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  • Briefs: Iran has LNG plans on a very large scale

    Iran is reportedly planning to finance up to 120 billion USD for LNG production over the next 12 years and become the world's largest LNG exporter. As of now, there are no LNG industries in Iran, but there are gas resources estimated at 27.5...

    • Date de publication : 25/10/2008
  • Test réussi d’un réfrigérateur à dilution destiné aux ordinateurs quantiques

    Les scientifiques d'IBM ont réussi à refroidir une puce d’ordinateur quantique à une température de 25 mK grâce à un réfrigérateur à dilution à grande...

    • Date de publication : 27/10/2022
    • Sujets : Technologie
  • Dalian builds China’s first CO2/NH3 cascade cold storage logistics base

    China is building the largest cold storage logistics base for aquatic products in Dalian, Northeast China. The 200 000-tonne, RMB 1 billion (roughly 128 million €) cold store is said to be the first large-scale cold storage logistics base adopting...

    • Date de publication : 19/12/2012
  • Storing energy thanks to cryocooled air

    A new type of energy-storage process that can operate on a large scale.

    • Date de publication : 29/11/2012
  • Améliorer le froid à adsorption grâce aux "MOF"

    Les réseaux métallo-organiques (MOF) possèdent des caractéristiques d'adsorption remarquables permettant une meilleure efficacité et une utilisation sur une plus large échelle.

    • Date de publication : 20/02/2015
  • Température et performance énergétique des appareils de froid domestique en Angleterre (en anglais)

    Un article de A. Biglia et al. présente les résultats d'une enquête à grande échelle sur les appareils de froid domestique dans les ménages en Angleterre. Des mesures simultanées de la température à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur des appareils de...

    • Date de publication : 30/04/2018
  • Changes in the use of cryogenic propellants in space

    Near-term exploration beyond low Earth orbit will require the use of cryogenic propellants and in-space cryogenic propellant storage durations will exceed our current capabilities by at least two orders of magnitude. This will require the...

    • Date de publication : 17/09/2012
  • Out of the ordinary: ATLAS LEGO® model

    As part of an outreach project at the Niels Bohr Institute Sascha Mehlhase recently designed and built a model of the ATLAS experiment in LEGO® bricks. It illustrates all details, from the muon and magnet system to the innermost pixel...

    • Date de publication : 24/04/2012
  • Supercooling the LHC

    CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the new research instrument of the world's elementary particle physics community. This discovery-making machine will explore the structure of matter and basic forces of nature on a scale never attained before....

    • Date de publication : 12/02/2007
  • Uncertainty in the prediction of the climate response to rising levels of GHG

    According to a study published in Nature on January 27, 2005, the climate response to rising levels of greenhouse gases could be much worse than predicted. The study, carried out by Pr Stainforth's team, shows the uncertainty in the predictions....

    • Date de publication : 15/03/2005
  • Energy storage thanks to refrigeration

    Electrical energy is notoriously difficult to store, especially on a large scale and this can be particularly problematical when dealing with irregular sources such as wind power for which there can be a great mismatch between energy supply and...

    • Date de publication : 25/02/2009
  • Compressors: key trends

    Over the past few years, the design and performance of rotary, reciprocating positive displacement and dynamic compressors have been greatly improved. CO2 compressors have conquered new niches and twin-screw compressors are now increasingly used...

    • Date de publication : 26/10/2005
  • Invasion of a Body Snatcher

    New research by French scientists has revealed how Listeria monocytogenes can activate the cellular transport machinery that transports viruses and small molecules and proteins and use it to invade cells and hide from the body's immune system....

    • Date de publication : 23/11/2005
  • LNG vessels

    The world's largest LNG vessel, Mozah, recently made its maiden visit to the South Hook LNG Terminal in Milford Haven, UK, heralding a new era in the history of liquefied natural gas (LNG) transportation. The Q-Max ship measures 345 metres long,...

    • Date de publication : 07/03/2010
  • Trends and Markets: The Dubai District-Cooling Boom

    The United Arab Emirates has the potential to become the world's largest district-cooling market: demand is estimated at 10 million tonnes of refrigeration (36 360 MW) in the next 10 years. The construction boom in Dubai has triggered particularly...

    • Date de publication : 12/02/2007