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KAUST team devises electrically-driven membrane process for seawater lithium mining

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13000 ppm of sodium, magnesium, calcium, and potassium ions, among others). The presence of monovalent ions, such as sodium and potassium, is not a significant issue in the conventional precipitation method since their salts are highly soluble. ppm) and an abundance of interfering ions (i.e.,

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Univ. of Texas researchers propose lithium- or sodium-water batteries as next generation of high-capacity battery technology; applicable for EVs and grid storage

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John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. The present sodium-sulfur battery operates above 300 °C. A = lithium or sodium (Li or Na), M represents a metal and 1 ≤ n < z. V was developed.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications , in 2000. During his tenure at the company, he oversaw the design and construction of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project, a sodium-cooled nuclear facility in Tennessee. He was IEEE secretary in 2000. He taught at the university until he retired in 2000.

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China’s New Breeder Reactors May Produce More Than Just Watts

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According to Chinese authorities, the ones on Changbiao are civilian power reactors, designed to generate 600 megawatts of electricity each, which amounts to a little more than 1 percent of the total capacity of China’s nuclear power sector. Liquid sodium is used as a coolant because it does not slow down neutrons as much as water does.

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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The project will be designed with an innovative smart grid control system to improve grid reliability and enable the integration of wind and other intermittent renewable energy sources. Design, build, and deploy a utility-scale, low-cost compressed air energy storage system to support the integration of renewable energy sources onto the grid.

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MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

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Other work focuses on sodium as an earth-abundant alternative to lithium, but while it could lower cost, sodium ions also carry just a single charge. Thompson previously served from 2000 to 2014 as co-chair of the MIT Singapore Alliance’s Program in Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano-Systems. Chiang, MIT colleague W.

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