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Georgia Tech team develops highly efficient multi-phase catalyst for SOFCs and other energy storage and conversion systems

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Researchers at Georgia Tech, with colleagues in China and Saudi Arabia, have developed a rationally designed, multi-phase catalyst that significantly enhances the kinetics of oxygen reduction of the state-of-the-art solid oxide fuel cell cathode. The ions meet to make water, which exits the fuel cell. —Chen et al.

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Tech: Renewable Diesel: A Sustainable Substitute

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One challenge is feed pretreatment, which can be done with acid, high-pressure water and/or adsorbents, depending on the technology selection. New Treatment Processes There is an available technology that uses a mass transfer device with caustic, acid or water as the treating reagent in liquid hydrocarbon streams.

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Tech: What You Need to Know About Your Exhaust System

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The catalytic converter looks like a muffler, but it helps transform hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide and water vapor. Although the resulting chemicals from the conversion are still harmful to the environment, they are less damaging. It’s all about making it cleaner here. Oxygen Sensor.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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The technology to produce hydrogen by electrolyzing water has been around for more than 200 years. Hydrogen is thus greasing the wheels of the global transition to cleaner energy. Green hydrogen production requires electrolyzers, solar and wind parks, and clean water—about 10 liters per kilogram of hydrogen generated.

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Ice core data show why air pollution is dropping more slowly in US and Western Europe despite lower sulfur emissions

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The air in the United States and Western Europe is much cleaner than even a decade ago. A new study led by Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Hokkaido University and the University of Washington explains why. This makes conversion of sulfur dioxide to sulfate more efficient.

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Syntec Biofuel and EERC Enter Joint Development Program to Convert Biomass and Waste to Bio-Butanol

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Butanol’s low vapor pressure and its tolerance to water contamination in gasoline blends facilitate its use in existing gasoline supply and distribution channels. The EERC is one of the leading developers of cleaner, more efficient energy and environmental technologies. This is concerning, as it uses food resources to produce fuel.

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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

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The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. If they get back into the land and water, it has very negative effects on the health of our vegetation, our animals, and our people. Engineers have a huge opportunity to help leave the world a better, safer, and cleaner place than we inherited.

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