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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The University of Kentucky (pilot-scale project) achieved greater than 80% REE concentration at greater than 75% REE recovery using Central Appalachian Basin and Illinois Basin coal preparation plant refuse. The University of North Dakota (bench-scale project) achieved 2% REE concentration at 35% REE recovery using North Dakota lignite coal.

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North Dakota Coal Kentucky West Virginia 276

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JUNE 8, 2022

Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The method is already being tested in Texas, North Dakota, and most recently in New Stanton, Pa.

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Water North Dakota Oil-Sands Engine 303

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have found that the air pollution and greenhouse gas costs of shipping crude by rail are nearly twice as large as those for oil pipelines. 23852 doi: 10.3386/w23852.

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Pollution North Dakota Cost Of Oil 230

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JULY 20, 2011

The US Department of Energy has selected ten projects at nine universities for funding under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. The selected projects include: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tex. Earlier post.).

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Universal Hydrogen Fuel North Dakota 199

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JANUARY 20, 2020

The states that follow Wyoming with the highest levels of VMT per person are Alabama, Mississippi, New Mexico, and North Dakota. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan.

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JULY 22, 2022

Test flights are scheduled for late 2022 in North Dakota in collaboration with the University of North Dakota. To ensure 100% comparable data between the hydrogen and conventional engine, the test flights will be carried out back-to-back under the same meteorological conditions.

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Hydrogen North Dakota Engine Alternative Fuels 259

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

New research led by the University of Michigan shows that in the real world, this practice is far less effective than estimated, releasing five times more methane in the US than previously thought. Multiple flares observed in operation in the Bakken Formation in the Williston Basin in North Dakota, 2021.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2018

University of North Dakota. Initial Engineering, Testing, and Design of a Commercial-Scale, Post-Combustion CO 2 Capture System on an Existing Coal-Fired Generating Unit The University of North Dakota will design and determine the cost of installing a post-combustion CO 2 capture system at the Milton R.

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Carbon North Dakota Nebraska Coal 247

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The design of the large pilot plant will incorporate an advanced combustion design and control features that have been verified through performance testing on the sub-pilot unit at Ohio State University and further testing on the small-scale pilot at Babcock & Wilcox. University of Illinois. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Coal North Dakota Illinois Universal 262

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

On 14 Februar 2013, the agency solicited proposals from public entities, including state and local governments and eligible universities interested in operating the test sites. The six test site operators and the research they will conduct into future UAS use are: University of Alaska. North Dakota Department of Commerce.

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APRIL 22, 2014

With funding from The National Science Foundation (NSF), Magdy Abdelrahman, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at North Dakota State University, is experimenting with “crumb” rubber—ground up tires of different sized particles—and other components to improve the rubberized road materials that a number of states (..)

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Maintenance North Dakota South Carolina Nebraska 247

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AUGUST 7, 2010

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $510,335 to a collaboration between North Dakota State University and Clarkson University researchers professors for a research project to improve conversion and reduce costs of making fuels from cellulosic biomass. was awarded $200,978.

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North Dakota Fuel Conversion Universal 199

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JANUARY 29, 2009

The EERC will tailor its jet fuel technologies for at least two selected North Dakota feedstock oils, and a 2-gallon jet fuel sample will be produced from each feedstock. The North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) awarded $500,000 in cost-share funding. Earlier post.) Diesel Fuel.

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

cellulosic diesel.

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Fuel North Dakota Commercial Energy 210

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND). West Virginia University Research Corporation (Morgantown, WV). Tetra Tech, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA) Project 1. Tetra Tech, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA) Project 2. Texas Mineral Resources Corp (Sierra Blanca, TX). UPSHOTS, LLC (Forsyth, GA). Winner Water Services Inc. Sharon, PA).

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Coal Design West Virginia North Dakota 207

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AUGUST 17, 2017

The following two bench-scale projects were selected under area of interest 1: The University of North Dakota Institute for Energy Studies will use North Dakota sub-bituminous lignite coal and coal-related material as feedstock to test their REE recovery system.

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Coal West Virginia North Dakota Virginia 170

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

The reactor will then be transported to the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) in Grand Forks, North Dakota for integration with upstream and downstream processing equipment, before proceeding into testing next summer. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota, in partnership with Cummins Power Generation, Inc., has begun a project to demonstrate the production of heat and power from high-moisture biomass.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Accelergy Corporation, an advanced coal-to-liquids company, has formed a strategic partnership with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota.

