Book contents
- No Miracles Needed
- Reviews
- No Miracles Needed
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 What Problems Are We Trying to Solve?
- 2 WWS Solutions for Electricity Generation
- 3 WWS Solutions for Electricity Storage
- 4 WWS Solutions for Transportation
- 5 WWS Solutions for Buildings
- 6 WWS Solutions for Industry
- 7 Solutions for Nonenergy Emissions
- 8 What Doesn’t Work
- 9 Electricity Grids
- 10 Photovoltaics and Solar Radiation
- 11 Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy
- 12 Steps in Developing 100 Percent WWS Roadmaps
- 13 Keeping the Grid Stable with 100 Percent WWS
- 14 Timeline and Policies Needed to Transition
- 15 My Journey
- References
- Index
6 - WWS Solutions for Industry
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2023
- No Miracles Needed
- Reviews
- No Miracles Needed
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 What Problems Are We Trying to Solve?
- 2 WWS Solutions for Electricity Generation
- 3 WWS Solutions for Electricity Storage
- 4 WWS Solutions for Transportation
- 5 WWS Solutions for Buildings
- 6 WWS Solutions for Industry
- 7 Solutions for Nonenergy Emissions
- 8 What Doesn’t Work
- 9 Electricity Grids
- 10 Photovoltaics and Solar Radiation
- 11 Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy
- 12 Steps in Developing 100 Percent WWS Roadmaps
- 13 Keeping the Grid Stable with 100 Percent WWS
- 14 Timeline and Policies Needed to Transition
- 15 My Journey
- References
- Index
Summary
The industrial sector creates products made of metal, plastic, rubber, concrete, glass, and ceramics, among other materials. Energy is needed in industry for heating, cooling, drying, curing, melting, and electricity. Industrial heat ranges from low- to high-temperature heat. High-temperature heat is used for plastics and rubber manufacturing, casting, steel production, other metal production, glass production, lime calcining in cement manufacturing, metal heat-treating and reheating, ironmaking, and silicon extraction from sand. Low- and medium-temperature heat are used for drying and washing during food production, chemical manufacturing, distilling, cracking, pulp and paper manufacturing, and petroleum refining, among other processes. This chapter first discusses the current sources of energy used in industry, then discusses WWS replacements for these sources. The chapter also includes methods of eliminating chemical emissions from steel, concrete, and silicon manufacturing.
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- No Miracles NeededHow Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air, pp. 109 - 122Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023