Flue gas is gas that exits to the atmosphere via a flue, which is a pipe or channel for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, oven, furnace, boiler or steam generator. It often refers to the combustion exhaust gas produced from power plants. Its composition depends on what is being burned, but will usually consist …
First introduced in the late 1940’s, continuous miners provided a quantum leap in the speed and efficiency of extracting coal. Modern versions operate on basically the same principal as their predecessors using a large rotating steel drum equipped with tungsten carbide steel teeth or cutting bits to cut the coal. Continuous mining currently accounts for …
According to the government, provisional data implies that there are oil and gas deposits in a sea area separating the island from Egypt to its south and Lebanon to its east. Cyprus thus opened its first licensing round in 2007, offering 12 areas for exploration, with permits being issued by the end of 2007. The …
Dalit is part of the Michal 308 license. It was discovered in April 2009 in 1,581 metres of water and 51km from the shore. Noble Energy as the operator of Dalit announced on 14th April 2009 the flow test results from the Dalit natural gas discovery in the Michal license offshore Israel. Of the previously …
Devon Energy Corporation is one of the world’s leading independent oil and gas exploration and production companies. Devon’s operations are focused primarily in the United States and Canada; however, the company also explores for and produces oil and natural gas in select international areas. Devon is also one of North America’s larger processors of natural …
Netanyahu’s government has approached the US in the aim to try to promote the construction of a nuclear power station at Shivta in the Negev as the best solution to the shortage of electricity generation. A report prepared for the Infrastructure Ministry by one of the world’s largest energy companies indicated that a nuclear plant …
Day when oil prices reached an all time peak of $147.27/bbl
The ratio of the luminous or radiant flux absorbed by a body to the flux falling on it. Absorptance is generally represented by the Greek letter ? (alpha). By definition, in the case of a blackbody ? = 1.
An element with atomic number of 89 (actinium) to 102. Usually applied to those above uranium – 93 up (also called transuranics). Actinides are radioactive and typically have long half-lives. They are therefore significant in wastes arising from nuclear fission, e.g. used fuel. They are fissionable in a fast reactor.
Alcohol fuels are made from renewable resources like locally grown crops and even waste products such as waste paper or grass and tree trimmings. Methanol and ethanol are two types of alcohol fuels used in cars. Ethanol can be produced from a variety of renewable resources, most commonly corn and sugarcane. Methanol can be made …
