CSIRO (Melbourne, Australia; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-547) and China’s Thermal Power Research Institute (Xi’an) plan to install a pilot plant at the Huaneng Beijing Co-generation Power Plant that will capture 3,000 m.t./yr of CO2 using an amine-based process. Click here for a full…
High-pressure die-cast (HPDC) aluminum alloys cannot normally be heated to high temperatures due to the presence of pores containing entrapped gases, which lead to the formation of surface blisters. CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering (Melbourne, Australia; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-548) has found that…
Unidym, Inc., (Menlo Park, Calif.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-549) has entered into a joint development agreement with Nippon Kayaku (Tokyo, Japan; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-550), to integrate their printable transparent electrodes into the Japanese firm’s thin-film photovoltaic cells. It’s expected that Unidym’s transparent, carbon-nanotube-based electrodes (…
GEMÜ GmbH & Co. KG (Ingelfingen-Criesbach, Germany; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-551) has developed a new EPDM diaphragm for use at high temperatures and steam for the biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries. Service life is said to be up to three times longer compared to…
Last month, the first pilot project that used chilled ammonia to capture carbon dioxide from the fluegas (FG) of a coal-fired power plant started operating at the 1,210-MW We Energies’ Pleasant Prairie power plant in Wisconsin. Alstom (Windsor, Conn.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-531)…
Advanced Diamond Technologies, Inc. (ADT; Romeoville, Ill.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-533) has launched a new family of mechanical seals to improve efficiency, save energy and reduce costs in fluid-pumping systems. The patented UNCD (ultrananocrystalline diamond) Seals provide the benefits of a diamond at…
Of all known materials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have the highest thermal conductivity and mechanical strength as well as the ability to withstand the highest electric-current density, making them an attractive material for electric wiring, heat dissipation, field electron emission, and…
In its first full-scale test on a coal-fired power plant, halogenated activated carbon (AC) made by ADA-ES, Inc. (Littleton, Colo.; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-537) has reduced mercury emissions by more than 90%. The significance of the results is that the plant burns western…
Nippon Steel Materials Co., Ltd. (NSM; Tokyo, Japan; edlinks.chemengonline.com/7371-538) has developed a new catalyst for combustion engines that contains 70% less precious metals than conventional catalytic converters. The catalyst is expected to not only lead to lower costs, but also…
Although theoretically promising 80% more energy than is required to grow and convert to cellulosic ethanol, switchgrass has proven to be a difficult fuel source to break down cost effectively. With $1 million from the U.S. Depts. of Agriculture (USDA)…