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JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. Viridos, Inc., “Pre-pilot MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Ethylene—a valuable commodity two-carbon chemical that can be oligomerized into transportation fuels—is the most widely produced petrochemical feedstock globally. Conversely, the process recycles carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, since the organism utilizes the gas as part of its metabolic cycle. —Ungerer et al.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The selected OPEN 2018 projects are in 21 states and fall into 9 technical categories, including transportation, electricity generation and delivery, and energy efficiency. . Transportation. Of the 40 projects, 15 are transportation-related, with total funding of $41.5 Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Ionic Materials, Inc.

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AUGUST 2, 2009

Water (liquid or vapor) is formed at the cathode catalyst. Liquid water hydrates the membrane and increases its protonic conductivity, but may also flood the catalyst layer pores, preventing oxygen from reaching the catalyst layers. Cross-section of a unit cell. Promislow and Wetton, 2009. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

The complete Blue World system includes the fuel cell stack, the methanol reformer, heat-exchanger, power conversion units and a set of power and operation controllers, and balance of plant. Methanol reforming converts a mix of methanol and water into a hydrogen-rich gas. The MEA is one of the core components in a fuel cell stack.

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APRIL 10, 2015

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an artificial photosynthetic scheme for the direct solar-powered production of value-added chemicals from CO 2 and water using a two-step process involving a biocompatible light-capturing nanowire array with a direct interface with microbial systems. —Liu et al.

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JULY 2, 2017

The 2017 FOA solicited early-stage materials research to advance the department’s goals of enabling economic and efficient transportation via fuel cell electric vehicles that use hydrogen fuel produced from diverse domestic resources.

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MARCH 26, 2021

It addresses the need to convert biocrude, a mixture of carbon-based polymers, into biofuels. Biowaste to biofuel conversion process. This biocrude then undergoes a hydrotreating process to produce bio-derived fuels for transportation. Illustration by Michael Perkins | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory).

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JULY 27, 2015

Current topics of interest include: Biomass Conversion, Biofuels & Bioenergy. Advanced Batteries for Transportation and Renewable Energy Storage. Radically new battery systems or breakthroughs based on existing systems can move the US more rapidly toward a more sustainable transportation future.

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MARCH 23, 2012

Grzegorz Milczarek from Poznan University of Technology (Poland), and Olle Inganäs from Linköping University (Sweden), have combined lignin derivatives, which are electronic insulators, with polypyrole, a conductive polymer, into an interpenetrating composite suitable for use as a battery cathode. —Milczarek and Inganäs.

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MARCH 30, 2014

Past themes have included topics as diverse as the role of big data and the energy-water nexus. These novel materials will unite the well-controlled physical properties of polymers with the promising functional properties of metal-facilitated self-assembly. MITEI received a total of 49 proposals from across the Institute.

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JULY 8, 2015

Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Currently the company has a 4,000 metric ton/year production capacity.

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JUNE 9, 2017

The demo plant incorporates the entire process chain, and comprises four separate units: a solar power plant; equipment for separating carbon dioxide and water from the air; a section that uses electrolysis to produce hydrogen; and synthesis equipment for producing a crude-oil substitute from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Phase 5: Refining.

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DECEMBER 3, 2016

Current biorefineries undervalue lignin’s potential, largely because selective conversion of lignin has proven to be challenging. Scaling this process and putting it into production alongside current biorefinery production facilities would significantly improve biomass conversion and improve the economics of biofuels and chemicals production.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

LanzaTech and Petronas will work together to extend this technology to include CO 2 -containing gases from a variety of sources—including refinery off-gases and natural gas wells—to produce acetic acid, a high-value chemical with applications in the polymers and plastics markets. LanzaTech conceptual gas-to-liquids platform.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

CTV is developing proprietary technology and catalysts for the conversion of lignin into hydrocarbon components for transportation fuels. The upgrading of our byproduct lignin to high value transportation fuels is an important step in our effort to prove the effectiveness of integrated biorefineries. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 6, 2014

DOE is inviting applications for novel cathode Platinum Group Metal (PGM)-free catalysts for the oxygen reaction and PGM-free cathode membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for low-temperature and high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFCs). FCTO targets.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. The gasoline-range alcohols can be high-octane gasoline additives.

