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First Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts

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In Georgia Techs design, supercritical carbon dioxide quenches the arc. The use of supercritical CO 2 isnt new , but designing a circuit breaker around it is. They had to go back to the fundamentals of the bushing design to make the whole breaker work, says Enslin. They group is also building a 245-kV version.

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Novel membrane-free Mg-CO2 battery sequesters CO2 and generates electricity

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Researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have designed a membrane-free (MF) Mg-CO 2 battery as an advanced approach to sequester CO 2 emissions by generating electricity and value-added chemicals without any harmful by-products. A paper on the work is published in the journal Nano Energy.

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New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

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By applying this design strategy, we achieved CO 2 electroreduction on copper in 7 M potassium hydroxide electrolyte (pH ? 2020) “CO2 electrolysis to multicarbon products at activities greater than 1 A cm -2.” 15) with an ethylene partial current density of 1.3 amperes per square centimeter at 45% cathodic energy efficiency.

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IAV unveils new battery assembly concept that is easier to recycle, with better CO2 balance

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The core element of IAV’s concept is a new type of module and battery housing design. With consistent lightweight design, the use of steel increases the weight of the battery by only around one to one-and-a-half percent and is therefore negligible in terms of driving performance and range. —Michael Clauß. —Michael Clauß.

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Osaka researchers find formate dehydrogenase reduces CO2 directly to formic acid

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Their work, published in a paper in the RSC’s New Journal of Chemistry , points to a catalyst in developing and designing an artificial photosynthesis system that efficiently converts carbon dioxide into organic molecules.

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Successful completion of Illinois Basin - Decatur CCS project; CO2 from ethanol plant

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ADM and the University of Illinois announced the successful completion of the Illinois Basin - Decatur Project (IBDP), a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project designed to evaluate and test the technology at commercial scale. This is one of two CCS projects located adjacent to ADM’s corn processing plant in Decatur, Illinois.

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IIT researchers develop electrolyzer that converts CO2 to propane

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This design permits continuous propane production, sidestepping the pitfalls of the more conventional batch processing methods. This approach illuminated the crucial elements influencing the catalyst’s reaction activity, selectivity, and stability.

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