For those paying close attention to things happening in energy, it is becoming more obvious with each passing year that there is a brand new correction underway related to the previously perceived limitations of world oil resources. This new revolution,...
Application Modern landfills are monitored to ensure compliance with federal regulations under 40 CFR Parts 60, 61, and 63 (Federal Register/ Vol. 65, No. 201/Tuesday, October 17, 2000 /Rules and Regulations). PID Analyzers (hnu.com) has introduced its Model 108 Analyzer for...
Infrastructure continues to be identified as a major challenge in developing the hydrogen energy economy across a number of end markets. Early technology demonstration programs sponsored by federal, state, and local agencies have provided hydrogen infrastructure developers with the opportunity to...
A predominant element of the corporate culture of global manufacturing firms, which include the major industrial and medical gas manufacturers, is an integrated safety and risk management program that forms a core element of their management philosophy. These companies religiously adhere...
Gas transportation modules (GTMs) are high pressure storage and transportation systems for compressed gases based on new alternative fuel cylinder designs. Initially used for compressed natural gas (CNG) in locations and countries where there was no infrastructure in place to move...
Hydrogen remains a solid growth platform for the industrial gas industry. Industrial gas companies continue to supply large quantities of hydrogen that are used by oil and gas refineries, basic and specialty chemical manufacturers, and food processors to what is known...
“Tomorrow’s Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet” by Peter Hoffmann, with a Foreword by Senator Byron L. Dorgan (The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, London, England, 2012) is a “revised and expanded edition” of Hoffmann’s classic published...
The continuing worldwide helium shortage has led to higher prices and uncertain supply for many helium users. Gas suppliers have been forced to limit shipments to contracted customers and even cut off supply to noncontract customers. One result of this...
Zeus Development Corporation’s World LNG Fuels 2013 Conference & Exhibition was held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on January 21–23. Eight hundred people representing 450 companies attended the event, 54 presenters and speakers participated in the...
Last year, I estimated total 2012 world production of Kr would be 97 million liters, production of Xe at 10.5 million liters, and Ne production at about 625 million liters. In my follow up plant-by-plant analysis, I found that the...
