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MAY 10, 2023

In collaboration with NE, DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office will provide funding and project oversight for the two hydrogen production–related projects that were selected: General Electric Global Research, Scaled Solid Oxide Co-Electrolysis for Low-Cost Syngas Synthesis from Nuclear Energy.

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JULY 19, 2023

The UK government officially launched Great British Nuclear (GBN), an arms-length body operating through a repurposed British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) Ltd to deliver the government’s long-term nuclear program and support the government’s ambition to deliver up to 24GW of nuclear power in the UK by 2050. A further £22.3

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MARCH 12, 2023

With electricity and heat, companies could capture CO 2 and produce steam, hydrogen, and synthetic fuels. Stellaria aims to develop a molten chloride salt reactor (MSR). Stellaria aims to develop a molten chloride salt reactor (MSR). MSRs use molten salts as the heat transfer fluid.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2013

million investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada to support the development and commercialization of a new hydrogen manufacturing technology called Molten Salt Catalyzed Gasification (MSG), originally developed at the US Idaho National Laboratory (INL). A consortium led by Canada-based Western Hydrogen Ltd. Background.

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DECEMBER 28, 2012

are proposing using spent nuclear fuel (SNF), natural uranium, or excess weapons-grade plutonium (W-Pu) in a proposed GEM*STAR accelerator-driven subcritical reactor (ADSR) to provide the process heat and steam for the Fischer-Tropsch production of synthetic diesel from natural gas and other carbonaceous feedstocks (e.g., Click to enlarge.

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MAY 16, 2023

The MMR, developed by Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporations (USNC) ( earlier post ) includes a nuclear plant, which contains an MMR High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor that provides process heat to an adjacent plant, via a molten salt heat exchange system. The MMR has an operating life-span of 20 years.

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MAY 14, 2020

Advanced reactors must be designed to be financially competitive with fossil fuel power plants to gain a foothold in future energy markets. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Generation of Critical Irradiation Data to Enable Digital Twinning of Molten-Salt Reactors - $899,825.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Spacer grids are used to provide mechanical support to nuclear fuel rods within a reactor and reduce vibration, and they are a particularly difficult component to manufacture. Accelerated Materials Design for Molten Salt Technologies Using Innovative High-Throughput Methods, University of Wisconsin-Madison, $1,861,820.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. Shipping uses over 300 million tonnes of fossil fuels every year, producing 3 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 4, 2021

Molten salt nuclear reactors (MSRs) fit the bill—and, according to at least one source , China may be well on their way to developing MSR technology. Government researchers there unveiled a design for a commercial molten salt reactor (MSR) that uses. thorium as fuel , the South China Morning Post reported recently.

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JUNE 4, 2018

Terrestrial Energy USA: Magnetically Suspended Canned Rotor Pumps for the Integral Molten Salt Reactor – $3,150,000. The Terrestrial Energy USA team will develop a novel, magnetically suspended circulation pump for molten salt reactors to improve plant performance, increase pump lifetime, and reduce cost.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 3, 2023

As Clynes explains, Sparc’s planned successor, Arc, will feature a molten salt blanket that will absorb radiated neutrons and then pump them outside the tokamak to heat water into steam to power a turbine. Crucially, the molten salt could also breed tritium, a necessary but incredibly rare fuel for magnetic-confinement fusion.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Request for Information (RFI) on critical materials in the energy sector, including fuel cell platinum group metal catalysts. Battery electric Plug-in hybrid electric Hybrid Fuel cells. Stationary fuel cells & hydrogen electrolysis. Mirrors Molten salts. Components.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Whether it is natural or fossil fuel-derived synthetic graphite, the estimated carbon footprint it accounts for is 5.3 UP Catalyst uses a molten salt carbon capture and electrochemical transformation (MSCC-ET) method to reprocess CO 2 from heavy industry flue gases into carbon nanomaterials and graphite. kg CO 2 eq/kg and 13.8

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MARCH 10, 2016

They first have applied their technology to the production of a plastic—a promising alternative to polyethylene terephthalate (PET) called polyethylene furandicarboxylate (PEF)—but are now working to apply the new chemistry to the production of renewable fuels and other compounds from hydrogen and CO 2.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

An international team of researchers led by Quanguan Pang at Peking University and Donald Sadoway at MIT reports a bidirectional, rapidly charging aluminum–chalcogen battery operating with a molten-salt electrolyte composed of NaCl–KCl–AlCl 3.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

Prototype low-viscosity ionic liquid-additized engine oil demonstrated a 2% improved fuel economy compared to Mobil 1 5W-30 engine oil (3.93% over the 20W-30 baseline oil) in standard fuel efficiency engine dynamometer tests. Ionic liquids are “room temperature molten salts”, composed of cations & anions, instead of neutral molecules.

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MARCH 19, 2015

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) are engaged in a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) focused on accelerating scientific understanding and technical development of salt-cooled reactors, specifically fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactors ( FHRs ).

