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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Texas-based fuel company Nacero ( earlier post ) will build its second low- and zero-carbon fuels plant in Newport Township, Pennsylvania. Topsoe is providing engineering and design services currently and will supply catalyst and proprietary hardware. The company will build its first facility in Pennwell, Texas.

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MARCH 15, 2024

The flight, which took place from Starbase, Texas, yesterday morning at 8:25 am CT , capitalized on previous test flights and accomplished a host of new objectives. All 33 Raptor engines lit in a staggered sequence, and once throttled up, the world’s biggest rocket took flight for the third time.

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APRIL 2, 2023

The proposed facility, which includes autothermal reforming with carbon capture, will be located at the Enbridge Ingleside Energy Center (EIEC) near Corpus Christi, Texas. If confirmed through the Front-end Engineering Design (FEED) phase and approved, total project investment is expected in the range of US$2.6–US$2.9

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MARCH 6, 2017

Researchers with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, led by Dr. Ying Li, associate professor of mechanical engineering, are developing a photocatalyst to convert CO 2 into renewable hydrocarbon fuels. The first step of the process involves capturing CO 2 from emissions sources.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Until the past couple of weeks, SpaceX seemed to be in a wait-and-see mode as it conducted three Starship test flights from Starbase and gathered data on the effects of 33 Raptor engines thundering away at the launch pad. Questions or comments? Shoot me an email at rangle@teslarati.com , or Tweet me @RDAnglePhoto.

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AUGUST 31, 2022

The ORNL MSRE design incorporated a one region reactor with graphite moderator and circulating fuel. The MSRE design used light water for cooling the containment atmosphere, containment vessel, reactor shield, drain tank, primary pump, and containment penetrations. Its completion next summer will mark another milestone.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

liter V6 engine produces up to 389 horsepower and 479 lb-ft (649 N·m) of torque. With the water-cooled intercooler keeping turbo temperatures down, the V6 engine improves on the outgoing V8 engine in every way. The new, base twin-turbo 3.5-liter

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AUGUST 1, 2010

Texas Governor Rick Perry has awarded $2.75 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) to Terrabon for its work in biofuel technology development. The AdVE process will remove impurities using advanced vapor compression evaporation to produce drinkable water for Laredo. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 10, 2015

million in three new Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) to create novel technology platforms and transform industries. Design tools will be used to create optimal system-level and subsystem-level designs. The two other new ERCs are: Off-grid drinking water. Nature-inspired soil engineering.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

along with a global petrochemical company as a joint venture partner, has commissioned a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) study with IHI E&C International Corporation for a first of its kind natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Texas. Primus Green Energy Inc., The FEED study is expected to conclude mid-2020.

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MAY 19, 2023

IEEE’s Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony showcases emerging technologies and celebrates engineering pioneers who laid the groundwork for many of today’s electronic devices. Engineering changes the way the world works.” I attended this year’s events, held on 4 and 5 May in Atlanta. Mulligan Jr.

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APRIL 23, 2021

Nacero has licensed Topsoe TIGAS (Topsoe Improved Gasoline Synthesis) technology for its multi-billion USD natural-gas-to-gasoline facility in Penwell, Texas to produce 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline component ready for blending into US commercial grades. Nacero’s Pemwell-facility in Houston, Texas.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Ship 25 is powered by 6 Raptor engines (3 sea level and 3 vacuum), and Booster 9 is powered by 33 Raptor engines. Booster 9 features many upgrades over the last booster to take flight, including better engine shielding and a switch from hydraulic thrust vector controls to electric TVC. T+ 2 minutes and 39 seconds, Staging.

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MARCH 1, 2023

. “There is already an understanding, yes [Tesla is] going to dedicate the investment to Mexico, and the plant is going to be established in Monterrey with a series of commitments to face the problem of water scarcity,” said President Obrador during his press conference.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

SpaceX appears to be preparing to ship a huge collection of hardware – including parts of a possible launch deluge system – from Florida to Texas. The resurgence of work on a totally different Starship pad design at 39A in late 2021 likely made that hardware redundant. This aerial photo shows them in October 2022.

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JULY 10, 2019

Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., Selected Labs and Partners.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Microfractures in metal alloys, though impossible to see with the naked eye, can easily spread when exposed to water or hydrogen and lead to major problems in structures such as bridges, electrochemical and nuclear plants and hydrogen storage containers, leading to failures and expensive repairs. —Jonathan Lind.

