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UT Arlington licenses technology for portable, modular GTL conversion units; targeting stranded gas

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The University of Texas at Arlington has licensed technology for converting natural gas to synthetic liquid fuels (GTL) in portable units at a cost lower than current market rates to 1 st Resource Group Inc. UT Arlington engineering and science researchers designed a portable conversion unit utilizing their microreactor and process.

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Texas Automated Vehicle Proving Ground Partnership forms; applying for national designation

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Cities and regions across Texas are partnering with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Transportation Research (CTR), and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to form the Texas Automated Vehicle (AV) Proving Ground Partnership.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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FracMan / dfnWorks: Translating Geological Fracture Characterizations for Massively Parallel Subsurface Flow and Transport Simulations, $750,000 Golder Associates Inc., Arlington, Texas Environmental Insights Explorer for Buildings, $750,000 Google, Mountian View, Calif. MetalTek International, Watertown, Wis. Redmond, Wash.

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DOE awarding ~$4.75M to San Francisco and Strategic Analysis for hydrogen fuel cell vehicle and infrastructure projects

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has selected the city of San Francisco for funding as the first Climate Action Champion to pursue hydrogen and fuel cell technologies for local transportation. Earlier post.) In addition, new analysis projects by Strategic Analysis, Inc. The nearly $4.75

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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The projects selected projects as part of the MINER program are: University of Texas at Arlington. Mineralization reactions occur only in pores occupied by CO 2 ; thus, understanding CO 2 transport and distribution in rock porosities is key to efficient mineralization and sequestration.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Account for the entire quantity of CO 2 that has been transported to geologic storage sites. Advanced Resources International , Arlington, Va. Verify the location of CO 2 that has been placed in geologic storage. DOE share: $1,524,649; recipient share: $546,835; duration: 36 months). Colorado School of Mines , Golden, Colo.

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DOE Selects 15 Projects Aimed at Secure CO2 Underground Storage

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The selected projects are described below: Advanced Resources International, Inc. Arlington, Va.) Columbia University researchers will test and evaluate carbon-14 as a reactive tracer to assess CO 2 transport in a basaltic storage reservoir. Investigations will focus on depositional, structural, and diagenetic characteristics.

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