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Michigan will enable four new mobility services to help address challenges across the state related to sustainable transit, roadway safety, parking and staffing shortages in the service industry. The GEKOT team is working to establish Detroit as the center of engineering excellence in micro-mobility and light electric vehicles.
million to a project to develop a high-efficiency engine system that integrates a compact micro-hybrid configuration of a supercharger with an electric waste heat recovery system and employs high rates of recirculated exhaust gases. Modern engines are becoming smaller and smaller with high levels of dilution for efficiency.
The newly selected projects are in five areas: energy storage; power electronics and electric motors (PEEM); advanced combustion engines; materials technologies, and fuels and lubricant technologies. Advanced combustion engines (Area of Interest 3). The Regents of the University of Michigan. Earlier post.). Technology.
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Cologne Engine Plant in Germany decreased water use per engine by 50% from 2011 to 2012 by switching to the MQL process. MQL also reduces the amount of oil needed to machine an engine or transmission 80% or more, to approximately 100 milliliters (3.4 Craiova Engine Plant (Romania). Cologne Engine Plant (Germany).
If successful, Avogy’s transistors will enable smaller, more reliable, energy-efficient, and cost-effective high-power converters, electrical motor drives, and photovoltaic and wind inverters. High Quality, Low-Cost GaN Single Crystal Substrates for High Power Devices. High Quality, LowCost GaN Substrate Technology.
Mainstream Engineering Corp. Mainstream Engineering Corp. By the end of Phase II, Mainstream plans to demonstrate a production-ready prototype that exceeds DOE targets for fuel economy, operating range, and cost. NO x Sensor for Diesel Engine Emissions Systems. Lead organization. Description. Nextech Materials.
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award more than $5 million to two projects—one led by 3M Company and the other by Eaton Corporation—intended to lower the cost of advanced fuel cell systems by developing and engineeringcost-effective, durable, and highly efficient fuel cell components. 3M Company, up to $3.1
Michigan Technological University. Low-Cost and Scalable Second Use Battery Demonstration in Central California for Equitable Domestic Manufacturing and Job Growth. Development and Scaling Up of the Purification and Regeneration Integrated Materials Engineering (PRIME) Process for Cathodes Direct Recycling and Upcycling.
General Motors and the University of Michigan have formed the GM/U-M Institute of Automotive Research and Education, with a strategic focus on reinventing the automobile and developing the next generation of high-efficiency vehicles powered by diverse energy sources. —Tom Stephens.
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Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Michigan State University have devised a way to reduce the amount of enzymes needed to convert biomass into biofuels by designing and genetically engineering enzyme surfaces so they bind less to the lignin in biomass. This potentially could reduce enzyme costs in biofuels production.
The Army will also test and evaluate fuel-efficient tires resulting from projects at its facilities in Warren, Michigan. Nineteen projects are aimed at reducing the cost and improving the performance of key PEV components. Development of Low-cost, High Strength Automotive Aluminum Sheet (Area of Interest 1). Description.
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Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, lowcost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. LowCost, High Energy and Power Density, Nanotube-Enhanced Ultracapacitors. Earlier post.)
Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. Ultra-Low Volume Change Silicon-Dominant Nanocomposite Anodes for Long Calendar Life and Cycle Life. AOI 02: LowCost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Sila Nanotechnologies. Solid Power Inc.
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million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber. PGM-free Engineered Framework Nano-Structure Catalysts.
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LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation technology enables lowcost production of sustainable alcohols and chemicals from waste gas resources that are completely outside the food value chain. Michigan Technological University will assess the life cycle benefits of the integration process. Earlier post.).
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The LanzaTech facility will recycle industrial waste gases from steel manufacturing to produce a lowcost ethanol intermediate: “Lanzanol.” Ambitech, an Illinois-based engineering company, will be LanzaTech's engineering partner with additional engineering contributions from Aemetis. Earlier post.).
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