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Oak Ridge-GM prototype low-viscosity ionic liquid-additized engine oil delivers 2% fuel economy improvement over 5W-30

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Accordingly, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office, which sponsored this research, has set a goal of 2% fuel economy improvement via lubricant advances by 2015. Ionic liquids are “room temperature molten salts”, composed of cations & anions, instead of neutral molecules. Blau, Sheng Dai, Michael B.

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ORNL and Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics in CRADA for development of fluoride salt-cooled high-temp reactors

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The project will draw on ORNL’s expertise in fuels, materials, instrumentation and controls, design concepts, and modeling and simulation for advanced reactors, as well as the lab’s experience in the design, construction and operation of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment, the only molten salt reactor ever built.

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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The largest by far is Iter , a collaborative international effort to build a massive tokamak in Cadarache, France. In 2015, Mumgaard huddled with a group of his fellow MIT researchers to rethink the approach to fusion power. national labs and universities as well as international research institutes.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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OTT was established in 2015 to advance the economic, energy, and national security interests of the United States by expanding the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s research and development portfolio. MetalTek International, Watertown, Wis. Louisville, Colo. Kairos Power, Oakland, Calif.