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MARCH 26, 2023

The Pilot Plant has undergone validation testing and begun Phase One operation, the results from which demonstrate highly selective, high-yield direct lithium extraction from brine and high water efficiency. Brine is flowed through the MRT system containing SuperLig 285 resin beads (manufactured by IBC) packed into a column.

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

The Energy Department (DOE) recently announced $10 million, subject to appropriations, to support the launch of the HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium ( HydroGEN ). Earlier post.) Establishing robust online data portals that capture and share the results of non-proprietary research.

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MAY 9, 2017

million for 13 projects designed to stimulate the use of high performance supercomputing in US manufacturing. will partner with LLNL to develop a multiphase CFD model for turbulent bubbly flow in airlift bioreactors in a project titled “Innovative Bioreactor Designs for Process Intensification in Biological Natural Gas Conversion.”.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

SHARKS teams will develop new economically competitive Hydrokinetic Turbines (HKT) designs for tidal and riverine currents. SHARKS teams will address this barrier by designing new, efficient HKT systems that utilize America’s tidal, riverine, and ocean resources to develop economically attractive energy generation opportunities.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Cool Planet has devised a biomass-to-liquids thermochemical conversion process that simultaneously produces liquid fuels and sequesterable biochar useful as a soil amendment. The output from each catalytic array when cooled is comprised of volatile gases, renewable fuel and water. Earlier post.). Depending on the temperature (300 ?C

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JULY 8, 2021

EERE-supported efforts under this announcement include 19 projects on the following topics: Electrolysis, a process to produce hydrogen using electricity and water, with improved manufacturing methods and streamlined assembly to reduce cost. Clean hydrogen production, including biological and electrochemical approaches.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected six projects—entitled, “Project Definition for Pilot- and Demonstration-Scale Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biopower”—-for up to $12.9 Award recipients will design and plan their facilities in Phase 1. Water Environment & Reuse Foundation. LanzaTech, Inc.

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MAY 13, 2021

Expanding the use of salt caverns for hydrogen energy storage in other regions offers a significant opportunity to create an infrastructure for clean energy resources throughout the US to benefit industries such as power, transportation and manufacturing that are targeting net zero carbon emissions. Texas Brine gas storage cavern wellhead.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Critical materials are used in many products important to the US economy and energy technologies, such as rare-earth elements used to manufacture high-strength magnets for offshore wind-turbine generators and lithium and cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Partners: American Lithium Corporation, DuPont Water Solutions.

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APRIL 1, 2021

Advancements that reduce energy and water consumption rates. As part of NextGen Geo, DOE also announced ten semifinalists for the American-Made Geothermal Manufacturing Prize , a competition designed to spur innovation and address manufacturing challenges fundamental to operating in harsh geothermal environments.

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MARCH 17, 2018

Researchers at Georgia Tech, with colleagues in China and Saudi Arabia, have developed a rationally designed, multi-phase catalyst that significantly enhances the kinetics of oxygen reduction of the state-of-the-art solid oxide fuel cell cathode. The ions meet to make water, which exits the fuel cell. —Chen et al.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

It will valorize the economic production of algae-based biofuels and de-risk the mass manufacturing of algae-based polyurethanes, and associated consumer products. This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. Viridos, Inc., “Pre-pilot

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MARCH 30, 2022

Theion grows a pure sulfur wafer by a Direct Crystal Imprinting (DCi) method (no slurry coating, no solvents, no water, no drying) directly from molten sulfur in a few seconds. Theion removes nearly all volumetric fluctuation of sulfur at wafer level by a special conversion process; the cathode is able to work at low porosity.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Methanol fuel cell developer and manufacturer Blue World Technologies ( earlier post ) is starting limited production—the first step in commercializing its methanol fuel cell technology. The simple system design enables a high total system power density although the stack power density is lower than generic stack designs.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

A new ceramic hollow fiber substrate for catalytic converters designed by Dr. Benjamin Kingsbury and colleagues at Imperial College London could cut the size and precious metal loading of the devices in automobiles while reducing fuel consumption and and manufacturing costs. Kingsbury has founded MicroTech Ceramics Ltd.

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

The modular design of ITM Power’s electrolyzer systems enables scale-up. This approach maintains standardization for manufacture while minimizing development and design time when scaling up, the company said. The use of integrated modules enables a wide customer offering based on the company’s existing core PEM stack technology.

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JULY 5, 2022

The project, located at Suncor’s Burrard Terminal site, will produce hydrogen while storing the carbon byproduct as solid synthetic graphite that can be sold on the open market for manufacturing or industrial use. The first phase of the project is now underway including front-end engineering, design studies and permitting applications.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Blue World Technologies has acquired 15% of Danish Power Systems , a developer and manufacturer of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for high-temperature PEM fuel cells. The combination can be done without the implementation of expensive and cumbersome clean-up technologies which enables a simple and cost-effective system design.

