United States Duration: Nov 13 2016 → Nov 18 2016 |
Publication series
| Name | Sustainable Engineering Forum 2016 - Core Programming Area at the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting |
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Other
| Other | Sustainable Engineering Forum 2016 - Core Programming Area at the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Francisco |
| Period | 11/13/16 → 11/18/16 |
Bibliographical note
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