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• Crucial step identified in the conversion of biomass to methane
  

  Microbial production of methane from organic material is an essential process in the global carbon cycle and an important source of renewable energy. This natural process is based on a cooperative interaction between different types of microorganisms: the fermenting bacteria and the methane-producin more

• Carbon dioxide reactor makes Martian fuel
  

  Engineers at the University of Cincinnati are developing new ways to convert greenhouse gases to fuel to address climate change and get astronauts home from Mars. UC College of Engineering and Applied Science assistant professor Jingjie Wu and his students used a carbon catalyst in a reactor to conv more

• Researchers Decode Reaction Mechanisms During Interphase Formation in Lithium Batteries
  

  Understanding all processes and reactions inside the lithium-ion battery in detail is essential for its further development. Especially interphases, which strongly influence the performance, safety and service life of energy storage systems, are still insufficiently investigated. They are particular more

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The Atmospheres of the Solar System

We’re heading out of this world for today’s post, to examine the atmospheric compositions of the other planets in the solar system, as well as our own. Practically every other planet in our solar system can be considered to have an atmosphere, apart from perhaps the extremely thin, transient atmosph more

Publications Methane

• The environmental biorefinery: state of the art on the production of hydrogen and value-added biomolecules in mixed-culture fermentation

  The environmental biorefinery consists in recovering and adding value to waste, possibly through a multi-product approach. A first implementation of such concept is the production of methane and nutrient-rich digestate by anaerobic digestion in biogas plants. However, methane and digestate have only more

• Materials, Vol. 11, Pages 1094: Optimization of the Iron Ore Direct Reduction Process through Multiscale Process Modeling

  Materials, Vol. 11, Pages 1094: Optimization of the Iron Ore Direct Reduction Process through Multiscale Process Modeling Materials doi: 10.3390/ma11071094 Authors: Rami Béchara Hamzeh Hamadeh Olivier Mirgaux Fabrice Patisson Iron ore direct reduction is an attractive alternativ more

• Near-infrared incoherent broadband cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy (NIR-IBBCEAS) for detection and quantification of natural gas components

  The principle of near-infrared incoherent broadband cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy was employed to develop a novel instrument for detecting natural gas leaks as well as for testing the quality of natural gas mixtures. The instrument utilizes the absorption features of methane, butane, ethan more