Adam C. Powell – författare

Every sector faces unique challenges in the transition to sustainability. Across each, materials will play a key role. That will depend on novel materials and processes, but these will only be effective with a solid understanding of the trends in the market. For each respective sector, the papers in this collection will explore the trends and drivers toward sustainability, the enabling materials technologies and challenges, and the tools to evaluate their implications. Major sections in REWAS 2019 include:Disruptive Material Manufacturing: Scaling and Systems ChallengesEducation and Workforce DevelopmentRethinking ProductionSecondary and Byproduct Sources of Materials, Minerals, and Metals

This collection is focused on industrial energy sustainability and CO2 management, including processes that improve energy efficiency and reduce or eliminate industrial GHG emissions. Topics address technology areas such as clean energy technologies, innovative beneficiation, smelting technologies, process intensification, as well as CO2 capture and conversion for industrial applications. Areas of interest include but are not limited to: Energy and materials-efficient minerals extraction and processing, including waste heat recovery, materials recycling, and other methodologies for low-cost energy materials productionAdvances in design and optimization of renewable and low-carbon energy harvesting technologies and energy carriers, including theory, new technology concepts, simulations and demonstrations relevant to decarbonizing materials extraction and processingSystems assessment for sustainable materials processing, including techno-economic, life cycle, circularity, technology scale-up, and regulatory impactsLow carbon technologies for advanced materials conversion, including carbon and other GHG reduction metallurgy in ferrous, nonferrous, and reactive metals capture and mineralization, carbon upgrade to chemicals, and use of low carbon fuel and feedstockAdvances in materials for energy and carbon mitigation, such as infrared reflecting, endothermic and carbon absorbing materials for applications such as urban heat island mitigation and space cooling

This collection is focused on industrial energy sustainability and CO2 management, including processes that improve energy efficiency and reduce or eliminate industrial GHG emissions. Topics address technology areas such as clean energy technologies, innovative beneficiation, smelting technologies, process intensification, as well as CO2 capture and conversion for industrial applications. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

 

Energy and materials-efficient minerals extraction and processing, including waste heat recovery, materials recycling, and other methodologies for low-cost energy materials productionAdvances in design and optimization of renewable and low-carbon energy harvesting technologies and energy carriers, including theory, new technology concepts, simulations and demonstrations relevant to decarbonizing materials extraction and processingSystems assessment for sustainable materials processing, including techno-economic, life cycle, circularity, technology scale-up, and regulatory impactsLow carbon technologies for advanced materials conversion, including carbon and other GHG reduction metallurgy in ferrous, nonferrous, and reactive metals capture and mineralization, carbon upgrade to chemicals, and use of low carbon fuel and feedstockAdvances in materials for energy and carbon mitigation, such as infrared reflecting, endothermic and carbon absorbing materials for applications such as urban heat island mitigation and space cooling

This collection is focused on industrial energy sustainability and CO2 management, including processes that improve energy efficiency and reduce or eliminate industrial GHG emissions. Topics address technology areas such as clean energy technologies, innovative beneficiation, smelting technologies, process intensification, as well as CO2 capture and conversion for industrial applications. Areas of interest include but are not limited to: Energy and materials-efficient minerals extraction and processing, including waste heat recovery, materials recycling, and other methodologies for low-cost energy materials productionAdvances in design and optimization of renewable and low-carbon energy harvesting technologies and energy carriers, including theory, new technology concepts, simulations and demonstrations relevant to decarbonizing materials extraction and processingSystems assessment for sustainable materials processing, including techno-economic, life cycle, circularity, technology scale-up, and regulatory impactsLow carbon technologies for advanced materials conversion, including carbon and other GHG reduction metallurgy in ferrous, nonferrous, and reactive metals capture and mineralization, carbon upgrade to chemicals, and use of low carbon fuel and feedstockAdvances in materials for energy and carbon mitigation, such as infrared reflecting, endothermic and carbon absorbing materials for applications such as urban heat island mitigation and space cooling

This collection presents innovative approaches to recycling and resource recovery, aiming to address challenges toward sustainable mining at near-to-waste generation. Contributions present technologies for slag valorization, recycling of electronic waste (e-waste), resource recovery from mine and urban wastes, and integration of Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Areas of interest include examples of application techniques as pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, solvometallurgy, electrohydrometallurgy, and novel materials to extract critical raw materials thereby minimizing waste and supporting raw material supply.