Sentences with phrase «efficient conversion of»

Re 418 Brian Dodge — Between 1997 and 2007 US farmland declined by ~ 33 million acres [1] = ~ 51,563 mi ^ 2 ~ 133,546 km ^ 2 ~ 1.7 to 1.8 % of US excluding Alaska ~ 1.07 TWe for 10 % efficient conversion of 200 W / m2 to electricity with 1 m2 of panel per 2.5 m2 of land (* roughly * the «fuel equivalent» of all U.S. energy use, though there are some uses of fuel that would require more electricity to replace than that proportionality)

A major focus will be on understanding how to reengineer biological processes for more efficient conversion of plant fiber, or cellulose, into ethanol, a substitute for gasoline.

A Berkeley Lab - led team is working to re-engineer an enzyme for the efficient conversion of methane to liquid hydrocarbon transportation fuels.

High temperature operation enables efficient conversion of heat to electricity.

Until we have a working «proof - of - concept» for cheap, efficient conversion of energy from solar PV to gas, we don't know for sure that it's doable.

A working «proof - of - concept» for cheap, efficient conversion of energy from solar PV to gas would change the parameters, even with the «unknowns»:

What he is researching is a much more efficient conversion of solar into usable energy.

When it comes to the efficient conversion of power to pace on anything other than perfectly smooth roads, the 4MATIC leaves the rear - drive E63 hobbled and a little soggy in its wake.

Your body relies on the efficient conversion of carbohydrates to glucose — your body's source of fuel — to run smoothly, and vitamin B12 plays a major role in that conversion.

However, a central challenge has been the efficient conversion of abundant feedstocks into the final product, particularly when the feedstock is not something the bacteria or yeast normally «eat.»

Why it matters: Future clean energy will rely heavily on efficient conversions of light energy into biofuel.

Energy transitions: future without fossil energies is desirable, and it is eventually inevitable, but the road from today's overwhelmingly fossil - fueled civilization to a new global energy system based on efficient conversions of renewable flows will be neither fast nor cheap.

Not exact matches

With the intentional use of data analytics, organizations can increase conversion rates and deliver a more efficient and successful sales process.

Several months ago, O&W enacted a number of green alterations to its business, including the conversion of its delivery fleet to biodiesel fuel and the replacement of warehouse lighting to energy - efficient and motion - sensor lighting.

The body is able to convert some of the ALA into the more beneficial EPA and DHA but this conversion is enzyme - dependent and is actually not very efficient.

It provides an efficient energy supply because of its rapid conversion into ketone bodies and exhibits brain protective benefits.

We are developing cleaner, more energy efficient processes for the conversion of agricultural raw materials into high - value ingredients for the food, nutraceutical, industrial chemical, polymer and advanced material sectors.

«A wide range of organic residue types can be processed, resulting in an efficient and rapid conversion or the material to agricultural fertiliser and biogas.»

Waterworks subsidise conversion to organic agriculture in water protection areas as an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwater.

Rice has a simple and easily digestible food matrix, which allows for a high bioavailability and bioconversion of β - carotene to vitamin A. Similarly, spirulina, with its simple food matrix, has also shown a highly efficient conversion factor for β - carotene to vitamin A of 4.5 to 1 by weight in humans (27).

As a result, in some regions of Germany and France, waterworks subsidise conversion to organic agriculture in water protection areas as an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwater.

At noon, Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy rallies with advocates in support of stronger policies and incentives to promote conversion of 126,000 homes per year to comfortable, efficient electric heat pumps, state Capitol, Albany.

Continuing conversion of our existing materials handling, inventory, circulation and security system operations to a much more efficient RFID based system.

In contrast to the conversion of alpha cells, which only concerns a small fraction of the alpha cell population, the new mechanism involving delta cell fate change is a more efficient way of offsetting the loss of beta cells and thus diabetes recovery.

This comprehensive assessment provides new inspiration and understanding of design principles that may lead to more efficient synthetic approaches for advanced, lightweight structural materials for transportation, buildings, batteries, and energy conversion.

Rice University scientists have created an efficient, simple - to - manufacture oxygen - evolution catalyst that pairs well with semiconductors for solar water splitting, the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy in the form of hydrogen and oxygen.

