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MAY 12, 2013

Researchers at MIT have identified inexpensive metal alloy materials that can serve as anodes for molten oxide electrolysis (MOE)—an electrometallurgical technique that enables the direct production of metal in the liquid state from oxide feedstock. —Allanore et al. Donald Sadoway, the John F. Antoine Allanore, Lan Yin & Donald R.

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AUGUST 29, 2021

A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. However, the authors noted, the power prices required to justify investment in an HFGT to replace a natural gas-fired gas turbine are considerably higher than those seen in the market today.

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APRIL 13, 2012

Researchers at MIT engineered nanoparticles of copper (Cu) mixed with gold (Au), which is resistant to corrosion and oxidation, and measured the oxidation rate of the AuCu NPs as a function of composition. Kendall Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, postdoc Zichuan Xu and Erica Lai ‘14. —Xu et al.

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JULY 18, 2015

Findings by MIT researchers could help advance the commercialization of supercritical water technology for the desulfurization and upgrading of high-sulfur crude oil into high-value, cleaner fuels such as gasoline without using hydrogen—a major change in refining technology that would reduce costs, energy use, and CO 2 emissions.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas.

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JUNE 9, 2011

A new assessment of the viability of coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology by researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (JPSPGC) found that without climate policy, CTL has the potential to account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050. Credit: Chen et al., 2011 Click to enlarge.

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MAY 24, 2022

The same is true in reverse, when solar panels lose some of the energy in photons as heat instead of it all being converted into electrons. A thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell developed by engineers at MIT has eclipsed the 40-percent-efficiency mark. But the tide looks to be turning. Felice Frankel One Large Rat, Hold the Droppings.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Researchers at MIT have developed a method that could significantly boost the performance of carbon capture and conversion systems that use catalytic surfaces to enhance the rates of carbon-sequestering electrochemical reactions. This output can help to subsidize the process, offsetting the costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

The PEM system uses heating from electrically conducting gas (a plasma) to convert the feedstock (usually waste) to valuable products. InEnTec’s technology was developed at MIT and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with the support of the US Department of Energy.

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JULY 25, 2016

An international team from MIT, Argonne National Laboratory and Peking University has demonstrated a lab-scale proof-of-concept of a new type of cathode for Li-air batteries that could overcome the current drawbacks to the technology, including a high potential gap (>1.2 V) V in O 2 (gas) → O x− (condensed phase), and η charging > 1.1

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MAY 13, 2012

OsComp Systems, a startup formed by MIT alumni, has developed , with support from the US Department of Energy (DOE), a hybrid rotary compressor design that decreases the energy required to compress and transport natural gas, lowers operating costs, improves efficiencies and reduces the environmental footprint of well site operations.

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MARCH 5, 2010

The planned facility will convert municipal solid waste into synthetic fuels and power. The intense heat of the second stage plasma gasifier rearranges the molecular structure of the waste, transforming organic (carbon-based) materials into synthesis gas (syngas). S4 Energy Solutions LLC , a joint venture by Waste Management, Inc.

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JULY 26, 2012

The oxy-combustion process replaces the air used for combustion with a mixture of oxygen and recycled plant emissions (flue gas) and/or water for temperature control. The CDCL process consists of a unique moving bed reactor where pulverized coal is fully converted using iron-based oxygen carriers. Gas Technology Institute.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. Engineering E.

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APRIL 12, 2015

Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Chiang, MIT colleague W. Advanced Li-ion and multivalent ion batteries.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Bio2Electric’s project will demonstrate a novel conversion process to produce ethylene (a widely used commodity chemical) from natural gas, with the goal of reduced greenhouse gas emissions, lower reactor capital and lower operating expense compared to current industry practice. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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MAY 12, 2023

Tanenbaum later developed the first gas-diffused silicon transistor, which could amplify and switch signals above 100 megahertz at a switching speed 10 times that of previous silicon transistors. In 1955 he and colleague Ernest Buehler demonstrated the first silicon transistor. in physical chemistry from Princeton.

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JUNE 17, 2013

The new MIT proces converts furfural into GVL via a series of cascading (domino-like) reactions catalyzed by zeolites with Lewis and Brønsted acid sites. The new MIT production method, described in the June 11 issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie , eliminates both of those obstacles. Credit: Bui et al. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Jesse Jenkins and his collaborators used the REPEAT energy model to project the greenhouse-gas reductions resulting from recent U.S. So when I went to MIT to do my Ph.D., Solar panels convert solar radiation to power linearly, in proportion to the amount of sunlight. Jesse Jenkins: In early 2021, given the results of the U.S.

