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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Basic scheme of the quantum-coupled converter. Researchers from MIT, with colleagues from IISc in Bangalore, India and HiPi Consulting in Maryland have experimentally demonstrated the conversion of heat to electricity using thermal diodes with efficiency as high as 40% of the Carnot Limit. Shaded boxes indicate electron reservoirs.

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MARCH 30, 2014

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) announced its latest round of seed grants to support early-stage innovative energy projects. Computational tools for catalyst design: The ability to convert methane gas directly to liquid methanol at often-remote recovery sites would significantly alter the storage, transport, and use of the gas.

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MIT Grant 2014 Energy 210

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

New research by MIT scientists suggests that carbon nanotubes could be used to create elastic energy storage systems with energy densities that could be three orders of magnitude higher than those of conventional steel springs, and comparable to Li-ion batteries with potentially more durability and reliability. Hill et al. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

MIT engineers have genetically engineered strains of the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to boost the production of lipids by about 25% compared to previously engineered yeast strains. Lipids, specifically fatty-acid-derived lipids, are important feedstocks for the fuel and oleo-chemical industries. —Qiao et al.

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AUGUST 11, 2014

Thermoelectric materials convert temperature differences into electric voltage; a TEG in a vehicle is designed to convert waste heat to power. An automotive TEG is intended to improve fuel economy by power from waste heat to reduce the electric generator load on the engine. W/cm 2 to 6.0 Click to enlarge.

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MAY 15, 2021

These fermentation processes create carbon as a byproduct, with some processes wasting more than 1/3 of this carbon as CO 2 emissions. Many biofuels, including ethanol, biodiesel and other products derived from organic material (biomass), are almost exclusively produced via fermentation. INvizyne Technologies, Inc.

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JULY 18, 2015

Findings by MIT researchers could help advance the commercialization of supercritical water technology for the desulfurization and upgrading of high-sulfur crude oil into high-value, cleaner fuels such as gasoline without using hydrogen—a major change in refining technology that would reduce costs, energy use, and CO 2 emissions.

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MIT Water Energy CO2 150

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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. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. Engineering E.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Thermoelectric and enabling engine technology : Three projects awarded to improve the efficiency of thermoelectric devices to convert engine waste heat to electricity. This project will improve passenger car fuel efficiency by 5% through the conversion of exhaust gas waste heat to electric power using a thermoelectric generator.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Two separate research collaborations have recently reported advances in the efficiency of thermoelectric materials in converting heat to electricity. A collaboration including researchers from Boston College, MIT, the University of Virginia and Clemson University have achieved a peak ZT (thermoelectric figure of merit) of 0.8

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Methane Converter to Electricity and Fuel. Bio2Electric will develop a small-scale reactor that converts natural. Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. convert natural gas into transportable liquids in one step. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. plants, and it is a liquid that can be extracted readily, separated, and converted into biodiesel fuel. The team will. field trials.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

The PEM system uses heating from electrically conducting gas (a plasma) to convert the feedstock (usually waste) to valuable products. InEnTec’s technology was developed at MIT and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with the support of the US Department of Energy.

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Renewable MIT Carbon India 170

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AUGUST 29, 2021

A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. To that end, they have integrated their analysis into SESAME, a lifecycle and techno-economic assessment tool for a range of energy systems that was developed by MIT researchers.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. Select OPEN 2021 projects include: Synteris. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Colorado State University will develop a novel, low-cost turbo-compression cooling system that utilizes the ultra-low-grade waste (less than 150°C) heat available in many industrial processes, the energy from which is not traditionally recovered. Colorado State University. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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MARCH 23, 2019

Heat exchangers are critical to efficient thermal energy use in a variety of applications, including electricity generation, nuclear reactors, transportation, petrochemical plants, waste heat recovery, and many more. MIT will develop a high performance, compact, and durable ceramic heat exchanger. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The DIGIT touch sensor is based on the GelSight style of sensor, which was first conceptualized at MIT over a decade ago. DIGIT is open source, so you can make one on your own, but that's a hassle. ReSkin operates on a fairly simple concept: it's a flexible sheet of 2mm thick silicone with magnetic particles carelessly mixed in.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 5, 2008

At the very least, CARB could have converted their hybrid requirements into a plug-in hybrid requirement, instead of taking from the small ZEV numbers. FCVs will therefore be wasteful of land and our renewable electricity investments. He graduated from MIT in 1978 (B.S.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Any computation generates waste heat. Quantum simulation of ecosystems is another, says Seth Lloyd , a quantum physicist at MIT. A The Heaven runtime was a fully virtual world, so Simon had converted the sky into a vast screen on which to project what was happening in the real world. It would just get too hot,” Wright says.

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APRIL 16, 2009

» Transportation | March 28, 2009 | by EV World The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles By Noel Adams Every so often I read articles, like the ones recently about a breakthrough from researchers at MIT, which will allow batteries to charge quickly, in this case, in 2 seconds.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

And unlike conventional nuclear fission, fusion comes with no risk of meltdowns or weaponization, and no long-lived nuclear waste. PPPL converted Spitzer’s Model C stellarator into a tokamak in 1969. Fusion offers the prospect of a nearly limitless source of energy with no greenhouse gas emissions.

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