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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Volkswagen and Stanford University have developed in partnership a new catalyst production process to reduce the comparatively high cost of automotive fuel cell technology. A combination of effects allowed for the PALD Pt/C catalysts to achieve a twofold increase in the mass activity for ORR compared to a commercial Pt/C catalyst.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The US Department of Energy announced $98 million in funding for 40 new projects as part of OPEN 2018, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) latest open funding opportunity. OPEN solicitations are an open call to scientists and engineers for transformational technologies across the entire scope of ARPA-E’s energy mission.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick (UK) have developed a method to assess the maximum current for commercial 18650 Li-ion batteries, using novel instrumentation methods enabling in operando measurements. times higher than the manufacturer-stated maximum. 2018.01.076. 2018.01.076.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released two studies from the Co-Optimization of Engines & Fuels initiative ( Co-Optima ) ( earlier post ). These new blendstocks, co-optimized with advanced gasoline engines, show potential to improve passenger vehicle fuel economy by 10%. Efficiency Merit Function.

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JULY 22, 2022

Airbus UpNext, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, has revealed a flight test program to study the contrails produced by a hydrogen combustion engine as part the Company’s ZEROe roadmap. Airbus engineers are replacing the rear pilot seating with a hydrogen-propulsion system. —Sandra Bour Schaeffer, CEO of Airbus UpNext.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Two UK-based companies—Williams Advanced Engineering and Unipart Manufacturing Group—have formed a new joint venture—Hyperbat Limited—to produce batteries for future hybrid and electric vehicles. It was established to build a high-performance, low-volume, flexible battery capability in the UK.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Initial findings from a world-first study of the impact of 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on both engines of a commercial jet have provided promising early results, according to the participants. In-flight emissions tests and associated ground testing on the ECLIF3 program began earlier this year and have recently resumed.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The projects, which are expected to run over four years, address battery challenges faced by industry and leverage the UK’s research capabilities to advance scientific knowledge with the aim of commercializing new battery technologies and processes. The project’s Principal Investigator is Professor Patrick Grant of the University of Oxford.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

unveiled the Rasa, a road-legal engineering prototype of its first two-seater hydrogen fuel cell road car, built for full European type approval. Led by Riversimple’s Founder, Hugo Spowers, the Rasa has been engineered by a team from carmakers, Formula 1 teams and aerospace engineering companies. Riversimple Movement Ltd.

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JUNE 4, 2020

After completing a major body of research focused on boosted (also known as turbocharged) spark ignition (SI) engines in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, Co-Optima’s FY 2019 LD research and development (R&D) shifted to multimode solutions that employ multiple engine operating modes to maximize engine efficiency and fuel economy.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Canada-based Forge Hydrocarbons Corporation, a spin-off from the University of Alberta ( earlier post ), has received a US$4-million from Lockheed Martin under the Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy. Forge expects to break-ground on this first LTH plant in 2018.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its five-year 2014-2018 Strategic Plan. DOE will continue to focus on significantly increasing the amount of cost-competitive electric power from renewable resources across the nation by further accelerating the development and commercialization of these technologies. watt commercial, and $3.10/watt

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

million partnership with McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, with funding support from the Canadian government, to develop next-generation, energy-efficient, high-performance electrified powertrains and powertrain components. The final phase is scheduled to conclude in March of 2018. Chrysler Group LLC has entered a 5-year, $18.2-million

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JANUARY 26, 2018

One type of stacking fault, called a 9R phase, is particularly promising, said Xinghang Zhang, a professor in Purdue University’s School of Materials Engineering and the corresponding author of the Advanced Materials paper. The microprojectile tests were performed by a research group at Rice University, led by professor Edwin L.

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MARCH 23, 2018

Researchers at Princeton University have used light to control genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast—i.e., optogenetic control—and to increase its output of commercially valuable chemicals. 1 of isobutanol and 2.38 ± 0.06 1 of 2-methyl-1-butanol micro-aerobically from glucose. —Zhao et al.

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DECEMBER 18, 2022

Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and Fujitsu have applied quantum-inspired computing to find the promising, previously unexplored chemical family of Ru-Cr-Mn-Sb-O 2 as acidic oxygen evolution reaction catalysts for hydrogen production. —Ted Sargent, senior author.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

All of them have remarkable attributes, as well as fundamental weaknesses that have so far precluded commercial success. Alan Doolittle , a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech. Nearly all commercially successful devices are made up of such doped semiconductors, sandwiched together.