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JULY 25, 2011

million, 18-month contract by Logos Technologies to design a more economical and renewable jet fuel (BioJet) production solution for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Houston-based Terrabon, Inc. has been awarded a $9.6-million,

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MAY 14, 2015

awarded Technip a lump sum project for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit. The project scope covers: Project management and engineering. BP Exploration & Production Inc.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

The award is sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. After graduating in 1985 with bachelor’s degrees in physics and mathematics, she headed to MIT as a graduate student with the goal of pursuing a career in medical engineering. She left the University of Texas in 2005 to join Rice University.

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MARCH 27, 2015

To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Testing was also conducted at the DTNA Detroit engineering facility to demonstrate engine efficiency by achieving 50.2% engine brake thermal efficiency. engine brake thermal efficiency.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Partners: American Lithium Corporation, DuPont Water Solutions. BHER Minerals, LLC; Electrolytic Production of Battery-Grade LiOH•H 2 O from Geothermal Brine Partners: ZAP Engineering & Construction Services, Inc., Mineral Selective Technologies; Informed design of crystalline ion exchangers: Improved ?-MnO

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

IEEE SSRR 2023 : 13–15 November 2023, FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN Humanoids 2023 : 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA Cybathlon Challenges : 02 February 2024, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND Eurobot Open 2024 : 8–11 May 2024, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FRANCE Enjoy today’s videos! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months.

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JULY 22, 2011

Summit Power Group, LLC and Blue Strategies, LLC have signed a 15-year CO 2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum Corporation for some of the CO 2 that will be captured by Summit’s Texas Clean Energy Project ( TCEP ), a coal gasification with carbon capture polygen project being developed in Penwell, Texas, outside Odessa.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced nearly $5 million in funding across seven research projects designed to increase the understanding of methane hydrates. The University of Texas at Austin. Earlier post.). Selected projects are: Georgia Tech Research Corporation. DOE Investment: approximately $480,000 ?.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded The University of Texas at El Paso grants totaling nearly $1.3 million for research to improve the efficiency of engines and creating technologies for detecting, capturing and storing carbon emissions. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Chintalapalle V. Ramana, Ph.D.,

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Pinto recently filed the project’s air and water permits, and is in discussions with regional economic authorities for further local support. Pinto has chosen Ventech Engineers International LLC (Ventech) as the project’s EPC Contractor. Ventech began designing the Ashtabula facility in April 2013.

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MARCH 27, 2019

Linear Labs was founded in 2014 in Texas by Brad and Fred Hunstable. Brad and Fred Hunstable invented the HET while working to design a device capable of pumping clean water and providing power for small communities in underdeveloped regions of the world. Numerous discoveries morphed into a new electric motor.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The FireX system designed to disperse gases started at t minus 20 seconds, followed by the water deluge system initiating at t minus 5 seconds. Booster 9 then lit its Raptor engines and performed a full-duration static fire of around 5 seconds before the engines shut down as planned.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

He began his career at Ferranti , an electrical engineering and equipment company in Manchester, England. He earned his bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958 from the University of Bristol , in England. before joining Texas Instruments in Dallas. where he continued his networking work.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

No battery is perfect, however, so engineers keep pushing for new and improved ways to store those electrons. This story looks at promising research out of Japan’s Shinshu University on light-absorbing materials to split water into hydrogen and oxygen directly—cutting the electrolyzer out of the equation.

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APRIL 5, 2022

SpaceX’s first upgraded 33-engine Super Heavy booster appears to have passed a crucial test with surprising ease, boding well for a smooth qualification process. At some point, SpaceX will also need to install a full 33 Raptor V2 engines on the booster and seal off the whole engine section and each Raptor with a heat shield.

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JUNE 4, 2009

RAPTR is being designed to investigate R egenerative A ir P reheating and T hermochemical R ecuperation concepts for reducing losses from combustion irreversibility. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are investigating mechanisms for extending the efficiency of combustion engines closer to their theoretical potential.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. —Carlos Santamarina.

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JANUARY 3, 2018

Hydraulic Fracture Test Site II (HFTS2) – Delaware Basin The Institute will carry out multiple experiments to evaluate well completion, design optimization, and environmental impact quantification. Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. DOE Funding: $7,974,000 Non-DOE Funding: $12,590,000.

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JUNE 28, 2023

That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. Crawford is a professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University , in West Lafayette, Ind. She then pursued a Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

This development work is anticipated to lead to process design packages (PDP) that would be expected to accelerate the licensing of Gevo technology to processors of these, particularly in Praj’s extensive customer base. In addition to its PDP development, Praj will also contribute engineering services to optimize Gevo’s Luverne facility.

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