Hydrogen can be made cheaply from natural gas through a process called "steam reformation, " which separates the carbon from the hydrogen.

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There is no danger to the public, but the release of steam in the process created "a loud noise heard by nearby residents, " the company said.

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"Despite the still tepid external demand, the domestic-driven restocking process is likely to add steam to China's ongoing recovery in the coming months, " said Qu Hongbin, chief China economist at HSBC.

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Legge notes that newer fossil fuel plants use the heat that was once wasted to turn an extra steam turbine, a process known as combined cycle.

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Royal Dutch Shell ( RDS - news - people ), has put his experience with petrochemical plants to work, making sure that steam used in the pretreatment process is recycled in other stages.

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This features Matthew Boulton and James Watt who were most celebrated for bringing the steam engine into the textile manufacturing process.

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Hydrogen is conventionally produced by steam reforming natural gas, a process that wastes some of the energy stored in the gas while releasing large amounts of CO2.

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Its wood chips are first fed into a 400-degree steam cooker, then subjected to a patent-pending mechanical process that KL's chief scientist David Litzen calls axial shear.

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Mr Bailey said this process would continue throughout the day and was likely to generate a significant amount of steam.

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Because it can take months of steam injection to bring the reservoir up to optimal temperatures, producers are loathe to halt the process for fear of damaging their sands and gumming up their gear.

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