Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy - also known as ARPA-E - to pursue two different, but related, approaches for removing carbon dioxide ...
Environment
Aug 13, 2010
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Realistic estimates show that global warming can only be kept below 1.5 or two degrees Celsius if carbon dioxide is actively removed from the atmosphere. Storage beneath the seafloor is an option that has been investigated ...
Earth Sciences
May 15, 2019
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The rapid elevation of atmospheric carbon dioxide level has led to global warming and ocean acidification. Microalgae, accounting for nearly 40 percent of global carbon dioxide fixation on Earth, are on the forefront of mankind's ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2019
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What if there were a way to suck carbon dioxide right out of the air and turn it into useful products? It might seem fantastic but scientists have actually proved it's possible. One of the challenges with making it a viable ...
Environment
Aug 26, 2015
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Dioxins forms faster, at lower temperatures and under other conditions than previously thought. This may affect how we in the future construct sampling equipment, flue gas filtering systems for waste incineration and how ...
Environment
Sep 18, 2014
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A new solution from Siemens takes advantage of hot flue gases from arc furnaces to generate steam. This steam can then be used for other steel mill processes or for generating electricity. In the past, flue gases were usually ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 13, 2014
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Recycling the toxic fluoride by-products from the ceramic and enamel industry into high-quality reusable material reduces the process' environmental impact, but their end of life disposal remains problematic.
Materials Science
Jun 7, 2013
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A great deal of powder is needed to coat auto parts and other objects – and a great deal of waste is left over afterward: After all, only a fraction of the coating ends up on an autobody; the rest misses the target and ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 7, 2013
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