Remove Commercial Remove Light Remove Low Cost Remove Texas
article thumbnail

Gevo, Los Alamos to collaborate to develop high-energy-density renewable missle fuel

Green Car Congress

ChemCatBio , a consortium within the US Department of Energy, awarded funding to LANL in support of the project as one of 9 projects to accelerate the development of catalysts and related technologies for the commercialization of biomass-derived fuels and chemicals. Andrew Sutton of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Renewable 150
article thumbnail

This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

Cars That Think

Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering. She left the University of Texas in 2005 to join Rice University. After earning her Ph.D.

Universal 117
article thumbnail

University of Houston team demonstrates new efficient solar water-splitting catalyst for hydrogen production

Green Car Congress

The project involved researchers from UH, along with those from Sam Houston State University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Texas State University, Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC, and Sichuan University. Different sources of light were used, ranging from a laser to white light simulating the solar spectrum.

Houston 268
article thumbnail

DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

Green Car Congress

AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Low-Cost Rare-Earth Free Electric Drivetrain Enabled by Novel Permanent Magnets, Inverter, Integrated Design and Advanced Thermal Management.

article thumbnail

PNNL team develops higher-strength, lower-cost titanium alloy aimed at improving vehicle fuel economy and reducing CO2 emissions

Green Car Congress

An improved titanium alloy—stronger than any commercial titanium alloy currently on the market—gets its strength from the novel way atoms are arranged to form a special nanostructure. b) Comparison of tensile strength and strain to failure (elongation) of Ti-185 alloy with other commercially available Titanium alloys.

article thumbnail

DOE awarding up to $4.6M to four projects for advanced hydrogen storage materials

Green Car Congress

On-board hydrogen storage continues to be a challenging barriers to the widespread commercialization of hydrogen-fueled vehicles. Select DOE Onboard Hydrogen Storage Targets for Light-Duty Fuel Cell Vehicles. Texas A&M University of College Station, Texas, will receive up to $1.2M Storage Parameter.

Hydrogen 150
article thumbnail

DOE issues RFI on advanced thermal insulation for cold/cryogenic compressed gas on-board fuel storage

Green Car Congress

All current light‐duty FCEVs being released use 700 bar ambient compressed hydrogen storage systems (CHSS) onboard the vehicle. as well, and not solely for light‐duty vehicles. The workshop will be held on 29 October 2015, in Dallas, Texas. Background. fleets, buses, etc.)

Gas 150