Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to: biological, thermochemical, or thermocatalytic routes for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to advanced biofuels beyond cellulosic ethanol; microbial fuel cells for direct production of electricity from renewable carbon sources;
hydrogen production from autotrophic or heterotrophic microorganisms; hydrocarbons and lipids from phototrophic or heterotrophic microorganisms.
There are various types of technologies that can play significant roles in mitigating climate change, including energy efficiency improvements throughout the energy system (especially at the end use side); solar, wind, nuclear fission and fusion and geothermal, biomass and clean fossil technologies, including carbon capture and storage; energy from waste;
hydrogen production from non-fossil energy sources and fuel cells (Pacala and Socolow, 2004; IEA, 2006b).
Development and Experimental Study for
Hydrogen Production from the Thermochemical Two - step Water Splitting Cycles with a CeO2 Coated New Foam Device Design Using Solar Furnace System
Directs the Secretary to conduct programs in partnership with the private sector that address: (1)
hydrogen production from diverse energy sources; (2) use of hydrogen for commercial, industrial, and residential electric power generation; (3) safe delivery of hydrogen or hydrogen - carrier fuels, (4) advanced vehicle technologies; (5) storage of hydrogen or hydrogen - carrier fuels; (6) development of safe, durable, affordable, and efficient fuel cells; and (7) the ability of domestic automobile manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive hybrid vehicle technologies in the United States.
They are also studying ways to increase the efficiency of
hydrogen production from water.
In addition, they revealed that the excited electrons move to the lanthamum titanate, leading to efficient
hydrogen production from water by proton reduction.
The HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium (HydroGEN) will utilize the expertise and capabilities of the national laboratories to accelerate the development of commercially viable pathways for
hydrogen production from renewable energy sources.
This consortium will utilize the expertise and capabilities of the national laboratories to accelerate the development of commercially viable pathways for
hydrogen production from renewable energy sources.
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has a well - established capability for performance testing of solid - oxide cells and stacks, operating in the electrolysis mode for efficient
hydrogen production from steam.
O'Brien, J. E., Stoots, C. M., Herring, J. S., Lessing, P. A., Hartvigsen, J. J., and Elangovan, S., «Performance Measurements of Solid - Oxide Electrolysis Cells for
Hydrogen Production from Nuclear Energy,» Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, Vol.
He also is principal investigator for the DOE EERE HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium, an energy materials network focused on
hydrogen production from water.
Future technologies that need R&D: high - efficiency photovoltaics (say, 50 % conversion)(as well as lowering the cost of PV), energy storage systems for intermittent sources like solar and wind (hydrogen storage, other methods), advances in biofuel technology (for example,
hydrogen production from algae, cellulosic ethanol, etc..)
«Our discovery may lead to a more economic approach for
hydrogen production from water electrolysis.»
Wood also is a principal investigator in the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE) HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials Consortium, an Energy Materials Network node focused on
hydrogen production from water.
Not exact matches
The company had already received city approval to construct a new
hydrogen plant and upgrade equipment that would increase
production and capacity to remove sulfur
from crude oil, among other things.
The nanoparticle catalyst displayed the highest turnover frequency and number attained to date for
hydrogen production catalysts
from organosilanes.
On / off switching of
hydrogen production was achieved using the nanoparticle catalyst because it could be easily separated
from its organosilane substrate by filtration.
What differentiates this process
from tradition biofuel
production is the infusion of
hydrogen — it removes the dilutive oxygen that most biofuels contain, leaving only the combustible isoparaffins and paraffins, which are indistinguishable
from the molecules in refined petroleum.The only byproduct of the process is propane, which can be reintroduced into the
production loop as a source of
hydrogen.
Researchers are proposing a new «hydricity» concept aimed at creating a sustainable economy by not only generating electricity with solar energy but also producing and storing
hydrogen from superheated water for round - the - clock power
production.
University researchers
from two continents have engineered an efficient and environmentally friendly catalyst for the
production of molecular
hydrogen (H2), a compound used extensively in modern industry to manufacture fertilizer and refine crude oil into gasoline.
One option is to truck it in
from centralized
production facilities located primarily along the Gulf Coast, where
hydrogen is used at oil refineries to desulfurize fuels.
Graphene doped with nitrogen and augmented with cobalt atoms has proven to be an effective, durable catalyst for the
production of
hydrogen from water, according to scientists at Rice University.
The
hydrogen would be derived
from fossil fuels while researchers explore other methods of
production.
Previously developed techniques for generating
hydrogen from ethanol are best suited to large - scale
production at specialized facilities, however, because they require external sources of heat.
