Green Reactors
Mukesh Doble
Compare these microreactor technologies, along with the intrinsic advantages and disadvantages of miniaturization, to achieve process intensification.
CEP: August 2008
Former vice president Al Gore and Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens have called for immediate and drastic measures to transform America's energy portfolio within the next ten years...
Biobutanol – A Replacement for Bioethanol?
Ron Cascone
Ethanol, the leading incumbant biofuel, has several limitations.Butanol overcomes many of these, and holds promise as the next important transportation biofuel.
Producing Fuels and Chemicals from Lignocellulosic Biomass
Mark Holtzapple, Rocio Sierra, Aaron Smith, Cesar Granda and Mark T. Holtzapple
As oil and natural gas prices rise, lignocellulosic biomass becomes a viable feedstock for the fuel and chemical industries— provided key issues are addressed.
Metabolic Engineering of Next-Generation Biofuels
James C. Liao, Wendy Higashide
Engineers are turning to genetic and biological tools and techniques to synthesize higher-chain alcohols that do not suffer from the same limitations as ethanol.
Polysilicon Business Shines Brightly
Gerald Parkinson
To meet growing demand for solar energy, new polysilicon plants are being built at an unprecedented rate, and several new technologies will play a role in the capacity expansion.
Best Practices for Hazardous-Waste Management
Isaac Powell
A waste generator can reduce the risks of incurring financial penalties and damage to its reputation by implementing these hazardous-waste determination, vendor management and document control programs.
Chemistry Simulation Drives Clean Technology Progress
Scott A. Drennan
Here's how to determine when to use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to simulate the detailed chemistry of reacting flows for combustion and chemical processes.
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