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

company, which was founded in 2010 by three Stanford grads, is producing a machine that generates 230 to 430 kilowatts using almost any kind of fuel, including ammonia, hydrogen, biogas, or natural gas. Mainspring calls its machine a linear generator, because it converts linear motion into electricity. The Menlo Park, Calif.,

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MAY 15, 2021

The LT team will develop a gas fermentation process that leverages affordable, renewable hydrogen to capture and fix CO 2 directly into valuable fuels and chemicals. If successful, it will be the first biological platform to convert carboxylic acids into a broad range of fuels and commodities with greater than 100% carbon efficiency.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Thermoelectric and enabling engine technology : Three projects awarded to improve the efficiency of thermoelectric devices to convert engine waste heat to electricity. This project will improve passenger car fuel efficiency by 5% through the conversion of exhaust gas waste heat to electric power using a thermoelectric generator.

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MARCH 11, 2023

AC Propulsion cofounder Wally Rippel converted a Volkswagen microbus into an electric vehicle while he was still a student at Caltech. Then market speculators got into the act, sending wholesale prices up 800 percent and bankrupting Pacific Gas & Electric. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

An aggressive global cellulosic biofuels program could contribute substantially to future global-scale energy needs, but could have significant unintended environmental consequences, according to a recent report by the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.

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JUNE 25, 2010

Boeing and the FAA each will contribute up to $25 million during the term of the project to conduct flight demonstrations of emergent airframe and engine technologies that have the potential of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and community noise. Earlier post.). Ron Rich, vice president of Propulsion Systems, Honeywell Aerospace.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

One program, Reducing Emissions using Methanotrophic Organisms for Transportation Energy (REMOTE, earlier post ), provides $34 million to 15 projects to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation. process intensification approaches for biological methane conversion.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Methane Converter to Electricity and Fuel. Bio2Electric will develop a small-scale reactor that converts natural. gas into a liquid transportation fuel by combining fuel cell. utility of geographically isolated gas reserves. Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. Such natural gas contains energy.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The MIT will develop a new generation of power electronics based on vertical gallium nitride (GaN) superjunction diodes and transistors that can vastly exceed the performance of today’s GaN power devices. Ultra Light-weight Bidirectional DC-DC Converters for Electric Aircraft - $1,195,345. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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APRIL 5, 2008

At the very least, CARB could have converted their hybrid requirements into a plug-in hybrid requirement, instead of taking from the small ZEV numbers. If the hydrogen for FCVs comes from steam reformation of methane ( 11,888 g CO2e/kgH2 ), then greenhouse gas emissions per mile for a 50 mi/kgH2 vehicle are 238 g/mi.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Terrafugia, a US-based company developing practical flying cars.Terrafugia was founded in 2006 by five MIT graduates; since then, the company has delivered a number of working prototypes. Targeted range is 500 miles, with a cruise speed of 200 mph.

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MARCH 23, 2019

Durable high temperature heat exchangers for use with supercritical CO 2 have potential applications in solar power, gas turbines, transportation, and power generation. MIT will develop a high performance, compact, and durable ceramic heat exchanger. The Ohio State University. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

It will explore low-energy plasmas’ effectiveness in enhancing or controlling energy-related chemical processes, such as converting natural gas to larger molecules for producing liquid fuels or chemical feedstocks. Plasma Physics: The project will take advantage of Princeton’s world-leading facilities for studying plasma physics.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

Thirteen scientists and land use experts conclude in a new paper that an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules used to measure compliance with carbon limits for bioenergy could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging deforestation. Their paper is published in the 23 Oct. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 7, 2011

The oxidative coupling of methane converts methane into ethane and ethylene (C 2 hydrocarbons). In the OCM reaction, methane (CH 4 ) is activated on the catalyst surface, forming methyl free radicals (CH 3 ) which then couple in the gas phase to form ethane (C 2 H 6 ). ” —Alex Tkachenko. Non-reducible.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

The company calls this dual-chemistry hybrid pack Gemini, and recently told Charged that it is enabled by utilizing cutting-edge cell technologies and a proprietary high-power-density DC-DC converter. Charged : Your custom DC-DC converter design is a main focus of development. What makes two different cells a good match?

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MARCH 29, 2018

The program has been very successful in helping California fleet managers realize a faster ROI on a range of important technologies, such as electrification and natural gas. So converting a fleet isn’t just an environmentally responsible decision—it’s a financially responsible one, too. California HVIP funding. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) In that case, you might never burn a drop of gas during the life of the car.". Marketwatch ).

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