According to BMI figures, china is ten times the combined number in Europe and North America. At present 125 batteries, Giga factories are more active in producing batteries. In each province, construction is taking place in China. Most large corporations are eying the Chinese market for investing in various projects.
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• 460 upcoming crude oil refinery projects are expected to start operations from 2022 to 2026
• 118 represent new build projects and 342 are expansions of existing projects
• Predictably Asia dominates with the highest capacity additions of 7.3 mmbd by 2026. The Middle East and Africa follow with capacities of 3.8 mmbd and 3.6 mmbd, respectively
• China leads with the highest refinery capacity addition of 3.4 mmbd by 2026. Nigeria and India follow with capacities of 1.7 mmbd and 1.6 mmbd, respectively
• The Lagos I project in Nigeria with a capacity of 650 thousand barrels per day (mbd) leads in terms of refinery capacity.
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📢Saturday Spotlight!📢 Cycling forward with bike frame materials and processes!
"Are carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) bicycle frames poised for a “great reshoring” — the return of production to locales near the customer base — or will they continue to be fabricated and shipped largely from Asian countries, as the vast majority are today? The short answer, according to bike manufacturers interviewed by CW, is that Asia will continue to predominate. Still, noteworthy changes to the bicycle manufacturing landscape are evident."
"CFRP frame manufacturing is making inroads in North America and Europe, where most CFRP bike enthusiasts reside. “One of the biggest differences [between offshore and reshored manufacturing] is product ownership,” emphasizes Dave Luyckx, chief product officer at Leuven, Belgium-based Rein4ced. “Asia doesn’t have a bicycle culture, but we have this cycling culture that infuses passion into the product.”
"Of course, cycling passion must be accompanied by composites know-how and innovative approaches before reshored CFRP frames achieve considerable market penetration. To the extent that the geography and technology of CFRP bike frame manufacturing are changing, key factors include the same market forces affecting all globalized manufacturing industries today: supply chain issues, the fallout from the pandemic, and geopolitical uncertainties. But the primary agent of change appears to be the classic tension between two manufacturing dynamics often at odds with each other: economies of scale versus production agility. The latter has prompted innovation that includes technical advances in the traditional hand-laid fabrication approach as well as forays into new materials and automated processes."
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Have a look at this beautiful microscopy!
A team of researchers from the CSIC has discovered that the saliva of the waxworm degrades plastic, which could have numerous applications in the treatment or recycling of plastic waste.
Enzymatic Degradation of Plastic:
The team discovered in 2017 that this species of worm (Lepidoptera Galleria mellonella) is capable of breaking down plastic (polyethylene), and now they have discovered it does so with their saliva containing enzymes (from the phenoloxidase family) that initiate the degradation of polyethylene in a short time and at room temperature.
"To degrade the plastic it is necessary that oxygen penetrates the polymer (into the plastic molecule)," explains Federica Bertocchini CSIC researcher at the Center for Biological Research (CIB-CSIC) who directed the study.
"This first step of oxidation, which is usually the result of exposure to sunlight or high temperatures, is a bottleneck that slows down the degradation of plastics such as polyethylene, one of the most resistant. Therefore, under normal environmental conditions, plastic takes months or years to degrade," explains Bertocchini.
These enzymes are the first and only ones known to be able to degrade polyethylene plastic without pre-treatment, according to Bertocchini. "We have now discovered that enzymes from waxworm saliva perform this crucial step: they oxidize plastic. Thus, they allow to overcome the bottleneck of plastic degradation and accelerate its decomposition,” further adds Bertocchini.
Polyethylene is one of the most resistant and used plastics. Together with polypropylene and polystyrene, they make up 70% of the total production of plastics. Plastic pollution poses a threat to the health and environment of the planet, so it is urgent to find solutions to deal with plastic waste.
Waxworm’s Plastic-eating Ability
An interesting question is to find out how wax insects acquired this ability. The researchers venture that it could be due to an evolutionary process. Waxworms feed on beehive wax and pollen from very diverse plant species. If you consider that the wax of hives is full of phenols, this type of enzyme would be very useful for worms. Indirectly, this would explain why waxworms can break down polyethylene. However, so far this theory is only speculation, and more studies combining insect biology with biotechnology will be needed.
Source: CSIC
📣Connecting the Dots!📣
"@Porsche knows that its classic designs are as popular today as they were before they became classics, so it is metering out to the market a series of four Heritage Design models. The second model (with the first being the 911 Targa 4S Heritage Design Edition, launched in 2020) has just been announced: the 911 Sport Classic. It features a ducktail spoiler that is a nod to the 911 Carrera RS 2.7 of 1972 and 1973."
"And while it might be something of a stretch to justify its appearance in CompositesWorld simply on a CFRP spoiler, know that the hood is also made with the material — and that’s not the case on the 911 Turbo S, the vehicle upon which this specialized version is based. The hood is formed with a dip in the center, a design cue that is echoed on the roof, which is also CFRP."
"But it is not like the 911 Sport Classic is going to be produced in mass quantiles. In fact, just 1,250 will be built."
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