The rise in awareness of global warming has created heightened consumer, regulatory, and industry interest in clean forms of energy generation. Specifically, the impact on the natural environment from the burning of fossil fuels has brought increased attention to technologies that...
Praxair Distribution, Inc. (PDI) revenues have almost doubled since 2001, the result of both organic growth and acquisitions. A subsidiary of North America’s largest industrial gas supplier, Praxair, Inc., PDI is a major packaged-gases player in the US and Canada, with...
The idea of nitrogen refrigeration systems in trucks is not new. The Polarstream refrigerated truck was put on the market in 1961 by the Linde Division of Union Carbide and was also used by the British Oxygen Company.
OXYFUEL COMBUSTION IN THE STEEL AND METALS INDUSTRY The most frequent use of oxyfuel combustion in the steel and metals industries is to enhance the melting process in electric arc and rotary furnace processes. Here, conventional oxyfuel provides substantially raised...
Sunny Columbia, South Carolina will be host to the 20th Annual National Hydrogen Association (NHA) Hydrogen Conference and Expo, to be held March 30–April 3, 2009 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
Government mandates that have reduced the maximum allowable sulfur content of motor fuels have necessitated the costly installation of additional hydrodesulfurization (HDS) capacity at many refinery locations.
In this issue, CryoGas International focuses on hydrogen, including uses, developments, markets, and players. To complement this topic, we interviewed Barney Rush, Chairman and CEO of H2Gen Innovations, located in Alexandria, Virginia. Started seven years ago, H2Gen Innovations focuses on...
Hydrogen can be produced from diverse domestic feedstocks using a variety of process technologies. Hydrogen-containing compounds such as fossil fuels, biomass or even water can be a source of hydrogen. Thermochemical processes can be used to produce hydrogen from biomass and from...
Skyrocketing energy prices, recent technological advances and a renewed interest in alternative energy sources have once again brought attention to photovoltaics (PV) or solar energy. Industrial gas producers are poised to capitalize on new manufacturing technologies, particularly thin film PV, which requires...
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy is a Pennsylvania not-for-profit, educational corporation organized by the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP).
