Preface
This volume contains selected papers presented at the Energy Technologies and
CO 2 Management Symposium (sponsored by the TMS Extraction and Processing
Division, Light Metals Division and Energy Committee), organized in conjunction
with the TMS 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
The papers in this volume intend to address the issues, intricacies, challenges,
and development of new strategies as the reliance on fossil fuels for energy is
unsustainable and has released an unprecedented amount of carbon dioxide into our
atmosphere. The continual research and development effort into clean and sustainable energy technologies and efficient carbon dioxide management are of paramount
importance to ensure the responsible progress of human civilization and innovations.
The Energy Technologies and CO 2 Management Symposium was open to participants from both industry and academia with a focus on energy-efficient technologies including innovative ore beneficiation, smelting technologies, recycling and
waste heat recovery, as well as emerging novel energy technologies. The topics
cover various technological aspects of sustainable energy ecosystems, processes that
improve energy efficiency, reduce thermal emissions, and reduce carbon dioxide
and other greenhouse emissions. Contributions from all areas of non-nuclear and
non-traditional energy sources are discussed.
Topics include, but are not limited to, renewable energy resources to reduce the
consumption of traditional fossil fuels; emerging technologies for renewable energy
harvesting, conversion, and storage; new concepts or devices for energy generation, conversion, and distribution; waste heat recovery and other industrial energyefficient technologies; energy education and energy regulation; scale-up, stability,
and life cycle analysis of energy technologies, and improvement of existing energyintensive processes; theory and simulation in energy harvesting, conversion, and
storage; design, operation, and optimization of processes for energy generation (e.g.,
carbon capture) and conversion of energy carriers; energy efficiency improvement
in process engineering (e.g., for biomass conversion and improved combustion)
and electrical engineering (e.g., for power conversion and developing smart grids);
thermoelectric/electrolysis/photoelectrolysis/fundamentals of PV; emission control;
CO 2 capture and conversion, carbon sequestration techniques, CO 2 and other greenhouse gas reduction metallurgy in ferrous (iron and steel making and forming),
v
This volume contains selected papers presented at the Energy Technologies and
CO 2 Management Symposium (sponsored by the TMS Extraction and Processing
Division, Light Metals Division and Energy Committee), organized in conjunction
with the TMS 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
The papers in this volume intend to address the issues, intricacies, challenges,
and development of new strategies as the reliance on fossil fuels for energy is
unsustainable and has released an unprecedented amount of carbon dioxide into our
atmosphere. The continual research and development effort into clean and sustainable energy technologies and efficient carbon dioxide management are of paramount
importance to ensure the responsible progress of human civilization and innovations.
The Energy Technologies and CO 2 Management Symposium was open to participants from both industry and academia with a focus on energy-efficient technologies including innovative ore beneficiation, smelting technologies, recycling and
waste heat recovery, as well as emerging novel energy technologies. The topics
cover various technological aspects of sustainable energy ecosystems, processes that
improve energy efficiency, reduce thermal emissions, and reduce carbon dioxide
and other greenhouse emissions. Contributions from all areas of non-nuclear and
non-traditional energy sources are discussed.
Topics include, but are not limited to, renewable energy resources to reduce the
consumption of traditional fossil fuels; emerging technologies for renewable energy
harvesting, conversion, and storage; new concepts or devices for energy generation, conversion, and distribution; waste heat recovery and other industrial energyefficient technologies; energy education and energy regulation; scale-up, stability,
and life cycle analysis of energy technologies, and improvement of existing energyintensive processes; theory and simulation in energy harvesting, conversion, and
storage; design, operation, and optimization of processes for energy generation (e.g.,
carbon capture) and conversion of energy carriers; energy efficiency improvement
in process engineering (e.g., for biomass conversion and improved combustion)
and electrical engineering (e.g., for power conversion and developing smart grids);
thermoelectric/electrolysis/photoelectrolysis/fundamentals of PV; emission control;
CO 2 capture and conversion, carbon sequestration techniques, CO 2 and other greenhouse gas reduction metallurgy in ferrous (iron and steel making and forming),
v