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Swansea study finds 30% of the UK’s natural gas could be replaced by hydrogen without major changes

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30% of the natural gas fueling UK homes and businesses could be replaced by hydrogen without requiring any changes to the nation’s boilers and ovens, a study by Swansea University researchers has shown. Over time the move could cut UK carbon dioxide emissions by up to 18%. Domestic gas usage accounts for 9% of UK emissions.

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Rice University team finds asphalt-lithium metal anode enables faster charging, resistance to dendrite formation; Li-S test cell

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Rice University team finds asphalt-lithium metal anode enables faster charging, resistance to dendrite formation; Li-S test cell. The Rice lab of chemist James Tour has developed anodes comprising porous carbon made from asphalt that showed exceptional stability after more than 500 charge-discharge cycles. —Wang et al.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Achates Power is backed by the Oil and Gas Climate Investments and other investors. Combustion and Propulsion Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Researchers develop solid electrolyte for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to pure liquid fuels

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Now a team led by researchers at Rice University has achieved continuous electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2 to pure liquid fuel solutions in cells that utilize solid electrolytes, in which electrochemically generated cations (such as H + ) and anions (such as HCOO ? Schematic illustration of the CO 2 reduction cell with solid electrolyte.

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KAUST team shows that burning fuel at elevated pressure significantly increases soot particle size

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A team at the Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia has shown that burning fuel at high pressure can significantly increase the size of the soot particles that are produced. A paper on their work is published in the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.

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CoorsTek proton ceramic membranes produce hydrogen from ammonia, natural gas or biogas

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A development team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, in collaboration with international research partners, have successfully used ceramic membrane technology to develop a scalable hydrogen generator that makes hydrogen from electricity and fuels including natural gas, biogas and ammonia with near zero energy loss.

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New self-propelled robotic device pinpoints leaks in pipes more accurately than existing methods

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Researchers at MIT and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia have devised a robotic system that can detect leaks in gas, oil and water pipelines at a rapid pace and with high accuracy by sensing a large pressure change at leak locations.

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