A greener way to get electricity from natural gas

12/3/2009 | News

A new type of natural-gas electric power plant proposed by MIT researchers could provide electricity with zero carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, at costs comparable to or less than conventional natural-gas plants, and even to coal-burning plants. But that can only come about if and when a price is set on the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

World’s first offshore gravity-based LNG terminal

11/25/2009 | News

At the heart of this engineering solution, deployed about 17 km from the town of Rovigo, near Venice, Italy, is an enormous reinforced concrete box that rests on the sea floor and houses two LNG storage tanks. The artificial island now represents about 10% of Italy’s annual gas demand and is the first offshore deployment of GE’s dual-fuel low emissions gas turbine system.

New evidence supports 19th century idea on formation of oil and gas

11/4/2009 | News

Scientists in Washington, D.C. are reporting laboratory evidence supporting the possibility that some of Earth's oil and natural gas may have formed in a way much different than the traditional process described in science textbooks. Their study is scheduled for November/December issue of ACS'...

Gas hydrates: a realistic future source of gas supply?

8/25/2009 | News

A Department of Energy scientist writes in this week's Science magazine that a search is underway for a potentially immense untapped energy resource that, given its global distribution, has the potential to alter existing energy production and supply paradigms.  

Scrubbing sulfur

8/18/2009 | News

The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a reusable organic liquid that can pull harmful gases such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide out of industrial emissions from power plants. The process could directly replace current methods and allow power plants to capture double the amount of harmful gases in a way that uses no water, less energy and saves money.

Digestion tanks a win-win for sewage plants

8/13/2009 | News

Even small sewage plant operations can eat up more electricity in municipalities than hospitals do. In Germany, an effort is underway to install digestion tanks in more plants that will allow them both remove the accumulated organic and produce biogas to greatly offset electrical consumption associated with the old way of pumping oxygen into the sludge to help it stabilize.

EMSL Installs Chinook Supercomputer

7/28/2009 | New To Market

At more than 160 teraFLOPS, the newly installed $21.3 million Chinook supercomputer is over a dozen times faster than its predecessor the EMSL's MPP2.

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Lunar tires, space MRSA, and resonating microfluidics

Mar 5

I typically attend the annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy each year in pursuit of specific coverage. This year, I sought out candidates for coverage in a vacuum technology article, and pulled together some instruments for a spectroscopy guide. But as busy as that kept me, it wasn’t all mass spectrometers and vacuum pumps on the show floor.  

A clean energy America…is it coming or not?

Feb 24

Almost a year ago, the buzz during the downturn was that the economic stimulus will help boost jobs in a sort of national improvement program reminiscent of the 1930s. Our coal would be phased out. Our grids would get smart. Our cars would get hybridized.

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NuGard Coating Ashburn Hill

Jan 7

NuGard First Response Protective Clothing are lightweight coveralls, jackets, and pants that provide protection from heat and flame while keeping the wearers body temperature constant.

Multi-Touch Music Maker

Jan 7

Professor David Wessel shows his multi-touch interface that uses computer technologies that allow him to experiment with fine controls to "caress" the instrument.