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announced that Wuhan Kaidi, which purchased a Westinghouse Plasma gasifier design, and plasma torch systems, from Alter NRG in 2010, has successfully completed the commissioning of the unit at its demonstration facility in Wuhan, China. Alter NRG Corp.
SGCE) for the demonstration and commercialization of the Group’s Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology, primarily for Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) and Waste-to-Liquids (WTL) applications. million of further funding directly to the Group over the balance of 2009 and 2010. Earlier post.). Oxford Catalysts’ US subsidiary, Velocys, Inc.
Two chemists at Brown University have streamlined the conversion of waste vegetable oil (WVO) into biodiesel, eliminating the need for corrosive chemicals to perform the reactions. Current techniques for the conversion of waste vegetable oil to biodiesel take time, are costly and are inefficient.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a new method for the direct conversion of heat to electricity using a multiferroic alloy, Ni 45 Co 5 Mn 40 Sn 10 , which they had discovered earlier (Srivastava 2010). 2011), The Direct Conversion of Heat to Electricity Using Multiferroic Alloys. note in their paper.
This is really a conceptual breakthrough, a new energy conversion process, not just a new material or a slightly different tweak. If this wasted heat energy could somehow be harvested, solar cells could be much more efficient. Melosh (2010) Photon-enhanced thermionic emission for solar concentrator systems. Nick Melosh.
Research on utilizing low-grade heat from sources such as industrial waste streams, geothermal activity, and solar heating has focused on using solid-state thermoelectrics and Stirling engines to harvest low-grade waste heat as electrical energy. In fact, it was previously predicted that a power conversion efficiency of 1.2%
A study by a team at the University Putra Malaysia concluded that the gasification of empty fruit bunch (EFB), a waste of the palm oil industry, could, if scaled up, produce hydrogen at a supply cost of $2.11/kg A paper on the study is in press in the journal Energy Conversion and Management. The feedstock particle size of 0.3–0.5
for the materials and possibly good enough for consideration for waste heat recovery in automotive exhaust systems. The high thermoelectric figure of merit is expected to enable the conversion of 14% of heat waste to electricity. Ren (2010) Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of p-Type Half-Heuslers. Simonson, S.
Israel-based NewCO2Fuels (NCF), a subsidiary of GreenEarth Energy Limited in Australia, reported completion of stage 1 testing of its proof-of-concept system for the conversion of CO 2 into fuels using solar energy. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Solar Solar fuels' Concept of the NCF process. Click to enlarge.
Kreutz used two examples of CCTF systems in his analysis: biodiesel from microalgae and Sandia National Laboratory’s S2P process (an effort to utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels, earlier post ). —Kreutz (2010). —Kreutz (2010). —Kreutz (2010).
Six key elements of a thermoelectric waste heat recovery module for vehicle applications. Solid state energy conversion concepts that involve thermoelectric devices offer the promise of converting waste exhaust heat to electricity. Automotive thermoelectric waste heat recovery. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)
Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a phenomenon—the direct conversion of mechanical energy to chemical energy—which they termed the piezoelectrochemical (PZEC) effect. We have successfully verified a direct conversion of mechanical energy to chemical energy. Credit: ACS, Hong et al.
The development of new second-generation biofeedstock conversion technology is critical to support growing energy needs and speed commercial availability. Honeywell’s UOP has also commercialized the UOP/Eni Ecofining process to produce Honeywell Green Diesel fuel from natural oils and wastes. C 8 –C 16 olefins); and.
The durable and relatively easy-to-produce material has numerous applications, including recycling waste heat from industrial refineries or using auto exhaust heat to help recharge the battery in an electric car. The results of the group’s work appeared in a paper published online in November 2010 in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.
reported a major step forward in its development of renewable fuels, achieving direct microbial conversion of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons via engineered organisms, powered by solar energy. Joule Biotechnologies, Inc. Earlier post.)
has been awarded a US patent covering its conversion of sunlight and waste carbon dioxide directly into liquid hydrocarbons that are fungible with conventional diesel fuel. Joule has already proven the direct production of diesel, and will begin pilot production by the end of 2010. Joule Unlimited, Inc., Earlier post.).
Model scope includes all upstream processing of biomass material; conversion to liquid or solid fuel is intentionally excluded. Biofuel conversion processes were excluded from the scope of the analysis. These so-called ‘indirect’ changes are associated with conversion of arable land into production and were not included here.
Researchers from the Berner Fachhochschule and EMPA, a Swiss research and services group, are developing a thermoelectric generator for vehicle waste heat recovery that is integrated in the muffler, rather than being installed as a separate thermoelectric generator (TEG) unit on the exhaust line. MRS 2010 Spring, DD2.6:
The process is an extension of early work by Huber and James Dumesic that first presented a catalytic process for the conversion of biomass-derived carbohydrates to liquid alkanes (C 7 –C 15 ). As such, our process provides another way to make jet and diesel fuels range alkanes from waste hemicellulose-derived solutions. gal to $4.39/gal
The use of waste oils and fats as feedstocks less costly than refined vegetable oils for biodiesel production is hampered by their high content of free fatty acids (FFAs). FFA content in waste oils and fats can range from 3 to 40%. Feasibility Report: Small Scale Biodiesel Production (Waste Management and Research Center).
And the new press shop is an important milestone on our “Way To Zero” journey, through which we are aiming to reduce the environmental impact of our production by 2025 in areas such as energy usage, CO 2 emissions, waste and the use of water by 45% per vehicle compared with the baseline year 2010.
MC-ZSM-5/MCM-41 catalyst is efficient in the catalytic cracking reaction of vegetable oil sludge as it has higher conversion and selectivity for LPG and gasoline products in comparison to the pyrolysis process.
