opportunities for its struggling filters business. The filters business‚ named ABC Filters‚ currently sells oil and air filters for consumer and commercial vehicles. In addition to automotive filters‚ ABC historically invested in emerging air filter technologies for large‚ natural gas turbines (GT) used for power generation. The process of combusting natural gas for power generation requires a tremendous amount of air intake (~720‚000 ft3 of air every minute of operation) and a turbine may need up to 1‚000
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or the natural or built environment. The atmosphere is a complex natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth’s ecosystems ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution) Combustion of fuel is one of the major causes of air pollution in urban areas. Burning of fossil fuels such as natural gas and gasoline
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Uses of fossil fuel Fossil fuels consist of coal‚ petroleum and natural gas that are found under the earth’s surface‚ formed from billions of years of compression and decomposition of dead plant and animal matter. They are the leading source of energy for the mankind and are used for various purposes like energy for transportation‚ electricity‚ manufacturing process and also used in the manufacturing process of day to day items like plastic. Main fossil fuels are. 1. Coal Coal is
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a gold rush going on right now. Man is breaking the earth‚ looking for natural gas. It’s a mad scene‚ with hucksters on every side of the issue. There is a lot going on underground and that process is called Fracking. The word alone can stir up controversy. The process of extracting natural gas through hydraulic fracturing or “fracking‚” might summon in someone’s imagination an environment and damaged communities. Natural gas hides from sight it is invisible. Perhaps envisioned a prettier picture—one
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STUDY OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ENERGY SOURCES ISRAEL’S GREEN INITIATIVE • Until recently‚ with a significant offshore natural gas discovery‚ Israel has had essentially no commercial fossil fuel resources of its own‚ and has been forced to depend almost exclusively on imports to meet its energy needs. • Israel has attempted to diversify its supply sources and to utilize alternatives like solar and wind energy. Traditionally‚ Israel has relied on expensive‚
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regulations and the effects Fracking will have on the environment. Fracking‚ or Hydraulic fracturing is the process of breaking up shale underneath the earth’s surface to extract natural gas supplies. A series of holes are drilled and chemicals are pumped in to fracture the pockets of gas within the shale‚ releasing the gas to the surface. The U.S Energy Information Administration projects that
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municipal waste incinerators. Power plant is also used to refer to the engine in ships‚ aircraft and other large vehicles. Some prefer to use the term energy center because it more accurately describes what the plants do‚ which is the conversion of other forms of energy‚ like chemical energy‚ gravitational potential energy or heat energy into electrical energy. • "Mobile Sources" as motor vehicles‚ aircraft etc.Exhaust gases of automobiles and air crafts play a very important role in polluting the atmosphere
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Common primary energy sources are coal‚ oil‚ natural gas‚ and biomass (such as wood). Other primary energy sources available include nuclear energy from radioactive substances‚ thermal energy stored in earth’s interior‚ and potential energy due to earth’s gravity. The major primary and secondary energy sources are shown in Figure 1.1 Primary energy sources are mostly converted in industrial utilities into secondary energy sources; for example coal‚ oil or gas converted into steam and electricity.
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100% BIOGAS FOR URBAN TRANSPORT IN LINKÖPING‚ SWEDEN BIOGAS IN BUSES‚ CARS AND TRAINS BIOGAS IN THE SOCIETY Information from IEA BIOENERGY TASK 37 Energy from biogas and landfill gas SUMMARY The Linköping Biogas plant in Sweden was started in 1997 in order to treat organic waste from the agricultural sector in southeastern Sweden. Another main purpose was to produce biogas for the urban city buses in order to reduce the local‚ regional and global emissions from the urban transport system
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world is the destruction of the ozone layer because of the emissions and harmful gases that vehicles are giving off. Forget ethanol or biodiesel. The next big thing in automotive fuel may very well be hydrogen. Automakers rapidly are closing in on making hydrogen fuel cell vehicles an everyday fact of life‚ with several test models set to debut over the next few years. Hydrogen fuel cells to power vehicles are desirable‚ experts say‚ because hydrogen is a renewable fuel that can be used to create
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