Connecticut, Hydrogen and Study

Researchers investigate super-knock in SI engines running on hydrogen/methane blends

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Using blends of hydrogen and methane as fuels in internal combustion engines is a promising strategy for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Hydrogen is at higher risk of super-knock than other fuels because of the ways engines must operate to run efficiently on hydrogen. 2022.112277.

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Hydrogen Engine Connecticut Fuel

Study shows a much cheaper catalyst can generate hydrogen in a commercial electrolyzer

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a low-cost, non-precious metal cobalt phosphide (CoP) catalyst catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas for hours on end in the harsh environment of a commercial device.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Commercial Polymer Connecticut

CCAT receives $100K USDA grant to determine feasibility of alt fuel plants in Connecticut

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AUGUST 9, 2013

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $100,000 Rural Business Enterprise grant to the not-for-profit Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT), based in East Hartford, Conn. The grant will be used to help determine the feasibility of alternative fuel plants in north-central Connecticut.

Connecticut

Connecticut Grant Alternative Fuels Fuel

DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

million to seven projects to develop medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans across 23 states. Gas Technology Institute: Houston to Los Angeles (H2LA)–I-10 Hydrogen Corridor Project. National Grid: Northeast Electric Highways Study.

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Los Angeles Hydrogen San Francisco Rhode Island

HyAxiom, Shell and partners to equip LNG carrier with SOFC APUs

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

HyAxiom, a Doosan company based in East Hartford, Connecticut, was established in 2014 as a result of Doosan Group’s acquisition of the fuel cell business of UTC Power. HyAxiom combines UTC Power’s 50 years of experience in hydrogen fuel cell technology development with Doosan Group’s engineering and large-scale manufacturing expertise.

Connecticut

Connecticut Hydrogen Fuel 2014

Ethanol-fueled solid oxide fuel cells with HEA internal reforming catalyst for transportation applications

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AUGUST 27, 2023

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have demonstrated high-performance metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFC) with an integrated high entropy alloy (HEA) internal reforming catalyst (IRC) for transportation applications using ethanol and methanol as fuels. —Hu et al.

International

International Fuel Transportation Water

Air Products heralds successful operation of project to capture CO2 from hydrogen production for use in enhanced oil recovery

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MAY 13, 2013

Air Products heralded the successful operation of a US Department of Energy (DOE) demonstration project that will capture approximately one million tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from hydrogen production for use in an enhanced oil recovery project in which DOE anticipates an additional estimated 1.6-3.1

Oil

Oil Hydrogen CO2 Production

DOE to award funding to 10 projects at 9 universities for high-hydrogen-fueled turbine technology development

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JULY 20, 2011

The projects will develop technologies for use in a new generation of advanced turbines that operate using coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) and high hydrogen content (HHC) fuels. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. Earlier post.). Each project will last 36 months. DOE share: $454,540; recipient share: $115,997).

Universal

Universal Hydrogen Fuel North Dakota

ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group report progress in cellulosic biodiesel research

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

ExxonMobil signed an agreement with REG in January 2016 to study the production of biodiesel through fermentation of renewable cellulosic sugars from sources such as agricultural waste. In 2016, ExxonMobil announced its partnership with Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy, Inc.

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Renewable Energy Connecticut Waste

8-state alliance releases action plan to put 3.3M ZEVs on their roads by 2025

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MAY 29, 2014

Eight partnering states released their Multi-State ZEV Action Plan as the first promised milestone for the bi-coastal collaboration to pave the way for increasingly large numbers of zero emission vehicles: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

Plug-in

Plug-in Rhode Island Fleet Hydrogen

Platinum on tin-doped indium oxide as promising next-generation catalyst for PEM fuel cells; exceeding DOE 2015 mass activity target

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JANUARY 2, 2013

vs RHE (reversible hydrogen electrode) for Pt/ITO and Pt/C. In this study, tin was doped into the structure of indium oxide, and the resulting tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) particles with high conductivity were used as supports for Pt. Mass activity and specific activity at 0.9V Credit: ACS, Liu and Mustain. Click to enlarge.

