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This photoconversion efficiency is an important milestone, the researchers report in their study published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science , as it means that large-scale use of this technology is becoming a more realistic prospect. Carbon dioxide gas and water vapor moved through the chamber, passing over the catalyst.

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The method involves combining solid catalyst precursors in water under continuous mixing. Now, researchers at KAUST, with colleagues in the Netherlands, are using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study silica-magnesia catalyst formation under real wet-kneading conditions. 6b01728 Chung, SH., Shoinkhorova, T.

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AUGUST 29, 2021

While their work focuses on the most cost-effective solutions for replacing peaker power plants, it also contains insights intended to contribute to the larger conversation about transforming energy systems. The researchers believe studies like theirs could help key energy stakeholders make better-informed decisions.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

A team of researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have hit a new milestone in their development of a hybrid bioinorganic system for solar-to-chemical energy conversion. In the new system, solar energy is used to split the water molecule into molecular oxygen and hydrogen.

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APRIL 25, 2023

By imaging catalysts and their environment at below-freezing temperatures using cryogenic transmission electron tomography and processing the images with deep learning, she and her colleagues have succeeded in revealing, for the first time, the nanoscale structure of catalyst layers. The cryo-aspect is the key component of this study.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Our group has found that you can do various tricks with the local environment of the catalyst to provide that selectivity. In previous studies, the researchers had established the precise conditions that gave the best electrical and chemical environment for creating commercially interesting carbon-rich products.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The work is the latest in a round of studies coming out of Berkeley Lab tackling the challenge of creating a clean chemical manufacturing system that can put carbon dioxide to good use. What we know is that this unique structure provides a beneficial chemical environment for CO2 conversion to multicarbon products,” he said.

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APRIL 1, 2021

Advancements that reduce energy and water consumption rates. Workforce development is a key component of achieving the potential for a 26-fold increase in US geothermal electricity generation by 2050, as outlined in the Department’s 2019 GeoVision study. Advancements that improve the yield and achievable product purity.

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DECEMBER 25, 2021

For the current study, Toma and her team designed a model solar fuels device known as a photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell made of copper(I) oxide or cuprous oxide (Cu 2 O), a promising artificial photosynthesis material. We knew it was unstable—but we were surprised to learn just how unstable it really is. —Francesca Toma.

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JULY 13, 2020

In this study, we examined a solvent-free method, based on mechanical milking using a shearing disperser (glass homogenizer). PCC7601 in non-sterile agricultural water and performed long-term (87 days) milking cycles to harvest the extracellular carbohydrates and phycobiliproteins. —Uchida et al.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This new work, described in a study published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science , is the first to successfully demonstrate the approach of going from carbon dioxide directly to target products—ethanol and ethylene—at energy conversion efficiencies rivaling natural counterparts. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Schematic of systems considered in the study. Model scope includes all upstream processing of biomass material; conversion to liquid or solid fuel is intentionally excluded. A paper on the study was published online 19 January in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Credit: ACS, Clarens et al. 0.4 ± 0.05.

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MARCH 16, 2010

H 2 and O 2 are produced by deforming a ZnO fiber or BaTiO 3 dendrite in water via oxidation-reduction reactions. Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a phenomenon—the direct conversion of mechanical energy to chemical energy—which they termed the piezoelectrochemical (PZEC) effect.

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MAY 9, 2014

A team from seven US universities and the Korea Institue of Science and Technology, led by George Huber, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has developed an integrated catalytic process for the conversion of whole biomass into drop-in aviation fuels with maximal carbon yields. per gallon.

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APRIL 11, 2014

volts versus the reversible hydrogen electrode) in CO-saturated alkaline water. —Matthew Kanan, an assistant professor of chemistry at Stanford and coauthor of the Nature study. For the Nature study, Kanan and Li built an electrochemical cell: two electrodes placed in water saturated with carbon monoxide gas.

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JUNE 15, 2013

The second ( DTMA-91-R-2013-0009 ) will award up to $500,000 for a comprehensive study on the issues associated with the bunkering (supplying a ship with fuel) of LNG for marine vessels. Projects that will be funded under the RFP include engine conversion/retrofits; the use of alternative fuels; or the use of alternative technologies.

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JULY 13, 2009

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week provided preliminary observations as testimony to the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Committee on Science and Technology on the water-energy nexus related to biofuels and water and thermoelectric power plants and water.

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John MacNeill Also later this year, the Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri and Newcleo expect to wrap up a feasibility study to assess the practicality of deploying a 30-megawatt reactor on marine vessels. Another plus for nuclear-propelled ships is easy access to an endless supply of cooling water.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

A far more sophisticated approach needs to be taken when developing biofuels as an environmentally-friendly energy option, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management.