Proteus's handler, James Czarnowski, who developed the boat while at mit, says that conversion of even a small fraction of the U.S. shipping fleet to such efficient propulsion would save tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel annually.

Cons: Low reflectance of mirrors makes heat conversion less efficient, lacks commercial development, high water requirements.

«Some metasurfaces are iterations or more efficient, more compact versions of existing optical devices but, this arbitrary spin - to - orbital conversion can not be done with any other optical device.

First identified by William Jevons in 1865 — when he noticed more efficient engines increased rather than reduced coal use, as engines were put into more widespread use — the rebound effect for higher yields could see food prices drop, encouraging greater consumption, more food waste and even more conversion of habitats to farmland.

Proponents of this system argue that it is an efficient way to produce meat that helps prevent conversion of forests and other ecosystems to pasture.

In California, Onsite Power Systems, Inc. has begun commercial production of an anaerobicdigester system that uses a special design to create the optimal environmentfor bacteria and ultimately more efficient and cost - effective conversion offood waste to biogases (hydrogen and methane).

In this programme, you will study efficient and intelligent energy conversion by means of power electronics technology and electrical machines.

Among the areas of research that inspire Dr. Cui are: the development of new technologies to further the development of electric transportation; creating new battery chemistry for grid - scale storage at ultra-low cost; and harnessing low - cost technologies for the development of catalysts for efficient carbon dioxide reduction and conversion into highly valuable products and inert carbon - hydrogen bond activation.

The team is analyzing the performance of even more efficient catalysts used to convert biomass to high value fuels to understand their disruption mechanism and how the catalyst synthesis affects its efficiency and selectivity for the conversion reaction.

The center aims to accelerate the conversion of basic research findings into efficient clinical candidates and, ultimately, medical applications.

Based on our recent development allowing the efficient and robust conversion of human pluripotent stem cells into affected spinal motor neurons and non - affected cranial motor neurons, our objective is to deepen the mechanisms involved in the specific degeneration of spinal motor neurons in SMA as well as the mis communication of these neurons with their muscular target.

The goal of this study was to strike a careful balance between the contradictory needs for efficient energy conversion and chemically sensitive electronic components to develop a viable system of artificial photosynthesis to generate clean fuel.

Because nature features attributes such as the hardest and most durable materials and efficient energy production and conversion, it has become a treasure trove of knowledge for bionics, marine biology and microbiology.

As the center's director, Huang aims to accelerate the conversion of basic research findings into efficient clinical candidates and, ultimately, medical applications.

Understanding how the molecular composition of the solvent can be manipulated and combined with catalysts to promote both capture and conversion of carbon dioxide holds the promise of creating energy - efficient, cost - effective, carbon - neutral energy generation.

Build the ultimate light - harvesting system by efficient conversion and transport of excitons.

It's one of the top five cereal crops in the world, non-GMO, and it's among the most efficient crops in the conversion of solar energy and use of water.

ALA is converted into EPA and DHA in the body, but this conversion rate can be as low as 5 percent so it's important to focus your efforts on consuming the other two types of omega - 3s as these are more efficient for the body's needs.

- More efficient thyroid output (increased conversion of T4 to T3)- Increased testosterone production - Improved immune system function - Elevated metabolism and healthier adrenal glands - Gains in lean muscle - Faster fat burning - Better leptin sensitivity (increased levels of fat burning hormones)

The conversion of carbohydrates or protein into fat is 10 times less efficient than simply storing fat in a fat cell, but the body can do it.

Because of this, fatty fish like salmon is a much better source of EPA and DHA than flax, especially for the older people among us, because the conversion becomes even less efficient with age.

One possibility is that the lower M content lowers the demand for msr, making the conversion of MS back to M more efficient, meaning the repair of the damaged protein is more efficient.

The mammary glands appear to be especially efficient at making this conversion, presumably because vitamin K2 is essential for the growing infant.17 Vitamin K2 is also produced by lactic acid bacteria, 18 although bacteria produce forms of the vitamin that are chemically different from those that animals produce, and researchers have not yet established the differences in biological activity between these forms.

Multivitamins turn out a big zero when it comes to true vitamin A. Supplements for kids and adults alike rely on carotene to supply vitamin A, but carotene is only a precursor, and the body's conversion from carotene to vitamin A isn't very efficient, taking an average of 8 units of carotene to make one unit of vitamin A. (source)