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FEBRUARY 19, 2015

A number of groups have recently or are currently investigating the use of free piston engine power generation applications with a focus on automotive, including work at West Virginia University (WVU), Sandia National Laboratory (SNL), Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), and Shanghai Jiaotong University. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

A dewatering technology developed at Virginia Tech has succeeded in reducing the moisture content of ultrafine coal to less than 20%, transforming it to a salable product. the technology reduced the moisture to a level that the waste coal can now be marketed commercially. as part of a license agreement with Virginia Tech.

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JUNE 1, 2018

The proposed idea is to build a small scale process simulator, with both machinery and software components, which mimics aspects of a smart manufacturing system for educational purposes. Virginia Tech. The goal of this project is to drive out wasted energy in manufacturing facilities through improved information technology.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. These four-year awards support 27 institutions in 18 eligible jurisdictions. David White.

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JUNE 24, 2010

Assuming an average biorefinery size of 40 million gallons per year, USDA estimates it meeting the RFS2 advanced biofuels goals will mean building of 527 biorefineries, at a cost of $168 billion. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Central East.

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MARCH 1, 2016

dissipating energy due to deformation of the pavement structure)—results in wasted fuel because the dissipated energy does not contribute to the vehicle’s forward movement. Deflection-induced PVI—which results from a vehicle overcoming a resisting force (i.e.

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JUNE 21, 2016

In collaboration with the Department of Defense, the newest manufacturing institute will focus on building US leadership in smart collaborative robotics, where advanced robots work alongside humans seamlessly, safely, and intuitively to do the heavy lifting on an assembly line or handle with precision, intricate or dangerous tasks.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. the District of Columbia, Maryland and northern Virginia will develop. recommendations for uniform fire and building codes for alternative. Oklahoma, will recommend building codes to accommodate alternative. Gas Technology. Region Clean Cities.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

In the prepared testimony, Horn says that in the spring of 2014 when the West Virginia University study that brought the emissions issue to the fore was published, he was told that there was a possible emissions non-compliance issue that could be remedied. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The project will allow these 3rd rail heaters to be remotely monitored and turned on and off from a central control location depending on weather conditions, thus minimizing electricity use and eliminating wasted energy. The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy’s Paving the Way with Propane: The AutoGas Corridor Development Program. The project is aimed at building the infrastructure to encourage public and private vehicle operators to convert existing vehicles from conventional gasoline to clean propane. Total DOE award: $9,408,389.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

University of Virginia. The University of Virginia will develop a novel coating for high-temperature alloys that achieves these goals via a mixture of oxides of rare earth metals with different mass, ionic size, and charge. West Virginia University. High Entropy Rare-earth Oxide (HERO) Coatings for Refractory Alloys- $600,000.

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JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

intends to develop a modular, sorbent-based air separation unit (ASU) for oxygen production to support low-cost hydrogen production from gasification of biomass and/or wastes. The team intends to address the requirement of advancing modular air separation to support modular gasification-based hydrogen production.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change. SMRs are easier and less expensive to build, and they’re safer than today’s large nuclear plants, Rahman said. We don’t have enough solar energy and wind energy.”

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AUGUST 25, 2009

West Virginia University Research Corporation , Morgantown, W.V. Arches geologic province (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio) by building a geologic model and completing reservoir simulations necessary for large-scale CO 2 storage. DOE share: $1,046,917; recipient share: $470,646; duration: 36 months).

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MAY 16, 2014

Zhang/Virginia Tech. In a perspective on the IBM paper, also published in Science , Dr. Tim Long from Virginia Tech noted that: Thermoplastics are polymers that become pliable or moldable at elevated temperatures, but return to a solid state when cooled. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The enlarged, cylindrical 4680 cell , which Tesla first teased at its Battery Day last September , brings its own sky-high hopes and challenges: If Tesla can pull off in-house, vertically integrated battery manufacturing, and the cell performs as advertised, the 4680 could fuel Musk's dreams to build millions of EVs a year around the world.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

CIRCUITS projects will establish the building blocks of this class of power converter by advancing higher efficiency designs that exhibit enhanced reliability and superior total cost of ownership. Earlier post.). Description. Cree Fayetteville. Eaton Corporation.

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DECEMBER 17, 2016

team will build a reversible electrochemical cell to produce ammonia from nitrogen and water or consume ammonia to generate electricity. The team will build an anion exchange membrane (AEM) using a thin porous ceramic/metal sheet, allowing the cell to operate between 50 and 180 °C. FuelCell Energy, Inc. RTI International. SAFCell, Inc.

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JUNE 19, 2015

Researchers will design and build cutting-edge phenotyping platforms that can rapidly collect visual imagery, hyperspectral imagery and 3-D shape data of test crops multiple times daily. Compared to conventional electricity generation and transmission, CHP captures the otherwise wasted heat and makes it available for useful application.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. Non-strategic Elements having Secure Supply Chains A Virginia Commonwealth University led team will. residential and commercial buildings, where there are. production units, storage units, and consumers (homes, buildings, microgrids, utility systems). light energy.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Building Efficiency (3 projects). Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Seaweed is a potentially sustainable source of biomass for the production of fuels, expanding and building opportunities for bio-butanol as a fuel and fuel extender. BUILDING EFFICIENCY. Low-cost Electrochromic Film on Plastic for Net-zero Energy Building.

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JUNE 4, 2022

The 20 PARC employees were housed in a small, rented building, “with rented chairs, rented desks, a telephone with four buttons on it, and no receptionist,” recalled David Thornburg, who joined PARC’s General Science Laboratory fresh out of graduate school in 1971. MAXC set a pattern for PARC: building its own hardware.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Virtually all the world’s bigmotor manufacturers are building prototypes using lithium-ion batteries butso far they have reached production only in a few low-volume models. Matt Gentry, Aransas Pass , Tx, United States Instead of wasting time and money on an obvious SPIN Idea the government should put money into R&D.

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APRIL 10, 2010

While many may argue that the economic benefits of comprehensive federal legislation are clear, a network of interlinked state and regional carbon markets building off the existing institutional infrastructure of RGGI, WCI, and MRGGRA could be a better solution. HOW TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL. GREENHOUSE GAS CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM.

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