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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Researchers from Japan and Mexico have developed a one-step hydrotreatment process over catalysts containing Ni-Mo and solid acids for the conversion of vegetable oils (Jatropha, palm and canola) to renewable diesel and LPG fuels. A paper on their work appears in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

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Water (liquid or vapor) is formed at the cathode catalyst. Liquid water hydrates the membrane and increases its protonic conductivity, but may also flood the catalyst layer pores, preventing oxygen from reaching the catalyst layers. Promislow and Wetton, 2009. Cross-section of a unit cell. Click to enlarge. Promislow and Wetton.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

CE has been developing DAC technology since 2009 and capturing CO 2 from the atmosphere at a pilot plant in Squamish, B.C. since 2015. The DAC plants are location-independent and can be co-located with an oilfield operation for enhanced oil recovery (EOR).

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APRIL 29, 2009

Cartoon of the proposed combined hydrogen and conventional power plant (top). More H 2 can form via the water–gas shift reaction if CO is present. Researchers at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands are developing ceria-based catalysts as candidates for integrating methane combustion and hydrogen generation in power plants.

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MAY 12, 2009

Plot of phenol conversion, cyclohexanol selectivity, and cyclohexanone selectivity for the aqueous-phase hydrogenation of phenol as a function of reaction time. 2009) Click to enlarge. Lercher (2009) Highly Selective Catalytic Conversion of Phenolic Bio-Oil to Alkanes. Zhao et al. Zhao et al. Zhao et al.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Researchers at Singapore’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed a catalytic process for the conversion of CO 2 to methanol under mild conditions (room temperature). Hydrosilane provides hydrogen, which bonds with carbon dioxide in a reduction reaction. Click to enlarge. Yugen Zhang. Earlier post.).

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JULY 8, 2015

Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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JULY 18, 2010

The Department of Energy has issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-DOA-000380) soliciting applications in the two topic areas: Liquid Carrier Technology for Hydrogen Storage or Delivery; and Biodiesel Fuels from Low-Impact Crops. Liquid Carrier Technology for Hydrogen Storage or Delivery. Data demonstrating cycling (e.g.,

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Steam methane reforming is currently the primary pathway for hydrogen production worldwide. The CHAMP-SORB device operates at temperatures much lower than conventional steam reforming processes, consumes substantially less water and could also operate on other fuels such as methanol or bio-derived feedstock. —Anderson et 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. Liuqun Gu and Yugen Zhang (2009) Unexpected CO 2 Splitting Reactions To Form CO with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Organocatalysts and Aromatic Aldehydes as Oxygen Acceptors. Earlier post.). Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja909038t.

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JULY 15, 2011

fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery), energy conversion coefficients among different energy forms and sources, system boundaries, and so on. Because of the same input and output in all cases, an increase in energy conversion efficiency nearly equals impact reductions in carbon and water footprints on the environment.

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MAY 25, 2014

2009, earlier post. This approach, supported by the promoters of the Open Fuel Standard Act in the US, would oblige the car industry to put a substantial number of vehicles in the market, which can run on natural gas, hydrogen, biodiesel, methanol, as well as flexible fuel or plug-in electric drive vehicles, among others.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

CTV is developing proprietary technology and catalysts for the conversion of lignin into hydrocarbon components for transportation fuels. Chevron has filed applications for two patents on processes to convert lignin to a hydrocarbon feedstock via hydroprocessing; both applications were published on 3 September 2009.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

GTI’s IH 2 technology is an advanced pyrolysis technology which utilizes low pressure hydrogen together with a proprietary catalyst to remove virtually all of the oxygen present in the starting biomass. GTI Biorenewables: Vision, Challenges, Programs, and Status (presentation Chicago Chapter AIChE 15 September 2009). Heating value.

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2009) Click to enlarge. Hydrogen for reverse water gas shift reaction to avoid producing CO 2 during the process is produced by electrolyzing water, driven by solar power. Hertwich and Zhang (2009). Energy conversion efficiency (%). Hertwich and Zhang (2009). Hertwich and Zhang (2009).

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APRIL 10, 2013

The technology, developed by Ceramatec and managed by the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), has been licensed to Western Hydrogen of Calgary for upgrading bitumen or heavy oil from Canada. The program began October 2009, and was completed September 2012. Background.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

ARPA-E’s first FOA, issued in 2009, was a similarly open call for the most transformative energy technology solutions to the most pressing security, economic, and environmental challenges. If the final fuel/fuel precursor is not a hydrocarbon, what is the downstream efficiency of conversion to a hydrocarbon? Open Funding Opportunity.

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JULY 31, 2010

In addition to the methanol, the plant can deliver district-heating water with a thermal duty of 15 MW. Modern interest substituting biomass for coal or natural gas as a gasification or reforming (respectively) feedstock to provide syngas for catalytic conversion to methanol reaches back several decades. Xiuli Yin, Dennis Y.

