Materials for Oil & Gas – Page 9

An Effective Way of Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure with Plant Biomass

Zhi Y., Zhou C., Nanjing University of Technology, CN

Author’s Organization: (1) Institute of Joint Bioenergy, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009;Jiangsu;China; (2) Cascade Clean Energy Inc. 10610 Morengo Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014 With the growth of animal farms around the world, animal manure [...]

Management of citric solid wastes to produce bioethanol

Ottati C., Ares F., Damboriarena A., Lopretti M., LATU, UY

Citrus peel wastes are partly used for cattle feed either fresh or after ensilage or dehydration, but considerable quantity of citrus pulp in the fresh state is lost as a result of the difficulty of [...]

Advanced Biofuel Cell Composed of Highly Modified Electrodes for Biomedical Applications

Leung S.W., Lai J.C.K., Idaho State University, US

A biofuel cell comprised an anode and cathode modified with highly branched polymers, nano Au sol-gel, and reaction specified bioenzymes was constructed. In this study, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) were the enzymes [...]

Biomass Power Generation Using Liquid Tin Anode SOFC

Bentley J., Tao T., CellTech Power LLC, US

Currently biomass contributes only 1% of U.S. electric power despite available resources to provide over 20%. Barriers to increased use of biopower include low efficiency of current generators, high capital cost, low fuel energy, feedstock [...]

Thermo Catalytic decomposition of methane on Ni/SiO2 catalyst into pure hydrogen and carbon nanotubes

Sarashwat S., Pant K.K., IIT Delhi, IN

The current methods of producing hydrogen are based on steam methane reforming (SMR), coal gasification, electrolysis, biomass gasification and thermochemical processes A comparison between the cost of hydrogen production from renewable energy, and fossil sources, [...]

Heterogeneous Catalyzed Oxidative Degradation of Indigo: A Theoretical and Experimental Study

Luga C., Solís-Correa H., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, MX

Almost fifteen percent of the total world production of dyes is lost during the dyeing process and is released in the textile effluents. Removal of colour and organics by photocatalytic degradation is emerging as an [...]

Design and Application of Novel Nano Drilling Fluids to Mitigate Circulation Loss Problems during Oil Well Drilling Operations

Mostafavi V., Ferdous M.Z., Hareland G., Husein M., University of Calgary, CA

Nano-fluids have recently attracted attention in the petroleum industry as potential solutions to several shortcomings of conventional drilling fluids. Drilling fluid is in charge of numerous functions during the drilling operation including transport of cuttings [...]

The Separation of Hydrocarbons from Sand Using Ionic Liquids

Painter P., Miller B., Lupinsky A., Williams P., Penn State University, US

The problem that this work addresses involves the separation of oil, bitumen or tar from sand or other types of mineral matter. The processes presently used to separate or extract hydrocarbons from sand are expensive, [...]

Nanotech for Oil, Gas & Bio Energy

The influence of surface termination on growth of cupper clusters

Xiao L., Srinivasan J., Subramanian L., Accelrys Inc., US

Oxide supported transition metal catalysts are widely used in variety of heterogeneous catalytic processes. Knowledge of the interaction of metals with oxide surfaces provides insight into understanding a broad variety of properties of the catalysts. [...]