Chemical Engineering has contributed significantly to shaping our lives for the past century. Developing a chemical process at the lab scale and taking it to the industrial scale is at the heart of Chemical Engineering. Out of the numerous chemical processes, perhaps converting crude oil into various chemicals and fuels that are the workhorse of […]
In today’s world, there’s a pronounced emphasis on mitigating the carbon footprints and transitioning towards the sustainable energy sources. By 2022, aviation contributed 2% of global energy-related CO2 emission, experiencing a more rapid growth rate in recent years compared to rail, road, or shipping. Despite a temporary decline due to the COVID-19 pandemic, aviation emissions
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Climate change is here, and now. It can be seen in the rise of extreme weather changes across the world. In India, around 600 mn people are at risk from impact of climate change brought by flood, heat waves and wildfires. Inaction on such a threat has the potential to erode around $1.12 tn of
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The world is changing rapidly due to an electric vehicle (EV) revolution that is currently underway. This is no longer an urban phenomenon or something that was long considered a pet project of developed nations. Various sectors such as; (i) Electronics and internet, (ii) logistics and transportation, (iii) agriculture and medicine, (iv) energy and infrastructure,
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Decarbonization of Industrial Process Heating using High-Temperature Heat Pumps Indiaās heavy dependency on fossil fuels goes hand in hand with the nationās substantial industrial demand for heating applications. As per the IEA 2021 report, Indiaās energy demand is set to rise by 35% between 2019 and 2030. Despite the increase in production and exploration of
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The renewable growth in India has been, generally speaking, phenomenal. The target of reaching 500 GW by 2030 may look dauting but with the 2023 year ending with ~134 GW installed capacity for renewable energy, excluding large hydropower, and with wind making up 44.7 GW and solar 73.3 GW of it, there is need to
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Organic macrocycles are cyclic molecules that have potential applications in energy storage. They generally offer high specific capacities, cost-effectiveness, environmental friendliness, and ready tunability of structure and function. When the macrocycles are composed of redox-active conjugated Ļ-systems (aromatic or antiaromatic), they can be applied in organic rechargeable batteries as they can switch between different states
Nitrogen has a very important role on the earth for e.g., it is a major component of protein and nucleic acids. However, it is abundant in the atmosphere but cannot be used for humankind unless it is converted to some reactive form (such as ammonia) because N2 is chemically inert due to strong š ā”
The best way to neutralise carbon dioxide emissions is to bury them underground, preferably in depleted oil and gas reservoirs. Since carbon dioxide also helps by flushing out the oil or gas, these reservoirs are ideal solutions for putting away the mischief-making gas. It is estimated that a barrel of oil when burnt emits
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What is Islanding? Islanding is a condition that occurs when a distributed energy resource (DER) such as a grid-tied inverter continues to supply power to a section of the grid that has been disconnected from the main grid. There are two types of islanding: unintentional and intentional. Unintentional islanding occurs when a distributed energy
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