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Shvets, Valeriy F.; Kozlovskiy, Roman A.; Luganskiy, Artur I.; Gorbunov, Andrey V.; Suchkov, Yuriy P.; Ushin, Nikolay S.; Cherepanov, Alexandr A. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The article analyses problems of processing black oil fuel and addresses the possibility of increasing the depth of oil refining by a new processing scheme. The study examines various methods of increasing the depth of oil refining reveals their inadequacies and highlights a need to introduce a new method of processing atmospheric and vacuum…
Descriptors: Fuels, Chemistry, Cost Effectiveness, Technology
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Novo, Andre; Jansen, Kees; Slingerland, Maja – Journal of Rural Studies, 2012
The expansion of sugarcane for biofuels is a highly contentious issue. The growth of sugarcane area has occurred simultaneously with a reduction of dairy production in Sao Paulo state, the primary production region for sugar and ethanol in Brazil. This paper analyses different dairy farm rationales to continue dairy production in the context of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations, Fuels, Agricultural Production
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Roddy, Dermot J. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2008
An existing industrial hydrogen generation and distribution infrastructure is described, and a number of large-scale investment projects are outlined. All of these projects have the potential to generate significant volumes of low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen. The technologies concerned range from gasification of coal with carbon capture and storage…
Descriptors: Energy, Industry, Foreign Countries, Technology
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Acharya, Vishesh; Young, Brent R. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2008
This article presents a study of the techno-economical feasibility of manufacturing biofuel ethanol at small scale from agricultural sources in New Zealand. It investigates possible agricultural products and wastes as potential feedstock and looks at laboratory-scale fermentation trials to determine their ethanol yields. The ethanol requirement to…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Foreign Countries
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Raven, Rob P. J. M.; Heiskanen, Eva; Lovio, Raimo; Hodson, Mike; Brohmann, Bettina – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2008
This article examines how local experiments and negotiation processes contribute to social and field-level learning. The analysis is framed within the niche development literature, which offers a framework for analyzing the relation between projects in local contexts and the transfer of local experiences into generally applicable rules. The…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Sustainable Development
Meyerhoff, Arthur A. – Geotimes, 1983
Highlights worldwide oil and gas developments during 1982, focusing on production, drilling, and other activities/projects in specific countries and regional areas. Indicates that the most political actions (other than the U.S. decision not to protest further the Siberian pipeline project) were the continued Afghanistan and Iraq-Iran wars.…
Descriptors: Development, Foreign Countries, Fuels, Geology
Black, Maggie, Ed. – UNICEF News, 1983
Included in this issue of UNICEF News are several brief articles focusing on the theme of appropriate technology. Topics discussed include (1) the improvement of family life through the scientific application of appropriate technology; (2) UNICEF and the household fuels crisis; (3) the workload of African women; (4) ways energy, food, health, and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Employment, Family Life, Females