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A thorough discussion on renewable energies and their implementation into the process industry, with an emphasis on efficiencies, demand of industrial processes and implementation in other industries, as well as in relation to current, integrated process plants.
List of contents
1. The energy scene
2. Generating renewable energy
3. Energy storage
4. Heating in the process industry
5. The implementation of renewable energy in various sectors
5a. Steel manufacture (and the role of carbon in steel manufacture)
5b. Cement manufacture (and methods to reduce CO2 emissions)
5c. Aluminum manufacture (as an example on how process scheduling may achieve `cheap adaptation to renewable energy)
5d. Glass manufacture (as an example of high temperature processing)
5e. Manufacture of ceramics
5f. Canning industry
5g. Industrial bakeries
5h. Pharmaceutical industry
5i. Wastewater treatment plants
About the author
Eric van Steen is a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, where he holds the South African Research Chair in Reaction Engineering (SARChI). He holds an MSc from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, and a Dr.-Ing. from Karlsruhe University of Technology in Germany . He is a fellow of South African Institute of Chemical Engineering and of the South African Academy of Engineering. His commitment to student development was recognized when he received the NRF Champion of Research Capacity Development and Transformation Award in 2024.
Prof. van Steen is part of the Catalysis Institute, in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, where the focus is on the development of novel materials and processes towards a sustainable society. His specific research focuses on heterogeneous catalysis, particularly applying principles in heterogeneous catalysis to the areas of renewable energy like CO/CO(c)ü hydrogenation, and photo-catalytic water splitting, but also in alternative ways to obtain building blocks for the chemical industry using e.g. the selective oxidation of methane.
Nicholas Featherstone holds a BSc.Eng. (Chemical) from the University of Cape Town and is currently a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is part of the Catalysis Institute, in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, where the focus of his research is on the direct hydrogenation of CO2 to liquid fuels.
Linda Callanan van Steen holds a BSc(Eng)(Chem) and a PhD from the University of Cape Town. After studying, she held a postdoctoral position in the department of Chemical Technology II (Lehrstuhl für Technische Chemie II) at the Technische Universität München, Germany. She was then a senior lecturer at the department of chemical engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her research focus is on reaction kinetics, particularly in the field of heterogeneous catalysis.
Summary
A thorough discussion on renewable energies and their implementation into the process industry, with an emphasis on efficiencies, demand of industrial processes and implementation in other industries, as well as in relation to current, integrated process plants.
