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June 15, 2008

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information At 2,064 ft as of this past April, the unfinished Burj Dubai skyscraper in...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3938.html

June 15, 2008

Chementator: Plastics from CO₂?

Researchers from the Organic Chemistry Dept. at Newcastle University (U.K.; edlinks.che.com/7373-544) have developed aluminium (salen) complexes that exhibit "exceptional"...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3967.html

May 19, 2008

Alstom to build large biomass-processing facility in U.K.

Drax Group plc (www.draxgroup.plc.uk), a power generation business, and Alstom (Paris, France; www.power.alstom.com), a global leader in power generation technology, have today...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3899.html

May 15, 2008

Technology Showcase: Carbon Capture and Storage

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an area of technology that has...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3856.html

May 13, 2008

Foster Wheeler to supply CFB gasifier for BTL pilot plant

Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Hamilton, Bermuda; www.fwc.com) announced today that its Finnish subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energia Oy, part of its Global Power Group, has been awarded a contract...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3892.html

April 28, 2008

Caloric’s 1st aMDEA-based CO2-recovery plant

Caloric Anlagenbau GmbH (Gräfelfing , Germany; www.caloric.com) has signed its first contract for the supply of a carbon dioxide recovery unit using aMDEA-solvent (activated...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3833.html

April 16, 2008

Arkema to reduce GHG emissions at Changshu site

Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) has announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its Forane 22 production plant at the Changshu industrial facility in...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3782.html

April 15, 2008

Editor’s Page: Go green, but be realistic

As spring approaches, the woods around Frankfurt are beginning to get green again. Taking in this annual transformation, it seems like a good time to reflect on how the meaning of the...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3784.html

April 15, 2008

Technology Showcase: Biofuels Face a Carbon Certification Challenge

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information Investment, production and consumption of biofuels are booming, thanks...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3788.html

April 15, 2008

Chementator: An ammonia-based CO₂-capture process moves several steps closer to commercialization

Last month, the first pilot project that used chilled ammonia to capture carbon dioxide from the fluegas (FG) of a coal-fired power plant started operating at the 1,210-MW We...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3807.html

April 15, 2008

Chementator: CO₂-capture demo...

Basin Electric Power Cooperative (BEPC; Bismarck, N.D.) has selected the CO2-capture technology of Powerspan Corp. (Portsmouth, N.H.; edlinks.che.com/7371-546) for a commercial...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3818.html

April 15, 2008

Chementator: CO₂-capture pilot test

CSIRO (Melbourne, Australia; edlinks.che.com/7371-547) and China’s Thermal Power...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3819.html

March 15, 2008

Chementator: Amine scrubbing

Alstom Power, Inc. (Windsor, Conn.; edlinks.che.com/7370-571) and The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; edlinks.che.com/7370-572) have established a joint development...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3743.html

January 15, 2008

Editor’s Page: 2008: Climate Still on the Plate

In a ceremonious sense, the marking of a new year thankfully lets us put certain things to rest and look ahead to a fresh start. At the same time, a majority of the previous...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3594.html

January 15, 2008

Chementator: This CO₂ -Recovery Process Set to Enhance EOR

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; edlinks.che.com/7368-533) is marketing a new process that captures carbon dioxide from flue gas (FG) for enhanced oil recovery...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3614.html

January 15, 2008

Chementator: This Solar Reactor Will Recycle Carbon Dioxide

A prototype solar reactor that will break carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen, or split water into hydrogen and oxygen, will be started up this spring by researchers at...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3616.html

January 15, 2008

Chementator: Fuel from CO₂

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; edlinks.che.com/7368-542) has partnered with the University of Southern California’s (USC) Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3624.html

December 15, 2007

Feature Report: The Role of Chemical Engineers in Green Engineering

Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information What we can do to support its goals Green engineering, as explained by...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3559.html

December 15, 2007

Chementator: A Way to Convert Depleted Oil Wells into Natural-Gas Wells

The amount of crude oil remaining in depleted oil fields has been estimated to be about 50 – 80% of the total estimated oil reserves. In the past, CO2 has been injected into such...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3578.html

December 15, 2007

Chementator: This Membrane Mimics Mother Nature to Separate CO₂

A plastic membrane that allows CO2 and other small molecules to move through its pores while largely preventing the movement of larger molecules like CH4, has been developed by a team...
http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/environmental_mgmt/greenhouse_gases_and_climate_change/3579.html

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