Energy & Sustainability – Page 188

Sustainability in the Polymer Industry

Hensel J.D., Schwarz R.A., Grispin C.W., Polyflow Corporation, US

Polyflow Corporation is commercializing a revolutionary process technology that will truly recycle mixed and dirty plastic and rubber trash into monomers and solvents. Polyflow cracks plastic and rubber waste as an alternative to crude oil [...]

Benefits of Compact Electron Beam Adoption in Industrial Processes: Case Studies on Energy and Water Savings and Reduced Pollution Output and Chemical Use

Tyson M., Rutherford M., Testoni A., Epstein J., Advanced Electron Beams, Inc., US

Advanced Electron Beams (AEB) utilizes an innovative design and manufacturing technology to provide compact electron beams as an efficient, clean and cost effective form of industrial energy. End users are replacing traditional thermal and ultraviolet [...]

Environmentally Sound Photoreactive Cleaning: A Product and Technology Overview

Elliott D.J., Chaplick V.M., UVTech Systems, US

A new simple system has been built and installed in semiconductor plants that uses laser light and oxygen to clean semiconductor and other surfaces without chemicals. This system has only four moving parts, has no [...]

UV Coatings Deliver Best Economic Value Statement

Kelly M., Sweetwood D., Allied Photo Chemical, US

The Miracle of UV Light: UV Materials Technology V’s Standard Solvent, Water or 2K Materials Technology... Solution: UV Technology is “Faster, Smaller, Cleaner” Faster Line Speed – Increase productivity by 100 – 200% Faster Coating [...]

Biodegradable polymers from whey

Serafim L.S., Lemos P.C., Prieto M.A., Reis M.A.M., FCT/UNL, PT

The replacement of synthetic plastics by biodegradable polymers such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) is urgent. The final price of these polyesters is higher and the production costs should be decreased. Whey, which is the major by-product [...]

Low-Energy, Solventless Coating Processes

Lewis H.P., GVD Corporation, US

GVD Corporation is commercializing solvent-free, chemically-pure polymer coatings formed by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). GVD’s all-dry coatings currently range from fluorocarbons to silicones to electrically-conductive polymers. These novel coatings are deposited from the vapor phase, [...]

Clean Hydrogen Peroxide Synthesis via a Nanocatalyst Process

Zhou B., Headwaters Technology Innovation, US

A nanotechnology platform developed at Headwaters Technology Innovation (HTI) has many applications. A case study based on synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from hydrogen and oxygen will be used as an example and discussed. H2O2 [...]

Green Chemistry & Sustainable Industry Practices

Micropatterning Layers by Flame Aerosol Deposition – Annealing

Tricoli A., Graf M., Mayer F., Kühne S., Hierlemann A., Pratsinis S.E., PTL, CH

The development of scalable methods, which effectively bind nanoparticles to surfaces and provide precise patterns, is a key step towards the commercial exploitation of the distinctive properties of nanoparticles. In this context, the direct deposition [...]

Deposition and Characterization of Platinum Nanoparticles on Highly Orientated Pyrolytic Graphite

Elizondo-Villarreal N., Novar C., Zhou J.P., Alvarez Contreras L., Tel Vered R., Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, MX

Platinum is considered one of the best electrocatalyst for low temperature reactions in a H2/O2 fuel cell. Metallic nanoparticles are of great interest because of the modification of properties observed due to size effects, modifying [...]