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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Terrabon, a company commercializing a waste-to-biogasoline technology developed at Texas A&M, ( earlier post ), has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 7 of the Federal bankruptcy laws. was formed in 1995 to commercialize technologies developed by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, a member of the Texas A&M University System.

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MARCH 1, 2013

A process developed by researchers at Rice University is part of a USDA-funded $6.6-million million project to convert lignocellulosic biomass to infrastructure-compatible renewable diesel, bio-lubricants, animal feed and biopower. San and his team also recently published a paper on their work on engineering E. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 21, 2010

Suzanne Budge at the Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology at Dalhousie University to assist Solarvest in the characterization of lipids and fatty acids in algae. Budge's team has expertise in the determination of fatty acid and lipid profiles which is very important for all areas of our company's endeavors.

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JULY 11, 2014

Silicon Carbide multiport DC-DC converter fitted to the Tata Vista EV. A consortium led by motorsport and technology company Prodrive has successfully run a silicon carbide-based multiport DC-DC converter in an electric car. A key aspect of the converter is the use of silicon carbide devices. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

Renewable chemicals company Avantium has acquired the assets of Liquid Light. Spun out from Princeton University in 2008, Liquid Light has invested more than US$35 million on low-energy electrochemistry technologies to convert CO 2 to major chemicals. —Tom van Aken, CEO of Avantium.

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APRIL 26, 2022

Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million We are converting common industrial waste streams into product streams —Todd Brix. In addition, the project will assess the impact on members of the local community.

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MARCH 14, 2022

The California-based Hyperlight Energy will be piloting an installation where they plan to use existing oil wells as solar thermal wellsprings, with the stored energy being converted back to clean electricity when required. During winter, he adds, they can pull up the energy and generate zero-carbon electricity based on the demand curve.

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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. What will be the UK’s largest independent vehicle battery manufacturer will open in early 2019 in Coventry.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Winning an Academy Award is probably not something most engineers ever expect to do. I got into reverse engineering and understanding how computers worked under the hood,” he says. Vanns decided to combine his interests, majoring in computer science and music at Canterbury Christ Church University , in Canterbury, England.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

LG Energy Solution has hired Dr. Peter Kyungsuk Pyun for the newly created position of Chief Digital Officer, CDO, as the company ramps up efforts to transform its global facilities into data-centric operations. He received his BS in Control and Instrumentation Engineering from Seoul National University with great distinction.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Chemical engineers at UNSW Sydney and University of Sydney have developed a hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process for the production of sustainable (“green”) ammonia. The NO x intermediaries were converted to ammonia at a rate of 23.2 The NO x intermediaries were converted to ammonia at a rate of 23.2 —Dr Jalili.

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MARCH 26, 2021

A large-scale demonstration converting biocrude to renewable diesel fuel has passed a significant test, operating for more than 2,000 hours continuously without losing effectiveness. —John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The process, known as BioIron, uses raw biomass instead of metallurgical coal as a reductant and microwave energy to convert Pilbara iron ore to metallic iron in the steelmaking process. Accordingly, the company is undertaking a benchmarking study of biomass certification processes. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 1, 2021

billion) a year for the UK economy, with potentially half of this coming from the export of intellectual property and the provision of engineering services. Advanced Biofuel Solutions (ABSL) will work with a British refinery and British engineering company to produce a detailed engineering design for a new facility in Cheshire.

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JUNE 1, 2020

A consortium comprising Engie Solutions, Siemens Gas and Power, Centrax, Arttic, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and four European universities is implementing the HYFLEXPOWER project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation (Grant Agreement 884229). million, of which €10.5

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

After all, diesel cars cost less to maintain, burn less fuel, and have a longer engine life. Although the pollutant emissions of a diesel engine are less than those of a gasoline one, it still emits carcinogens, nitrous oxides, and soot. Older models don’t even have the emission-control features that newer ones do.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Phillip Savage at the University of Michigan has found that with appropriate parameters, hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) can convert 65% of wet algae (a Nannochloropsis species) into biocrude in one minute. Companies know that that approach is not economical, so they are looking at approaches for using wet algae, as are we.

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JULY 3, 2020

The seven projects will leverage National Laboratory capabilities as part of the Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) initiative. Shell will work with NREL to apply metabolic engineering and process optimization to the biological production of the high-performance blendstock isopropanol.

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JUNE 15, 2017

European researchers have launched a new project to obtain a gasoline engine at least 20% more efficient than current engines and adapted for future electrified powertrains. EAGLE will tackle several challenges focusing on: Reducing engine thermal losses through a smart coating approach.

