A geothermal electricity plant can tap into that hot water and bring it to the surface, where it is used to heat a fluid, such as isobutane, which boils at a lower temperature than water. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Another potential alternative is hydrocarbon-based refrigerants, such as isobutane, which has been used in household refrigerators throughout Europe and in parts of Asia for a number of years. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Hydrocracking produces relatively large amounts of isobutane for alkylation feedstock. From Wordnik.com. [Cracking] Reference
Olah found that for instance protonated isobutane decomposes to the t-butyl cation and molecular hydrogen. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry] Reference
In much of Range's territory the gas comes out with "liquids" like ethane, propane and isobutane, which can be separated and sold at a premium. From Wordnik.com. [Range Resources Is King Of The Marcellus Shale] Reference
He'd doused his cowlick with spray — Rhyme could smell propane, isobutane, and vinyl acetate — but the charming spike still stuck up like Dagwood's. From Wordnik.com. [The Coffin Dancer]
From the classical point of view, this is quite an unreasonable reaction; isobutane is oxidized by the proton to give the t-butyl cation and molecular hydrogen. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry] Reference
Then I apply Unilever Lynx Africa deodorant bodyspray, containing butane, isobutane, and polyaminopropyl Biguanide Stearate, holding the can 15cm from the body, and spraying in a ventilated place. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
And if NGLs do drop the price, that makes isobutane cheaper. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Butane, isobutane, and propane all have about the same BTUs. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The isobutane is said to be liquid down to 11F and propane to - 34F. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The PCS boils up to 50 cups (12 liters) of water from only one isobutane / propane micro-canister. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference
The isobutane steam is used to turn an electric turbine, and is then condensed and collected for reuse. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
A fuel blend of propane and isobutane allows the torch to burn in colder temperatures than any other torch in Olympic history. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
Primus' 7-ounce ExpressSpider stove features the ease and convenience of isobutane, with no priming, and immediate and precise flame adjustment. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
Pathologist Dr Lyness said the cause of death was inhaling a mixture of propane, butane and isobutane - used to propel the substances from their container. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
The produced fluid heats, through a heat exchanger, a secondary working fluid (isobutane, isopentane or ammonia), which vaporises at a lower temperature than water. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The isobutane is re-heated and re-vaporized, expanded through the turbine, condensed into liquid, and re-pressurized, always remaining within the closed circuit, ensuring no emissions. From Wordnik.com. [PR.com Press Releases] Reference
The iso gives you a colder operating temp than regular butane, and they have more propane than other brands to pull you through when / if you dip below the boil point of the isobutane. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The company claims to be testing thousands of machines around the world that rely on other green refrigerants like isobutane and propane that also have a lower climate impact than HFCs. From Wordnik.com. [FoodAndDrinkEurope RSS] Reference
The torch of the 2010 Winter Games has been carried all over Greece and Canada since October 30, 2009 and gets to be the coolest one ever used thanks to a fuel mixture of propane and isobutane. From Wordnik.com. [SlipperyBrick.com] Reference
The hot water is extracted from the geothermal well is used to heat and vaporize a working fluid (isobutane in the case of Saltwells and Stillwater) that is completely contained in a closed loop. From Wordnik.com. [PR.com Press Releases] Reference
The natural gas liquids fractionation facilities business, within which the Mont Belvieu plant operates, separates mixed NGL streams into ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutane and natural gasoline. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Naturally occurring refrigerants, such as hydrocarbons (propane, isobutane and cyclopentane), ammonia and even that climate culprit carbon dioxide, can be used as cooling agents in refrigerators and air conditioners. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
As I think most people know the demands for isobutane out on the West Coast are less than 50% of what they are in the peak, it's a back ended profitability where an April through September our volumes will improve significantly. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Project manager Srdjan Andrejevic explains how, as well as beating the competition on safety and environmental grounds - it is not explosive, as isobutane is, and it presents no threat to the ozone layer, as Freon does - it offered the maximum cooling capacity per kilo of coolant used, which brought down the cost of the unit as it meant the pump could use a lower-volume compressor. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
NGL Gathering & Fractionation Sources of Margin Exchange and Optimization Isomerization Marketing Storage Services Gather, fractionate, transport Obtain highest product price Convert normal butane to Purchase approximately one - and store NGLs and deliver to by directing product isobutane half of exchange volumes in market hubs movement between Conway the Mid-Continent for resale and Mont Belvieu on an index-related basis index related Fee-based Spread-based Spread-based Fee - and Commodity-based 8\% 2\% 11\% 13\% 6\% 8\% 73\% 79\% 2008. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
1.6 kilogrammes (3.5 pounds), including fuel, which is a mix of propane and isobutane. From Wordnik.com. Reference
51 percent less energy than 2003 models, and says it is testing machines that use hydrocarbons isobutane and propane as refrigerants elsewhere in the world. From Wordnik.com. [GreenBiz.com Green Business News] Reference
Their fuel is a 65\% isobutane. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Most have all gone to isobutane / propane blends. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A primary alcohol derived from isobutane. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
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