CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER. Latest granted patents 2016-2018. Dish/Stirling
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Technologies using parabolic dish collects in combination with Stirling engines have not yet entered the energy market and are not commercially viable. Nevertheless, the high efficiency of parabolic dish concentrators of solar...
BIOENERGY. Latest granted patents 2016-2018. Landfill Gas
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Currently, more than 30% of the world's municipal solid waste is collected in open landfills, representing a powerful source of greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane. In many large cities around the world more than 10...
SYNTHETIC FUELS. Latest granted patents 2016-2018. Gas-to-Liquids
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The production of liquid fuels from natural gas is a long-established industrial process. This process is based on a two-stage technology for the production of syngas, or synthesis gas, followed by its transformation into organic...
UNCONVENTIONAL OIL. Latest granted patents 2016-2018. Oil Shale
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Currently, the prospects of kerogen oil production from oil shale formations justifiably seem particularly pessimistic. Firstly, this is related to the permanent surplus of conventional oil in global markets that has existed in...
UNCONVENTIONAL OIL. Latest granted patents 2016-2018. Oil Sands
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Enormous reserves of bituminous oil and the existence of mastered commercial technologies for its extraction ensure considerable interest in this sector of the petroleum industry. An especially strong boost to the development was...