Redefining Energy & Sustainability: Mark Holtzapple On Water Desalination And Renewable Innovation
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Can we transform how society consumes energy? What role does water desalination play in resource management? Join us as Mark Holtzapple, a chemical engineering professor at Texas A&M University, shares his innovative approach to scientific sustainability…
Mark has been teaching, researching, and serving at Texas A&M for nearly 29 years. His interests include biomass fuels and chemicals, food and feed processing, water desalination, high-efficiency air conditioning, high-efficiency engines, and more.
Dedicated to the development of sustainable and renewable technologies, Mark is on a mission to redefine how vital resources are produced and consumed. How is his latest research contributing to this vision? Click play to see for yourself!
In this episode, we dive into:
- The web of interconnected molecules that make up water.
- How covalent bonds are formed and broken.
- The science behind water vaporization.
You can find out more on Dr. Holtzapple and his fascinating work here.
Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/30PvU9
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| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | A returning guest Mark Holtzeple, is a professor of Chemical Engineering. Finding Genius Podcast, Podcast. A. |
| 0:43.0 | A. |
| 0:45.0 | I've been a Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University. |
| 0:46.0 | I've had him on probably maybe four times already. |
| 0:49.0 | He's working on a whole bunch of really fantastic projects that I think will transform how energy is used by |
| 0:54.1 | society how water is desalinated etc. I had recently come across an article talking |
| 0:59.4 | about how light could possibly vaporize water without the need for a significant heat. |
| 1:03.7 | So we're going to be discussing that today and it's possible implications. |
| 1:07.0 | So welcome back, Mark. |
| 1:08.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:09.0 | I enjoy these podcasts very much, so thanks for inviting me. |
| 1:11.0 | Yeah, no problem. |
| 1:12.0 | Well, if you was, let's just recap what the article mentioned and where it came from. |
| 1:15.4 | If you would, you know, just do that and then we'll get into questions about it. |
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