Sentences with phrase «fuel processes such»

Unlike other solid - to - liquid - fuel processes such as cornstarch into ethanol, this one will accept almost any carbon - based feedstock.

Not exact matches

As much as Australia might benefit from a cut in official interest rates, it would definitely benefit from encouraging a new industry, such as the nuclear - fuel processing facility being championed by the South Australian government, and supported by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The new system could potentially supply the power human crews on the Martian surface would need to energize habitats and run processing equipment to transform resources such as ice on the planet into oxygen, water and fuel, NASA said.

Nikola plans to process its own hydrogen fuel at each station with on - site solar power, wind power or by buying electricity created through renewable sources such as hydropower.

HPP has gained worldwide acceptance as a safety step in beverage processing and it's use is seeing rapid growth, fueled by market factors such as the high demand for safe and nutritious fruit and vegetable juices, coconut waters and fruit purees.

Indian Point's nuclear power is neither clean nor green, and the process needed to create fuel from uranium for its reactors is energy - intensive and creates greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.

Another popular aspect is «greenness» — catalysts mean lower energy, cleaner processes, and environmentally friendly technologies such as fuel cells (see profile of Sarah Ball).

Furthermore, we would need a large - scale production process,» such as 100,000 liter tanks to allow mass production of microbial fuel.

Using excess energy from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind to split water into oxygen and hydrogen — a process called electrolysis — could be the best solution for creating large supplies of sustainable hydrogen fuel.

Fossil Blends The Air Force, meanwhile, plans to certify its entire fleet of aircraft on Fischer - Tropsch process synthetic fuels derived from methane or coal by 2011 and plans to purchase enough such fuel to power at least 50 percent of the fleet in the continental U.S. by 2016.

The challenge now, scientists say, is to scale up the process to provide large amounts of hydrogen for various purposes, such as fueling vehicles or small generators.

Given the potential benefits, Congress has provided $ 10 million in funding — and the DOE has asked for $ 30 million more — to develop a second facility employing the process, as well as millions more for similar cellulosic biorefineries, such as the Range Fuels plant in Soperton, Ga., that converts wood waste into fuel.

But by building on the basic step of achieving such high quantum efficiency for solar hydrogen generation, we could make the process of producing a «green» fuel much greener as well.»

The trend worries many local environmental groups, such as California's Surfrider Foundation or Australia's Nature Conservation Council of NSW, which are concerned about protecting nearby ecosystems by safely disposing the concentrated brine left from the process as well as increased fossil - fuel use and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions.

«More than anything else this requires rapid and strong reductions of burning fossil fuels such as coal; but some emissions, for instance from industrial processes, will be difficult to reduce — therefore getting CO2 out of the air and storing it safely is a rather hot topic.

Currently, about 95 percent of hydrogen production worldwide comes from converting fossil fuels such as natural gas into hydrogen — a process that releases large quantities of carbon dioxide into the air, said Maher El - Kady, a UCLA postdoctoral researcher and a co-author of the research.

When applied to semiconducting materials such as silicon, the nickel oxide film prevents rust buildup and facilitates an important chemical process in the solar - driven production of fuels such as methane or hydrogen.

As well as being given off by volcanoes, sulphur dioxide is also produced by burning fossil fuels and industrial processes such as smelting.

Many more complex flows of fluids also come down to the same underlying principles, Juanes says — for example, carbon sequestration, the process of removing carbon dioxide from fossil - fuel emissions and injecting it into underground formations, such as porous rock.

Because platinum is at the center of many clean energy and green chemicals production technologies, such as fuel cells, catalytic converters, and value - added chemicals from bio-renewable feedstocks, the new, less expensive platinum - copper catalysts could facilitate broader adoption of such environmentally friendly devices and processes, she added.

Thus, though the biology - powered process results in some toxic byproducts such as toluene and requires significant energy to drive the pyrolysis, it fuels hopes that Styrofoam — and the polystyrene molecule that makes it — can become more environmentally friendly.

For instance, carbon dioxide enables energy storage by reacting with hydrogen gas — called the hydrogenation process — transforming the mixture into higher energy liquid compounds such as methanol that can be easily transported and used as fuel for cars.

Understanding these effects quantitatively is important in order to develop this promising family of materials for potential applications including new types of low - energy computer memory and processing devices, electrically based refrigeration, and electro - catalytic energy - conversion devices such as fuel cells.

«(B) the term «nonemissive use» means the use of fossil fuel as a feedstock in an industrial or manufacturing process to the extent that greenhouse gases are not emitted from such process, and to the extent that the products of such process are not intended for use as, or to be contained in, a fuel; and

Gasoline - like fuels can be made from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste using a new process invented by chemists at the University of California, Davis.

