A hydrogen-storage battery that operates at just 90°C has been developed by researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo, overcoming the high-temperature and low-capacity limits of earlier methods. The device works by moving hydride ions through a solid electrolyte, allowing magnesium…
Xerion Advanced Battery Corp. (Kettering, Ohio) announced an expansion of its critical minerals refinement portfolio with the recent demonstration of the capability to refine gallium. Xerion aims to develop the process on a commercial scale to support critical military and…
Digital transformation promises growth, resilience and efficiency, but too often it fails to deliver. In fact, 70% of digital initiatives miss their goals because of poor planning, lack of alignment, and employee fatigue. This eBook, Getting It Right: Building a…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has successfully started up a 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) unit at a site in Asia. The facility has the capacity to entirely convert renewable feedstock into high value Sustainable Aviation Fuel. This unit is a revamp…
LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Skokie, Ill.) has announced a new technology advancement aimed at innovative feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. Having successfully commercialized its technology to produce ethanol for SAF via the Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) process, the team’s most recent…
Two recent developments at Queens Carbon Inc. (Pine Brook, N.J.; www.queenscarbon.com), a spinoff company from Rutgers University (New Brunswick, N.J.; www.rutgers.edu), illustrate the potential for reducing the high carbon-dioxide emissions that result from cement and concrete production. Both are results…
The Netherlands-based startup company Ore Energy (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.oreenergy.com) recently announced that it has successfully connected its flagship iron-air battery system to the electric grid in the city of Delft, the Netherlands. It is the first iron-air battery system…
Breaking the stable carbon-fluorine bonds within per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is one of the most significant challenges in mitigating persistent PFAS pollution. The Hydrothermal Alkaline Technology (HALT; diagram), invented at the Colorado School of Mines (Golden, Colo.; www.mines.edu) and…
The production of “green” hydrogen via electrolysis is seen as a key decarbonization pathway for certain industry sectors, but its efficiency can be hampered by a number of factors, including the accumulation of gas bubbles on electrode surfaces within electrolyzers…
Extremely high-salinity water streams present difficulties for many types of processing equipment, such as membranes and filters, and most commercial treatment methods involve thermal evaporators or crystallization, which are energy-intensive and require special anti-corrosion materials. A new membrane-less, non-evaporative process…