Sentences with phrase «liquid carbon dioxide for»

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«The findings showed no mineralogical evidence for abundant liquid water or its by - products, thus pointing to mechanisms other than the flow of water — such as the freeze and thaw of carbon dioxide frost — as being the major drivers of recent gully evolution,» the team explained in the press release.

Most handheld fire extinguishers sold at hardware stores for home use are pressurized with nitrogen or carbon dioxide to propel powdery potassium bicarbonate, liquid water or a fluorocarbon at a fire.

When gaseous carbon dioxide (center) is dissolved in water, its water - fearing or hydrophobic nature creates a cylindrical cavity in the liquid, setting the stage for the proton transfer reactions that produce carbonic acid.

Photosynthetic chromatophores are bubbles of liquid that form on the membranes of bacteria that harness sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce the energy needed for respiration and other functions.

The discovery of a vast lake of liquid carbon dioxide beneath the ocean floor off Taiwan has startled earth scientists and raised hopes for a new strategy against carbon dioxide — related global warming.

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 caFor 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 cafor cars.

Dr. Aaron Appel, who is leading the efforts to rationally design catalysts for carbon dioxide conversion PNNL's Institute for Integrated Catalysis, shared his team's work on two groups of catalysts that are involved in the first step of turning carbon dioxide into liquid transportation fuels.

Research in this area seeks to make use of natural carbon fixation enzymes as well as engineered pathways to more efficiently transform carbon dioxide into stable liquids or solids suitable for long - term storage.

Coaxed out of the carbon dioxide liquid, even at the low concentrations of 1 water molecule for every 10,000 carbon dioxides, the water forms an extremely thin layer around the target mineral, in this case, anorthite.

Heterogeneous catalysis for controlling gaseous emissions from automotive and stationary engines, alternative energy using catalytic reforming of gaseous and liquid fuels to hydrogen for fuel cells, catalytic processes for upgrading carbon dioxide to useful products

It also has trucks, trailers and railcars for transporting natural gas liquids, crude oil and carbon dioxide.

The LANL report is a proposal to use combustion products (water and carbon dioxide are both combustion products, not sources of chemical energy) as feedstock for synthesizing a liquid that conveniently stores some of the energy produced by the nuclear power source.

The Molecular Catalysis Project involves directed discovery of homogeneous catalysts for the key reactions involved in solar - fuel generation: oxidation of water to oxygen, reduction of water to hydrogen, and reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon - based liquid fuels and selective intermediates.

By 2050, the volume of liquid carbon dioxide that must be injected underground for permanent storage each year would be three times the annual amount of petroleum we currently use (85 million barrels).

For those curious about this novel carbon capture technique, the original study was published a few years ago in the journal Nature, under the title Encapsulated liquid sorbents for carbon dioxide captuFor those curious about this novel carbon capture technique, the original study was published a few years ago in the journal Nature, under the title Encapsulated liquid sorbents for carbon dioxide captufor carbon dioxide capture.

Renewable energy policies, for example, are estimated to have saved around 96 Mt of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2005 by increasing renewable electricity production in the 25 EU countries four-fold between 1990 and 2005, and boosting production of renewable heat and liquid biofuels for transport by 20 %.

For example, direct air capture might prove especially well - suited to recycle carbon dioxide back into the ordinary, familiar liquid hydrocarbon fuels that power today's trucks, planes, and even cars.

I was assisted by David MacKay who reviewed a short study for my group on the economics of synthesising liquid fuel using nuclear power, atmospheric carbon dioxide and water vapour versus charging electric cars using the same nuclear generated electricity.

When you lose weight, the by - product of the fat loss is removed from your body as gases and liquids; for every 10 kilograms of fat you lose, 8.4 kilograms is released from your body via exhaled carbon dioxide and 1.6 kilograms is released as water via sweating, urination, and other excretions.