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MAY 3, 2012

The DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), at its Colorado pilot-scale biochemical conversion facility, converted the biomass from Ceres’ hybrids into cellulosic sugars, which Amyris subsequently fermented into renewable farnesene. Life-cycle analysis of Amyris Diesel production from sweet.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

A new study from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrates the conversion of lignin-derived compounds to adipic acid, an important industrial dicarboxylic acid produced for its use as a precursor to nylon, plasticizers, lubricants, polyesters, and other popular products and chemicals.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Conversely, there are several factors that either limit or have been perceived to limit AMFCs. Center for Transportation and the Environment. Develop a novel photocatalyst particle-based slurry reactor with the potential for low-cost renewable hydrogen production via solar water splitting. University of California, Irvine.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Gevo has a low capital cost retrofit strategy for ethanol plants to produce isobutanol for direct use; for use in the production of plastics, materials, rubber and other polymers; and for use in the production of hydrocarbon fuels. Isobutanol for the production of plastics, fibers, rubber and other polymers. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

In another embodiment, a fuel cell could be located at a natural gas wellpad or digester, with the fuel cell providing power (electrical output) and also converting excess natural gas to a more easily transported, and higher value liquid chemical. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 3, 2015

Subtopics include Microbial Biomass Conversion. Subtopic 1a: Microbial biomass conversion. One renewable, low carbon pathway that has not been included in recent funding opportunities is biological biomass conversion. FCTO is encouraging teaming between universities, National Laboratories, and industry. Catalysts and Supports.

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MAY 15, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $35 million to 15 research projects through ARPA-E’s “Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for the Bioeconomy” (ECOSynBio) program to decarbonize biorefining processes used across the energy, transportation, and agriculture sectors. The awardees are: LanzaTech, Inc. University of Delaware.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Polyitaconic acid is a water-soluble polymer with a 2 million metric ton per year market potential as a replacement for petrochemical dispersants, detergents, and super-absorbents. The self-contained process uses minimal water and no acids or chemical additives. DOE Awards. Exelus, Inc. BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS.

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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.) approximately 1400 °C).

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MARCH 1, 2015

Liming Dai have demonstrated that rationally designed, metal-free, nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes and their graphene composites exhibit significantly better long-term operational stabilities and comparable gravimetric power densities with respect to the best non-precious metal catalyst (NPMC) in acidic polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells.

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APRIL 30, 2010

The target liquid fuel is isooctane, which fits well into the existing transportation fuel system in the United States. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Water will be the primary byproduct. This project seeks to develop an “electrofuels chassis” by using engineered E.

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JUNE 24, 2023

The photoreactors have a low level of complexity, are readily manufacturable via mass fabrication techniques in polymers, and are easy to adapt to diverse photocatalysts. The optimization is based on a 3D optical model that employs Monte Carlo ray tracing coupled to a plug flow reactor model that maps the chemical conversion.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. Stanford University. Additive Manufacturing of Amorphous Metal Soft Magnetic Composites - $1,900,000.

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MARCH 9, 2014

This material, a p-type (100) gallium phosphide (GaP) semiconductor functionalized with molecular hydrogen-producing cobaloxime catalysts via polymer grafting, has the potential to address one of the major challenges in the use of artificial photosynthesis to make renewable solar fuels. Earlier post.) Under simulated air mass 1.5

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JUNE 4, 2013

Overall, this study suggests that marine cellulases offer significant potential for utilization in high-solids industrial biomass conversion processes. To create liquid fuel from woody biomass such as wood and straw, the polysaccharides (sugar polymers) that make up the bulk of these materials have to be broken down into simple sugars.

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MARCH 10, 2018

Water flow through the membranes was 1000 times higher than predicted by Hagen-Poiseuille flow, in agreement with previous CNT membrane studies. A) SEM image of the CNT membrane surface, showing CNT tips emerging from the polymer. The CNTs used in the membranes were arc discharge nanotubes with inner diameters of 0.67 Click to enlarge.

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MAY 15, 2015

ARPA-E’s ARID program will fund transformative new power plant cooling technologies that enable high thermal-to-electric energy conversion efficiency with zero net water dissipation to the atmosphere. Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID): $30 Million. ARID AWARDS. Lead organization. Description. Advanced Cooling Technologies.

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DECEMBER 17, 2016

The 16 REFUEL projects seek to develop scalable technologies for converting water and molecules from the air into energy-dense, carbon-neutral liquid fuels (CNLFs) using electrical energy from renewable sources. High-Efficiency Ammonia Production from Water and Nitrogen (Category 1). hydrogen or electricity). REFUEL Projects.

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JULY 14, 2015

The algae uses CO 2 from air or industrial emitters with sunlight and saltwater to create fuel while reducing the carbon footprint, costs and water usage, with no reliance on food crops as feedstocks. The process is a highly efficient conversion of acetyl-CoA to ethanol, as this is actually linked to growth of the organism.

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