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Scientists from ExxonMobil, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Imperial College of London have published in the journal Science joint research on potential breakthroughs in a new membrane technology that could reduce emissions and energy intensity associated with refining crude oil. Imperial College London. —M.G.
A team from Georgia Tech, with colleagues at the university of Kansas, has designed a high-performance solid-oxide fuel cell that operates directly on nearly dry (only ~3.5 —Meilin Liu, who led the study and is a Regents’ Professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Material Science and Engineering. —Ben deGlee, co-author.
million to 16 water infrastructure projects. Modern technology has the potential to reduce energy use in aging water infrastructure, particularly in wastewater treatment, which demands up to 2% of domestic electricity use each year. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $27.5
Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed an inexpensive and simple prototype of a triboelectric nanogenerator that could be used to produce energy from ocean waves by making use of contact electrification between a patterned plastic nanoarray and water. The tank is filled with deionized water.
Hydrogen production from cellodextrin and water by a synthetic enzymatic pathway. Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Georgia have produced hydrogen gas in a spontaneous, “one-pot” process using an enzyme cocktail, cellulosic materials from non-food sources, and water.
and Renmatix, a manufacturer of biobased sugar intermediates for global chemical and fuel markets, have entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) to explore the feasibility of converting post-consumer waste into affordable, sufficient-quality sugars for manufacturing biobased materials using Renmatix’ supercritical hydrolysis technology.
Department of Energy (DOE) released a report suggesting that, in theory, over 300 former and present coal power plants could be converted to nuclear. Most nuclear plants around the world today are large light-water reactors, with capacities well over a gigawatt—quite a bit more than typical coal plants. On 13 September, the U.S.
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. areas to convert otherwise wasted gas into usable chemicals that. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. Ceramatec, Inc.
Dow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and Membrane Technology & Research, Inc. The result is a CO 2 capture process which converts industrially derived CO 2 into more sustainable fuels and chemicals.
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Using barium oxide nanoparticles, a team of researchers led by Georgia Tech has modified the surface of conventional anodes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) to enable operation at lower temperatures (750 °C) with carbon-containing gases—e.g., Yang et al. Click to enlarge. gasified coal—by eliminating the coking problem.
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wood, agricultural-residues or straw) into industrial sugars using supercritical water (water at high temperature and pressure). The water-based Plantrose Process consists of two core steps: Fractionation of biomass and separation of the remaining solids which contain cellulose and lignin. Source: Renmatix. Click to enlarge.
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Georgia Tech Research Corporation. Georgia Tech will develop a new approach to internally cool permanent magnet motors. However, they currently operate using ethanol fuel, converted into hydrogen and carbon monoxide prior to entering the fuel cell in a process called reforming. Vanderbilt University.
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Water (1 project). 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. Affordable Energy from Water and Sunlight. Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects). Renewable Power (4 projects).
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streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. plants, and it is a liquid that can be extracted readily, separated, and converted into biodiesel fuel. converted into a fuel mixture that is comparable to diesel or. These converters can also.
Comstock proposes to build a pre-pilot scale system to demonstrate a novel new pathway to convert its biointermediates from forestry residues and other forms of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, gasoline, and marine fuel at dramatically improved yield, efficiency, and cost. Comstock Inc.,
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Georgia Institute of Technology. Integrated biochemical and electrochemical technologies (IBET) to convert organic waste to biopower via North American research and educational partnerships. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion. Research Triangle Institute. University of Michigan. University of Wisconsin at Madison.
The winning project proposals (by award amount) are: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Georgia: $10,800,000. MARTA anticipates that the power produced by these photovoltaic panels will be sold to Georgia Power under their Distributed Generation Contract Program. The largest PV installation in Georgia. Of that, $26.5
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The program will encourage systems that couple large-scale physical and genetic characterization with advanced algorithms in order to accelerate the year-over-year yield gains of traditional plant breeding and the discovery of crop traits that improve water productivity, nutrient use and our ability to mitigate greenhouse gases. Description.
In other words, CO 2 introduced at the air electrode is converted to carbonate ions and transferred through the electrolyte layer to the fuel electrode, where it is converted back to CO 2. Water vapor, residual oxygen, nitrogen and the CO 2 from the input fuel pass through the cathode to the system exhaust. Click to enlarge.
The stator converts its thrust force and torque into longitudinal and meridian motions of the torus wheel, respectively, making the torus work as an omnidirectional wheel on a plane. Engineers at Georgia Tech are the first to study the mechanics of springtails, which leap in the water to avoid predators. Paper ] Thanks, Ayato!
Enabling turbine operation at significantly higher inlet temperatures substantially increases power generation efficiency and reduces emissions and water consumption. The waste heat from the device can be harvested for residential heating.
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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 overall process reduces the carbon footprint relative to gasoline by 60–80% according to peer-reviewed published work from Georgia Tech.
This project will develop a Protected Lithium Electrode , a solid electrolyte and a scaled up manufacturing process for high energy density lithium-air, lithium-water and lithium-sulfur batteries. The PolyPlus lithium-water battery has achieved the highest energy density ever recorded at 1,300 Wh/kg. System for Industrial Water Reuse.
and especially California,” he says, “has come at the cost of exacerbating the air, water and soil pollution of Asian societies.” Another way of expressing this relationship is that improving air quality of the U.S. He believes that, at some point, US foreign policy will likely held accountable for US EV industrial policy.
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