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JANUARY 14, 2022

Researchers at MIT have identified , quantified, and modeled a major reason for the poor performance of electroreduction processes to convert CO 2 to fuel or other useful chemicals. The findings could spur progress on developing a variety of materials and designs for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion systems. Lake, and Kripa K.

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AUGUST 19, 2018

Understanding precisely how they do so is of key interest to the biotechnology sector, as TAGs can be converted to biodiesel. Scientific Reports Volume 8, Article number: 12410 doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30809-8. Algae can store up large amounts of triacylglycerols (TAGs) under adverse conditions such as nitrogen deprivation.

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MARCH 1, 2024

IEEE provides its members with many benefits and resources. For IEEE to remain vital and relevant, we must convert more student members to members and then engage and retain them. We need to convert more of these students to higher-grade members and retain our young professional members longer.

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MARCH 27, 2021

While the group’s experiments focused on the water-splitting process, the results should be applicable to virtually any gas-evolving electrochemical reaction, the team says, including reactions used to electrochemically convert captured carbon dioxide, for example from power plant emissions. Article Ryuichi Iwata, Lenan Zhang, Kyle L.

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APRIL 3, 2013

Percival Zhang, has developed a process to convert xylose—the second-most abundant sugar in plants—into hydrogen with approaching 100% of the theoretical yield. Other processes that convert sugar into biofuels such as ethanol and butanol always have energy efficiencies of less than 100%, resulting in an energy penalty.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

Lignocellulosic biomass, a renewable and abundant resource, holds great promise for sustainable production of valuable chemicals and fuels, currently derived mainly from oil. Biomass can be converted into fuels through several steps. Currently, biomass contributes 10% (5 x 10 -19 kJ) to global energy consumption.

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APRIL 5, 2010

As cellulosic material is the most abundant renewable biomass resource on earth, it can potentially meet our future energy needs if it can be efficiently converted into sugar molecules (such as glucose) with higher energy densities than the parent biomass. Article Yuetao Zhang, Hongbo Du, Xianghong Qian and Eugene Y.-X.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Lignin, the tough material left over from biofuel production, contains compounds that can be converted into products such nylon, plastics and drugs. Products made from converted lignin could subsidize biofuel production, making the cost of biofuels more competitive with petroleum. —Seema Singh. —Seema Singh.

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JUNE 15, 2019

One of the main challenges of second-generation biofuel production is identifying enzymes produced by microorganisms for use in a cocktail of enzymes to catalyze biomass hydrolysis, in which the enzymes act together to break down the carbohydrates in sugarcane trash and bagasse, for example, and convert them into simple sugars for fermentation.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Converting oil shale to gasoline via the Alberta Taciuk Processor (ATP)—an above-ground shale retort—results in fuel-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of ~130-150 g CO 2 equivalent/MJ of gasoline produced, according to a new analysis by Dr. It is especially crucial that this occur before the development of an oil shale industry in the United States.

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APRIL 19, 2022

Thanks to the catalytic converter in their cars, most people have an idea of what catalysis is. A catalytic converter , for example, uses palladium, rhodium, and platinum to convert pollutants like carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, and nitrogen dioxide into water and carbon dioxide. Thus cloud computing was born.

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JUNE 15, 2016

Using particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO), the researchers created a biocatalytic polymer material that converts methane to methanol. Baker (2016) “Printable enzyme-embedded materials for methane to methanol conversion” Nature Communications 7, Article number: 11900 doi: 10.1038/ncomms11900. Blanchette, Jennifer M.

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JULY 23, 2014

The article also reports that yields in the second year of the study were not significantly lower than the third year. The variety also produces an abundance of biomass that can be burned for energy or converted into fuel. The paper found that the miscanthus hybrid had low mortality rates when faced with harsh Iowa winters. Nicholas N.

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MAY 2, 2017

Jian Wei, Qingjie Ge, Ruwei Yao, Zhiyong Wen, Chuanyan Fang, Lisheng Guo, Hengyong Xu & Jian Sun (2017) “Directly converting CO 2 into a gasoline fuel” Nature Communications 8, Article number: 15174 doi: 10.1038/ncomms15174.

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Baua Electric

MAY 29, 2024

Hydrogen is the most abundant substance in the universe, and a crucial element in the creation of our most precious resource: water. By the end of 2024 Hyundai it expects to have another plant convert sewage into hydrogen. Initiatives outlined by carmakers last week are breathing new life into plans to use the gas as fuel.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

The team subsequently converted the lipids to biodiesel. The advantages of using the yeast cells to produce commercial-grade biodiesel are that yeast cells can be grown anywhere, do not compete with land resources and are easier to alter genetically than other sources of biofuel. Biodiesel Biotech'

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NOVEMBER 13, 2010

The photosynthetic organisms will use sunlight to convert CO 2 to sugar, which the Shewanella will then convert to bio-hydrocarbons. Current Opinion in Biotechnology Article in Press doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.10.010. Wackett is also lead investigator in a $2.2-million Earlier post.). The current biofuels landscape is chaotic.

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OCTOBER 3, 2010

The DPF was highly effective at converting gaseous hydrocarbons and PM associated PAH and total nitro-PAH. Voorhees (2010) Article Diesel Particle Filter and Fuel Effects on Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Emissions. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es1008032. However, conversion of 1-nitropyrene by the DPF was less than 50% for all fuels.

