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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

When emitted into the atmosphere, NH 3 is converted into tiny particles of inorganic compounds, including ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate. On a national or global scale, most NH 3 pollution comes from agricultural sources, such as livestock manure.

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JUNE 11, 2019

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and nitrogen to produce a variety of plastics and fuels, a promising first step toward low-cost carbon sequestration and eco-friendly manufacturing for chemicals. Ding et al. —Prashant Nagpal. 9b02549.

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) Tri-Cities have developed a catalytic process to convert corn stover lignin into hydrocarbons (C 7 –C 18 )—primarily C 12 –C 18 cyclic structure hydrocarbons in the jet fuel range. The work is featured on. the cover of the December issue of the RSC journal Green Chemistry.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The projects are based in 24 states, with approximately 47% of the projects led by universities; 29% by small businesses; 15% by large businesses; 7.5% Methane Converter to Electricity and Fuel. Bio2Electric will develop a small-scale reactor that converts natural. convert natural gas into transportable liquids in one step.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Columbia University. Harvard University.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

One program, Reducing Emissions using Methanotrophic Organisms for Transportation Energy (REMOTE, earlier post ), provides $34 million to 15 projects to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation. Northwestern University. Pennsylvania State University.

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APRIL 5, 2010

Researchers at Colorado State University have shown that under relatively mild conditions (?140 The biomass-derived sugars can be converted into fuels and value-added chemicals by liquid-phase catalytic processing. The process demonstrated by the Colorado State team avoids the use of the additional acid catalysts.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

Biomass feedstocks can be produced by municipal solid waste (MSW) streams and algae and converted into low-carbon fuels that can significantly contribute to the decarbonization of transportation sectors that face barriers to electrification, such as aviation and marine. University of Maryland: College Park. Lehigh University.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

The 10 projects are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia: Association Mapping of Cell Wall Synthesis Regulatory Genes and Cell Wall Quality in Switchgrass. Bartley, University of Oklahoma, Norman. Eric Beers, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg.

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JULY 2, 2014

In 1989, HCI began blending various ratios of hydrogen and natural gas and testing them in an emissions laboratory at Colorado State University. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 4, 2020

The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit. University of New Mexico aims to develop advanced gas sensors (mixed potential electrochemical [MPE]) coupled with advanced computation (artificial neural networks).

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

New research led by the University of Michigan shows that in the real world, this practice is far less effective than estimated, releasing five times more methane in the US than previously thought. Image credit: Alan Gorchov Negron, University of Michigan and Yulia Chen of Stanford University.

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JULY 10, 2015

Algal biomass can be converted to advanced biofuels that offer promising alternatives to petroleum-based diesel and jet fuels. The projects selected include: Producing Algae and Co-Products for Energy (PACE), Colorado School of Mines. Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC), Duke University.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Cells can convert fats to sugars and vice versa, or “burn” sugar for fuel. In the own bio-fuel program, the compounds manipulated the metabolic functions of algae cells causing them to increase the storage of fats—rather than converting them to sugar for fuel—and therefore increasing the secretion (yield) of refinable oil.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A University of Utah engineer has developed an inexpensive new method to remove oil sheen by repeatedly pressurizing and depressurizing ozone gas, creating microscopic bubbles that attack the oil so it can be removed by sand filters. —Professor Andy Hong. The ozone in the bubble attacks certain pollutants because it is a strong oxidant.

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JULY 17, 2017

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year renewal of an agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. Over the past two years, research has focused on a multistep approach for converting cellulosic biomass to transportation fuels.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. NC State University. Engineering E. of Georgia).

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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Marquette University. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Achates Power.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder. Even on the most polluted day during a research mission in 2010, we measured half the VOCs we had seen just eight years earlier. The difference was amazing. —lead author Carsten Warneke, Ph.D.,

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Dlugokencky and his colleagues from the United States and Brazil note that while climate change can trigger a process which converts trapped carbon in permafrost to methane, as well as release methane embedded in Arctic hydrates—a compound formed with water—their observations “ are not consistent with sustained changes there yet.”.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., A novel process known as Syngas Chemical Looping (SCL), in which coal and biomass are converted to electricity and CO 2 is efficiently captured, has been successfully demonstrated on a laboratory scale. DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE Share: $2,251,183). DIRECT SOLAR FUELS.

