Scanner® 2000

The NuFlo Scanner 2000 microEFM packs the gas and steam measurement capabilities traditionally found in large flow  computers into a compact, low-power instrument.

Develop Autodesk Sketchbook Pro Color Palette

Source From KOMPAS.com - Autodesk, the software industry for 3D design, engineering, and entertainment will collaborate with Too Corporation, creator of the popular Copic markers; to develop a color palette and a sketch of the application of Autodesk SketchBook Pro for Mac and Windows. Autodesk also announced the availability of Autodesk SketchBook Pro for Android. 

"With more and more creative professionals are starting to draw digitally, it's important for us to offer our devices are high-quality illustrations for both digital and physical canvas."

Tech wrap: Biggest series of cyber attacks exposed

Source from blogs.reuters.com
Security company McAfee uncovered the biggest-ever series of attacks on the networks of 72 organizations including the U.N., governments and companies around the world and claimed there was one “state actor” behind them but declined to name it. One security expert who has been briefed on the hacking said the evidence points to China.
Some of the victims in the five-year campaign include the governments of the U.S. and Canada; the International Olympic Committee; the World Anti-Doping Agency; and various companies, from defense contractors to high-tech enterprises.

Solar Power Turns 24 Hours

Bright Source's solar power generation Energy

Source from KOMPAS.com

Solar power is one alternative that is environmentally friendly and quite promising. However, this type of plant has its disadvantages because it can only operate optimally when sunlight is abundant.

Now the company's solar power plant in the United States berbasi, BrighSource Energy, has called SolarPlus innovation. The device is a combination of a solar tower and a store of energy generated using molten salt.

Israel unveils first of 50 solar power fields (2:28)

Israel is waking up to its huge potential for solar energy. Almost permanently bathed in sunshine, the country is ideal for producing renewable, environment-friendly, power. And now, private company Arava Power is showing off Israel's first commercial solar plant. Located in the southern Israeli desert and costing 30 million dollars, the plant is built on land leased by a kibbutz in Ketura. Arava President Yosef Abramowitz. SOUNDBITE (English) YOSEF ABRAMOWITZ, PRESIDENT OF "ARAVA POWER" COMPANY, SAYING: "Sixty percent of Israel is desert. We have only 15 days of clouds down in the southern region in the Arava. The spot that we're in today has 2247 kilowatt hours per square metre (of solar energy) which is more than double than, let's say, Germany, which is the world's leader in the production of solar energy."

Cisco, networking companies deal with more bad news

(Reuters) - Wall Street underestimated the effect of cuts in government spending on the networking industry and may have to curtail its expectations again with growing fears of a global economic slowdown.
Cisco Systems, which since last year has warned that government spending cuts will include network equipment, reports its quarterly results on Wednesday. Investors expect a weak outlook after Juniper Networks and Brocade Communications Systems slashed their forecasts.
The companies' shares have been punished in a big selloff for an industry touted as high-growth because of the advent of multimedia streaming, smartphones and demand from China.
Adding to concerns about the economy and government spending, debt ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the United States' long-term credit rating on Friday, citing concerns about the nation's budget deficits and climbing debt.

5 Mahasiswa UMY Kembangkan Listrik Surya

Prihatin dengan pemadaman listrik dari PLN yang berdampak buruk terhadap produktivitas pelaku usaha mikro kecil menengah (UMKM), 5 mahasiswa Teknik Elektro Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) mengembangkan Solarcell Home System (SHS) sebagai sumber energi sekunder.

EPOCH 10 L1 GPS SYSTEM

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Notebook

Spesifikasi Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 notebook lain juga memiliki 3G WLAN, konektivitas Bluetooth, dengan Baterai yang memungkinkan sampai dengan 9 jam operasi. Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 dibungkus layar LCD 10.1 inci dengan kemampuan menyentuh atau dual-sentuh dan diputar dengan tablet mode.
Sedangkan untuk Harga Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 Notebook terbaru ini sekitar akan € 2.950 dan akan tersedia mulai akhir bulan di pasar Online. Notebook terbaru sumber panasonic.com. Lihat juga Spesifikasi Netbook ASUS Eee PC 1015PX.