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JANUARY 1, 2011

A 1966 article in ACS’ Chemical & Engineering News described a General Motors press conference at which the automaker outlined research work being done on non-gasoline-based automotive power sources, with a heavy emphasis on the electrical. Electrovan—a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell-powered GMC van.

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MAY 22, 2014

The MIT and Stanford team devised an electrochemical system using a copper hexacyanoferrate cathode and a Cu/Cu 2 + anode to convert heat into electricity. converting heat to electricity. By exploring the thermogalvanic effect, [the MIT and Stanford researchers] were able to convert low-grade heat to electricity with decent efficiency.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

Their approach involves converting radioactive material into short-lived nuclides by absorbing surplus neutrons in the core peripheral portion of a small fast reactor faster than they are generated in the core.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

The researchers found that the nano-porous silver electrocatalyst was 3,000 times more active than polycrystalline silver, a catalyst commonly used in converting carbon dioxide to useful chemicals. Additionally, because it is inorganic, silver remains more stable under harsh catalytic environments. Qi Lu, Jonathan Rosen, Yang Zhou, Gregory S.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2015

A recent review article summarizes state of the understanding of ethanol conversion mechanism over zeolites stating that ethanol first dehydrates to ethylene which then undergoes oligomerization to produce various olefins, paraffins, cyclics, and aromatics. The product stream is generally high in C 2 hydrocarbons (e.g., Chaitanya K.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

He also calculated that the system could result in a cost of 2 converted and stored as Ca(HCO 3 ) 2(aq). Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es102671x. Rau used a hollow, cylindrical Plexiglas reactor modified to allow seawater and gas streams to enter, longitudinally flow through, and exit the reactor chamber that had been filled with 2.2-2.5

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MARCH 11, 2023

In 1997, Willett Kempton , a professor at the University of Delaware, and Steve Letendre , a professor at Green Mountain College, in Vermont, began publishing a series of journal articles that imagined the bidirectional EV as a resource for electricity utilities. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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JUNE 5, 2023

Utilizing biodiesel as a fuel option promotes sustainability and reduces dependence on finite fossil fuel resources. Bioethanol is being produced converting carbon-based agricultural feedstock such as sugar cane, bagasse, grain, barley, potatoes. Diesel engines can use biodiesel alone or blended with petroleum fuels. #2

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FEBRUARY 9, 2008

Many things have passed through my mind over the past year and a half while converting this vehicle. If you do your own conversion, tap into all these resources whenever you have an issue. The online support for the 914 is very good, especially the technical articles at Pelican Parts. Converting a 914 to electric is a process.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

As reported in an open-access paper in Nature’s Scientific Reports , Jialiang Tang and Vilas Pol converted bee pollen and cattail pollen grains into carbon microstructures through a facile, one-step, solid-state pyrolysis process in an inert atmosphere. A vast biomass resource with wide selectivity of morphologies is pollen.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The new metabolic pathway comprises three key enzymes: a thioesterase to produce butyric acid; a carboxylic acid reductase (CAR) to convert butyric acid into butyraldehyde;and. Jones (2014) “An engineered pathway for the biosynthesis of renewable propane,” Nature Communications 5, Article number: 4731 doi: 10.1038/ncomms5731.

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JUNE 10, 2019

materials that get converted into entirely new products when they react with lithium), can store more energy than today’s electrode materials because they can accommodate more lithium ions. Magnetite, among other conversion-type electrode materials (i.e.,

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JULY 23, 2018

In the quest to realize artificial photosynthesis to convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into fuel—just as plants do—researchers need to not only identify materials to efficiently perform photoelectrochemical water splitting, but also to understand why a certain material may or may not work. Schwartzberg, Ian D.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

A PEC cell absorbs sunlight and converts that energy into hydrogen and oxygen by splitting water molecules. Nature Energy 2, Article number: 16192 doi: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.192. Using a photoelectrochemical (PEC) device is a promising way to produce hydrogen. Jing Gu, Jeffery A. Aguiar, Suzanne Ferrere, K. Neale & John A. 2016.192.

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JUNE 18, 2013

A conventional two-stage industrial gas shift is capable of converting approximately 96% of CO initially in the syngas, according to the US National Energy Technology Laboratory. In this context, in the present manuscript we report the photocatalytic version of the WGS performed at ambient temperature with sunlight and visible light.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

As described in the paper, the team of Jie Fu, Xiuyang Lu, and Phillip Savage converted five different fatty acids prevalent in nature—stearic, palmitic, lauric, oleic, and linoleic—to alkanes over a commercial 5% Pt/C catalyst in high-temperature water (330 °C). —Fu et al. —Fu et al. and Savage, P. 201000370.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Here, carbon dioxide is converted to formic acid or formate derivatives either electrochemically or by catalytic hydrogenation. Article Albert Boddien, Björn Loges, Felix Gärtner, Christian Torborg, Koichi Fumino, Henrik Junge, Ralf Ludwig and Matthias Beller (2010) Iron-Catalyzed Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid. Boddien et al.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

When vegetable oils are treated at high temperatures and high pressures without a catalyst, vegetable oils can be converted to the mixtures of paraffins, cycloparaffins, and aromatic hydrocarbons but a relatively large amount of fatty acids remains in the products. Vegetable oils can be convert to BHD and LPG over Ni-Mo/SiO 2. -Al

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DECEMBER 30, 2009

The resulting CO can be used to convert water to hydrogen via the water gas shift reaction. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja909038t. The reaction also shows a new economical way to oxidize aromatic aldehydes, and could be applied in pharmaceutical synthesis.

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