Rive Technology Working to Increase Oil Refining Efficiency 7-9% by 2011

April 7, 2017July 10, 2009 by Brian Wang

Holey catalyst: Rive Technology is designing a zeolite catalyst with pores larger than those found in conventional zeolites, which are widely used in petroleum and petrochemical production. The larger pores allow the catalysts to handle a wide range of compounds. Credit: Rive Technology Rive Technology will help refiners increase production of transportation fuels and process …

Small and Expensive Versus Big and Possibly Infrequent Space Launch

April 7, 2017February 26, 2009 by Brian Wang

Hobby space and and Transterrestrial (Rand Simberg) are indicating that A. because the current market for space payloads is small then no big dumb rockets should be built. B. Some commenters say we can just leverage in space resources (ISRU – in space resource utilization) and make do with small payloads. C. Another commenter said, …