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Date palm juice can inhibit corrosion of aluminum alloy used in aerospace applications

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Date palm juice inhibited corrosion of an aluminum alloy called AA7075, used in aerospace and other applications, in a salt solution, according to a new study by Husnu Gerengi at Duzce University in Turkey. His paper is published in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. NaCl Solution. NaCl Solution.

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Optinol estimates its biobutanol process can achieve energy cost parity with ethanol

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Based on preliminary engineering studies to estimate the capital and operating costs for commercial scale production, Optinol Inc. The Optinol team chose to engineer a production solution tailored to the organism rather than trying to tailor the organism to existing production processes. Unitel Technologies, Inc.

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UCL, UI researchers devise method to optimize magnesium chromium oxide cathode materials; disordered materials

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University College London and University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report a new, scalable method for making a material that can reversibly store magnesium ions at high-voltage. The study is published RSC journal Nanoscale. —Professor Jordi Cabana (University of Illinois at Chicago). Linhua Hu, Ian D.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. The researchers estimated that, if applied to the task of generating electricity, all of the engines in the U.S. They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Utrecht, a largely bicycle-propelled city of 350,000 just south of Amsterdam, has become a proving ground for the bidirectional-charging techniques that have the rapt interest of automakers, engineers, city managers, and power utilities the world over. technology-license deal for the first commercial deployment of vehicle-to-grid technology.

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PNAS study finds Vertimass CADO efficient way to convert ethanol to biohydrocarbons; 40 to 96% reduction in GHGs, based on feedstock

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GHG emissions fell by 40% with corn grain, 70% with sugarcane juice and 70-96% with cellulosic biomass such as sugarcane straw and corn stover. Vertimass originally licensed the technology from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in 2014. Earlier post.).

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

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Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. study, one of the most rewarding experiences is to improve upon the Panther robot. During my Ph.D. ElliQ ].