Tim Ilmuwan Klaim Temukan Metode Produksi Hidrogen Lebih Murah Dengan Sinar Matahari dan Ethanol

Tim Ilmuwan Klaim Temukan Metode Produksi Hidrogen Lebih Murah Dengan Sinar Matahari dan Ethanol

Oleh wedha augusta

Hidrogen, bahan bakar masa depan ini hingga kini masih diteliti oleh banyak ilmuwan untuk mendapatkan cara produksinya yang paling efisien dan murah.

Salah satu tim riset yang terdiri dari ilmuwan lintas negara mengklaim telah berhasil membuat hidrogen pada suhu dan tekanan ruang. Tim tersebut terdiri dari para peneliti di Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spanyol, University of Aberdeen di Skotlandia dan University of Auckland di New Zealand.

Metode yang mereka gunakan melibatkan kehadiran sinar matahari dan tehanol. Mereka memulai proses produksi hidrogen tersebut dengan menempatkan bubuk fotokatalis dan ethanol ke dalam suatu wadah dan menstimulasi campuran kedua bahan tersebut untuk bereaksi.

Semikonduktor titanium oksida yang berada dalam wadah tersebut akan melepaskan elektron ketika terpapar sinar matahari, dan elektron-elektron itu selanjutnya ditangkap oleh partikel-partikel nano emas di dalam katalis dan selanjutnya akan bereaksi dengan molekul-molekul alkohol hingga dihasilkan hidrogen.

Menurut para peneliti tersebut, hidrogen yang dihasilkan tergantung pada banyaknya fotokatalis yang digunakan dan luasan area yang terpapar sinar matahari. Dalam uji cobanya para peneliti telah berhasil memproduksi hingga 5 liter hidrogen perkilogram katalis dalam satu menit. Jadi untuk menghasilkan 3 kiloWatt, setidaknya dibutuhkan 9 kilogram katalis.

Metode tersebut lebih baik dari metode lainnya --setidaknya demikian klaim dari tim tersebut-- pasalnya dengan tanpa menggunakan temperatur dan tekanan tinggi maka energi yang dibutuhkan juga lebih sedikit.

Keuntungan lainnya adalah hidrogen yang dihasilkan bersumber dari ethanol yang relatif murah, sementara metode lain yang menggunakan air membutuhkan bahan-bahan tambahan lainnya serta hasilnya masih kurang memuaskan.

Selain itu fotokatalis yang digunakan dalam metode baru tersebut yang hasilnya dipublikasikan di jurnal Nature Chemistry juga bisa dibilang murah, mengingat kandungan partikel emasnya sangat sedikit.

Tahun 2050 Jerman Hasilkan Listrik 100% Dari Sumber Energi Terbarukan

Oleh wedha augusta

Jerman, negara terdepan pengadopsi teknologi sel surya yang menghasilkan 14 GigaWatt listrik di akhir tahun 2010, mematok target untuk menghasilkan keseluruhan pasokan listriknya dari sumber energi terbarukan di tahun 2050.

Terdengar seperti sebuah harapan kosong. Tapi bagi Jochen Flasbarth, presiden Federal Environment Agency --sebuah badan pemerintah Jerman yang mengurusi masalah lingkungan-- target Jerman tersebut bukanlah mimpi di siang hari, karena dari sudut pandang teknis dan ekologi target tersebut sangat memungkinkan untuk dicapai.

Dari sisi teknis, hingga saat ini Jerman telah mencapai 16% listrik dari potensi angin, matahari dan sumber energi terbarukan lainnya. Angka tersebut tiga kali lipat dari lima belas tahun sebelumnya. Energi surya sendiri hampir mencapai 14 GW di tahun ini dan menjadi negara peringkat kedua setelah Amerika Serikat dalam produksi listrik dari energi angin.

Sementara dari sisi lingkungan, dari tahun 1990 hingga 2020, Jerman berhasil mengurangi emisi gas rumah kacanya sebesar40%.

Sebuah studi yang dilakukan badan tersebut juga mempertegas bahwa beralih ke listrik yang bersumber dari energi terbarukan hingga tahun 2050 akan memberikan keuntungan secara ekonomis, terutama bagi industri manufaktur yang berorientasi eksport. Selain itu puluhan ribu lapangan kerja baru akan tercipta bersamaan dengan berkembangnya teknologi dan industri energi terbarukan.

Flasbarth juga menambahkan bahwa besarnya biaya yang diperlukan untuk mengganti seluruh pasokan listrik dari sumber energi terbarukan jauh lebih kecil jika dibandingkan dengan biaya yang harus dikeluarkan generasi mendatang Jerman jika masalah perubahan iklim merupakan masalah utama negara itu.

