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Achieving "Superior Energy Performance"

South Texas Section Webinar
Apr 7, 2011
Michael Gromacki

This Webinar, sponsored by South Texas Section of the AIChE, Texas Industries of the Future and AIChE Center for Energy Initiatives, was presented at the 15th Texas Industrial Energy Management Forum.

Glid ARC Plasma Conversion of Pyrolysis Gas Into Syngas

Mar 14, 2011
Fela Odeyemi
Pyrolysis gas is a product of Biomass, Municipal Wastes or Coal gasification process that contains H2, CO as well as unreacted light hydrocarbons and heavy hydrocarbons such as tar. These undesired hydrocarbons diminish Pyrogas fuel value thereby making significant removal of the unwanted...

Power System Design for a Hybrid Fuel Cell Vehicle: A Globally Optimal Approach

Mar 13, 2011
Syed Kaschif Ahmed
The notion of a fuel cell powered vehicle has captured the imagination of many as a clean/efficient alternative to the internal combustion engine. However, the capital cost of a fuel cell power unit is significant, and threatens to be a show-stopping hurtle. As such, many have looked to hybridize...

PVA-Calcium Oxide Composite Membrane for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

Nov 10, 2010
Norfamila Che Mat
The large scale utilization of Nafion® in Direct Methanol Fuel Cell( DMFC) is still constrained by high methanol permeability and high temperature dehydration. The methanol crossover in DMFC can be minimized by using pervaporation membrane such as Poly-vinyl alcohol (PVA) due to higher water...

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