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APRIL 14, 2021

Kaushal and his team named these cascading effects of introduced salts Freshwater Salinization Syndrome, and it can poison drinking water and cause negative effects on human health, agriculture, infrastructure, wildlife and the stability of ecosystems. In the built environment, salts can degrade roadways and infrastructure.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant renewable resource that can boost grid resiliency and reduce infrastructure vulnerability, but it is currently a cost prohibitive option compared to other energy generating sources. The University of Michigan. University of Washington. Confinement-Exploiting Cross-Flow Turbine Arrays – $2,000,000.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Researchers at the University of Michigan, McGill University and McMaster University have developed a binary copper?iron The copper and iron hold onto molecules by their carbon and oxygen atoms, buying time for hydrogen to make the leap from the water molecule fragments onto the carbon atom. Image credit: Baowen Zhou.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

MQL reduces oil mist generation; biological contamination of coolant; waste water volume; costs for capital equipment; and regulatory permitting. For a typical production line, MQL can save more than 280,000 gallons (1 million liters) of water per year, Ford says. Livonia Transmission Plant (Michigan). Studies (Faverjon et al.

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JUNE 9, 2017

The 2017 FOA solicited early-stage materials research to advance the Department’s goals of enabling economic and efficient transportation via fuel cell electric vehicles that use hydrogen fuel produced from diverse domestic resources. Advanced Water Splitting Materials. Advanced Water Splitting Materials. University of Michigan.

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JULY 7, 2022

Researchers from the University of Michigan and McGill University in Canada report photochemical syngas synthesis using a core/shell Au@Cr 2 O 3 dual cocatalyst in coordination with multistacked InGaN/GaN nanowires (NWs) with the sole inputs of CO 2 , water, and solar light. This will significantly reduce overall CO 2 emissions.

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MARCH 29, 2021

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have similar actions planned for 2024 and 2027, respectively. nitrogen and water) upon exiting the SCR catalyst.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Because of the shallow nature of large areas of the estuary the focus is on water volume or cubic miles, instead of square mileage as used in the Gulf. Later this year, researchers will measure oxygen levels in both bodies of water.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Topic 4: Bio-Restore: Biomass to Restore Natural Resources. University of Michigan. University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

To put this numbers in perspective, during the Flint Michigan water crisis of 2014, one per cent of the children had blood lead levels above 10 micrograms per deciliter. The levels of lead exposure when I was a child in 1976 were 15 times what they are today. Back then, 88% of us had blood lead levels above 10 micrograms per deciliter.

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MAY 14, 2020

The teams will develop digital twin technologies for robust O&M strategies that can facilitate, among other things, more flexible operations for integration into an electrical grid with a large fraction of intermittent generation resources. Nuclear energy is considered by many to be critical to achieving emissions reduction goals.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

The projects were selected as part of ARPA-E’s Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER) program. First, an electric potential will be applied to water to simultaneously produce acidity and alkalinity. Earlier post.)The Feedstocks will include Li/Ni/Ca/Mg-rich igneous and sedimentary minerals.

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MAY 22, 2014

Researchers at Michigan State University have developed a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) which will allow biodiesel plants to eliminate the creation of hazardous wastes while reducing their dependence on fossil fuel. The next step will be field tests with a Michigan-based biodiesel manufacturer. Credit: ACS, Speers et al.

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JULY 10, 2017

As part of the SCR technology, exhaust stream emissions were dosed with a mist of a urea substance, commonly known as “AdBlue,” which converted NO x into nitrogen, water, and small amounts of carbon dioxide. Williams of the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, and Acting US Attorney Daniel L.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

As part of ongoing commitment to the US market, Volkswagen Group of America is proud to dedicate our vast technological resources and automotive manufacturing expertise to help IACMI expand the American workforce and overcome current barriers to the use of advanced composite materials. Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; TPI Composites, Inc.;

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

A precise amount of ground biomass is fed into a moving tray; at the first heating and processing stage, the function is to drive off entrapped water, and to perform the first step of de-hydration of the biomass while mechanically compacting it for more effective heat transfer at later stages of processing. Depending on the temperature (300

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NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Coccolithophores —unicellular, eukaryotic phytoplankton (algae)—have been increasing in relative abundance in the North Atlantic over the last 45 years, as carbon input into ocean waters has increased. Guikema of the University of Michigan. —Anand Gnanadesikan. Del Castillo of NASA, and Seth D.

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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 Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, with its consortium partners, has pledged an equivalent amount of resources, bringing the total bilateral effort to $50 million over 5 years.

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JULY 17, 2014

New projects to be funded this year will build upon gains in genetic and genomic resources for bioenergy and biofuels. Robin Buell, Michigan State University. DOE’s Office of Science will provide $10.6 Initial funding will support research projects for up to three years. 2014 Biomass Genomics Resarch projects. Description.

