Table of Contents

Preface. Editor Information. Carbon Dioxide Reduction Metallurgy 2009. Mechanisms and Electrolysis. Metal Cations in CO2 Assimilation and Conversion by Plants (S. Shabala). Effect of Electrode Surface Modification on Dendritic Deposition of Aluminum on Cu Substrate Using Emic-Alcl3 Ionic Liquid Electrolytes (D. Pradhan, and R. Reddyi). Room-Temperature Production of Ethylene from Carbon Dioxide (K. Ogura). The Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide in Ionic Liquids (H. Lu, X. Zhang, and P. Wang). Silicon Dioxide as a Solid Store for CO2 Gas (V. Zavodinsky, and S. Rogov). Recent Developments in Carbon Dioxide Capture Materials and Processes for Energy Industry (M. Goel). Ferrous and Titanium Metallurgy. Reduction of CO2 Emissions in Steel Industry Based on LCA Methodology (A. Losif, J. Birat, O. Mirgaux, and D. Ablitzer). Electrolytic Reduction of Ferric Oxide to Yield Iron and Oxygen (A. Cox, and D. Fray). Enhanced Energy Efficiency and Emission Reduction through Oxy-Fuel Technology in the Metals Industry (N. Bell). Suspension Ironmaking Technology with Greatly Reduced CO2 Emission and Energy Requirement (H. Sohn, M. Choi, Y. Zhang, and J. Ramos). Investigation of Carbonic Anhydrase Assisted Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Using Steelmaking Slag (C. Rawlins, S. Lekakh, K. Peaslee, and V. Richards). Novel Alkali Roasting of Titaniferous Minerals and Leaching for the Production of Synthetic Rutile (A. Jha, and A. Lahiri). Accelerated Electro-reduction of TiO2 to Metallic Ti in CaCl2 Bath using an Intermetallic Inert Anode (X. Yang, A. Lahiri, and A. Jha). Energy Technology Perspectives. Energy Conservation in Metals Extraction and Materials Processing II. Energy Conservation and Technology. Mechanism and Application of Catalytic Combustion of Pulverized Coal (Z. Guo, Z. Lin, and C. Li). Improving Energy Efficiency in a Modern Aluminum Casting Operation (C. Eckert, M. Osborne, and R. Peterson). Oxyfuel - Energy Efficient Melting (T. Niehoff, and D. Stoffel). Energy Savings and Productivity Increases at an Aluminium Slug Plant Due to Bottom Gas Purging (K. Gamweger, and P. Bauer). Energy Conservation and Productivity Improvement Measures in Electric Arc Furnaces (A. Jaiswal). Evaluating Aluminum Melting Furnace Transient Energy Efficiency (E. Williams, D. Stewart, and K. Overfield). Billions of Dollars could be saved with Reliability Excellence (D. Wikoff, and S. Williams). Extraction Processes/Refractories/Modeling and Analysis. Energy and Sustainable Development in Hydrometallurgy - An Emerging Perspective (K. Rao). Copper Electrowinning using Noble Metal Oxide Coated Titanium - Based Bipolar Electrodes (K. Asokan, and K. Subramanian). Microbial Reduction of Lateritic Nickel Ore for Enhanced Recovery of Nickel and Cobalt through Bio-hydrometallurgical Route L. Sukla, N. Pradhan, R. Mohapatra, B. Mohapatra, B. Nayak, and B. Mishra). Energy Saving Strategies for the Use of Refractory Materials in Molten Material Contact (J. Hemrick, K. Peters, J. Damiano, and J. Keiser). Energy Savings through Phosphate-bonded Refractory Materials (J. Decker). Advanced Ceramic Composites for Improved Thermal Management in Molten Aluminum Applications (K. Peters, R. Cravens, and J. Hemrick). Energy Efficient, Non-Wetting, Microporous Refractory Material for Molten Aluminum Contact Applications (K. McGowan). Author Index. Subject Index.

About the Author

Neale R. Neelameggham works with IND LLC in South Jordan, Utah, USA. He has expertise in metal and chemical production.

Ramana G. Reddy is an ACIPCO Endowed Professor of Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering - MTE -, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His academic administration and research work experiences include: Department Head of the MTE and Associate Director of Center for Green Manufacturing at The University of Alabama; Professor and Chairman, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Nevada, Reno; and Visiting Researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley; Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago; and National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA. Professor Reddy has over 36 years of teaching and research experience in the field of chemical and materials engineering. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Utah. He has conducted projects involving thermodynamics and kinetics of metallurgical reactions; electrochemical processing of materials, plasma processing of materials, energy efficient and environmental cleaner technologies, ionic liquids, fuel cells and energy storage.