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MIT engineers develop process that can treat produced water from gas wells at relatively low cost

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A new desalination process developed by engineers at MIT could treat produced water—deep water, often heavily laden with salts and minerals—from natural gas wells at relatively low cost. The research is the work of a team including MIT postdoc Prakash Narayan, mechanical engineering professor John H.

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Study finds blending gasoline with GTL improves efficiency and lowers emissions in compression-ignition PPC mode

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In open access paper on the work is published in the journal Fuel , they suggest that this “GTLine” approach promises to be a cost-effective way to accommodate GTL in a world in which low temperature combustion concepts, such as PPC, appear to be really taking off. liter HDDI DAF XE 355C in-line six diesel engine. 10, 20 and 50?vol.%

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Alcoa splitting into two companies; expecting 2.4x increase in automotive revenues to $1.8B in 2018

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The Value-Add Company will include Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products and Solutions, and Transportation and Construction Solutions. It has a low 19 th percentile position on the global bauxite cost curve. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2016. in 2008 to 20.9%

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

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Just last year, a half dozen precisely targeted malicious drones managed to slow oil production in Saudi Arabia for days, and more recently, several low-cost drones caused significant damage to oil tankers in the UAE. Orchestration engines help organize the flow of work across multiple bots. hyperautomation.

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