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MARCH 8, 2024

It seems only a couple of months ago I reported on my experience traveling from Cincinnati to Nashville to purchase the 2010 BMW Z4, thus satisfying a used convertible car search that lasted for a year and a half. The brake fluid had water and metals in it upon testing, and it’s also due for a coolant service.&

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APRIL 28, 2011

A team led by the University of Alberta has confirmed that inorganic mercury (Hg) found worldwide in ocean water is transformed into monomethylmercury (MMHg)—a potent and bio-accumulative neurotoxin—in the seawater. Kirk (2011) Methylation of inorganic mercury in polar marine waters. Fitzgerald and Thomas W. 159-166.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The platform technology is also being commercialized for conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water. Lithium processing is presently concentrated in a small number of regions in the world. The Mangrove technology is derivative of the company’s original focus on the treatment of produced water.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The present disclosure provides methods and materials for oligomerization of lower olefins (e.g., water, lower alcohols such as C 2 -C 8 alcohols) in the feed stream. The USPTO has awarded Gevo US Patent No. C 2 -C 8 ) to transportations fuels including diesel and/or jet fuel.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Mercedes-Benz will present a fuel-cell powered design study of an off-road SUV, the Ener-G-Force, based on the concept of a future police car developed for the Los Angeles Design Challenge. The Ener-G-Force emits nothing but water and has an operating range of about 500 miles. The Ener-G-Force design concept. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 18, 2021

Researchers from Sun-Yat Sen University in China report in an open-access paper in ACS ES&T Engineering the development of a catalyst that destroys medications and other compounds already present in wastewater to generate hydrogen fuel, getting rid of a contaminant while producing something useful. —Wu et al. ACS EST Eng. 1c00003.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have presented a new and more complete view on the way a cyanobacterium— Cyanothece 51142—produces hydrogen. Here we present evidence to support a new model whereby energy derived directly from oxygenic photosynthesis (i.e.,

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AUGUST 30, 2013

Researchers at Wakayama University in Japan have produced a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas by irradiating a mixture of carbon powder and distilled water with intense nanosecond laser pulses at room temperature. Photographs of a bottled mixture of Bincho-tan powder and water (a) before, (b) during, and (c) after irradiation.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

A team of researchers from Canada and the US has developed a system that quickly and efficiently converts carbon dioxide into simple chemicals via CO 2 electrolysis. Here, we present a catalyst:ionomer bulk heterojunction (CIBH) architecture that decouples gas, ion, and electron transport. —García de Arquer. Resources.

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APRIL 22, 2020

Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a new electrode material for a protonic ceramic electrochemical cell (PCEC) that can efficiently convert excess electricity and water into hydrogen. perovskite was developed as an oxygen electrode, and presents superior electrochemical performance at 400~600?°C.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

In working to elucidate the chemistry of hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) for the catalytic upgrading of pyrolytic bio-oil to fuel-grade products, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have discovered that water in the conversion process helps form an impurity which, in turn, slows down key chemical reactions.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Over the past few months, we have converted it to DME together with our partner FPT. In addition, the valves and valve seat inserts were converted to materials suitable for DME. Water is formed as a by-product. If water is removed from the reaction mixture, the chemical equilibrium shifts towards the product.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science , the research demonstrates how lignin-derived compounds can first be converted to muconic acid via a biological process. Muconic acid can then be separated from the biological culture and catalytically converted into adipic acid. —Vardon et al.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

As the V OC of the presented c-Si cells is only ∼600 mV, four cells need to be connected in series to achieve stable water splitting performance. We demonstrate in this study that, thanks to their high V OC , three series-connected SHJ cells can already stably drive the water splitting reaction at unprecedented SHE.

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JUNE 18, 2013

Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) have found that noble metal nanoparticles supported on titanium dioxide or cerium dioxide can catalyze the industrially important water gas shift (WGS) reaction for hydrogen production at ambient temperatures using visible light irradiation. Researchers at the Univ. —Sastre et al. Energy Environ.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

to convert organic waste to produce green hydrogen at a site in Richmond, California. The Raven SR Steam/CO 2 Reformation process also presents a valid alternative to electrolysis converting waste rather than precious and limited water resources for green hydrogen production. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Airbus identified hydrogen as one of the most promising alternatives to power a zero-emission aircraft, because it emits no carbon dioxide when generated from renewable energy, with water being its most significant by-products. There are two ways hydrogen can be used as a power source for aircraft propulsion.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Phillip Savage at the University of Michigan has found that with appropriate parameters, hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) can convert 65% of wet algae (a Nannochloropsis species) into biocrude in one minute. They saw their best results, with about half of the algae converted to biocrude, after treating it for 10 to 40 minutes at 570 degrees.

