Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are working to improve falling-particle receiver technology, a solar energy approach that dates to the 1980s.
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Net zero energy homes have energy-generating systems such as solar panels, geothermal heat pumps, and highly energy efficient systems with zoned HVAC, LED and CF lighting, and in-home smart grids to run appliances, electronics, and equipment.
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The organizers of last week’s Unitecr meeting were savvy in their choice of keynote and plenary speakers, choosing a refractory raw material supplier, a steelmaker, and a renowned consultant to the global refractories industry. Here are the tope ten takeaways.
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Ceramic media are used for a nearly limitless variety of filtration jobs, from drinking water to industrial waste and process streams.
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UNITECR 2013—the 13th meeting of The Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories–is being held this week in Victoria, BC.
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