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NASA selects four university teams for aviation projects; eliminating emissions and autonomy research

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NASA has selected four university-led teams for potential awards in the agency’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI) that will have them spend up to five years exploring novel ideas for improving aviation, including eliminating emissions and autonomy research in support of Advanced Air Mobility. Georgia Institute of Technology.

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DOE awards $17M to FY 2014 SBIR Phase II projects; includes Si/graphene anodes, motor windings, exhaust treatments

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Hybrid Electric Turbocharger for Exhaust Energy Recovery and Transient Lag Reduction. NO x Sensor for Diesel Engine Emissions Systems. Additionally, NexTech has demonstrated the ability to tune their sensor technology to also detect and report on ammonia (NH 3 ) emissions. A Novel Exhaust after Treatment Catalyst.

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Georgia Tech team furthers four-stroke-cycle active-membrane piston reactor for enhanced SMR for H2 production

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It also captures and concentrates carbon dioxide emissions, a by-product that now lacks a secondary use—although that could change in the future. Fedorov, a professor in Georgia Tech’s George W. The processes for reforming fuel, purifying hydrogen and capturing carbon dioxide emission are all combined into one compact system.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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GE Global Research will optimize an oxy-combustion natural gas-fired turbine—the Allam-Fetvedt cycle—for flexible generation on a grid with high-variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration at near-zero carbon emissions. Georgia Institute of Technology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems introduces 63% efficient, 540MW JAC gas turbine; -70% CO2 compared to older coal-fired plants

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Replacing older coal-fired power plants with the enhanced JAC can reduce CO 2 emissions nearly 70%. The JAC maintains the long-standing features of a compressor shaft end drive, two-bearing rotor structure, axial flow exhaust, bolt-connected discs with torque pins on the compressor rotor and the CURVIC couplings on the turbine rotor discs.

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Study finds in-car rush-hour exposure to some particulate pollution twice as high as previously thought

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Exhaust composition, however, changes rapidly enough for drivers to experience different conditions inside their vehicles than these roadside sensors. The chemical composition of exhaust changes very quickly, even in the space of just a few feet. Vreeland et al. Click to enlarge. —Heidi Vreeland, first author of the paper.

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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In addition, Pinnacle will employ high rates of exhaust gas recirculation and a low temperature combustion strategy, which will improve knock tolerance and reduce heat loss, pumping work, and NO x emissions. Homopolar Machines Enabled with Brushless Field Electron Emission Current Transfer – $541,184. University of Maryland.

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