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MAY 10, 2018

Purdue engineers have used upcycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic to boost the lifespan of lithium-sulfur batteries. These main challenges plague the practical utilization of sulfur cathode in commercial battery market. They first prepared porous sulfonated carbon (PSC) from LDPE plastic via microwave-promoted sulfonation.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI (Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis) identified the compound in the seed oil of the Orychophragmus violaceus , which is produced in a manner unlike any other fatty acid. Lubricant performance testing was conducted on steel surfaces at the University of North Texas.

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MARCH 27, 2015

Testing was also conducted at the DTNA Detroit engineering facility to demonstrate engine efficiency by achieving 50.2% engine brake thermal efficiency. liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades. mpg (19.26

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JANUARY 22, 2018

Although platinum (Pt) has been long known as the most efficient ORR catalyst, its high cost and scarcity have hampered the large-scale commercialization of fuel cell and metal–air battery technologies. Consequently, non-precious carbon or metal oxide catalysts have been explored as alternative electrocatalysts for ORR. —Tang et al.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are wasted in the US each year as vehicles wait at stop lights or sit in dense traffic with engines idling, according to US Department of Energy estimates. —Tim Gee, principal computer vision engineer at GRIDSMART. So, where to find a larger, fine-grained vehicle dataset?

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a team of universities to lead a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence ( COE ) for alternative jet fuels and the environment. The selected university members all have nationally recognized collegiate environmental and aviation-related education programs.

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APRIL 8, 2020

These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts. Commercial fusion technology has long been viewed as an ideal energy source. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Earlier post.)

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JULY 21, 2018

Researchers at the University of Western Ontario are proposing selenium (Se) as a promising cathode material for all-solid-state Li batteries, paired with a lithium-tin (L-Sn) alloy as an anode and Li 3 PS 4 as the electrolyte. 10 -5 S cm -1 across the Se-Li 3 PS 4 interface can be achieved.

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JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. He probably is best known for developing the lithium cobalt oxide cathode in 1980—which became the foundation for Sony’s first commercial lithium-ion battery in 1991.

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

Researchers from the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of America have discovered a promising new version of high-energy magnesium batteries, with potential applications ranging from electric vehicles to battery storage for renewable energy systems. Dong et al. Dong et al. 2018.11.022.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

—Peter Bach Andersen, Senior Researcher at the Center for Electric Power and Energy, DTU Electrical Engineering and Project Manager of Parker. Parker is also interfacing with and pulling data from the Frederiksberg Pilot in Denmark, the world’s first commercial V2G hub.

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JULY 24, 2018

—Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering and lead author. Lithium-oxygen batteries have been tantalizing to battery researchers for years because of their potential high energy density. 2018.04.046.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. Established by former U.S.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Now, researchers at the International Research Organization for Advanced Science and Technology (IROAST) at Kumamoto University, Japan, report a novel catalytic NH 3 combustion system with copper oxide catalysts supported on aluminum silicates and silicon oxides for the combustion of ammonia. 2018.03.008.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

Inspired by the breathing process of mammalian alveoli, scientists at Stanford University have developed a breathing-mimicking, pouch-type, nanoporous polyethylene (PE) structure for two-way efficient gas transport from and to an electrocatalyst/electrolyte interface. Their research is published in the journal Joule. —Jun Li.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

After the war, he joined American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, as an assistant engineer. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. He closed the business in 2018.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Engineers from Colorado-based Lightning Systems are using artificial neural networks to predict accurately the fuel economy and tailpipe emissions of fleet vehicles. Using artificial neural networks, we are able to accurately predict fuel consumption and emissions of commercial and government fleets. Asher, Abril A.

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JANUARY 28, 2018

Now, in a new study published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have found that secondary organic aerosol (SOA) production from both port fuel injection (PFI) and gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicles has been substantially reduced through the tightening of NMOG emissions.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have mixed metal compounds with perchloric acid to create a stable, efficient electrocatalytic material for the oxygen evolution reaction in acidic media. —Hong Yang, a co-author and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Illinois. Jaemin Kim, Pei?Chieh

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APRIL 24, 2018

The analysis combines process engineering, spatial optimization, and lifecycle assessment to consider the technical, economic, and institutional feasibility of near-term carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). Mach (2018) “Near-term deployment of carbon capture and sequestration from biorefineries in the United States” PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1719695115.

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