Continuous catalytic decomposition of methane

Continuous catalytic decomposition of methane and application to space life support syste

Continuous catalytic decomposition of methane

Water is conserved by employing sequence of reactions whereby 75 percent of methane from Sabatier reaction is decomposed to solid carbon and hydrogen; hydrogen is then separated from residual methane and utilized in usual Sabatier reaction to reduce remaining metabolic carbon dioxide

Study of a water-vapor electrolysis unit

Sulfuric acid type water vapor electrolysis module for oxygen generation in advanced life support system

Improving the Planning and Delivery of 21st Century Garden Communities

This Insights paper from Garden Cities Developments CIC (GCD) - is a call to Government to better use the planning system to enable the Garden Communities it needs and wants. It is intended as a direct contribution to the Government’s consideration of planning reforms referred to by the Prime Minster as ‘A New Deal for Planning’30; - it identifies key principles (or tests) that are needed to enable the consent and delivery of Garden Communities and considers how effectively these tests are met within current planning mechanisms; and - recommends how the planning system can be better optimised to provide a smooth, logical and transparent pathway from vision to delivery

Planning, regulation and space standards in England: From 'homes for heroes' to 'Slums of the future'

The regulation of housing quality has a long history in England. As the state itself increasingly became a housing developer in the twentieth century, design standards were subject to self-regulation. Through this, the idea that housing quality includes minimum dwelling sizes - space standards - has entered public consciousness. The 2010-2015 coalition government introduced suggested space standards through planning control, but also extended the range of 'permitted development' - a form of deregulation - where space standards could not be applied. In this paper we explore the history of space standards in England and what these tell us about planning regulation

The Paradoxical Relationship between Marketing and Vulnerability

Marketing both reduces and contributes to consumer vulnerability. In this essay, the authors explore this paradoxical relationship. Complexities and nuances captured in existing definitions are revisited. The authors then share a more expansive perspective; they offer a new typology with hopes of drawing attention to multifaceted and conflicting challenges so as to stimulate fresh thinking. Several points are raised so that policy makers and marketers might be inspired to invoke systemic solutions that increase the security and well-being of consumers who are subject to various vulnerabilities

Marketing and the Tragedy of the Commons: A Synthesis, Commentary, and Analysis for Action

The authors contend that solutions to the most pressing environmental challenges will result from understanding and solving social traps such as the commons dilemma. They propose a synthesis for analysis and action to suggest that marketing\u27s stakeholders can cooperate to contribute solutions and ultimately develop programs that help ameliorate the tragedy of the commons

Post-Election Litigation in Pennsylvania

The Article focuses on the causes and consequences of post-election litigation in Pennsylvania. The Authors conclude that the Pennsylvania Election Code has been strictly construed by Pennsylvania courts out of a reluctance to interfere with, and to promote, the finality of election returns

Hard, soft and thin governance spaces in land-use change: comparing office-to-residential conversions in England, Scotland and the Netherlands

In recent years, converting office buildings to residential use became a high-profile issue in the UK and in the Netherlands. There has, however, been differentiation in the policy response between England and Scotland (planning policy being devolved within the UK), and the Netherlands. We conceptualize this differentiation through the lens of variegated neoliberalism in the forms of hard, soft and thin governance spaces. England, where planning deregulation is more strongly adopted, represents a thin governance space. Scotland, where there has been little policy change, illustrates a hard governance space. The Netherlands represents a soft governance space, where proactive partnerships between government and developers predominate. This paper characterizes these distinct governance spaces and explores their impact on housing delivery and place-making, and the impact of underlying ideologies and planning culture(s) in governing office-to-residential conversions in the three countries. Drawing on national government assessments and statistics, interviews with stakeholders, and case study data from three cities: Leeds, Glasgow and Rotterdam, we conclude that while both hard and soft governance spaces, to different degrees and with different merits, are environments that enable planning, thin governance spaces – being driven more by ideology than notions of good governance – imply weak planning and place-making