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Batteries come in a variety of chemistries and designs. Using fundamental principles, the theoretical performance of these electrochemical cells can be determined, enabling you to engineer the optimal device.
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Batteries are being asked to meet daunting performance requirements that could soon be pushing up against the limits of existing battery technologies. Portable electronics, electric vehicles, and grid-scale storage require high energy density and power, low cost, and safety.
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Tracing audit findings back to the management system that allowed the failure to occur is an effective way to uncover deficiencies in an organization’s process safety management system. Follow the guidance provided in this article to apply root-cause-based auditing to your facility.
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Crunching the Numbers on Grid-Scale Storage; Microbes Convert Waste into Electricity; Solar Cells Make the Right Connection; Engineered Tissue Mingles with Blood Vessels; and more.
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And living with them isn’t always easy, either. Two experiences drove the latter point home to me recently. As we were working on this issue with its special section on lithium-ion batteries, both of my laptop’s batteries — the...
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CEP: October 2013

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A 32-page special supplement on lithium-ion batteries covers the basics, raw material considerations, component materials, and applications. Other topics in this issue include root-cause PSM auditing and relief-device sizing.

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Workshop Date: October 24, 2013 Registration Rate CMTC 2013 Attendee* Free Nonmember $575 Member** $475 * Registration for attendees of CMTC 2013 is FREE. Contact AIChE customer service at 1-800-242-4363. **Membership in any of the workshop sponsoring organizations. Use your organization as the...

A New Era: LyondellBasell Opens Houston Research Center

October 2, 2013
October 2, 2013

Houston reporters toured labs at LyondellBasell's new Technology Center next to its Channelview complex, which is expanding to use cheap natural gas.

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