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JULY 17, 2011

A study by a team from the State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum found that fluid thermal processing of. The study appears in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. hot-water extraction is limited by the type of oil sand, and high bitumen recovery yields can only be obtained from water-wet oil sands.

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APRIL 19, 2011

A new study led by Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology has found that the expansion of sugarcane crop in Brazil in areas previously occupied by other Brazilian crops cools the local climate. The study is published in the second issue of Nature Climate Change. —Scott Loarie.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Gisele Waters Steps for defining problems and business needs The five processes are 1) defining the problem and solution requirements, 2) evaluating vendors, 3) evaluating solutions, 4) negotiating contracts, and 5) monitoring contracts. They are isolated environments where new concepts and simulations can be tested. Likewise, the U.K.

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APRIL 24, 2013

The hybrid material effectively catalyzes the conversion of liquid water to hydrogen gas while remaining stable in an acidic environment. One key step is splitting water (water electrolysis). Source: BNL. Click to enlarge. But these two approaches had not yet been tried together. —Wei-Fu Chen.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Algenol Biofuels’ Direct to Ethanol technology is based on an intracellular photosynthetic process in cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that produces ethanol that is excreted through the cell walls, collected from closed photobioreactors as a dilute ethanol-in-water solution, and purified to fuel grade ethanol. Thomas, Matthew J.

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Unlike biomethane produced by anaerobic digestion, Bio-SNG is formed by the conversion of thermally-derived syngas—i.e., Implementation of Bio-SNG will only take place with the appropriate tax, incentive and legislative environment. Bio-SNG Feasibility Study. The report was prepared by Progressive Energy and CNG Services.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The work comes on the heels of last year’s study and analysis that confirmed the viability of hydrogen fuel cells to provide auxiliary power to docked or anchored ships. The unit will fit inside a 20-foot shipping container and will consist of four 30-kilowatt fuel cells, a hydrogen storage system and power conversion equipment.

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

Scaling up the production of algal biofuels to meet at least 5%—approximately 39 billion liters—of US transportation fuel needs would place unsustainable demands on energy, water, and nutrients, according to a new report from the National Research Council.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

bigelovii is a leafless, C3, succulent annual salt marsh plant that produces an oilseed on seawater irrigation in coastal desert environments; the oil from the seeds is suitable for biofuel production. The effect of temperature has also been studied during these experiments. 2014) in which they report that composition of the washed S.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

These efforts aim to design initial engineering studies to develop technologies to capture CO 2 generated as a byproduct of manufacturing at industrial sites. will prepare an initial engineering design study to use commercial-scale membrane CO 2 capture technology at the CEMEX Balcones cement plant in New Braunfels, TX.

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AUGUST 3, 2022

Using concentrated solar energy, they were able to produce kerosene from water vapor and carbon dioxide directly from air. Syngas is produced by Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis , in which chemical reactions convert carbon monoxide and water vapor into hydrocarbons. Finally, the syngas is processed to kerosene in the gas-to-liquid unit.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

times as energy intensive to produce as conventional diesel, which restricts the current financial and environmental feasibility of algae production, according to a new life cycle analysis by a team from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. Energy Environ. —Shirvani et al. Inderwildi, Peter P.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

This study suggests that Synechocystis , expressing the modified efe gene, has potential to be an efficient biological catalyst for the uptake and conversion of CO 2 to ethylene. Conversely, the process recycles carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, since the organism utilizes the gas as part of its metabolic cycle. Energy Environ.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Hydrogen production from cellodextrin and water by a synthetic enzymatic pathway. Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Georgia have produced hydrogen gas in a spontaneous, “one-pot” process using an enzyme cocktail, cellulosic materials from non-food sources, and water.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

The Precourt Institute for Energy , an umbrella organization for energy research and education at Stanford, will fund the following three studies and jointly fund one study to be administered by the TomKat Center: Functionalized Graphene-Platinum Composites for Fuel Cells. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuel Cells Hybrids'

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JULY 3, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oregon have advanced the effectiveness of the catalytic water dissociation reaction in bipolar membranes. The technology behind bipolar membranes, which are layered ion-exchange polymers sandwiching a water dissociation catalyst layer, emerged in the 1950s. —Oener et al. —Shannon Boettcher.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Solidia’s innovative technology has the potential to lower emissions in concrete production by up to 70% and water consumption by up to 80%. Its patented technology allows for the production of cement in a way that generates fewer emissions. —Pratima Rangarajan, CEO of OGCI Climate Investments.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

A new study from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrates the conversion of lignin-derived compounds to adipic acid, an important industrial dicarboxylic acid produced for its use as a precursor to nylon, plasticizers, lubricants, polyesters, and other popular products and chemicals.

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