New Energy Technologies - Gas

source:  Energy Insights 

■ What is Gas to Liquids Technology?
■ What is the future for LNG? How does it work?
What is Gas to Liquids Technology?
Gas to liquids is the conversion of natural gas (methane) to gasoline (petrol). The process is not new – indeed since the 1980s a gas to liquids plant in Bintulu Malaysia has been producing some 15,000 barrels a day.

Unit technical costs – the cost per barrel to produce this form of fuel, has been some $15 per barrel, rendering the process only marginally economic until recently. In the last few years, the large IOCs have announced joint venture deals in Qatar to produce three new plants totalling some 300,000 barrels of production to be built in the next ten years.

The process takes natural gas and by chilling/condensing, produces high quality gasoline and distilled water as a by-product. Each 100,000 barrel per day plant costs over $1.5 billion - the process is very capital intensive, and plants take five years to plan and build.

In Qatar, there is an almost endless supply of low cost natural gas from the North Field which straddles Qatar and Iran and is of unknown extent. Only part of this giant gas field is developed, so in theory, the gas to liquids plant could be expanded to dramatically increase Qatar’s oil (and gas) production, particularly if prices stay above $30 per barrel.

The liquid gasoline is shipped by tanker to the many markets that require the refined fuel. Because the fuel is ultra-clean and high quality, its market is strong in countries where low sulphur and clean-burn gasoline is required through environmental regulation. It also gives an opportunity to monetise stranded gas in remote land-locked locations – such as Turkmenistan, since the refined fuel can be shipped via pipeline and barge.

What is the future for LNG? How does it work?
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) as a form of energy supply and investment has a very bright future. Gas is produced through the normal process of extraction via gas wells and piped via a gas plant that processes the gas and knocks the water out (dehrydration).

The gas then passes into a Liquified Natural Gas Plant where the gas is super-cooled and condensed into a liquid. It is then pumped into chilled pressurised tanks on LNG ships and transported to a gas market – often many thousands of miles away. The LNG then passes into a de-gassing plant where the gas pressure is dropped and the gas is warmed – then fed into the gas pipeline system to supply industrial and domestic customers.

To make this whole process economic, the gas needs to be low cost to extract in the first place – typically 50 cents or less per standard cubic foot. The LNG process often costs about 50 cents, with transportation 25-50 cents, degassing 25 cents, and pipeline transport to customer say 15 cents. So typically gas prices for the customer need to be at least $1.65 to make this process economic. Until recently, gas prices in the USA and Europe were only $1.50-$2.00 but recently gas prices have risen to over $4 making LNG economic to import to NW Europe and USA.

Because typical integrated LNG plants with gas development and shipping typically cost between $4 and $12 billion to build – the low gas price and saturated market has until recently put many investing energy companies off. However, LNG in the last few years is expanding dramatically since energy companies can see a long term high gas price and massive future gas growth and requirement for China, India and to a lesser extent USA and NW Europe.

Because of this, Qatar, Indonesia, Venezuela, Nigeria, Australia, Oman, Trinidad and Malaysia are either expanding their LNG production or about to do so.

Because of the technological expertise, marketing requirements and capital requirement, the larger IOCs are still able to get large equity stakes in such joint venture schemes. The technology is not new, LNG has been produced since the early 1970s – but the LNG trains are now some 5-10 times bigger than the ones built 35 years ago. The economies of scale and lower unit costs have made LNG more economic and opened up LNG shipping to ever longer distances (e.g. eastern Russia to western USA, NW Australia to western USA, Qatar to Japan, Nigeria to Spain and southern USA).

IOCs with the biggest capital LNG exposure are Shell, ExxonMobil, BP, Total, ChevTex and BG. NOCs with the biggest capital exposure to LNG include Petronas, Pertimina, Qatar National Oil Company, Oman LNG and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. In Japan, Mitsubishi and Matsui are both large investors in LNG processing and shipment.

It is envisaged that increasing environmental concerns with pressure to lower CO2 emissions and use of cleaner burning fuels will drive LNG demand upwards. The security of supply and long term contracts is also attractive to many large customers. Spot cargos are also commonly available. The gas can be used in power stations – and replace coal (which produces higher CO2 emissions and particulate pollution).

