X-ray Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 01 May 2015 18:37:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 3D View of Melting Li-ion Batteries Helps Improve Safety https://www.greenoptimistic.com/melting-lithium-ion-batteries-3d/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/melting-lithium-ion-batteries-3d/#respond Fri, 01 May 2015 18:37:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54597 Engineers from University College London put lithium-ion batteries to the most challenging of tests in order to find ways to improve safety. When it comes to energy storage, lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are currently the leaders by miles. We all have them around us, or even on us, for the majority of the day, probably without […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/melting-lithium-ion-batteries-3d/feed/ 0 54597 CAT Scans Determine Safety of Undersea CO2 Storage https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cat-scans-determine-safety-of-undersea-co2-storage-20130514/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cat-scans-determine-safety-of-undersea-co2-storage-20130514/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 03:13:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37248 Using X-rays and CAT scanners to probe the undersea rock formations and their ability to store CO2 permanently, two petroleum engineering and applied geophysics professors at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have made an interesting discovery. Any time a natural gas, petroleum, coal, or gasoline is burned, CO2 is formed, and too […]

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