This work will help researchers get a better handle on some catalytic reactions found in common industrial processes such as making plastic or fuels.

Such a system is also called an artificial leaf or solar - fuel generator because in many ways it mimics the process which plants use to convert sunlight and CO2 into oxygen and fuel (sugars, carbohydrates).

Awardees will receive approximately $ 16 million to advance the gasification process, which converts carbon - based materials such as coal into syngas for use as power, chemicals, hydrogen, and transportation fuels.

Industrial biotechnology provides tools to enhance the natural mechanisms of biological processes to efficiently produce enzymes, chemicals, polymers, or even everyday products such as vitamins and fuel.

Understanding the feedback system for acetate is critical for many industrial processes, such as making flavoring agents, solvents and fuels, where in some cases engineers may want the acetate but in other cases, they may not.

HMF, also known as 5 - hydroxymethylfurfural, can be used as a building block for plastics and «biofuels» such as gasoline and diesel, essentially the same fuels processed from crude oil.

Date: February 3, 2014; Source: University of California - Davis; Summary: Gasoline - like fuels can be made from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste using a new process.

«I'm still processing it all, but I hope to use the fellowship to fuel my creativity and explore exciting new projects, such as collecting and analyzing ancient DNA data.»

The fee for unconventional fossil fuels, such as oil from tar sands and gas from hydrofracking, should include carbon released in mining and refining processes, e.g., methane leakage in hydrofracking [245]--[249].

nutrition (adj. nutritious) The healthful components (nutrients) in the diet — such as proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals — that the body uses to grow and to fuel its processes.

When we consume BCAA's in food form, such as in protein rich meats, they are first carried to the liver, in which they are processed and broken down to be used either as fuel, or for muscle repair and recovery.

Every day, your body expends a certain number of calories (calories are just a measurement of energy) to fuel natural bodily processes (such as breathing, digestion and circulation) plus all of your additional activities.

Humans have adapted to and lived on varied diets for centuries, if not millenia, but research seems to highly suggest that it is our switching to a diet of highly processed and chemically grown and polluted foods (including now toxic GMO's) that is fueling such an epidemic of allergies, leaky gut, and chemical and food sensitivities.

Insulin lowers blood glucose levels partly by suppressing the release of glucose from the liver, by increasing glycogen (a kind of starch) synthesis and storage, and by inhibiting glycogen breakdown and the formation of glucose from other sources such as glycerol (from fat), lactate (from the metabolism of fuels like glucose and fructose by the liver and muscles) and amino acids (from proteins) by the process known as gluconeogenesis.

Furthermore, formation of particles from corrosive processes such as rusting of steel surfaces can contribute to the blocking of fuel filters, impacting overall vehicle operation.

In fact, it has such stringent pollution controls and the fuel - burning process is so complete, the exhaust produced can actually be cleaner than the air outside — and cleaner than some hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles.

Centred around an understanding of how the actions of men fuel the changes and gentrification occurring in London, Sahhar uses painted avatars to look at how gendered identity and masculine characteristics inform and shape such processes — to the detriment of others and specifically, the oppressive effect this can have on the queer body and communities.

Such revelations can certainly fuel the creative process, but so too can auspicious accidents, false starts and even failures.

The position is that IF you have a carbon - neutral power source, such as nuke - electric, wind - electric, solar - electric, geothermal, etc, then the claim is that this process will efficiently produce liquid fuel from atmospheric CO2.

Which is a good job, given the shortage of high - grade uranium ore, the huge unmanageable risks associated with nuclear plants and nuclear proliferation, the large amounts of embedded carbon in uranium refining and processing (and other GHG emissions from the nuclear industry), and the insanity of developing a huge strategic fuel dependence on countries such as Russia.

Since these electric devices can all be charged by large solar and wind arrays, there's no need for fossil fuels anywhere in the process (for example, the first such «solar breeder» proposals for solar panel factories powered by solar panels date back to 1978 or so.)

This means that such fights, which are at the core of the delays over energy legislation, are a distraction from the simpler process of building the first stages of a sustained energy quest after a long comfortable nap facilitated by cheap abundant fossil fuels for which longer - term and indirect costs are finally being gauged.

It could also * potentially * be used for storage of power from intermittent sources such as wind and solar — I stress potentially, because as yet the process isn't practical due to low efficiency and the cost of electrolyzers and fuel cells.

Cooper's favorable argument for shale gas is compelling because in such a life cycle analysis — where the entire process is assessed from extraction to power plant combustion — water requirements are lower in comparison to certain fuel types.

Fuels solvent deasphalting: A refining process for removing asphalt compounds from petroleum fractions, such as reduced crude oil.