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MARCH 26, 2024

In our last article, A How-To Guide on Acquiring AI Systems , we explained why the IEEE P3119 Standard for the Procurement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Decision Systems (ADS) is needed. The standard can give government agencies a method to ensure transparency from AI vendors about associated risks.

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MARCH 1, 2023

The Tonopah Flats lithium-rich sedimentary claystone readily disaggregates when suspended in water. Standard assaying of head grades was performed using a representative array of samples selected from 21 drill holes. Mineral processing was carried out at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Ore Dressing Laboratory.

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Carbon Nevada Water Commercial 259

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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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MARCH 26, 2021

—John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University. Biowaste to biofuel conversion process. campus of Washington State University Tri-Cities. While this is just a first step in demonstrating robustness, it is an important step.

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AUGUST 12, 2015

water management and treatment for power plant and CO 2 storage operations. The Ohio State University. Success will lead to increased operational reliability of the chemical looping technology with impacts for CO2 capture from solid and gaseous fuel conversion. Arizona State University. Lead organization. Description.

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JULY 7, 2022

Researchers from the University of Michigan and McGill University in Canada report photochemical syngas synthesis using a core/shell Au@Cr 2 O 3 dual cocatalyst in coordination with multistacked InGaN/GaN nanowires (NWs) with the sole inputs of CO 2 , water, and solar light. Image credit: Roksana Rashid, McGill University.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Model scope includes all upstream processing of biomass material; conversion to liquid or solid fuel is intentionally excluded. Biofuel conversion processes were excluded from the scope of the analysis. land (ha) energy (MJ) x 10 4 GHG (kg CO 2 e) x 10 4 water (m 3 ) x 10 4 eutrophication (kg PO 4 - equiv). Click to enlarge.

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Water Waste Energy Emissions 218

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MARCH 25, 2014

The home, located on the West Village campus of the University of California, Davis, is capable of producing more energy on-site from renewable sources than it consumes annually, including enough energy to power a Honda Fit EV for daily commuting. The home is also three times more water-efficient than a typical US home.

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MARCH 16, 2012

eutrophication; ET = ecological toxicity; FEC = fossil energy consumption; WU = water use; LO = land occupation; “The rest” includes acidification; smog formation; ozone layer depletion; and human health effects. Environmental impacts of gasoline and E85. Error bar shows regional variations for E85. GW = global warming; Eut. Click to enlarge.

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Gasoline Water Emissions Minnesota 357

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Researchers from the University of North Carolina have synthesized high-photovoltage multijunction Si nanowires (SiNWs) that are co-functionalized to split water catalytically. When integrated with the co-catalysts and suspended in water, these light-activated nanoreactors produced hydrogen gas under visible and infrared light.

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Water North Carolina Hydrogen Low Cost 221

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JULY 1, 2013

Oak Ridge National Laboratory will use a microbial electrolysis process to efficiently remove the hydrogen from the water found in bio-oil. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Georgia Institute of Technology, Pall Corporation, OmniTech International, and FuelCellsEtc will also participate in this project.

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AUGUST 6, 2011

Annual vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT) per hectare-year for four bioenergy systems (error bars are median ±1 standard deviation). The team also suggested that algae systems can be either net energy positive or negative depending on the specific combination of cultivation and conversion processes used. Click to enlarge.

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Transportation Energy Conversion Water 278

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JUNE 9, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis is used for hydrogen production. Phase 1: Renewable energy.

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APRIL 29, 2015

JCAP researchers are focused on achieving the major scientific breakthroughs needed to produce liquid transportation fuels from a combination of sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, using artificial photosynthesis. The research program involves eight core projects: Light Capture and Conversion. Molecular Catalysis.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

MIT researchers have found a new family of highly active catalyst materials that provides the best performance yet in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrochemical water-splitting—a key requirement for energy storage and delivery systems such as advanced fuel cells and lithium-air batteries. Earlier post.) —Grimaud et al.

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MARCH 23, 2012

Grzegorz Milczarek from Poznan University of Technology (Poland), and Olle Inganäs from Linköping University (Sweden), have combined lignin derivatives, which are electronic insulators, with polypyrole, a conductive polymer, into an interpenetrating composite suitable for use as a battery cathode. (B) Voltammograms recorded between 0.1

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Polymer Batteries Battery Renewable 268

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

A University of Maine chemical engineer and his research team have developed a new process—thermal deoxygenation (TDO)—to transform biomass, including forest residues, municipal solid waste, grasses, and construction wastes, into a hydrocarbon fuel oil. The TDO process starts with the conversion of cellulose to organic acids.

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Hydrogen Fuel Convert Oil 247

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APRIL 24, 2018

Proposed modifications to the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard and recent revisions to existing federal tax credits create a substantial near-term opportunity to permanently sequester biogenic CO 2. Earlier post.).