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APRIL 2, 2021

The pilot line is set to be presented at the Hannover Messe Digital Edition from 12-16 April 2021. The many millions of vehicles will need many millions of fuel cells to convert hydrogen into power, but as yet, Europe has no mass production facility that could cover this demand.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Researchers from SRI International (SRI) are developing a methane-and-coal-to-liquids process that consumes negligible amounts of water and does not generate carbon dioxide. The syngas is converted into methanol, which is then processed to make transportation fuels—in the case of the DARPA challenge, JP-8 (military distillate fuel).

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JULY 31, 2017

In a 2007 paper presented at the XI International Conference on Innovations in the Ferro Alloy Industry (Infacon XI), a team from the US EPA, the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT), and SINTEF Materials and Chemistry (Lindstad et al. Any CO emitted to the atmosphere is assumed to be converted to CO 2 within days afterwards.

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MARCH 25, 2023

Aircraft consume fuels and emit a range of emissions, including carbon dioxide and water vapor in the form of condensation trails (contrails). The ice crystals in condensation trails form by the condensation of water vapor on small particulate matter (e.g., soot) present in the engine exhaust. Earlier post.)

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JULY 18, 2015

Findings by MIT researchers could help advance the commercialization of supercritical water technology for the desulfurization and upgrading of high-sulfur crude oil into high-value, cleaner fuels such as gasoline without using hydrogen—a major change in refining technology that would reduce costs, energy use, and CO 2 emissions.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have produced an “artificial leaf”—a solar water-splitting cell producing hydrogen and oxygen that operates in near-neutral pH conditions, both with and without connecting wires. Earlier post.). simulated sunlight. constructing a simple, stand-alone device composed of.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The e-Bio Fuel Cell system featured an an SOFC stack and an on-board reformer to convert 100% ethanol or ethanol-blended water (55% water, 45% ethanol) to hydrogen. Dilution of ethanol with water increases safety, and is expected to suppress anode coking by increasing the steam-to-carbon ratio. … Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Steam is adopted as a sweep gas, presenting efficient H 2 recovery (>91%) while replacing conventionally utilized noble carrier gases that require additional gas separation processes. Hydrogen gas, however, cannot be transported in large amounts due to the limitations in the amount that can be stored per unit volume.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The heterogeneity of MSW characteristics including chemical composition, and physical and biological properties, presents a significant challenge for utilization. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) represents a potential low-cost, abundant feedstock for producing fuels and products.

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JULY 2, 2015

During a driving event at the Miramas proving grounds in southern France, BMW presented future drive technologies, including the prototype of a BMW 2 Series Active Tourer with plug-in hybrid drive. The BMW 3 Series plug-in hybrid was presented as a. Direct water injection. Bosch and water injection. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 3, 2016

STEP is an efficient solar chemical process, based on a synergy of solar thermal and endothermic electrolyses, designed to convert greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into a useful carbon commodity. This presents a sustainable route to convert carbon dioxide into materials relevant to both grid-scale and portable storage systems.

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MARCH 22, 2013

mg COD/L (COD = chemical oxygen demand, an indirect measurement of organic compounds in water) of CH 3 OH was produced within an incubation time of 7 h—approximately 10x the yield obtained previously using pure cultures of Nitrosomonas europaea. The maximum specific rate of CH 4 to CH 3 OH conversion obtained during this study was 0.82

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MAY 14, 2010

Schematic representation and operating principles of the lithium–water electrochemical cell used for hydrogen generation: (1) external circuit and (2) inside of lithium–water electrochemical cell. the high-school chemistry demonstration of the violent reaction between sodium and water.). sea water) by using sunlight.

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JUNE 21, 2021

Electrolysis of water using low-carbon electricity (“yellow” and / or “green” hydrogen) and steam reforming of methane in combination with carbon capture technologies (“blue” hydrogen) are considered as possible means for hydrogen production. —Evgeny Pakermanov, President of Rusatom Overseas JSC.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

However, the resulting bio-oils are typically high in oxygen, water, solids and acids. The zeolite catalyst then converts these hydrogenated products into light olefins and aromatic hydrocarbons in a yield as much as three times higher than that produced with the pure pyrolysis oil. earlier post.). Credit: Science , Vispute et al.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Mascoma will then convert the feedstock to cellulosic ethanol through its proprietary process, which produces lignin as a by-product. Chevron has filed applications for two patents on processes to convert lignin to a hydrocarbon feedstock via hydroprocessing; both applications were published on 3 September 2009. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Fresh water is then used to release the stored lithium. Purification of the lithium, then reaction with sodium carbonate to convert it to lithium carbonate. Eramet’s process presents an advantage in terms of hydric resources use compared with projects supported by a conventional extraction process.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The first vessels with engines that can run on these fuel alternatives are in production and expected to hit the waters in 2024. In the early days of such first-generation fossil-free engines, the sourcing of these fuels will present a challenge. Through this partnership, both companies want to help scale fossil-free shipping early on.

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MARCH 2, 2018

An international research team has developed a new single-atom electrocatalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO). The anion membrane electrode assembly prevented the direct contact between the catalyst and liquid water, maximally suppressing the H 2 evolution side reaction and facilitating the CO 2 mass transport.

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