Energy & Sustainability – Page 203

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 [...]

Cleantech: Emissions, and Environmental

Industry and Policy

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 (

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 [...]

Extracting unburnt coal from black coal fly ash

Kusnierova M., Fecko P., Slovac Academy of Science, SK

Black-coal fly ash from Kosice Power Plant in Slovakia contains between 22 and 25 % of unburnt coal, which is , strictly speaking, a useful component. Studying optimal separation methods of unburnt coal from the [...]