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Penn team proposes liquid-organic hydrogen carriers as endothermic fuels for hypersonic aircraft

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A team at the University of Pennsylvania is proposing the use of a liquid-organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC)—specifically, 1,2,3,4 -tetrahydroquinoline (THQ)—for use as an endothermic fuel for thermal protection of hypersonic aircraft engines. A paper on their work is published in the journal Fuel.

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Pitt engineers using membrane distillation to recycle water used in fracking and drilling

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While drought is less of an issue in Pennsylvania than in other parts of the country where drilling is prevalent, the produced water that is not reused for hydraulic fracturing is transported to Ohio for disposal, adding to environmental concern of fuel usage and emissions in transport, as well as cost. Desalination. doi: 10.1016/j.desal.2021.115513.

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Study found highly elevated PM2.5 in pre-COVID-19 subway air in NE US; NYC the worst

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concentrations and particle composition from area samples collected in the subways of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; New York City, New York/New Jersey (NYC/NJ); and Washington, District of Columbia. By comparison, aboveground air concentrations for all measured cities averaged just 16 ?g/m

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Coskata files registration statement for proposed IPO

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Based on production runs at its demonstration facility in Pennsylvania, Coskata projects producing 100 gallons of ethanol per dry ton of softwood in its commercial-scale facility using its hybrid biothermal process. The Coskata process is high-yield and low-cost, the company says.

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Franklin’s Franklins Were Freakishly UnFakeable

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This work took 6 to 7 years to complete,” Manukyan tells IEEE Spectrum , involving, as it did, the detailed comparison of some 600 bills printed by Franklin, other legitimate printers, and counterfeiters between 1709 and 1790. Some bills misspelled the name of the colony, or state, of Pennsylvania. This feature, common in today’s U.S.

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California ARB posts three new landfill-gas to CNG and LNG LCFS pathways

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Element Markets Renewable Energy, LLC applied for a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathway for the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from landfill gas (LFG) produced in Pennsylvania. By comparison, the Lookup Table CI for California LFG liquefied in California is 26.31 gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Study finds methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with EPA estimates

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Where leak rates are low, the comparison favors natural gas. In the new study, the researchers also reported their findings by region: Methane emissions in the Marcellus region of northeastern Pennsylvania were about 16.5 —co-author Joost de Gouw, a CIRES scientist who also works at NOAA. tons (33,000 lbs) per hour, or 0.18-0.41%

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