Transporting green hydrogen as ammonia or toluene?
…overall energy efficiency (in %), based on technical papers and recent guidance from Air Products (which aims to start up a 230kTpa project in 2025). With some generous assumptions, a…
Hydrogen: lost in transportation?
…a mere 3-6% CO2 reduction. Chemical carriers such as ammonia are assessed on pages 15-17. We model the value chain end-to-end, which makes for interesting conclusions on Air Products’s recently…
Phase change materials: technology leaders?
…are ranked in the Leaders tab, and can be filtered by sub-sectors (shown above are companies in the refrigeration and air conditioning industry). All the raw data across 5,800 patents…
Technology transition database: what determines adoption rates?
…transition database. Covered technologies include electricity, gas heating, stoves, running water, flush toilets, automobiles, fridges, dishwashers, air conditioners, radio, wired cable, televisions, VCRs, microwaves, home computers, fixed-line telephones, cell-phones, internet…
CO2 concentrations in industrial exhaust streams?
…plants. Costs of separating CO2 from ambient air will be an order of magnitude higher again (at least c4-6x, as costs rise linearly as concentrations fall by each order of…
Sea levels: what implications amidst climate change?
…data showing the Antarctic Ice sheet was actually still gaining mass, as warmer air was carrying in more moisture and depositing more snowfall on the Continent, which is presently outweighing…
Turbo-charge gas turbines: the economics?
This data-file models the economics of turbo-charging gas turbines, which increases the mass flow of combustion air, in order to improve their power ratings c10-20%. This is especially important to…
Bio-engineer plants to absorb more CO2?
…with greater efficiency at pulling CO2 from the air, deeper roots that store more carbon underground, and other superior agricultural properties. One pathway is to promote production of suberin, the…
Wet sand: what impacts on shale breakevens and CO2?
…silica exposure limits, below 50mg/m3 of air, averaged over an 8-hour shift. The challenges: is wet sand more difficult to pump? The challenge of wet sand is that wet san…
Economic costs of climate change?
…$1.5trn per annum. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Our numbers include losses of labor productivity in hot countries, increased air conditioning demand (offset by lower heating demand), granular data into…