Praxair Opens New Cylinder Gases Plant in Houston Ship Channel

22-Sep-2005 - Praxair, Inc. announced the completion of a new multi-million dollar plant to supply industrial, medical and specialty packaged gases to customers in Deer Park, Texas, near Houston, in an area known as the "Houston Ship Channel." The state-of-the-art plant employs 20 persons and features ...

Coal to Electricity

Progress toward a low-temperature coal fuel cell

23-Aug-2005 - Coal remains one of our most important sources of energy. Worldwide coal reserves are considerably larger than petroleum and natural gas deposits. If it were possible to "tease out" the energy stored in coal in a more efficient and environmentally friendly way than in conventional power plants, ...

Success with gas scrubbing technology in Thailand

First natural gas separation plant in Thailand to use aMDEA

09-May-2005 - A natural gas separation plant which removes carbon dioxide (CO2) using BASF's activated methyldiethanolamine process (aMDEA®) was recently brought on stream by PTT Public Company Limited (Petroleum Authorities of Thailand). It marks the first application of this BASF process in Thailand. The ...

Beyond Oil and Gas

The methanol economy: Solution to the energy problem and an end to global warming?

03-May-2005 - Oil, natural gas and coal are our most important sources of energy and the indispensable starting materials for many everyday products, from gasoline to plastics and a variety of pharmaceuticals. Thanks to better exploitation and new discoveries, the estimated worldwide oil and natural gas ...

Microbial fuel cell: High yield hydrogen source and wastewater cleaner

26-Apr-2005 - Using a new electrically-assisted microbial fuel cell (MFC) that does not require oxygen, Penn State environmental engineers and a scientist at Ion Power Inc. have developed the first process that enables bacteria to coax four times as much hydrogen directly out of biomass than can be generated ...

Scientists Grow Thermoelectric Cobaltate Thin Films on Silicon

10-Mar-2005 - Thin films made of so-called thermoelectric materials could be used to convert heat directly into electric energy, or vise versa, for a variety of applications, including micro-chip-based chemical and biological sensors and more-efficient ways to cool computer chips. Thermoelectrics also hold ...

BASF raises production capacity for selected alkylalkanolamine

07-Mar-2005 - BASF has boosted its production capacities for the intermediates dimethylethanolamines (DMEOA) and methyldiethanolamine (MDEOA) by 25 percent. The company now has an aggregate alkylalkanolamine capacity of about 50,000 metric tons per annum. With the capacity increase BASF responds to the growing ...

Praxair Increases U.S. Prices for Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide

28-Feb-2005 - Praxair, Inc. announced to its customers in the United States price increases for hydrogen and carbon dioxide which will be effective immediately except as otherwise provided under specific contract terms. The price increases are approximately 15 percent for hydrogen and 5 percent for carbon ...

Miniature Gas Tank

Porous networks of organic Van der Waals crystals can selectively store methane and carbon dioxide

28-Jan-2005 - Washing powders are generally known to consist partially of inorganic zeolites. These aluminosilicates form porous structures whose cavities can act as storage for ions and molecules. In washing powders, they bind the calcium and magnesium ions that cause water to be hard. Largely ...

World Energy Signs Exclusive BioDiesel Production Agreement With Dow Chemical Subsidiary

19-Jan-2005 - What connects 40,000 gallons of vegetable oil, an entrepreneurial bioenergy firm, and the world's largest chemical producer? The search for viable sources of alternative energy. World Energy announced an exclusive production agreement with Dow Haltermann Custom Processing (DHCP), a Dow business ...