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Molten Salt Gasification Process. Western Hydrogen Limited reported first production of hydrogen from its Molten Salt Gasification (MSG) pilot plant in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The MSG process occurs in a single high-pressure reactor in which a carbon-based feedstock and water react with a molten salt bath.

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APRIL 19, 2013

The hydrogen can be released from the methanol at a later time to power a fuel cell. In this reaction it is necessary to avoid the formation of carbon monoxide because even the smallest traces of CO would poison the catalysts used in fuel cells.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We are transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and the use of energy storage is becoming more widespread. Technologies include energy storage with molten salt and liquid air or cryogenic storage. So what exactly is energy storage? This article will answer your confusion.

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MAY 1, 2009

High temperature heat for biomass gasification is obtained from a molten-salt system in a solar concentrating tower. Hertwich and Xiangping Zhang, is to obtain an easy to handle fuel with near-zero CO 2 emission and reduced land-use requirements compared to first and second generation biofuels. Hertwich and Zhang (2009).

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award $38 million to 12 projects that will work to reduce the impacts of light-water reactor used nuclear fuel (UNF) disposal. Most of the nation’s used fuel is stored at more than 70 reactor sites across the country. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 11, 2014

The award extends funding for the integrated research project (IRP) between MIT, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison to develop a test reactor and, ultimately, a commercial high-temperature salt-cooled reactor, also called a Fluoride-salt High-Temperature Reactor [FHR].

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JULY 10, 2012

These batteries will ensure the continuous operation of telecom installations in Nigeria, and enable the customer to lower fuel consumption and emissions of the diesel generator powered telecom towers by up to 50%. The battery plant has received support from state and local government in New York, where GE has done business for 130 years.

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APRIL 27, 2018

Design and License Application Development for TRISO-X: A Cross-Cutting, High Assay Low Enriched Uranium Fuel Fabrication Facility: X Energy, LLC. Modeling and Optimization of Flow and Heat Transfer in Reactor Components for Molten Chloride Salt Fast Reactor Application: Elysium Industries USA.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

Molten salt nuclear reactors fueled by thorium were first investigated at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the 1950s. A new molten salt reactor reportedly being built by China follows the Oak Ridge design but also incorporates the same kind of high-temperature salt pumps used in concentrated solar-power plants.

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Cars That Think

JULY 15, 2023

Mimicking the process that fuels the sun, the hydrogen ions—isotopes called deuterium and tritium—will accelerate and collide with such force that they fuse into helium and release highly energetic neutrons. Inertial confinement compresses and heats a target filled with fuel—often using lasers—to kick-start a reaction.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 12, 2023

As countries transition away from fossil fuels to green sources of energy like wind and solar, there will be natural lulls in energy production due to weather conditions. Cheesecake is part of a cohort of companies trying to meet a growing need for alternative forms of energy storage. Some companies have landed on thermal storage.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

The cellulosic sugars stored in the biomass of grasses and other non-food crops, and in agricultural waste, can be used to make advanced biofuels that could substantially reduce the use of the fossil fuels responsible for the release of nearly 9 billion metric tons of excess carbon into the atmosphere each year. Biomass Biorefinery Fuels'

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MARCH 21, 2013

Many recent research and development efforts for cellulosic biofuels have explored a two-step bioconversion process involving: 1) liberation of fermentable sugars from lignocellulose; and 2) conversion of sugars into fuels and/or chemicals by fermentation. The use of ionic liquids (molten salts with melting points.

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JULY 22, 2016

The next steps are to adapt this to the production of “drop-in” advanced biofuels that can directly replace blendstock for today’s automotive, diesel and aviation fuels, the researchers said. The process is easily reversible, allowing the liquid to be recycled for use as a solvent again. Other co-authors are N.V.S.N.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Projects will address one or more R&D categories, including: Technologies, materials, and superconducting-magnet and fuel-cycle subsystems between the fusion plasma and balance of plant; Cost-effective, high-efficiency, high-duty-cycle, electrical-driver technologies; and. EM-Enhanced HyPOR Loop for Fast Fusion Fuel Cycles - $2,300,000.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Ionic liquids are molten salts that do not evaporate, and can be used to replace the current aqueous amine technology with proprietary ionic liquid – amine technology.

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JULY 10, 2019

Advancing Particle Receiver Design for Commercialization of Solar Thermochemical Fuels and Ammonia Production, $150,000 German Aerospace Center (DLR), Köln-Porz, Germany Commercial Transfer of Sandia HTHP Downhole Electrochemical System, $250,000 Thermochem Inc., Louisville, Colo. Sandia National Laboratories. Santa Rosa, Calif.

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JUNE 19, 2010

However, continuous development of reactor and fuel cycle technologies will be important if nuclear energy is to achieve its full potential in competition with other low-carbon energy sources, the report finds. Molten Salt Reactor (MSR). Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR). Super-Critical Water-cooled Reactor (SCWR).

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

The primary goal is to increase the share of clean and sustainable energy in the overall energy mix, thereby reducing dependence on fossil fuels and mitigating environmental impacts. The hydrogen can be stored and later used in fuel cells to generate electricity.

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