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TMRC consortium awarded second phase of DOE contract targeting production of mixed rare earth oxides from PA coal waste

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Texas Mineral Resources Corp. The Texas Mineral Resources consortium objective is to install a self-contained, modular and portable pilot plant at a Jeddo Coal Pennsylvania site, capable of producing 1-3 metric tons of rare earth oxides derived from coal waste material from Pennsylvania anthracite coal.

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Progress toward commercializing the GTI IH2 thermochemical process for drop-in hydrocarbon fuels

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The process uses as its feedstock virtually any kind of nonfood biomass material—including wood, cornstalks and cobs, algae, aquatic plants and municipal solid waste—and produces gasoline, jet fuel or diesel fuel. GTI has licensed the IH 2 technology to CRI Catalyst Company (CRI), in Houston, Texas. Earlier post.).

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Texas Awards Terrabon $2.75M to Support Biofuels Work

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Texas Governor Rick Perry has awarded $2.75 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) to Terrabon for its work in biofuel technology development. Further, the project will demonstrate the commercial viability of the desalination technology that also reduces the capital and operating costs of water purification.

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ACU’s NEXT Lab submits application to NRC to build molten-salt research reactor

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The ORNL MSRE design incorporated a one region reactor with graphite moderator and circulating fuel. The MSRE design used light water for cooling the containment atmosphere, containment vessel, reactor shield, drain tank, primary pump, and containment penetrations. Its completion next summer will mark another milestone.

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NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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The assistant professor and William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has proposed the development of a modular electrochemical system that will provide “a sustainable, negative-carbon, low-waste and point-source manufacturing path preferable to traditional large-scale chemical process plants.”.

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Researchers report high thermoelectric performance for indium-doped tin telluride; waste heat recovery applications

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Researchers at the University of Houston’s physics department and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, MIT and Boston College have found that indium-doped tin telluride (SnTe) shows high thermoelectric performance, with a peak figure of merit (ZT) of ?1.1 atom % In-doped SnTe at about 873 K (600 ° C).

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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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. Harvard University. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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