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Space station droplet combustion experiments reveal cool-burning flames; potential to lead to better engines

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atm and ambient environments containing oxygen and nitrogen were diluted with both carbon dioxide and helium. The cool flames occurred in a wide range of environments, including air similar to the earth’s atmosphere and atmospheres diluted with nitrogen, carbon dioxide and helium. mm, ambient oxygen mole fractions between 0.1

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000. Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. NEL Hydrogen (Wallingford, Connecticut). Electric Grid OT Cybersecurity Dashboard for Control Room Environments, $600,000. Bunting-Dubois (Dubois, Pennsylvania).