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Low GWP Refrigerants - Understanding GWP, GHG, ODP and Climate Change
This is an engineer's perspective on global warming and climate from man-made gases and refrigerants. While the current administration may choose to deny the existence of climate change for their own agendas, most scientists agree that human impact has contributed to global warming and the world must control greenhouse gases (GHG).
Video: The Nanocar Race is On
The vehicles, consisting of a few hundred atoms, will be powered by minute electrical pulses along a racecourse made of gold atoms.
The Fabric of Space, Printed by NASA
Metallic fabrics might be used for large antennas, to shield a spacecraft from meteorites or for spacesuits.
High Pressure Rotary Valve Beats Air Leakage
DMN-WESTINGHOUSE introduces a high pressure rotary valve that is suitable for applications in metering and pneumatic conveying of granular products under high pressure.
Seeing the Future of Eyeglass Repair
LaserStar Technologies offers a range of manual laser welders for eyeglass repair.
Autonomous UAV for Pipeline Inspection
Skyx’s SkyOne unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a sophisticated routine pipeline monitoring solution that detects and reports leaks, scans for right-of-way violations and captures and reports vegetation encroachment.
Judge Orders VW to Pay $2.8b in Emission Scandal
VW pleaded guilty to conspiracy and obstruction of justice in a scheme involving nearly 600,000 diesel cars in the U.S. The cars were programmed to turn on pollution controls during testing and off while on the road.
Quantech Introduces QWC3 Water-cooled Scroll Chillers
QuantechTM is introducing the QWC3 Water-cooled Scroll Chillers, which features a capacity of 50 to 200 tons, making it ideal to complement Quantech's air-cooled scroll and screw chiller lines. The QWC3 features superior efficiency to the industry average, yielding a 16-37% annual energy savings cost.
Cyber Manufacturing Merges Technology and Creativity
Origami and kirigami manufacturing principles give non-manufacturers the ability to design and customize products such as chairs, lamps and desks for their own use.
Carbon Plan Could Be Worth $120bn in Business, Report Says
New research identifies and evaluate 76 companies, identifying "well-positioned" and "high-potential technology developers" across oil and gas, transportation, electricity, buildings, industrial, agriculture, and waste.
3-D Printing Glass Objects
A team of researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany has developed a way to 3-D print objects made of pure glass.
System Sorts Granular Bulk Materials Faster and More Accurately
Sand, gravel, coal, deicing salt or diamonds, grain, sugar, coffee or grapes and waste—a lot of everyday goods are more or less grainy. To classify this bulk material by quality and size, it must be sorted in a sophisticated process.
Ultraviolet Light Sensor for Wearables
Mass production technology for silicon based ultraviolet (UV) light sensors, suitable for smartphones and wearable devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) era, has been developed by a research team at Tohoku University and SII Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturer at Seiko Instruments Group.
New Oil Extraction Technologies
To increase the estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) and boost efficiency, the oil and gas industry incorporates pre-fabricated perforating systems, seawater-based fracturing fluids, disintegrating frac plugs, electric downhole safety valves and RFID-enabled stimulation systems.
Got an Idea for an EV Charger? Tell Con Edison!
The energy company proposes investing up to $25 million on projects that would test strategies to increase the number of electric vehicles by making charging convenient and practical.
The Financial Cost to Natural Resources of the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill
The total was determined by surveys of household willingness to pay to prevent damages from a similar event.
Agrivoltaics: How Plants Grown Under Solar Panels Can Benefit Humankind
An experiment in co-locating renewable energy with agriculture is being carried out in the Sonoran Desert.
Video: Fuel Cell Truck to Ply the Port of Los Angeles
A zero-emission, proof-of-concept truck will demonstrate fuel cell use in heavy duty applications at the Port of Los Angeles, CA.
Sensor Taps Diagnostic Value of Sweat
A wristband sensor collects sweat, measures its molecular constituents and electronically transmits data for analysis and diagnostics.
Cost Factors Help Natural Gas Edge Out Coal for Power, EIA Says
Under current natural gas and coal market conditions in many regions of the country, combined-cycle generating units are often used as baseload generation, and operate throughout the day.