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…facilities with risks of product spoilage might also have on-site generators to protect against grid failures, hence a typical super-market maintains a 250kW generator with 36 hours of fuel. When…
…Nineteen Eighty-Four was first published, there really were three world super-powers — the US, the Soviet Union and Europe — producing over 90% of the world’s steel. Really the chart…
…is used in the steel/metals industry, aerospace, brake pads of high-end automobiles and bullet proof vests. Silicon carbide material is made by super-heating high-grade silica (SiO2) with petcoke (C) in…
…improve efficiency by hybridizing (energy saving data here), including using super-capacitors (note here). (6) Economies of scale. Larger vessels, which carry more passengers and more freight are inherently more energy…
…is near the melting point of iron/iron ore. What materials could serve as current collectors for these cells? Most conductive metals, and even most super-alloys, have melted by 1,500C. There…
…typical boiling points of 60-200ºC. What is naphtha cracking? Naphtha is mixed in a 2:1 ratio with steam, super-heated to 700-900◦C to start “breaking bonds”, then quickly quenched to control…
…the impacts of methane leaks. Our best single note on this topic is linked here. What about super-emitters? Some sources have estimated that the worst 1-10% of leaks account for…
…it is necessary to compress CO2 to >80-bar is so that the CO2 will transition into a dense (super-critical) phase. The phase diagram below shows the critical point for pure…
…typically require 50-500kW grid connections, rising to MW-scale connections for larger office buildings with 15,000m2 of space or more. Other facilities with which we are all familiar include Walmart Super-Centers…
…bulb, super-heated to 2000-3000ºC is only going to release 2-10% of its energy as light. Most of the electromagnetic radiation is in the infra-red range here. And this is the…