Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information At 2,064 ft as of this past April, the unfinished Burj Dubai skyscraper in... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3938.html
Normally, only the ultraviolet (higher energy) component of the solar spectrum is usable for the photo-catalytic electrolysis of water into hydrogen and oxygen, which takes place in... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3876.html
Verenium Corp. (formerly Celunol; Cambridge, Mass.; edlinks.che.com/7372-537) is starting up a 1.4-million gal/yr demonstration-scale facility at Jennings, La., which will produce... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3879.html
Photovoltaics manufacturer Konarka Technologies, Inc. (Lowell, Mass; edlinks.che.com/7372-546) has successfully performed the first use of drop-on-demand inkjet printheads for the... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3885.html
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) and its partner GS Engineering & Construction (GS), Korea, announced today that they received Award Notification by Kuwait National... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3896.html
Of all known materials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have the highest thermal conductivity and mechanical strength as well as the ability to withstand the highest electric-current density... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3809.html
Polyglycolic acid (PGA) has good properties: a very high gas impermeability, even under 80% humidity; biodegrability; high mechanical strength; and good moldability, which makes it a... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3810.html
Nippon Steel Materials Co., Ltd. (NSM; Tokyo, Japan; edlinks.che.com/7371-538) has developed a new catalyst for combustion engines that contains 70% less precious metals than... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3812.html
Subject to approval of the German cartel office, KSB AG (Frankenthal Germany; www.ksb.com), and the Japanese company Nikkiso Co., Ltd., (Tokyo), will establish a joint-venture (JV)... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3772.html
The Seebeck effect — the direct conversion of a temperature difference to electricity — is responsible for the operation of thermocouples. But taking advantage of this... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3737.html
Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information A durable flowmeter for remote applications outdoors A thermal-dispersion... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3666.html
Hitachi Zosen Corp. (Hitz; Tokyo, Japan; edlinks.che.com/7369-531) is commercializing a new membrane for a hybrid-distillation system (HDS) that is especially suitable for dehydrating... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3682.html
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan; edlinks.che.com/7369-532) has designed a fuel cell for powering automobiles, using nickel and cobalt for the electrodes (instead of conventional... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3683.html
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; edlinks.che.com/7368-533) is marketing a new process that captures carbon dioxide from flue gas (FG) for enhanced oil recovery... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3614.html
Kureha Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kureha.co.jp/en ) says it will invest more than $100 million to build a plant in Belle, W.Va., which will produce and sell the high-performance polymer... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3573.html
Japan Oil, Gas, & Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC; Kawasaki; edlinks.che.com/6902-534) and six private companies have established a research consortium to build a confirmation... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3576.html
The amount of crude oil remaining in depleted oil fields has been estimated to be about 50 – 80% of the total estimated oil reserves. In the past, CO2 has been injected into such... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3578.html
Technology to copolymerize carbon dioxide and propylene oxide (PO) was first discovered in 1960s, but has not been commercialized due to the formation of cyclic propylene carbonate... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3500.html
Last month at Weftec.07, the Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference in San Diego, Nihon Genryo Co., Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan; edlinks.che.com/6901-534)... http://che.com/regions/north_asia/japan/3502.html