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MARCH 1, 2022

CoFlow Jet, LLC, an engineering and technology company specializing in active flow control using coflow jet (CFJ) technology for aerospace applications, has entered a Joint Ownership Agreement (JOA) with NASA to commercialize the deflected slip-stream (DSS) technology enabled by co-flow jet flow control. Concept vehicle.

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APRIL 23, 2012

SAE’s 2012 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit—the second as an immediate precursor to the SAE World Congress—opened on Sunday with a consideration of several alternative engine designs: opposed piston 2-stroke (Achates Power); variable compression ratio (MCE-5); split cycle (Scuderi); and advanced rotary (Liquid Piston).

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JANUARY 26, 2015

Hydrogenics Corporation will supply a 1MW electrolyzer and provide engineering expertise to a consortium of companies working on the European project MefCO2 (methanol fuel from CO 2 ) in Germany. CO 2 will be captured from the flue gases in a special downstream flue gas scrubber (Post-Combustion Capture, PCC). tonnes of CO 2.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Oberon Fuels, the first company to produce renewable DME (rDME) in the US, is a supporting partner. The funded projects include: University of Wisconsin Madison for “Efficiency Mixing Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion of Propane DME Blends”. WM International Engineering L.L.C. WM International Engineering L.L.C.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

Over the past decade, Rio Tinto has developed a laboratory-proven process that combines the use of raw, sustainable biomass with microwave technology to convert iron ore to metallic iron during the steelmaking process. —University of Nottingham’s Head of Department, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Professor Chris Dodds.

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JUNE 14, 2016

The EU is investing more than €3 million in innovative aero-engine technologies in the three-year ULTIMATE project, short for Ultra Low emission Technology Innovations for Mid-century Aircraft Turbine Engines. The combinations are integrated into optimized engine concepts promising to deliver ultra-low emission engines.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Natural gas engine and vehicle company Westport Innovations Inc. Prins’ dual-fuel system—including its fuel controller software developed in-house—is an add-on system for diesel engines with more than 100 calibrations for LPG, CNG, and LNG to optimize the diesel replacement rate. The company reported €19.7

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The multi-disciplinary nature and challenges of HKT design requires expertise from a range of scientific and engineering fields working together concurrently. The University of Michigan. The University of Michigan proposes the RAFT concept as a solution for hydrokinetic energy harvesting. University of Washington.

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MARCH 6, 2018

The research will enable ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics better to understand fundamental engineering parameters including viscosity and flow, which cannot easily be replicated in a lab. Both companies are continuing with fundamental research on algae biology in their laboratories as the field study advances. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 28, 2010

The US National Science Foundation has awarded a one-year, $200,000 RAPID Response grant to synthetic biology company Modular Genetics , Inc. The US National Science Foundation has awarded a one-year, $200,000 RAPID Response grant to synthetic biology company Modular Genetics , Inc. In the paper, BIO cites Dr. P.

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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. Marquette University. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

(GlycosBio), an emerging biochemical company targeting metabolic engineering and microbiology innovations for the production of sustainable biochemicals, has become a member of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals ( CBiRC ).

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MAY 27, 2022

Rice University chemists working with researchers at the Ford Motor Company are turning plastic parts from end-of-life vehicles into graphene via the university’s flash Joule heating process ( earlier post ). b A typical current discharge profile of the FJH procedure to convert ELV-WP into ELV-WP-FG. Wyss et al.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Although cleaner fuels are available, many companies opt for HFOs due to their low cost. IDEALFUEL seeks to develop methods to convert woody residual and waste materials such as sawdust and wood chips into renewable marine fuels. OWI Science for Fuels gGmbH and TEC4FUELS GmbH are involved in the project as research partners.

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MARCH 29, 2010

Researchers from Frankfurt University have engineered the common industrial yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to ferment pentose (C 5 ) as well as hexose (C 6 ) sugars derived from biomass feedstock to produce bioethanol and biobutanol. Bakers’ yeast— S. Earlier post.).

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MAY 13, 2013

A DOE-sponsored study by researchers at the University of Utah evaluated life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from several oil sands and shale processes and compared these to conventional liquid-fuel production processes. Lifecycle GHG for oil shale. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The University of Queensland, Australia (UQ) and US-based Amyris Biotechnologies Inc., a synthetic biology company focused on developing renewable hydrocarbon biofuels ( earlier post ), are partnering to explore potential business opportunities for the conversion of sugarcane into renewable jet fuel. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 21, 2019

Porterbrook and the University of Birmingham’s Center for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) announced that the UK’s first hydrogen train—HydroFLEX ( earlier post )— will be tested on the mainline railway following a successful proof-of-concept.

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