TY - JOUR
T1 - Energy and mass balances related to climate change and remediation
AU - Lueking, Angela D.
AU - Cole, Milton W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This material includes work supported by (while AL was serving at) the National Science Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016
PY - 2017/7/15
Y1 - 2017/7/15
N2 - The goal of this paper is to provide a forum for a broad interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers to see how concepts of climate change, energy, and carbon remediation strategies are related to quite basic scientific principles. A secondary goal is to show relationships between general concepts in traditional science and engineering fields and to show how they are relevant to broader environmental concepts. This paper revisits Fourier's early mathematical derivation of the average temperature of the Earth from first principles, i.e. an energy balance common to chemical and environmental engineering. The work then uses the concept of mass balance to critically discuss various carbon remediation strategies. The work is of interest to traditional scientists/engineers, but also it is potentially useful as an educational document in advanced undergraduate science or engineering classes.
AB - The goal of this paper is to provide a forum for a broad interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers to see how concepts of climate change, energy, and carbon remediation strategies are related to quite basic scientific principles. A secondary goal is to show relationships between general concepts in traditional science and engineering fields and to show how they are relevant to broader environmental concepts. This paper revisits Fourier's early mathematical derivation of the average temperature of the Earth from first principles, i.e. an energy balance common to chemical and environmental engineering. The work then uses the concept of mass balance to critically discuss various carbon remediation strategies. The work is of interest to traditional scientists/engineers, but also it is potentially useful as an educational document in advanced undergraduate science or engineering classes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.101
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.101
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28284650
AN - SCOPUS:85015607852
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 590-591
SP - 416
EP - 429
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
ER -