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2015 Fuel Connecticut Carbon

DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

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JULY 2, 2018

GE Global Research will build and field test gas sensors for monitoring hydrogen and carbon monoxide anode tail gases produced in situ via on-site steam reforming in SOFC systems. Area of Interest 1: SOFC Core Technology Research. Multi-Gas Sensors for Enhanced Reliability of SOFC Operation.

Fuel

Fuel South Carolina Low Cost West Virginia

DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Promote and demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through showcases in a variety of venues throughout New England: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont. Develop a multiscale modelling approach to study the chemical structures of electrolytes and the solid electrolyte interface layers. . $993,450. Plug In America.

Vehicles

Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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JANUARY 11, 2014

First, scalability: AQDS contains only the Earth-abundant atoms carbon, sulphur, hydrogen and oxygen, and can be inexpensively manufactured on large scales. Because some hydroxy-anthraquinones are natural products, there is also the possibility that the electrolyte material can be renewably sourced. —Michael J. Commercialization.

Low Cost

Low Cost Grid Batteries Battery

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

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JUNE 26, 2021

Highly Efficient Low-Thermal-Budget Hydrogen and Chemical Co-Production via an Electrochemical Activation of Propane, $100,000. NEL Hydrogen (Wallingford, Connecticut). DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. Sentient Science (West Lafayette, Indiana).

Commercial

Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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JULY 21, 2016

Connecticut Green Bank. Section 1413 of the FAST Act requires that the Secretary of Transportation designates national EV charging, hydrogen, propane, and natural gas fueling corridors, and the nomination process will ensure that the corridors proposed for designation will create a national network of alternative fuel facilities.

Obama

Obama Charging Financing DC

Mattershift scales up CNT membranes; potential for zero-carbon fuels for less than fossil

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MARCH 10, 2018

Benny Freeman at The University of Texas at Austin and Dr. Jeffrey McCutcheon at the University of Connecticut confirmed that Mattershift’s large-scale CNT membranes match the characteristics and performance of small prototype CNT membranes previously reported on in the scientific literature. Images of the membranes tested in the study. (A)

Carbon

Carbon Fuel Polymer Austin

Researchers Demonstrate Liquid-Tin Anode SOFC Operating on Biodiesel

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AUGUST 28, 2009

Schematic of the bread-board rig employed in the LTA-SOFC study. Researchers from CellTech Power and the University of Connecticut have demonstrated a liquid-tin anode solid-oxide fuel cell (LTA-SOFC) operating on pure biodiesel (B100) prepared via base-catalyzed transesterification of virgin and waste cooking oils. Credit: ACS.

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Bentley Fuel Connecticut Power

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Researchers investigate super-knock in SI engines running on hydrogen/methane blends

Study shows a much cheaper catalyst can generate hydrogen in a commercial electrolyzer

CCAT receives $100K USDA grant to determine feasibility of alt fuel plants in Connecticut

DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

HyAxiom, Shell and partners to equip LNG carrier with SOFC APUs

Ethanol-fueled solid oxide fuel cells with HEA internal reforming catalyst for transportation applications

Air Products heralds successful operation of project to capture CO2 from hydrogen production for use in enhanced oil recovery

DOE to award funding to 10 projects at 9 universities for high-hydrogen-fueled turbine technology development

ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group report progress in cellulosic biodiesel research

8-state alliance releases action plan to put 3.3M ZEVs on their roads by 2025

Platinum on tin-doped indium oxide as promising next-generation catalyst for PEM fuel cells; exceeding DOE 2015 mass activity target

DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Mattershift scales up CNT membranes; potential for zero-carbon fuels for less than fossil

Researchers Demonstrate Liquid-Tin Anode SOFC Operating on Biodiesel

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