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JULY 24, 2009

2009) Click to enlarge. They also found that water “ has a remarkable effect ” on the newly discovered chemistry. Finlayson-Pitts (2009)Chlorine activation indoors and outdoors via surface-mediated reactions of nitrogen oxides with hydrogen chloride. Raff et al. Raff et al. Jonathan D. Raff, Bosiljka Njegic, Wayne L.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. The growth in hydrous ethanol, which uses a blend of 94-95% ethanol to 5-6% water, rapidly increased during the 1980s, with consumption peaking in 1989. In February, 2009, the US EPA granted Renergie, Inc.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

Depending on the source of hydrogen, these buses can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60 to 100% versus incumbent diesel engine technology, while offering similar driving performance and route flexibility. Project: Next Generation Water-Cooled Low-Pressure Die for the Production of Automotive Wheels.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2011

per liter), respectively.the results from this preliminary evaluation indicate great potential for producing gasoline from biomass via thermochemical biomass conversion to syngas and the MTG process, and thus warrant a more detailed study. The steam cycle is integrated with the biomass conversion and MTG processes. per gallon ($0.41

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These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. A Zero-emission Process for Direct Reduction of Iron by Hydrogen Plasma in a Rotary Kiln Reactor - $1,200,000.

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DECEMBER 30, 2014

One-pot electrolytic process produces H 2 and solid carbon from water and CO 2. The work is a further development of their work with STEP (solar thermal electrochemical process)—an efficient solar chemical process, based on a synergy of solar thermal and endothermic electrolyses, introduced by Licht and his colleagues in 2009.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Researchers at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville have shown that a combination of photosystem I from a thermophilic bacterium and cytochrome-c 6 can, in combination with a platinum catalyst, generate a stable supply of hydrogen in vitro upon illumination. Tags: Bio-hydrogen Biotech Hydrogen Hydrogen Production.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

ARPA-E’s first funding opportunity, “OPEN 2009,” was issued three years ago and was similarly an open call for transformational energy technology solutions. Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. convert natural gas into methanol and hydrogen.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The 43 winning proposals were submitted by transit agencies from across the country as part of a nationwide competition for the $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. Install photovoltaic capacity to generate “green” hydrogen: Install multiple PV modules at its Central Maintenance Facility in Hayward.

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Researchers at Synthetic Genomics’ laboratory discovered a new process for increasing oil production by identifying a genetic switch that could be fine-tuned to regulate the conversion of carbon to oil in the algae species, Nannochloropsis gaditana. The ability to sustain growth while increasing oil content is an important advance.

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MARCH 30, 2009

Electrochemical measurements made using linear sweep voltammetry showed that the biocathode substantially increased current densities compared to a plain carbon cathode where only small amounts of hydrogen gas could be produced. We were studying making hydrogen in microbial electrolysis cells and we kept getting all this methane.

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Water flow through the membranes was 1000 times higher than predicted by Hagen-Poiseuille flow, in agreement with previous CNT membrane studies. An example of a simplified schematic for converting atmospheric carbon dioxide, water, and solar or wind electricity into ethanol, gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Source: Mattershift.

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Conversely, high coating thicknesses for the electrodes produce a high energy density. mi) on a single tank, with nothing more than a few drops of water leaving the tailpipe. Hydrogen is supplied to the anode, where it is broken down into protons and electrons. lb) of hydrogen per 100 kilometers (62.1 liters (1.0

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MAY 1, 2011

billion coal-gasification project, but called off the project in late 2009 due to high capital requirements, the narrow difference between petroleum and natural gas prices and uncertain US energy policy. Two-step methanol and synthesis in water- and gas-cooled reactors operating along the optimum extraction route. billion, he said.

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MARCH 13, 2009

to split water molecules (H 2 O), freeing up electrons and oxygen (O 2 ) that then react with carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to produce a fuel, shown here as methanol (CH 3 OH). Bubbles soon begin to form as oxygen gas is released from the spilt water molecules. Credit: Flavio Robles, Berkeley Lab Public Affairs.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Direct liquefaction, by contrast, combines coal with hydrogen over a catalyst for the direct conversion to linear and ring-type hydrocarbons. Half the water consumption. Recent Advances in Direct Coal Liquefaction Technology (Headwaters, 2009). There is a hybrid process that combines the two.). Axens DCL process.

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JANUARY 22, 2011

Since its first funding opportunity announcement in April 2009, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy) has received scores of promising ideas for the next generation of energy technologies. However, ARPA-E can only fund a fraction of these promising ideas at the levels required.

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In July, the DOE announced that ARPA-E had received approximately 3,500 submissions for the approximately $150 million available as part of the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000065) released 27 April 2009. Water (1 project). Affordable Energy from Water and Sunlight. Earlier post.) Renewable Power (4 projects).

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Neutral jakem @ Apr 19th 2009 5:21PM Thats only a better solution for people who have a garage at home.

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