Energy & Sustainability – Page 208

Evaluation of Nanostructured Polymeric Coatings for Corrosion Protection

Aglan A., Ludwick A., Reeves M., Michigan Tech, US

The effect of the addition of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) to epoxy and vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymer coatings on their ability to protect the substrates was studied. Coatings were formulated from these resins with and [...]

Energy Applications of Nanotechnology

Effect of Surface Hydration and Interfusion of Suspended Silica Nanoparticles on Heat Transfer

Milanova D., Wu X., Kumar R., University of Central Florida, US

Nanofluid suspensions enhance thermal conductivity and the heat transfer. The authors have previously shown that the Critical Heat Flux (CHF) of NiChrome wire in a silica nanofluid can be increased by 200% compared to conventional [...]

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 (

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 [...]

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 [...]

Energy balance development in a cogeneration with biogas for H2 production by catalytic reforming.

Hernández Rosales I.P., Fernández Madrigal A., García Serrano L., UNAM, MX

The main object of this research was carry out technically a mass and energy balances in an energy cogeneration plant with cattle excrement gas a fuel composed by biogas + natural gas. This fuel was [...]

Sector: Energy & Sustainability