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Apr 17, 2019
Nexant's Annual User Consortium is coming up on May 1-3. For those attending, did you opt to extend your stay in Orlando? Take advantage of the sunshine and some local Orlando attractions---but only...
Apr 14, 2019
The use of hydrogen as an energy source commenced 227 years ago when William Murdoch lit his house and office in Redruth, Cornwall from town gas---a mixture of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon...
Apr 14, 2019
A core component of concrete admixtures is superplasticisers (“SPs”). Demand for highperformance superplasticisers is growing as a result of population growth in emerging markets, urbanisation, and...
Apr 9, 2019
Graham Hoar, Vice President at Nexant UK, was recently invited to deliver a presentation for the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) conference held in London 6-7 March 2019. Click the link...
Apr 1, 2019
Brexit: Implications for European Gas Interconnectors? The natural gas supply dynamic in Europe may well be impacted if Brexit negotiations complicate, or add cost, to gas exchange between the UK and...
Mar 20, 2019
These days, there's a day to celebrate just about everything … pizza, cheese doodles, cereal, name tags, light bulbs, unplugging, cut your energy costs, and more. But it seems that thermostats are...
Mar 19, 2019
What is happening in Aromatics Aromatics are one of the basic building blocks of the petrochemical industry, with benzene, toluene, and xylenes the most important of these chemicals commercially...
Mar 12, 2019
I’d like to pose this question to you: “Is the value of a kW reduced (or a kWh saved) on Distribution feeder A, the same as its value on Distribution feeder B, or Distribution feeder C?” In many of...
Mar 10, 2019
Methanol is a high octane alcohol that should have been a contender as an automotive fuel. Methanol burns more cleanly and efficiently than gasoline without producing as much carbon monoxide and NOx...
Mar 4, 2019
The US needed lots of rubber during World War II. Some battleships contained 20,000 rubber parts. Every inch of military wiring needed to be wrapped in rubber. With its enemy occupying the rubber...