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MAY 18, 2021

The Green Hydrogen Coalition, in conjunction with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and other key partners, launched HyDeal LA , an initiative to achieve at-scale green hydrogen procurement at $1.50/kilogram kilogram in the Los Angeles Basin by 2030. —Martin Adams, General Manager and Chief Engineer at LADWP.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

H2NEW includes National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory as co-leads, and focuses on R&D to enable affordable, durable and efficient large-scale electrolyzers, which produce hydrogen from electricity and water (at both high and low temperatures). This would be coordinated with the H2NEW consortium.

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MARCH 1, 2023

The Tonopah Flats lithium-rich sedimentary claystone readily disaggregates when suspended in water. million proposal to the US Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO). million proposal to the US Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO). Metallurgical testing and mineral processing.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

On the 23-inch wheels, the designers combine hexagonal elements with aeroblades to minimize turbulence at the wheels. With the concept car, the designers transferred the company philosophy on sustainable materials to the interiors, which are pioneering while not conceding on look, feel, quality and durability. 100 percent merino wool.

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MARCH 26, 2021

While the FPE concept is not new, Libertine’s control and manufacturing know-how has unlocked its potential as a vehicle range-extender. This technology enables improved cold start performance using wet or ‘hydrous’ bioethanol fuel, a blend of 90% bioethanol and 10% water (E90W10).

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APRIL 11, 2019

The project is referred to as “CirclEnergy” as CRI’s technology is designed to support and enable the transition to circular economy. Hydrogen generation: Hydrogen can be generated by water electrolysis using MW-scale electrolyzer technology, utilizing renewable electricity to produce pressurized high purity H 2 and O 2 gases.

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JULY 10, 2019

Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Selected Labs and Partners. Ames Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

The system will significantly increase methane conversion efficiency and comply with future stringent nitrous oxide regulations. The project team’s technology will consist of a novel methane oxidation catalyst (MOC) formulation capable of high conversion efficiencies at the lower exhaust temperatures in ultra-lean burn engines.

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MARCH 21, 2016

Controls engineering firm Pi Innovo and gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor manufacturer GaN Systems are collaborating to offer automakers a pathway to the efficient and effective electrification of auxiliary systems for multi-voltage conventional, hybrid-electric, and pure electric vehicles. With the heat sink applied. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Chart Industries is a leading global engineering design and manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the clean energy and industrial gas markets. Unlike other hydrogen production technologies, its Steam/CO 2 Reformation does not require fresh water as a feedstock.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

For some years now, Audi has been conducting research into climate-friendly, CO 2 -based fuels such as e-gas, e-gasoline or synthetically manufactured e-diesel fuel. The green power generated on site in the hydroelectric power station produces hydrogen and oxygen from water by means of electrolysis. Earlier post.)

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MAY 5, 2022

Bosch is branching out into the development of components for electrolyzers, which use electrolysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. In each of these cells, electricity is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. As such, the manufacturing operation will generate economies of scale, Bosch says.

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JUNE 29, 2016

One trend in automotive manufacturing is toward fully automatic sealing of welds; robots are increasingly performing this task in automobile production. This reduces conversion costs and shortens the brownfield project duration to three weeks. Dürr has now sold its 2,000 th sealing robot. Schumacher.

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Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. But it will take decades to shift most freight from trucks to trains, design walkable communities, shorten our commutes, and build better mass transit and high-speed rail networks. And it will cost much less than you think.

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However, purely electric driving is not possible with such systems, which Continental already manufactures for a number of automotive manufacturers. The key component here is a new, water-cooled electric motor, the peak output of which was doubled to 30 kW in comparison with that used previously.

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JUNE 9, 2017

The demo plant incorporates the entire process chain, and comprises four separate units: a solar power plant; equipment for separating carbon dioxide and water from the air; a section that uses electrolysis to produce hydrogen; and synthesis equipment for producing a crude-oil substitute from carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

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In Europe, cars come back to the manufacturer, which is allowed to landfill only 5% of a vehicle, That means they must recycle 95%, and it’s just overwhelming to them. The lab flashed the powder in two steps, first under low current and then high current in a heater Wyss custom designed for the experiment. —James Tour.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The top awardee in this segment is Pinnacle Engines ( earlier post ), which is receiving $8 million for the design and demonstration of an electrification-enabled full-featured opposed piston 4-stroke engine for hybrid and range extender applications. Of the 40 projects, 15 are transportation-related, with total funding of $41.5

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Manufacturers continue to optimize diesel emission controls, such as DOC, DPF and SCR, in order to promote uniform catalyst coating, improve NO x conversion efficiency, reduce back pressure on the engine, and reduce thermal mass.

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