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A team of international researchers led by Professor Cafer T. Qiang Xu of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) have developed a promising method for carbon capture and storage using a single-crystalline guanidinium sulfate-based clathrate salt. Xiang et al. Nguyen, Cafer T. 2023.101383
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The alliance team members include Sandia National Laboratories, Renewable Energy Institute International (REII), Pacific Renewable Fuels, Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne (a United Technologies Division), Quanta Services, Desert Research Institute and Clean Energy Systems. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
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million award from the US Department of Energy for a Phase 3 project to design and to test carbon dioxide compression using technologies developed under previous DOE phases of the improved compression technologies program. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received a $9.9-million —Dr.
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