Sentences with phrase «lets plant engineers»

That lets plant engineers compare those emissions with their fossil - fuel equivalents and set up the right incentives to make their biorefineries economically viable.»

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For instance, some scientists are using multi-omic analysis to engineer networks that let crop plants thrive with less water.

«If we applied it to a single coal - fired power plant, then over one year we could avoid CO2 emissions equivalent to planting 63 million trees and letting them grow for 10 years,» says Susan Rempe, a research professor in biological engineering at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

3D modeling, based on computer - aided design (CAD), lets engineers build a plant in a virtual setting as many times as needed before the first concrete is poured.