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UT Austin to lead $58M study of methane hydrate in Gulf of Mexico; $41M from DOE

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A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. —Carlos Santamarina.

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ACU’s NEXT Lab submits application to NRC to build molten-salt research reactor

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The ORNL MSRE design incorporated a one region reactor with graphite moderator and circulating fuel. The MSRE design used light water for cooling the containment atmosphere, containment vessel, reactor shield, drain tank, primary pump, and containment penetrations. Its completion next summer will mark another milestone.

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UT Austin team and partners report on extensive measurements of methane emissions during natural gas production

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Source: UT Austin. The sampling was designed to be representative of company operations in the Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountain and Appalachian regions. During hydraulic fracturing, liquids that typically consist of water, sand and additives are injected at high pressure into low-permeability formations.

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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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Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. 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. In theory, the decomposition potential of water is 4.27

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DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations

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Partners: American Lithium Corporation, DuPont Water Solutions. Mineral Selective Technologies; Informed design of crystalline ion exchangers: Improved ?-MnO DOE funding: $2,272,112; costs share: $2,272,112; Total costs: $4,544,224. Topic 1, Area of Interest 3: Large Scale Projects.

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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced nearly $5 million in funding across seven research projects designed to increase the understanding of methane hydrates. The University of Texas at Austin. Earlier post.). Selected projects are: Georgia Tech Research Corporation. DOE Investment: approximately $480,000 ?.

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NASA and Argonne use deep neural network to enhance CFD code for hypersonic flight

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However, to make hypersonic flight more common and far less expensive than a rocket launch, engineers and scientists are working on advanced jet engine designs. CFD is a scientific field devoted to numerically expressing the behavior of fluids such as air and water. Sinan Demir, Prithwish Kundu, Austin C. Baurle and Tomasz G.

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