Aenert news. Invention analysisLiquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC) are considered a promising technology for hydrogen transport and storage applications. They include a variety of compounds that can be bound with hydrogen (hydrogenation) so that it can be transported or stored in liquid state without the use of sophisticated compression or cryogenic equipment and released (dehydrogenation)...

Aenert news. Invention analysisIn our earlier articles we discussed patenting trends in several general fields of solar energy production technology, including concentrating photovoltaics (30.04.2023), solar energy storage systems (05.06.2022 and 09.01.2023), and experimental and unconventional solutions (08.04.2023). Further, we also revised a set of aspects of solar tracking systems for...

Aenert news. Invention analysisPreviously, in a series of articles concerning oil and gas production from low-permeability plays we have revised such topics as hydraulic fracturing fluids (09.07.2023) hydraulic fracturing proppants (18.06.2023), shale oil and gas production (Energy, Gas & Water consumption on 29.11.2021 and Ecology & Environment on 04.02.2022), and unconventional gas production...

Aenert news. Invention analysisFor the last 12 years, Clarivate, a British-American analytics company, has annually published a ranking of companies and institutions of the most successful and innovative companies around the world. The ranking features well-known innovators which are major players in the international markets as well as such which have just entered the global stage. To put...

Aenert news. Invention analysisEarlier we published several articles describing patenting trends in energy production from biomass, including biomass gasification (pre-treatment of feedstock on 04.03.2023 and fluidized bed reactors on 31.01.2023), cellulosic ethanol production (19.04.2023), biofuel production from algae (11.05.2023), and biogas production (29.06.2023). Now we will revise...

Aenert news. Invention analysisIn one of our recent articles (18.06.2023) we have revised patenting trends in the field concerning hydraulic fracturing proppants, their production, structure and composition. We also addressed related subjects in our articles concerning Shale oil and gas production (Energy, Gas & Water consumption on 29.11.2021 and Ecology & Environment on 04.02.2022), and...

Aenert news. Invention analysisPreviously, in a number of articles related to the technologies of energy production from biomass we revised patenting trends in biomass gasification (pre-treatment of feedstock on 04.03.2023 and fluidized bed reactors on 31.01.2023), cellulosic ethanol production (19.04.2023), and biofuel production from algae (11.05.2023). Today we will take a look at another...

Aenert news. Invention analysisPreviously, hydraulic fracturing technologies were briefly addressed in our related articles on unconventional gas (10.03.2021 and 17.03.2021) and Shale oil and gas (Energy, Gas & Water consumption on 29.11.2021 and Ecology & Environment on 04.02.2022). Now we will revise one of the most important aspects of this field of technology – hydraulic fracturing proppants,...

Aenert news. Invention analysisIn our earlier article "2023 Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report: 139 billion m3 gas flared during 2022" (18.05.2023) we have revised the trends in the amount of associated petroleum gas flared globally in 2022, compared to previous years. Also, we have previously analyzed different aspects of small-scale GTL technologies (09.11.2022, 03.11.2022, and 28.10.2022) that...

Aenert news. Invention analysisEarlier in our article dated 07.04.2022, we assessed the scale of methane emissions into the atmosphere from the coal industry. Today, we will consider the latest advancements in coal methane production technologies for its further beneficial use. For this purpose, we have collected more than 10300 patent documents published over the past 20 years to analyze using...