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Engineering Insight: Industry Preferences for Pneumatic and Hydraulic Products
Want to know which industries prefer hydraulic actuation over pneumatic? Engineering360 can help.
How Mass Flow Controllers Make Our Gas Smell
Odorisation of natural gas is done to act as a ‘warning agent’ in case of leakage. The idea is that people can smell the gas prematurely if it is present, because if there is too much gas present it can be explosive.
Seal Selection for Valve Design and Retrofitting
Valve seals must be selected to provide enhanced durability and life in the end-use application while meeting increasingly stringent performance criteria in regards to leakage and low emissions.
What Chemical Lab Equipment is Most Popular Among Engineers?
In order to understand what type of chemical lab equipment is of interest to engineers, we need to better understand of the type of engineer or scientist looking for the equipment and the tasks they need to perform. Chemical engineers, chemists and materials engineers typically have very different job functions. Non-technical people do not really understand the difference between a “chemical engineer” and a “chemist”. Chemical engineers do not develop or engineer chemicals per se. Most chemical engineers do not really use “chemical lab equipment”. Chemical engineers develop and run chemical processes.
Novel Microbial Fuel Cell Converts Methane to Electricity
A new method for producing electricity directly from methane could greatly reduce the amount of methane leakage from pipelines. The method relies on microbial fuel cells located near methane gas wellheads.
An Office-Friendly Metal 3-D Printing Solution
The system is up to ten times less expensive than today’s metal 3-D printers and enables production of highly complex metal parts.
Hot Weather is Here – Use a Misting Fan to Keep Cool
Misting fans by Airmaster Fans can lower the ambient air temperature to dew point and reduce worker fatigue and increase productivity. These fans can move up to 8800 CFM of air and can output up to 6 gallons of filtered water an hour.
Coatings for Nuclear Fuel Preventing Explosions in Reactors
In an effort to reduce hydrogenation of containers where nuclear fuel is stored and to protect reactors from a Fukushima-like radiation disaster, physicists from Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing protective titanium nitride-based coatings for shells of fuel elements (fuel rods) of nuclear reactors.
Membrane to Bridge Gap in the Hydrogen Economy
A metallic membrane will convert ammonia into high-purity hydrogen for fuel-cell powered vehicles.
New Mixing Valves with Automatic Scald Protection
AFRISO has rolled out a new line of automatic temperature monitoring thermal mixing valves designed to control hot water in a number of applications.
Breakthrough Makes It Easier to Turn Used Coffee Grounds Into Cleaner Biofuels
Although not many companies are converting used coffee grounds into biofuels, researchers at Lancaster University hope to increase that number with significant improvements to the process, ultimately reducing our reliance on diesel from fossil fuels.
DIY: Engineering Your Own Beer
When it comes to homebrewing, you can make the process as easy or as complicated as you’d like. You can choose to spend thousands of dollars on pumps and equipment that take up an entire garage, or you can start small with a few items in your kitchen. The craft itself will open your mind and provide you with creative freedom to build the beer of your dreams.
Killing Two Environmental Problems with One Biogas Digester
Codigestion for biogas production addresses problems posed by invasive weeds and poultry droppings.
Eating Bugs Could Reduce Emissions
Eating bugs instead of beef could reduce the harmful emissions associated with livestock production, according to researchers at the University of Edinburgh and Scotland’s Rural College.
Fast Pyrolysis of Dead Trees Yields Bio Oil
The method could be used in mobile pyrolysis units so dead trees can be processed on site.
California Proposes Limit on Chemical Found in Drinking Water
Limits on drinking water contaminated with TCP (1,2,3-trichloropropane), a toxic chemical that was once an ingredient in a commonly-used pesticide, are being proposed throughout the state of California.
How a Simple Flow Meter Design Stands Up to the Complexity of Ingredient Measurement
Efficient process flows are, of course, essential for any manufacturing operation, but for food manufacturers, the nature of the ingredients moving within these flows presents unique challenges.
Mobile Unit for Frac Water Treatment
The technology evaporates and treats produced water that oil and gas companies generate in the fracking process.
Low GWP Refrigerants - Understanding GWP, GHG, ODP and Climate Change
Low GWP is important, but only one of many factors involved in refrigerant selection and safe use, such as flammability, toxicity, VOC levels, cost and availability.
AMETEK Land NIR-B 3XR Mitigates Safety Challenges and Promotes Productivity Gains
Hydrogen use is on the rise, fueled by such demands as more stringent motor vehicle emission regulations and an increase in per capita vehicle ownership globally.