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JULY 20, 2011

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and Michigan State University (MSU) have developed a new biomass pretreatment method that reorganizes the hydrogen bond network within crystalline cellulose. Credit: ACS, Chundawat et al. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 30, 2017

Nitrogen fertilization can substantially discount the climate and water quality benefits of bioenergy crops if applied in excess of plant need; some high-productivity perennial crops require little if any supplemental N. Resources. —Robertson et al. Philip Robertson, Stephen K. Hamilton, Bradford L. Barham, Bruce E.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

University of Michigan researchers have developed a new process that can sprout microscopic spikes on nearly any type of particle and that may lead to more environmentally friendly paints and a variety of other innovations. The “hedgehog particles” are named for their bushy appearance under the microscope. and Florence V.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

IH 2 technology is a catalytic thermochemical process that promises to be a very cost-effective route to produce liquid transportation fuels from renewable resources. The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) in Des Plaines, IL, recently added a new Pilot-Scale IH 2 Plant to broaden biomass-to-liquid hydrocarbon fuel conversion. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Phillip Savage at the University of Michigan has found that with appropriate parameters, hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) can convert 65% of wet algae (a Nannochloropsis species) into biocrude in one minute. Biocrude from Nannochloropsis. Credit: Savage Lab. Click to enlarge. A team led by Prof. Faeth and Phillip E. AIChE 2012. Valdez, P.J.,

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Features of the process include: Feedstock flexible; Fast biomass heat up maximizes liquid yield; Hydroconversion with catalysts produces low-oxygen, low-acidity liquids; Polynuclear aromatic components are not formed; Self-sufficient process requires no supplemental water or hydrogen; and. Property comparison. Heating value. 6,560 Btu/lb.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Results of a lifecycle analysis by a team at the University of Michigan suggest that multiple types of natural gas-powered vehicles—i.e., water depletion potential (WDP). Dai and Lastoskie used eight environmental indicators: human toxicity (HT). particulate matter formation (PMF). photochemical oxidant formation (POF).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has completed its submittal of the design certification document for the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor ( ESBWR ) to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)—a key milestone in deploying the new advanced nuclear reactor design. Earlier post.).

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MAY 21, 2010

University of Michigan - $931,603. University of Michigan- $406,712. University of Michigan - $996,581. University of Michigan - $1,181,379. Light Water Reactor Sustainability (2 projects, $764,140). University of Michigan - $798,943. Idaho State University - $650,000. University of Florida - $894,042.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Participants in GTI’s project included Cargill, Johnston Timber, Aquaflow, Blue Marble Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Michigan Technological University. This approach gives us the flexibility to develop a multi-biomass feedstock mix specific to available resources worldwide. —Nick Gerritsen.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Researchers from the University of Michigan and Zhejiang University (China) are developing a new pathway—catalytic hydrothermal decarboxylation—to produce liquid hydrocarbon (i.e., H 2 is not currently available in large quantities from renewable resources and H 2 costs can be high. —Fu et al. —Fu et al.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Unlike coal or heavy crude oil hydroprocessing, significant amounts of water are produced as a result of lignin hydroprocessing, due to the fact that lignin is oxygenated to a much greater degree than coal or heavy crude oil. Chevron says tests have shown that this produced water does not inhibit the lignin conversion.

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AUGUST 2, 2009

Water (liquid or vapor) is formed at the cathode catalyst. Liquid water hydrates the membrane and increases its protonic conductivity, but may also flood the catalyst layer pores, preventing oxygen from reaching the catalyst layers. Cross-section of a unit cell. Promislow and Wetton, 2009. Click to enlarge. Promislow and Wetton.

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MARCH 9, 2009

Researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) have developed a new nanoporous material with a surface area of more than 5,000 square meters per gram—significantly higher than that of any other porous material reported to date. UMCM-2 is a coordination polymer comprising three different types of cages. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 21, 2009

A team of NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Louisiana State University, and the University of Michigan is forecasting that the “dead zone” off the coast of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico this summer could be one of the largest on record. Dead zone visualization. Credit: NOAA.

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JUNE 25, 2013

—Mark Barteau, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Michigan and chair of the committee that wrote the report. There’s nothing extraordinary about pipeline shipments of diluted bitumen to make them more likely than other crude oils to cause releases. National Research Council.

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JULY 31, 2009

A Michigan State University (MSU) researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial—xGnP Exfoliated Graphite NanoPlatelets—that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as more durable medical and sports equipment and enhanced energy storage systems. Resources.

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JULY 26, 2012

Michigan Technological University. Michigan State University. This project will further enhance the value of many existing resources while also adding new dimensions to scientific research capacity. The projects selected include: Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy. Lead organization. Description. Iowa State University.

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