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Liquid air: A cool option for energy storage?

Envirotec Magazine

Katie Smith is a Technical Assistant with Reddie & Grose LLP, a firm of patent, trade mark and design attorneys. Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) uses electricity to cool air until it liquefies, so it can be stored until an opportune moment arrives when it can be brought back to a gaseous state and used for power generation.

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Heat recovery from waste

Envirotec Magazine

Zero Liquid Discharge, or ZLD, is a technique which aims to discharge no liquid waste to the environment, instead recovering as many products from the ‘waste’ stream as possible and leaving just water, which can be re-used. Vapour compression evaporation can recover up to 95 per cent of the wastewater as distillate.

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Sponsored Content: Heat exchangers used on Zero Liquid Discharge system

Envirotec Magazine

Multistage evaporation is a key process in many ZLD systems, with the waste stream being concentrated to a point just below full saturation. It is then cooled to precipitate the dissolved solids as crystals. Because each subsequent stage works at a lower boiling point than the previous one, energy savings are obtained.

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10 Tips For Making Inspiring Climate Tech Marketing Videos

Michael Grossman

” Unfortunately, as millions of broke patent holders have discovered over the last couple hundred years, the recipe for success also requires money, timing, necessity, novelty, competitive advantage, and luck. If you have to include credentials, patents, and history, place them further back in the auditorium.

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Heat transfer acquisition means combined companies have over 100 years’ experience

Envirotec Magazine

By 1964 the company was also manufacturing air-cooled heat exchangers, sulphur condensers and waste heat boilers, which still remain core products to the present day. HRS clients come from a wide variety of industries, including food production, water and waste management, environmental, AD/biogas and industrial sectors.

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Food Rescue: Save Food the Same Way You Order It – With a Click!

Green Business Bureau

The act of wasting food when people don’t have enough to eat is a tragedy that dates back to the beginning of time, retold generation after generation by fear-mongering mothers hoping their kids will finish dinner. A month… if you’re proactive! Done deal, right? Enter Replate , a food rescue app and service.

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This summer, consider sustainable seafood

GreenBiz

They come in handy cans to avoid food waste — a particular problem with quickly spoiling seafood — and are easily recycled. Bon Appetit’s Amanda Shapiro says their kelp burger is all she wants to eat this summer "even if it weren’t made of a super-cool, planet-saving seaweed." It also adds flexibility and nutritious benefits. .

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