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Technological Options for Reducing Non-CO2 GHG Emissions

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In recent years, non-CO2 greenhouse gases (NCGGs), including methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), have gained attention due to their higher global warming potentials (GWPs) and abundance of cost-effective and readily implementable technological options available for achieving significant emission reductions.

A project titled Clearinghouse of Technological Options for Reducing Anthropogenic Non-CO 2 GHG Emissions from All Sectors was recently conducted. The overall objective of the project was to develop a clearinghouse of technological options for reducing anthropogenic NCGG emissions. The findings of the project help to better characterize cost-effective opportunities for emission reductions of NCGGs. Employment of an appropriate control technology for a given source would achieve a net reduction in NCGG emissions as well as its contribution to climate change. This chapter of the handbook extracts relevant data and information on the technological options for reducing non-CO2 GHG emissions from the aforementioned project report.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California State University, 800 N. State College Blvd, 92834-6870, Fullerton, CA, USA

    Jeff Kuo

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  1. University of Mississippi Dept. Chemical Engineering, University, Mississippi, USA

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  2. Advanced Manufacturing Research Inst. Functional Assembly Technology Group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Nagoya, Japan

    Toshio Suzuki

  3. und Technische Biowissenschaften, TU Wien Inst. Verfahrenstechnik, Umwelttechnik, Wien, Austria

    Maximilian Lackner

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Kuo, J. (2015). Technological Options for Reducing Non-CO2 GHG Emissions. In: Chen, WY., Suzuki, T., Lackner, M. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6431-0_47-2

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