Big new markets are China and to a lesser extent India (as a replacement for some coal, and providing domestic consumers with gas for the first time) and USA and NW Europe (replacing pipeline gas because indigenous gas reserves are in decline).

UK: Roll-Royce Books USD 161 Milion Orders From MAyor Driling Contractor

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced orders worth over £100 million to supply propulsion systems for offshore construction and drilling vessels.

The ships will be built at shipyards in Asia for a range of ship owners including Seadrill, Pacific Drilling, Noble, Ocean Rig and Pride.

Anders Almestad, Rolls-Royce, President – Offshore said: “These orders demonstrate the success of our innovative and highly efficient marine technology. Our in-depth understanding of the demanding offshore industry and our proven technology ensures that our integrated propulsion systems are industry leading and meet the extraordinary demands placed on them.”

These vessels will carry out drilling operations in deep water oil and gas fields. Each ship will feature multiple thrusters, which will be used to propel the vessels to and from drill sites and to maintain their position during drilling operations.

Rolls-Royce is a leader in the provision of integrated power and propulsion systems for vessels operating in offshore exploration and production. These include drilling ships, mobile rigs, construction vessels and shuttle tankers.

The orders announced today also include options to supply additional thrusters.

A new innovation Sea straits Electrical Energy Flow (Inovasi baru Energi Listrik Arus Laut selat)

Harvesting the Power Flow with Flow Sea
Strait save the current relative sea never stops, relying on tidal shift alone, the research team
managed to show off electric current flowing from the sea in the strait Flores,
near Larantuka, East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia
by Nawa Tunggal
Newspapers Kompas 29 March 2011 edition

 

Memanen Arus Listrik dengan Arus Laut Selat menyimpan arus Laut yang relatif tidak pernah berhenti, dengan mengandalkan peralihan pasang surut saja, tim Peneliti berhasil memamerkan arus listrik dari laut yang mengalir di selat Flores, di dekat Larantuka, Nusa Tenggara Timur Indonesia oleh Nawa Tunggal
Koran kompas edisi 29 maret 2011

 

Satellites Will Issue Speeding Tickets from Space

UK drivers had better stay under that speed limit, because the traffic authorities are watching… from outer space. According to The Telegraph, an American company called PIPS Technology has developed a system that uses two cameras on the ground and one satellite in orbit to catch speeders.

The system — called “SpeedSpike” — figures your average speed between two points, captures an image of your license plate and reports you if you’re going faster than the law allows. Oh, and if you’re hoping Great Britain’s notoriously gray weather will save you, you’re out of luck; the system works even when it’s cloudy or dark.

SpeedSpike will be tested in two places: the London borough of Southwark, and along the A374 between Torpoint and Anthony in Cornwall. If the trial is successful, the tech may be used to enforce speed limits near schools, to reduce the need for speed bumps, and for “main road enforcement for traffic reduction.”

Image courtesy of iStockphoto, Snaprender

Car of the Future Looks Like a Supersonic Road Rocket [PICS]

What will cars look like 10 years from now? Here’s one award-winning vision of the future from Serbian designer Marko Lukovic, showing a three-wheeled electric car that’s packed with futuristic technology.

Chosen as one of the winning projects among 1,000 contestants worldwide, this concept car design was honored at the 10th Michelin Challenge Design 2011.

Lukovic calls his design “Supersonic,” and although the car won’t travel past the speed of sound, it looks like it could. Designed to resemble a supersonic aircraft, the car’s two back wheels each have an electric motor attached, driving the narrow, rocket-like vehicle that carries two people — a driver and one passenger — with one sitting in front of the other.

Lukovic envisions a future where lithium-ion batteries are much smaller, compact enough to remove from the vehicle and take with you, charging them inside the home or office just as you do with your cellphones now. And check out that glass on the top and sides — it’s a photosensitive liquid crystal canopy with adjustable transparency for filtering bright sunlight or prying eyes.

One of our favorite features is the autonomous ability to drive itself that Lukovic calls “automatic pilot (driver) mode,” a capability we’re thinking will be commonplace 10 years from now. In that case, maybe the driver’s seat could swivel around to face the passenger seat, where the car’s two occupants could enjoy their morning coffee and quiet conversation while reading their tablets on the way to work.

So this is how we’re going to get around the year 2021? Let’s hope so. Check out the gallery below and let us know if you think this is an accurate vision of the future or a pipe dream.