That all changed in 1886 -- the year two aspiring chemists and industrialists developed a smelting process based on electrolysis. Electrolysis literally means "breaking down by electricity," and it can be used to decompose one chemical into component chemicals. The traditional setup for electrolysis...
If you look closely at the wheels of a typical steam engine, you'll see that everything is more complex than we've seen in the simple animation in the box up above: there's much more machinery than just a single crank and connecting rod. In fact, there's an intricate collection of ...
To do so, I present a more general conceptual framework for categorizing four key problem classes—(I) Straightforward, (II) Formidable, (III) Manageable, and (IV) Wicked—based on two distinguishing features: the extent to which the problem is clear and well-defined and the extent to which...
I wrote a book about RANKING, and now we are working with Zsuzsa Szvetelszky on an other book REPAIR: When and How to Improve Broken Objects, Ourselves, and Our Society
It has access to technologies in areas of pollution abatement, Chlor - Alkali and Sulfuric Acid and has the capability to provide solution through other technologies depending on specific needs of the Clients. The Company has implemented grass-root Chlor - Alkali and Sulfuric Acid projects and a ...
The combustion of coal, oil, and natural gas releases greenhouse gases, contributing to climate change and air pollution [1]. It has become clear that we need to prioritize greener energy sources to mitigate these adverse impacts, reduce carbon emissions, and achieve long-term sustainability. ...
And since every living thing needs energy in order to do stuff—and you can’t make your own energy—we’re all awkwardly left with no choice but to steal the energy we need from someone else.11← click these Almost all of the energy used by the Earth’s living things got to us in...