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Carbon CO2 Tax Credit Store 218

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JUNE 19, 2012

However, bio-oil, or pyrolysis oil, comprises many oxygenated organic chemicals with water-miscible and oil-miscible fractions. Woody biomass gave up to 36% carbon conversion to pure hydrocarbons at optimum conditions. This conversion presents more than 50% of the theoretical yield.

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Oil Fuel Hydrogen Conversion 246

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APRIL 27, 2012

Business-as-usual’ projections of future conversion rates, based on historical rates over the past two decades, indicate that 6–9 Mha of peatland in insular Southeast Asia may be converted to plantations by the year 2020, unless land use planning policies or markets for products change. —Miettinen et al. Earlier post.). Chris Malins.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Climate 314

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JULY 20, 2014

Clean Energy Systems/Technologies under the FOA are systems and technologies that improve the efficiency of power generation and conversion systems to liquids and chemicals from fossil-based fuels, enabling affordable CO 2 capture, increasing plant availability, and maintaining environmental standards.

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Energy Future Oil Gas 236

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JUNE 2, 2017

The TWC reduces NO x to nitrogen and oxygen; oxidizes CO to CO 2 , and oxidizes unburnt hydrocarbons to carbon CO 2 and water. If the A/F value is suboptimal, the conversion of noxious pollutants (NO x , CO and hydrocarbons) over the precious metal catalysts (Pt, Rh and/or Pd) is incomplete. —Machida et al.

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Convert Conversion Exhaust Gasoline 170

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JANUARY 8, 2010

The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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Grant Kentucky Manufacturer Universal 225

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, Anhui, China have synthesized montroseite, a vanadium oxide mineral first discovered in Montrose County, Colorado, 60 years ago. A paper on their work was published in the RSC journal Dalton Transactions.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 199

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JUNE 15, 2013

Projects that will be funded under the RFP include engine conversion/retrofits; the use of alternative fuels; or the use of alternative technologies. Identify similar regulations for in-water bunkering. Identify the areas of current bunkering regulations that need to be standardized to promote a national framework.

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Mariner Emissions Alternative Fuels Gas 170

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. The growth in hydrous ethanol, which uses a blend of 94-95% ethanol to 5-6% water, rapidly increased during the 1980s, with consumption peaking in 1989. 80.28, “applicable standard” means: 9.0

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Polyitaconic acid is a water-soluble polymer with a 2 million metric ton per year market potential as a replacement for petrochemical dispersants, detergents, and super-absorbents. The self-contained process uses minimal water and no acids or chemical additives. University of Minnesota (St. DOE Awards. Exelus, Inc. USDA Awards.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have used a plasma pre-treatment to achieve through-plane wettability of carbon layers in a fuel cell electrode. Porous carbon based layers have become standard electrode materials in many energy conversion and storage applications. —first author Beniamin Zahiri.

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Water Transportation Fuel Carbon 210

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

The process also uses less than half the water per gallon than required for the production of gasoline from conventional crude, and about one-third to one-quarter of the water per gallon required for the production of gasoline from oil sands oil, Bolson said. gallons of water are required to produce one gallon of corn ethanol.

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Commercial Oil-Sands Water Gasoline 150

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

First, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) rule to implement the long-term renewable fuels standard of 36 billion gallons by 2022 established by Congress and also issued the targets for 2010. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). President Obama. per gallon.

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JUNE 19, 2011

The refinery insertion partners, BP and Tesoro, will test the finished fuels for compliance with ASTM standards and feed the results back to the process strategy teams. Conversion results from the fermentation team are being reported back to WSU and used to adjust and optimize the pretreatment process. Earlier post. Earlier post.

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Production Fuel Oil-Sands Oil 218

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APRIL 21, 2010

Unlike ethanol, GVL will not form an azeotrope with water, thus eliminating the need for azeotropic distillation or molecular sieve methods in the final purification steps. Conversely to the effect on diesel fuel, the additive shifts the distillation curve of gasoline to higher temperatures.

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Gasoline Diesel Wisconsin Fuel 170

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Cornell University. Stanford University. The Ohio State University.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion 284

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APRIL 3, 2009

On the production side, options exist for improving technologies in terms of new feedstocks and conversion technologies as well as more efficient use of biomass. However very few studies include water use impacts. Methodologies to develop biodiversity quality indicators are still under discussion.

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Conversion Water Emissions 2009 150

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APRIL 23, 2014

The Dearman Engine process involves the heat being introduced to the cryogenic fluid (liquid air or nitrogen) through direct contact heat exchange with a heat exchange fluid (HEF) (water and glycol) inside the engine. The HEF facilitates extremely rapid rates of heat transfer within the engine. million (US$4.37

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The city has provided incentives for the purchase of both EVs and charging ports, the installation of heat-pump water heaters , and the installation of solar and battery-storage systems. This situation is not true universally. There are, however, a few potholes that need to be filled to meet the city’s 2030 emission objectives.

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