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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) issued a press release on Friday saying that Baard Energy had agreed to a settlement entailing their switching from coal as a feedstock for its planned coal/biomass-to-liquids Ohio River Clean Fuels plant ( earlier post ) to natural gas. Earlier post.). Therefore, what.

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AUGUST 12, 2015

water management and treatment for power plant and CO 2 storage operations. Energy Industries of Ohio. The Ohio State University. Ohio University. Transitional Technology Development Awards. Lead organization. Description. DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). General Electric Company.

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MARCH 5, 2023

The company has been developing hydrogen technologies and fuel cell vehicles for more than 30 years. Stationary Fuel Cell Power Unit Specifications Output 1 Quad Unit 288kW-DC 2 Quad Unit Combined 576kW-DC Inverter 600 KVA 265/480V with Transformer Dimensions POWER PLANT (2x QUADS + ACCESSORIES) L652 cm x W262cm x H255 cm, footprint 17.1 m 2 Approx.

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APRIL 20, 2023

To help find ways to address it through technology, EPICS in IEEE , in partnership with the United Engineering Foundation , launched the Environmental Competition last year. universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

An Ohio State University team has demonstrated the successful operation of Coal-Direct Chemical Looping (CDCL)—which chemically harnesses coal’s energy and efficiently contains the carbon dioxide produced before it can be released into the atmosphere. The technology is now ready for testing at a larger scale.

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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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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under the first FOA (DE-FOA-0002187), Capture Research and Development (R&D): Engineering Scale Testing from Coal- and Natural-Gas-Based Flue Gas and Initial Engineering Design for Industrial Sources, DOE selected nine projects to receive $51 million for cost-shared R&D. LH CO 2 MENT Colorado Project.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

A team from the University of Illinois, Urbana and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) has identified regions in the United States where bioenergy crops would grow best while minimizing effects on water quantity and quality. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 13, 2011

Researchers at Ohio State University are working in collaboration with the inventor to understand the science behind a new flash-processing treatment that produces steel at least 7% stronger and with 30% greater elongation than published results on martensitic advanced high-strength steel. Steel is what we would call a mature technology.

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MAY 20, 2023

As with Shell’s renewable race gas, Bridgestone and Firestone chemists and tire engineers labored to create the guayule tires alike from habitual Firehawk race tires. “The Hevea tree grown on farms in Southeast Asia is where most of the natural latex rubber comes from, so that takes a lot of water,” she mentioned.

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DECEMBER 26, 2011

Researchers from Tatung and National Cheng Kung Universities in China, and Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, report manufacturing a new oxygenate additive for diesels (bio or petroleum) using glycerol (a major byproduct of biodiesel production), dimethyl sulfate (DMS), and sodium hydroxide pellets as raw materials.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

Chris Dyson and Guy Smith won the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge in the #16 Castrol Mazda Lola coupe, setting a new race record. The all-new Mazda AER (Advanced Engine Research) engine is based on the MZR-R. The camshafts, water pump and oil pump are internally driven by gears.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Pinto Energy LLC (Pinto), a developer of smaller scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facilities, will build a 2,800 barrel per day (bpd) GTL plant at Pinto’s 80-acre industrial site to the east of Ashtabula, Ohio. Pinto has chosen Ventech Engineers International LLC (Ventech) as the project’s EPC Contractor.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

MicroBio Engineering, Inc. Ohio State University. ASU’s Polymer-enhanced Cyanobacterial Bioproductivity (AUDACity). University of California - San Diego. Biomolecular Films for Direct Air Capture of CO 2. Microalgae Commodities Production with a Direct Air Capture Process. Lumen Bioscience, Incorporated. NTRE Tech LLC.

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MARCH 17, 2016

Complementary production of the Acura NSX’s bespoke, 75-degree, twin turbocharged V-6 engine takes place at the company’s nearby Anna, Ohio engine plant and is undertaken by a small group of master engine builders. Hand built engine. : Each engine takes more than six hours to assemble. the NSX’s 3.5-liter

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JANUARY 9, 2015

—Matthias Erb, Executive Vice President, Engineering & Planning, Volkswagen Group of America. BASF Company; Boeing Company; Celanese International; Continental Structural Plastics; Convergent Manufacturing Technologies; Cytec Engineered Materials; Dassault Systemes Americas Corp.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; TPI Composites, Inc.;

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

When methane hydrates are “melted,” or exposed to pressure and temperature conditions outside those where the formations are stable, the solid crystalline lattice turns to liquid water, and the enclosed methane molecules are released as gas. Earlier post.). DOE Investment: approximately $480,000 ?. The University of Texas at Austin.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. Methane hydrate is stable under high pressure and low temperatures but separates into gas and water quickly when warmed or depressurized, causing the methane to bubble away.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

A study by researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Bioscience Institute (IB-USP) in Brazil, with colleagues at the Ohio State University, has found that the rising atmospheric concentration of CO 2 is beneficial for the physiology of sorghum, an economically and nutritionally important crop grown worldwide.