Part of the challenge is locating sufficient quantities of hydrogen to enable large scale use of the CO 2 in waste gases. Accordingly, LanzaTech has begun look at the industrial conversion of acetic acid/acetate to lipids, and has demonstrated this. that conversion wouldn’t actually happen in a LanzaTech bioreactor.
The new agreement, which includes partners from the commercial aviation sector, follows the initial success of the 2010-2012 “Farm to Fly” initiative. In July 2010, USDA, Airlines for America, Inc. The federal government and its partners hope to support the annual production of 1 billion gallons of drop in aviation biofuel by 2018.
The station(s)/dispenser(s) are to meet SAE International Technical Information Report (TIR) J2601: 2010, “Fueling Protocols for Light Duty Gaseous Hydrogen Surface” (general requirements and operating conditions for fuel cell vehicles) until which time the SAE International SAE J2601 Standard is published. Fueling protocols.
Immediate applications include processing municipal sewage sludge, processing waste streams from the ethanol industry and converting algae to fuel. Comeaux, Thomas Junk (2010) Transformation of glucose to volatile and semi-volatile products in hydrothermal (HT) systems. James Catallo, Todd F. Shupe, Jay L. 2009.07.017.
Researchers at Columbia University’s Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, in collaboration with Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, are investigating the high-temperature co-electrolysis of CO 2 and H 2 O using solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) to produce a syngas for conversion into liquid hydrocarbon fuels.
USDA funding will be used to construct a 55,000 square foot facility that will produce cellulosic ethanol by converting municipal solid waste and other industrial pulps into advanced biofuels, as well as using conventional renewable biofuel derived from seed corn waste. million grant from the Iowa Power Fund in 2010.
LDPE ( SPI resin code “4” for recycling) is currently mainly used in the packaging, construction and automotive sectors, which accounted for 80% of the global LDPE demand in 2010, according to a 2011 market research report. in the period 2000-2010. —Escola et al. Resources. Aguado, D. Serrano, L. Briones, J. Díaz de Tuesta, R.
The State of Hawaii recently passed legislation to assist in funding a project that converts crops, crop residues, dedicated energy crops, and agricultural waste into biofuels and value-added co-products. BioTorks bioconversion development efforts in Hawaii date back to 2010 when it launched proof of principle research for its technology.
Johnson-Matthey will produce the catalysts that turn the lipids in the methane into fuel, while Illinois-based Lanza Tech, a pioneer in waste-to-fuels technology, has signed on to take the bench-scale plan to the commercial level, if it is successful. —Phil Pienkos, NREL’s principle investigator on the liquid to diesel project.
At 40 tph, using the average tipping fee for municipal solid waste (US $45/dry tonne) and current price of external hydrogen (US $1/kg), the minimum selling price is only US $1.24/gal Viet Pham, Mark Holtzapple and Mahmoud El-Halwagi (2010)Techno-economic analysis of biomass to fuel conversion via the MixAlco process.
from 360 °C with both high reaction rates and final chemical conversions of greater than 90%. The almost complete chemical conversions obtained in a few seconds suggest that this common reactor technology could be suitable for implementing the solid/gas reaction at a large scale. Zn can be oxidized by CO 2.
trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. The reports estimates that incremental green investment of about 3% of world gross product (WGP) (about $1.9
This area include research, development and demonstration activities regarding feedstocks and feedstock logistics (including harvest, handling, transport, preprocessing, and storage) relevant to production of raw materials for conversion to biofuels and biobased products. Urban wood wastes; Oilseed crops; Animal waste; and.
biomass, coal, petroleum coke, and wastes) for the production of an ultra-clean syngas. OmniGas has been demonstrated at bench-scale and is now on track for a one ton per day (tpd) prototype demonstration, using coal and biomass as the feedstock, in mid-2010.
Enerkem, a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals technology company, will jointly form an advanced energy research center with the City of Edmonton and the Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI). Construction of the research center is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2010. Earlier post.).
DIBANET focuses on the conversion, by non-biological means, of the lignocellulosic biomass residues and wastes of Europe and Latin America to platform chemicals, such as levulinic acid and furfural, and biofuels. More specifically, DIBANET is advancing the art in the production of ethyl-levulinate from organic wastes and residues.
Gasification is emerging as a core technology for the production of chemicals and cleaner power, and refers to a process for converting solid fuels, including coal, biomass, and wastes, into either fuel gas (containing CH 4 and some N 2 usually) or syngas (containing mainly H 2 and CO) for subsequent conversion into fuels and chemicals.
At that level of efficiency, TE materials become useful in practical applications such as waste heat recovery in vehicles, Kaviany noted. But we did not know what features we could manipulate to maximize the conversion of heat into electricity. Earlier post.). We explained the physics of these materials for the first time. 105.265901.
Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry. Key findings of the report include: Total anthropogenic emissions of mercury to the atmosphere in 2010 are estimated at 1,960 tonnes.
Once further optimized and energy conversion elements, such as thermoelectric converters, are added, the cell could produce electricity. It looks like it will have to be a thermal conversion—that makes it not quite as easy as if I could get a direct conversion to electricity. —Prof. George, Utah.
The BIC process processes renewable feedstocks such as plant oils, tallow, and waste vegetable oil into 100% drop-in diesel and jet fuels, which meet petroleum specs without blending, as well as naphtha that can be used as a gasoline blend stock. A US patent was granted to ARA in 2010 on the CH process. — Rob Sues, CEO of ARA.
The production capacity for biofuels from lignocellulosic feedstock has tripled since 2010 and currently accounts for some 140,000 tons per year. The most frequently cited feedstocks are corn cobs, corn stover, wheat straw and wood waste.
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