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LakeWatch
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The importance of monitoring water quality to help make
informed management decisions is well known. But too
often the monitoring process becomes weighed down in
the collection phase. Without adequate storage, assessment
and analysis, data can quickly accumulate, becoming
a problem rather than a resource.
The Earth Soft Inc USA has developed a software 'LakeWatch'
which is a cost-effective tool that allows one
to get the most from its data. Data can be imported
from existing archives or entered directly for Lake
Watch to analyze, interpret and communicate the results.
It has functions like: store, visualise, analyse and
reporting.
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(environmental-expert.com, Feb 21, 2009)
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Gas
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Bulgeri Environtech Ltd of Austria has introduced fully
automatic, active gas flare for combustion of biogas
and other combustible gases, having gas flow rate upto
1.100Nm3/h fully automatic inflammation with flame monitoring,
protection against flame blowback, and quick and simple
servicing.
This model comprises a gas ignition system controlled
by a specially-equipped electronic switch cabinet
with complete equipment adapted to the gas combustion.
A blowback of non-visible gas flame is prevented by
the special dimensioning of the wind protection conduit,
that also ensures an efficient operation during strong
wind and rain. The model is designed for an efficient
combustion. The operation of the gas flare is very
simple because it functions as fully automatic. However,
a selector switch for manual operation is nevertheless
provided reasons. The gas flare is completed by a
hand operated shut-off valve which is implemented
during servicing, a flame blowback safeguard device
which precludes a blowback and thus prevents damage
to other system components, and an automatic shut-off
valve which is always closed through a spring actuated
resetting during power outage.
The unit can run 230V, 50 Hz, with control and indicator
panel, potential-free signal outputs for priority
control objectives, and a PLC unit.
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Mercury-Free
Light Bulbs
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Seattle startup Vu1 Corporation plans to launch
a new type of light bulb that functions like a
TV tube. Vu1 uses a brand new technology by fusing three
existing technologies.
Ron Davis, the chief marketing officer in an interview
with Greentech Media, said "It’s an ultra
energy-efficient flood light which is reminiscent of
the way old TV tubes worked with the only difference
being that the light bulb lights a room much better.
The light bulb is comprised of an integrated electron
source which fires electrons attached to a phosphor-coated
glass. The phosphor, upon contact, transforms the signals
into bright light. The product that emerged from
this three-way process is a 17-watt bulb for recessed
light cans; the type of lights one uses in kitchens
and living rooms.”
The new technology is named Electron Stimulated Luminescence (ESL).
ESL’s major attraction is that it is mercury-free
and hugely energy conserving. The bulb is unique
on the American market and emits 40 lumens per
watt. That’s the equivalent of a 65-watt incandescent
bulb.
The product is likely to be launched in market on Earth
Day 2009 and is likely to cost same as a 65 watt dimmable
lamp. Another amazing feature of this new light bulb
is its life span; one bulb lasts an estimated 6,000
hours, much longer than an incandescent and slightly
less than the more expensive compact florescent
light bulb (CFL). Heat generated by an ESL bulb is half
that of an incandescent lamp.
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(Environmental News Network, Jan 23, 2009) |
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Tubular
Lamp Device
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The tubular lamp device contains a passive and transparent
lamp tube whose two ends are plugged into a pair of
socket members, respectively. The lamp tube has an axial
strip along the circumference coated with a reflective
film. The socket member contains a tubular element which
receives an end of the lamp tube. Inside the tubular
element, a LED element is housed in a hole of a solid
lens element which directs the light beams of the LED
element towards the lamp tube. The light beams are then
reflected by the reflective film to create a large area
of illumination as the light beams propagate through
the lamp tube.
The inventor Chen-Tang Chen of Taiwan was granted a
US Patent No 7478936 on Feb 20, 2009. The assignee to
patent are Eiso Enterprise Co ltd
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