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Coal San Diego North Dakota Fuel 186

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AUGUST 29, 2015

The University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) is working with FuelCell Energy, Inc., Other partners in the project are MIT, the University of Connecticut, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The Research ND award was a first for the EERC.

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Convert North Dakota Gas Fuel 150

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APRIL 10, 2012

The project is a collaborative effort among Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions, and the Environmental and Engineering Research Center at the University of North Dakota.

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Coal Emissions North Dakota Turkey 231

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AUGUST 20, 2010

CoalTek, teaming with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research in Lexington, Ky., Duke University in Durham, N.C., and the University of North Dakota Energy and Environment Research Center in Grand Forks, N.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Va.)-Partnering

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Coal Hydrogen Fuel Power 218

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JANUARY 7, 2010

has entered into a joint development program with the Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks for converting a wide variety of biomass and waste into bio-butanol. Overview of Syntec’s B2A process. Click to enlarge. Syntec Biofuel Inc.

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Waste Convert North Dakota United Kingdom 218

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MARCH 24, 2010

The fuels will be produced at a pilot facility currently under construction at the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University Of North Dakota. The USAF currently uses JP-8 fuel in all of its aircraft and has been looking for a commercially viable 100% synthetic alternative to petroleum-based fuels.

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Coal Fuel North Dakota Production 218

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MARCH 11, 2009

A US Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) team of regional partners has begun injecting CO 2 into a deep lignite coal seam in Burke County, North Dakota, to demonstrate the economic and environmental viability of geologic CO 2 storage in the US Great Plains region.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The Ohio State University. University of Kentucky Research Foundation. The University of North Dakota. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The University of Utah. Wayne State University. Organization. Description. Lead organization. Description.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. University of Cincinnati. University of Maryland - College Park. Princeton University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Utah State University.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The NNCI sites will provide researchers from academia, government, and companies large and small with access to university user facilities with leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools, instrumentation, and expertise within all disciplines of nanoscale science, engineering and technology. million each per year.

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JULY 29, 2009

The Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota has been awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to help produce renewable jet fuel from algae. Earlier post.).

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Renewable North Dakota Fuel Oil 150

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AUGUST 15, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 10 university projects to conduct advanced turbine technology research under the Office of Fossil Energy’s University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. Texas A&M University. Purdue University. University of Texas at Austin. University of South Carolina.

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Universal Gas North Dakota South Carolina 220

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JUNE 30, 2010

The PCOR Partnership brings together more than 80 partners—consisting of public agencies, utilities, oil and gas companies, engineering firms, nonprofit organizations, and universities—in a region that includes all or part of nine US states and four Canadian provinces.

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Oil Carbon North Dakota CO2 199

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Barrett and his colleagues developed such tools, drawing on fundamental work by Daven Henze at the University of Colorado at Boulder, to track how every state in the contiguous US affects pollution and health outcomes in every other state. That wasn’t really possible before. —Steven Barrett.

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JUNE 5, 2016

The water treatment facility will allow project participants to test and validate novel water desalination technologies. DOE: $15,483,535 Non-DOE: $5,624,000 Total Funding: $21,107,535 (26.6% cost share).

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Water North Dakota CO2 Panama 150

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The discovery was made in partnership with West Virginia University (WVU), the University of Kentucky (UK), Tetra Tech, and the XLight Corporation. A second bench-scale facility is being designed for construction by the University of North Dakota to recover REEs from lignitic material.

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Coal Kentucky Pennsylvania West Virginia 150

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

Novel Membrane and Electrodeposition-Based Separation and Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Combustion Residues Duke University will develop and test a solvent extraction and membrane filtration process to recover and concentrate REEs from coal combustion residues originating from a variety of geographic locations within the US.

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Coal North Dakota Kentucky West Virginia 150

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

Columbia University, and ATS Rheosystems/REOLOGICA. Teaming with the University of California at Irvine, Southern Company, and ConocoPhillips, TDA Research will demonstrate the technical and economic viability of a new IGCC power plant designed to efficiently process low-rank coals. TDA Research, Inc.

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Coal Carbon North Dakota EPRI 186

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JULY 22, 2009

Renewable jet propellant-8 (JP-8) fuel developed and produced by the Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota powered a rocket built by Flometrics, Inc., a product engineering company specializing in fluid dynamics and thermodynamics based in San Diego, California.

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