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High-Performance Fans for Oil-Cooled Transformers
The airflow profile of an axial fan is ideal for dissipating waste heat to prevent damage associated with overheating and to ensure safe operation of high-power, oil-cooled transformers.
Full Steam (and Potable Water) Ahead with Passive Solar Device
A passive solar system engineered at MIT could improve capacity to purify potable water or sterilize medical equipment in remote regions.
Video: Converting CO2 to Useful Chemicals by Microbial Electrosynthesis
A bioreactor uses carbon dioxide-consuming chemolithoautotrophs to convert the gas into valuable chemicals.
Solving Flow Control One Valve at a Time…
Throughout more than a century of working in the manufacturing industry, The Specialty Manufacturing Co. has created custom valves that solve problems and bring the ideas of a diverse engineering audience from concept to reality.
Study: Particulate Morphology and Health Risks of Arc Welding Fumes
Maximum levels of particulate matter 10 micrometers or smaller occur in the workspace during arc welding operations.
Converting Wet Biowaste into Renewable Diesel Blendstocks
Biocrude derived from wet biowaste, such as animal and food processing wastes, can be blended with diesel fuels.
Video: A Simpler Approach to 3D Bioprinting Vascular Networks
Biomedical scientists and students need not have expertise in 3D printing technology in order to produce organ tissue models for drug screening or other applications.
Chinese Ink Paints a Promising Picture for Solar Steam Generation
The ink possesses the photothermal properties ideal for freshwater production via solar steam generation.
Electrochemical Route Extracts Mercury from Water
The process efficiently reduces concentrations of the hazardous metal in liquid by more than 99%.
The Difference Between Single-Acting and Double-Acting Hydraulic Piston Seals
It is critical to make sure that the right seal is selected based on factors such as how the cylinder is expected to operate as the piston is pushed down the cylinder bore.
Portable Filters as Weapons Against Fine Particulate Pollution
Use of a low-cost air purifier at home can reduce fine particulate matter exposure and safeguard the health of at-risk individuals.
Watch How Liquid-Gated Membranes Enhance Water Filtration
These membranes filter nanoclay particles out of water with twice the efficiency of conventional membranes and take three times longer to foul.
Decommissioning Milestone for Space Fuel Plant
Equipment contaminated with plutonium once used to power deep space missions has been removed from a building at the Savannah River Site facility.
Nutrient Recovery from Seafood Processing Effluent
The system recovers nutrients, proteins and fats for use as fish feed in microalgae cultivation and other applications.
Watch: Ford Reveals Secrets That Make All-New Focus Safest Yet
The fully automated process modernizes ancient blacksmith techniques, using furnaces, robots and lasers to craft car parts that help keep drivers and passengers safe.
Characterized and V-Ball Valves Provide Improved Flow Control
Characterized ball valves provide enhanced flow control along with several additional advantages compared to globe valves.
UQM Technologies to Introduce Fully Integrated Fuel Cell Compressor System at Expo in Foshan, China
The fully integrated fuel cell motor/inverter/compressor has been customized for a wide range of fuel cell applications.
Efficient CO2 Conversion with New Electrochemical Cells
New electrochemical cells convert carbon monoxide derived from carbon dioxide into commercially valuable compounds more effectively and efficiently than existing technologies.
New Updated Filter Range from Tapflo
The updated FT filters series provides the possibility of using plastic or carbon inserts, oil absorbing polypropylene filtering cartridges and active carbon filtering inserts.
Are Your Valves a Cybersecurity Risk?
Valves are critical flow-control devices in industrial process control operations for chemical and materials manufacturing, water and wastewater management, oil and gas processing, power generation and many other applications. Could your valves be a cybersecurity risk?