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JULY 23, 2016

Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation; Ohio State University; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Purdue University; and the University of Michigan. The multidisciplinary consortium includes Cummins Inc.;

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JULY 10, 2019

High-fidelity ignition models to boost engine thermal efficiency, $720,000 Convergent Science Inc., Neutron Spectrum Generator, $75,000 Rapid Field Chemical Detection and Determination of Actinides, $42,500 Switchable Solvent Water Extraction for Material Processing and Isolation, $150,000 Trevi Systems Inc., Madison, Wis. Louis , Mo.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Battelle staff developed the new Grid Command Distribution software internally as part of its work over the past two years as part of an ongoing smart grid demonstration project in Ohio: AEP Ohio’s gridSMART program, sponsored by the DOE. provide insight into grid sensitivity and capacity under changing conditions.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Phase II (Design) selected projects will complete a front-end engineering design study and complete the National Environmental Policy Act process. This transformational technology uses sCO 2 as a working fluid instead of water to achieve high thermodynamic efficiencies that can potentially exceed advanced steam-Rankine cycles.

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DECEMBER 10, 2022

LTA expects Pathfinder 1 to carry approximately 4 tonnes of cargo, in addition to its crew, water ballast, and fuel. During initial test flights, the airship will be powered by two reciprocating aircraft engines). While that dwarfs Goodyear’s current, 75-meter Wingfoot One , it’s still only half the length of the Hindenburg.

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JULY 22, 2023

Making sense of math Ganguly and a team of engineers developed the platform’s software, which includes modules on physics, biology, and chemistry as well as math. After earning a master’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT in 2009, she went on to earn a master’s degree in education in 2011 from Boston University.

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JUNE 20, 2011

Fermentation requires no organic solvent, and the water used is recycled. Genomatica’s integrated bioprocess engineering and extensive intellectual property allow it to develop organisms and processes rapidly for many other basic chemicals. per million Btu. The biggest benefits are during use.

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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 project will focus on furthering the development of Ohio State University’s coal direct chemical looping process (CDCL). Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group.

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JULY 18, 2012

million investment in three university-led projects, helping to train and educate the next generation of nuclear energy scientists and engineers. Institute (Carpenter Technology; General Electric-Hitachi; The Ohio State University). water reactors. efficiency of both light water reactors and. Electric Power. Los Alamos.

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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. billion EV battery plant —that’s GM’s and LG Chem’s new mega-gigafactory in Lordstown, Ohio. And most green hydrogen production still relies on electrolyzers, which themselves consume lots of electricity.

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MARCH 18, 2016

The difference between the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) and the classical Rankine Cycle is the use of an organic working fluid instead of water.). The spent vapor is condensed to liquid and recycled back through the cycle. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 17, 2012

Schematic diagram of a shale gas well following hydraulic fracture treatment, with the relative depths of local water wells shown for scale. Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) extracts natural gas by injecting a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals in short bursts at high pressure into deep underground wells.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Further, Parker Hannifin has paired a RunWise transmission with a CNG engine in the series hybrid powertrain as a one-off to test the waters for such a combination, McGrew said. This stored energy is then released during acceleration to reduce the energy required from the engine to propel the vehicle. FedEx, UPS, etc.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The 27 projects range from concept studies and component design research to prototype development and in-water device testing. Lynnwood, Washington) will develop engineering methods and best practices for developing more cost-effective and flexible anchoring technology. DOE Funding: $240,000. Total Project Value: $391,000.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Schlumberger Carbon Services , Columbus, Ohio. Optimized rock-fluid models will incorporate the seismic signatures of (1) saturation scales and free versus dissolved gas in a CO 2 -water mixture, (2) pore pressure changes, and (3) CO 2 -induced chemical changes to the host rock. Battelle Memorial Institute , Columbus, Ohio.

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MAY 21, 2010

The Ohio State University - $1,366,627. Light Water Reactor Sustainability (2 projects, $764,140). This area includes research in the fields or disciplines of nuclear science and engineering such as, but not limited to, Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Physics, Health Physics, Nuclear Materials Science, Radiochemistry or Nuclear Chemistry.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Engineering E. This project seeks to develop an “electrofuels chassis” by using engineered E. This project will develop and optimize a novel, engineered microorganism that produces a biodiesel-equivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less than $2.50 Water will be the primary byproduct.

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