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JUNE 19, 2012

At last month’s World Renewable Energy Forum 2012 in Denver, Colorado, researchers from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory presented papers on two different approaches to upgrade pyrolysis oils to hydrocarbon fuels or fuel intermediates. Fast pyrolysis can convert about 70% of the mass and energy into the liquid product.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

efficiency in converting sunlight into electricity. The consortium will be led by the University of Toledo, First Solar, Colorado State University, Toledo Solar Inc., CdTe solar cells were first developed in the United States and are the second-most common photovoltaic technology in the world after silicon.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

The plasma reformer, installed into the engine compartment, convert fuel into hydrogen. In 2007, Vorbeck signed a worldwide license agreement with Princeton University for a patented method from the the Aksay Labs for manufacturing graphene at commercial scale.

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OCTOBER 7, 2017

Earlier this month, GM outlined its electric path to zero emissions, and introduced SURUS—the Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure (SURUS)—a fuel-cell-powered, four-wheel steer concept vehicle on a heavy-duty truck frame that’s driven by two electric motors. Earlier post.) Mobile and emergency backup power generation.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The Department of Energy is working with industry, universities, national laboratories, and other groups to develop technologies capable of harnessing these resources to generate environmentally sustainable, cost-competitive power. The DEG will generate electricity without the need for rotors or other moving parts. DOE Funding: $142,000.

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MAY 1, 2018

Jiang, who conducted much of the research during a postdoctoral fellowship at NCAR, is now with the University of Science and Technology of China. Slower-than-expected reductions in emissions by heavy-duty diesel trucks that have newer (and still maturing) catalytic converter technologies. —Zhe Jiang, lead author.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The University of Illinois will conduct research to develop a composite plastic heat exchanger for a low temperature gas streams common in industry. Colorado State University. Iowa State University. Michigan State University. Temple University.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

This work could be used to improve enzyme performance to better break down biomass and convert waste plant matter to renewable fuels and products. The new research, which focuses on the enzyme Cel7A that breaks down cellulose in plants to sugars, is detailed in a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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APRIL 14, 2017

All are from NREL; Crisp also is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines, and Pach and Marshall are affiliated with the University of Colorado, Boulder. The paper is co-authored by Matthew Beard, Yong Yan, Ryan Crisp, Jing Gu, Boris Chernomordik, Gregory Pach, Ashley Marshall, and John Turner. —Matthew Beard.

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JUNE 13, 2015

Stanford University has launched a new research initiative to study comprehensively the development and use of natural gas. Chemical Engineering’s Thomas Jaramillo is experimenting with electrochemically converting natural gas into higher-value products, like methanol.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University’s Bulldog Transit System will receive funding to purchase electric buses, charging stations, and other associated equipment. State of Colorado Department of Transportation. The buses will be deployed in areas such as downtown and the University.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). High-Power Oak Ridge Converter (ORC) for Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) Applications, $750,000. APEX Petroleum Engineering (Englewood, Colorado). Power Converters and Components for Resilient MVDC Microgrids, $299,754. Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia). Beam Suntory, Inc.

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OCTOBER 15, 2023

Gerald Kulcinski, University of Wisconsin A new breed of maverick fusioneers is aiming to solve the neutron problem. Proponents of this method, aneutronic fusion , argue that the devices will ultimately be easier to build and better suited to power systems, since it will be easier to convert the energy of charged particles into electricity.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Walking into Jun Ye ’s lab at the University of Colorado Boulder is a bit like walking into an electronic jungle. This is one of the world’s most precise and accurate clocks, and it’s so accurate that you’d have to wait 40 billion years—or three times the age of the universe—for it to be off by one second.

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