LED sight-glass light
Illumination is required for visual inspection of a process through a sight glass in a…
Phase-change slurry
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (Umsicht; Sulzbach-Rosenberg; www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de) and…
Onsite CN generation
Gold mines using traditional cyanide-leaching extraction processes will benefit with the launch of a new…
‘High-entropy’ alloy
Researchers from North Carolina State University (Raleigh; www.ncsu.edu) and Qatar University (Doha; www.qu.edu.qa) have developed…
New enzyme
Last month, Novozymes (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.novozymes.com) launched a new enzyme, dubbed Eversa, which is said…
Biodegradable drilling lubricant garners positive field results
An encapsulated, biodegradable drilling-fluid additive designed to reduce friction on drill bits and piping inside…
A one-step, phosgene-free route to urethane
Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technologys (AIST) Interdisciplinary Research Center…
Modular hydrogen-production technology uses modified SMR process
A modular, skid-mounted hydrogen-production plant developed by Linde AG (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) uses a modified…
Polymer produced from CO2 waste gas makes commercial debut
For the first time, polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polyol, a versatile polymer made from CO2, is…
CO2-capture project is largest to use calcium-looping technology
A cement plant in Taiwan has been retrofitted with the largest CO2-capture plant to use…
This new material repels oil and water
Meanwhile, a new class of highly fluorinated polymers is being developed at the Institute of…
Solar-electric hybrid furnace could enable improved magnesium processing
A new high-temperature reactor that can draw power from conventional electricity as well as from…
Generating power from kerosene and ammonia
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST; Tsukuba City, Japan; www.aist.go.jp), in…
This ‘superomniphobic’ texture repels all liquids
Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA; www.ucla.edu) Henry Samueli School of…
Direct fermentation to produce propylene
Global Bioenergies (Evry, France; www.global-bioenergies.com) says that last month it developed a proprietary strain of…