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Study on non-Freon air cooling system using water refrigerant

Sugawara A., Nakamikawa S., Kageyama M., Yamazaki S., Abe N., Itou T., Tsurumaki A., Kawasaki K., Niigata University, JP

This paper aims for construction of a small, clean air cooling system using a water refrigerant and examines it experimentally. We offer a basic report for realization of the non-Freon air-cooling system using only water [...]

Good Policy Makes Good Business

Cinnamon B., JDS Group Public Relations for Akeena Solar, US

In rapidly emerging industries like Clean Technology, lawmakers are challenged to come up with good public policy that will accomplish society’s goals. Hence new, well-funded policies like the 43.2 billion California Solar Initiative and the [...]

Development of Functionally Graded SiC-Based

Gerdes T., Willert-Porada M., University of Bayreuth, DE

Hot gas filtration using ceramic filters for diesel engine exhaust gas cleaning has gained considerable attention and growth over the last 15 years. In this contribution the development of a SiC-carbide based filter that combines [...]

Designing Today’s CleanTech Research Facility: Sustainable, Highly Technical Architectural and Engineering Design Applied to the New York State Alternative Fuel Vehicle Research Laboratory (AFVRL)

Ostafi J., Sereno D., Flad & Associates, US

The proposed presentation will highlight how this emissions laboratory’s nano-particle-focused awareness is elevated through a marriage of the sciences and arts. This is accomplished by employing innovative architectural and engineering sustainable building concepts into a [...]

8nm cerium oxide as a fuel additive for fuel consumption and emissions reduction

Wakefield G., Gardener M., Oxonica Materials Ltd, UK

8nm cerium oxide is surface functionalised for diesel compatibility and added to fuel at a level of 5-8ppm. Static engine tests and large scale field trials show that engine fuel consumption is reduced by 5-8% [...]

Integrated Multistage Supercritical Technology to Produce High Quality Vegetable Oil and Biofuels

Anitescu G., Deshpande A., Rice P.A., Tavlarides L.L., Syracuse University, US

A multi-step integrated technology to produce high quality vegetable oils and biodiesel fuels is proposed, documented for technical and economic feasibility, and preliminarily designed. The first step of the integrated system consists of soybean oil [...]

Amorphous Diamond Solar Cells

Sung J.C., Sung M., Kan M-C, Hsiao T-J., Sung J.C., Sung M., Kinik Company, TW

Silicon based photo voltaic panels are the mainstream of solar cells. However, there are intrinsic limitations of such devices for replacing power plants. The low conversion efficiency (

Self-Assembled Soft Nanomaterials from Renewable Resources

John G., City College of the City University of New York, US

The self-assembly of low molecular weight building blocks into nanoscale molecular objects has recently attracted considerable interest in terms of the bottom-up fabrication of nanomaterials. The building blocks currently used in supramolecular chemistry are synthesized [...]

Bacterial desulphurization of brown coals

Fecko P., Kusnierova M., Safarova M., Cablik V., VSB-TU Ostrava, CZ

The aim of this paper is the suitability of evaluation of bacterial leaching applied on the brown coals samples from mine CSA Most. The results of this work show that using clean bacterial cultures of [...]

Heat is the Enemy of Energy Efficiency

Forder D., Fox P., TAG Technology, US

The flow of heat has been a major challenge to engineers for centuries. A new nanotech material, developed by TAG technologies, can block the flow of heat from one direction only. This presentation will present [...]