Mar
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Material Found to Save Energy In Petrochemical Production
March 29, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) chemical engineers have developed a new method used to considerably improve energy-expensive petrochemical processes. The technology can make metal-organic framework membranes reduce energy use in processes such as propylene-propane separation, which accounts for 40% of energy used in the global petrochemical industry. Its a case of same amount of […]
Mar
28
Can Money Be Made From Landfill Cleanup?
March 28, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Sweden’s Linnaeus University’s doctoral candidate Yahya Jani can demonstrate decontamination of landfills and open dumpsites could prove profitable both financially and for the environment. Landfill cleanup profits are getting closer. Environmental pollution, health threats and scarcity of raw materials, water, food and energy are some of the greatest challenges our world is facing today. At […]
Mar
27
New Enzyme Makes Octane Booster Toluene
March 27, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Researchers have discovered a new enzyme that will enable microbial production of a renewable alternative to petroleum-based toluene. The researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) note toluene is a widely used octane booster in gasoline that has a global market of 29 million […]
Mar
22
A Self Oxygen Protected Fuel Cell
March 22, 2018 | Leave a Comment
Small traces of oxygen can deactivate the molecular catalysts that are incorporated in fuel cells. A team of researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), the Max-Planck-Institute for Energy Conversion in Mülheim and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories in Washington, U.S.A., is able to equip such a catalyst with a self-defense mechanism against molecular oxygen. Hydrogen […]
Mar
21
A New Dual Atom Catalyst for Artificial Photosynthesis
March 21, 2018 | Leave a Comment
A Boston College led international team of researchers has synthesized a dispersed catalyst featuring two atoms. With two atoms working they have a stable and highly active platform that could facilitate solar water oxidation for the production and storage of clean energy. The team’s research results have been published in the Proceedings of the National […]