Conversion, Gas, Hydrogen and Sodium

CEA spins out two SMR start-ups: Hexana and Stellaria

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MARCH 12, 2023

Hexana aims to implement a fast neutron and sodium-cooled reactor, integrating a high-temperature storage device. An adjoining conversion system will allow it to produce electricity as needed and flexibly to compete with gas-fired power plants but also to supply heat directly to nearby energy-intensive industries.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt Sodium Gas-Electric Conversion

Ceramatec licensing molten sodium technology for heavy oil upgrading; removing the need for diluent for bitumen

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APRIL 10, 2013

Flowchart of Molten Sodium Upgrading process. The technology, developed by Ceramatec and managed by the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), has been licensed to Western Hydrogen of Calgary for upgrading bitumen or heavy oil from Canada. Source: Field Upgrading. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

Sodium

Sodium Oil-Sands Oil Molten Salt

New 3-step process for conversion of kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel

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JUNE 1, 2016

Researchers in Sweden and Spain have devised a three-step process for the conversion of precipitated kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel. This makes black liquor the fifth most important fuel in the world, next to coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline. Their paper appears in the journal ChemSusChem. Globally over 1.3

Conversion

Conversion Diesel Green Finland

NSF to award $13M for fundamental engineering research on production of electricity and fuels

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JULY 27, 2015

Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable resources. Current topics of interest include: Biomass Conversion, Biofuels & Bioenergy. Advanced Batteries for Transportation and Renewable Energy Storage.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Engine Fuel Production

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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JULY 10, 2019

Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Hydrogen Contaminant Detector, $150,000 Skyre, Inc., Novel chemical looping process for conversion of natural gas to pure hydrogen, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., Ames Laboratory.

Commercial

Commercial San Jose San Francisco San Diego

What are the types of batteries used in EV? | EV Basics

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FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Battery: The battery is suitable for pure electric vehicles, including lead-acid batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries, sodium-sulfur batteries, secondary lithium batteries, air batteries, and ternary lithium batteries. (1) 1) Lead-acid battery: Lead-acid battery has a history of more than 100 years.

Batteries

Batteries Battery Lead Acid Sodium

Caltech engineers devise new thermochemical cycle for water splitting for H2; recyclable, non-toxic, non-corrosive and at lower temperatures

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JUNE 6, 2012

Providing a possible new route to hydrogen-gas production, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have devised a new manganese-based thermochemical cycle with a highest operating temperature of 850?°C recovery of Mn 3 O 4 by thermally reducing the sodium ion extracted solid produced in step 3 at 850 °C.

Water

Water Davis Sodium Engine

NSF to award up to $13M for fundamental work on sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels

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APRIL 7, 2013

Processes for sustainable energy production must be environmentally benign, reduce greenhouse gas production, and utilize renewable resources. Current interest areas in sustainable energy technologies are as follows: Biomass Conversion, Biofuels & Bioenergy. The duration of unsolicited awards is typically three years.

Nickel Metal Hydride

Nickel Metal Hydride Transportation Fuel Production

Researchers Develop Lithium-Water Electrochemical Cell for the Controlled Generation of H2 and Electricity

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MAY 14, 2010

Schematic representation and operating principles of the lithium–water electrochemical cell used for hydrogen generation: (1) external circuit and (2) inside of lithium–water electrochemical cell. the high-school chemistry demonstration of the violent reaction between sodium and water.). Source: Wang et al. Click to enlarge.

Water

Water Lithium Ion Li-ion Hydrogen

Researchers develop new catalysts for a direct Fischer-Tropsch to olefins (FTO) process

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Researchers in the Netherlands have demonstrated the direct conversion of synthesis gas through a Fischer-Tropsch process to C 2 through C 4 light olefins with selectivity up to 60 wt.% using catalysts that constitute iron nanoparticles (promoted by sulfur plus sodium) homogeneously dispersed on weakly interactive ?-alumina

Conversion

Conversion Light Gas Sodium

Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Others solid battery types are nickel-cadmium and sodium-sulphur, while zinc-air is emerging. Thermal storage in essence involves the capture and release of heat or cold in a solid, liquid or air and potentially involving changes of state of the storage medium, e.g. from gas to liquid or solid to liquid and vice versa.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Molten Salt Energy Future

Take a detailed look at 7 types of energy storage batteries

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Chemical energy storage mainly includes lead-acid batteries, nickel batteries, lithium batteries, liquid flow batteries, and sodium-sulfur batteries, and electromagnetic energy storage mainly includes supercapacitor energy storage and superconducting energy storage. What is a battery?

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Energy Lead Acid Sodium

MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

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APRIL 12, 2015

Other work focuses on sodium as an earth-abundant alternative to lithium, but while it could lower cost, sodium ions also carry just a single charge. One way is to generate hydrogen by splitting water and storing the hydrogen, as in the power-to-gas schemes under examination (e.g., Rechargeable metal-air batteries.

MIT

MIT Li-ion Batteries Battery

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Energy Efficient Capture of CO 2 from Coal Flue Gas. DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $5,000,000).

Energy

Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion

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CEA spins out two SMR start-ups: Hexana and Stellaria

Ceramatec licensing molten sodium technology for heavy oil upgrading; removing the need for diluent for bitumen

New 3-step process for conversion of kraft lignin from black liquor into green diesel

NSF to award $13M for fundamental engineering research on production of electricity and fuels

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

What are the types of batteries used in EV? | EV Basics

Caltech engineers devise new thermochemical cycle for water splitting for H2; recyclable, non-toxic, non-corrosive and at lower temperatures

NSF to award up to $13M for fundamental work on sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels

Researchers Develop Lithium-Water Electrochemical Cell for the Controlled Generation of H2 and Electricity

Researchers develop new catalysts for a direct Fischer-Tropsch to olefins (FTO) process

Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

Take a detailed look at 7 types of energy storage batteries

MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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