Process operation at constant temperature may enhance the solar - thermal
production of
hydrogen from water.
The team achieved better
hydrogen yields using methanol and ethanol as starting materials but because glucose can be derived
from plant waste such as wood pulp, straw and leftovers
from corn
production, the scientists will continue to work on their approach.
I was not pleased to see, once again, that
hydrogen is linked only with fuel - cell technology, which is «many years away»
from mass
production and costs several times as much as internal combustion technology.
Co-author Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas,
from the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge, said the work could be extended so that many of the liquid components of refined petroleum and inexpensive solid catalysts can pave the way for the generation of massive quantities of high - purity
hydrogen for other commercial uses, including CO2 - free energy
production.
The DemoSNG pilot plant constructed by the KIT will be used in Sweden for the reliable and efficient
production of methane
from biomass - based carbon dioxide and variable amounts of
hydrogen from green power.
While ammonia
production is critical to humanity, the
hydrogen that is needed to produce it comes
from fossil fuels.
Currently, about 95 percent of
hydrogen production worldwide comes
from converting fossil fuels such as natural gas into
hydrogen — a process that releases large quantities of carbon dioxide into the air, said Maher El - Kady, a UCLA postdoctoral researcher and a co-author of the research.
Professor Michael Bowker continued: «Up until recently, the
production of
hydrogen from cellulose by means of photocatalysis has not been extensively studied.
Splitting
hydrogen from water: This illustration depicts the synthesis of a new
hydrogen -
production catalyst
from soybean proteins and ammonium molybdate.
«The presence of nitrogen and carbon atoms in the vicinity of the catalytic molybdenum center facilitates the
production of
hydrogen from water,» Muckerman said.
Role of pH in
production of
hydrogen from carbohydrates by colonic bacterial flora.
SRNL is uniquely suited to
hydrogen production process flowsheet development and TEA using a variety of COTS engineering software to build models
from the unit operation to the plant - wide scale and use them in concert with H2A to develop credible estimates of
hydrogen production cost.
Once nuclear fusion of
hydrogen becomes the dominant energy
production process and the excess energy gained
from gravitational contraction has been lost, [9] the star lies along a curve on the Hertzsprung - Russell diagram (or HR diagram) called the standard main sequence.
Above this mass, in the upper main sequence, the nuclear fusion process can instead use atoms of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen as intermediaries in the
production of helium
from hydrogen atoms.
Connecticut - based FuelCell Energy (FCE) has applied for a prospective pathway for California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for the
production of
hydrogen fuel produced
from biogas derived
from the mesophilic anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludge at a publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
For the near - and mid-term alternative fuel options (i.e., hydrotreated oil
from animal fats and vegetable oils, and FT liquids), electric power is not an important input to the
production process, but
hydrogen is.
A new report on fuel cell vehicles
from IHS Automotive forecasts that global
production of
hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) will reach more than 70,000 vehicles annually by 2027, as more automotive OEMs bring FCEVs to market.
Both are aimed at
production of
hydrogen and other fuels
from solar energy.
Using a natural catalyst
from bacteria for inspiration, researchers have now developed the fastest synthetic catalyst for
hydrogen production — producing 45 million molecules per second.
Simulation of the electrocatalytic
production of molecular
hydrogen from an acetonitrile solution of protonated dimethylformamide (DMFH +) by [Ni (PPhs2NPh2) 2] 2 +.
Current
hydrogen production rate is 2 kg per hour
from low - temperature electrolysis.
The topic of this first stage research was the photocatalytic
production of
hydrogen from water in the presence of semiconductor catalysts.
In the chemical toxin category, perchlorate (a naturally occurring chemical, but also a man - made contaminant stemming
from production of nitrate fertilizer with certain types of ore serving as the nitrogen source) and tobacco smoke (which contains
hydrogen cyanide that can be converted into thiocyanate) are well - researched examples of chemical toxins that are considered goitrogenic because they can interfere with thyroid function.
In normal thyroid function, iodine
from food sources will trigger the
production of
hydrogen peroxide so that the iodide can be converted to its usable iodine form.
Doug Fehan: «
From a production powertrain standpoint, I don't think any manufacturer can come close to having the library and extensive knowledge that GM has, from hydrogen power to E85 to KERS to everything e
From a
production powertrain standpoint, I don't think any manufacturer can come close to having the library and extensive knowledge that GM has,
from hydrogen power to E85 to KERS to everything e
from hydrogen power to E85 to KERS to everything else.
If the h - tron does make
production, it will face competition
from Hyundai ix35 Fuel Celll in the SUV market, as well as other
hydrogen - powered cars like the Toyota Mirai and Honda's upcoming FCV Clarity.