Sentences with phrase «oxide fuel»

He is internationally recognized in the field of solid oxide fuel cell technology and ceramic materials.

Some fast reactors use oxide fuels, but those made with metallic fuel are even faster, since oxygen is a fairly light atom.

It would be more difficult for a program that has a large investment in the capital equipment and human knowledge required for manufacturing and recycling oxide fuels to make that revolutionary technology choice.

He also serves as the national coordinator for modeling activities associated with solid oxide fuel cells for the Solid Energy Conversion Alliance - SECA - program, and is a member of the Industry Advisory Board of Edison Welding Institute.

That includes $ 340 million for construction of South Carolina's Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, a perennial source of tension between Congress and the executive branch (Greenwire, June 27).

Graham was upset because the Obama administration's 2014 budget request called for a study of alternatives to the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, under construction at DOE's Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina.

An additional feature of metal fuel use in sodium is that the fuel does not chemically react with the coolant compared to oxide fuel pellets which dissolve in high temperature sodium.

Because oxide fuel conducts heat at a lower rate, the centre of the fuel is above the boiling point of sodium.

Typically, silicon has been used after lithography and etching as a supporting component of small oxide fuel cells.

In the event of a temperature rise in the fuel, the metallic core, unlike oxide fuel, expands, and its density decreases slowing the fission reaction.

We also represent fabricators of nuclear fuel on a range of domestic and international regulatory issues affecting their manufacturing and sales operations, including the only planned mixed - oxide fuel fabricator.

Advanced battery constructions have appeared since the 1980s, and are making great strides in research today according to Dr. Anil Virkar, an internationally recognized researcher in the field of solid oxide fuel cell technology and ceramic materials at the University of Utah.

That's been a high hurdle for devices called solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) that convert fuels — such as methane and hydrogen — directly to electricity without burning them.

The uranium and plutonium are used to fabricate mixed oxide fuel for use in light - water reactors.

The BN - series reactors continue to use oxide fuels because they have achieved reasonably good results with that type of fuel and the responsible designers do not see any compelling reason to change.

NuScale's design incorporates seven layers of defense to prevent the release of contamination into the environment, including: 1) oxide fuel pellet and cladding; 2) reactor vessel; 3) containment vessel; 4) reactor pool; 5) underground stainless steel lined concrete pool walls and floor; 6) biological shield; and 7) a Seismic Category 1 building with HVAC filtration.

Mr. Matthews has represented clients in NRC hearings regarding the licensing of the South Texas Project, Units 3 & 4, the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, numerous contested license transfer proceedings, license amendment proceedings, and contested import / export license proceedings.

Hydrocarbon producer Woodside Petroleum Ltd has invested $ 8 million to support a research program developing electricity generation technology based on ceramic or solid oxide fuel cells.

And the techniques could also be adapted to analyze materials for other electrochemical processes such as solid - oxide fuel cells, membrane based desalination systems, or oxygen - generating reactions.

Solid oxide fuel cells that can use conventional fossil fuels as well as hydrogen are set to take a larger role in the energy game

Another class, the solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) that power backup generators for hospitals and other buildings, typically run at 1000 °C.

Nuclear engineers have also investigated several other fast - reactor concepts, some burning metallic uranium or plutonium fuels, others using oxide fuels.

Two - way fuel cells Meanwhile, Versa, a solid oxide fuel cell stack supplier, is working with Boeing and «a large European company» on an innovative reversible SOFC that cycles back and forth between providing power and electrolyzing water into hydrogen and oxygen, Stokes says.

This figure shows the crystal structure of Sc - doped BaZrO3 to be used as an electrolyte material in intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT - SOFCs).

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), recently used as a power source for households in Japan, have several drawbacks such as high - cost, material degradation and long start - up time derived from high operating temperatures up to 750 °C.

The solid oxide fuel cell, or SOFC, is also set to go mobile, with new systems providing auxiliary or «hotel» power to long - haul trucks.

Prof. Choi and his Ph.D. student Kun Joong Kim have developed a miniaturized solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) to replace lithium - ion batteries in smartphones, laptops, drones, and other small electronic devices.

Worse, reactor No. 3 also employed so - called mixed oxide fuel — or uranium fuel rods made from recycled materials that include plutonium — creating extra cause for concern of nuclear fission restarting itself.

But such solid - oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can efficiently combine everyday fossil - fuel natural gas with oxygen from the air — without burning — to generate electricity on a small scale.

Reactors employing mixed oxide fuel may require extra control rods, made of boron or other neutron - absorbing materials, to slow down more fissile plutonium.

Many solid - oxide fuel cells, including the Bloom Box, operate at 1,250 to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit.

«If I was going to try to get rid of 100 tons of plutonium, I'd burn it in a light - water reactor,» Cochran says, by making it into the mixed oxide fuels.

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), based on an oxide ion conducting electrolyte, have several advantages over other types of fuel cells, including relatively inexpensive material costs, low sensitivity to impurities in the fuel, and high overall efficiency.

In a similar vein, he made vague but conciliatory comments about trying to find a way forward on two other long - standing nuclear waste issues: the cleanup of Cold War — related waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state, and the stalled construction of a plant in South Carolina designed to turn some 68 tons of plutonium scavenged from U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons into so - called mixed oxide fuel (MOX).

Using advanced computational methods, UW — Madison materials scientists have discovered new materials that could bring widespread commercial use of solid oxide fuel cells closer to reality.

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University researchers have determined a key step in improving solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), a promising clean energy technology that has struggled to gain wide acceptance in the marketplace.

All other sodium reactors use oxide fuels, while PRISM uses a metal fuel, an alloy of zirconium, uranium, and plutonium, and the fuel rods sit in a bath of liquid sodium at atmospheric pressure.

Loewen also explained that another advantage that metal fuel has over oxide fuel is that oxide fuel contains a significant amount of stored energy, and the dispersal of stored energy is imperative in preventing a reactor meltdown.

These include complex oxides used in water and carbon dioxide gas splitting, solid oxide fuel cell cathodes, lithium ion batteries, and super ionic conductors.

She received her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder and did her Ph.D. work at Colorado School of Mines focusing on in - depth experimental and modeling studies on high temperature pyrolysis of hydrocarbons and the effects of temperature and fuel structure on conversion, hydrogen production, reactivity, and deposit formation under solid oxide fuel cell operating conditions.

He is known for his contributions to the development and deployment of solid oxide fuel cells and superplastic forming of aluminum alloys.

Small portions of Pu - 239 can be added to newly - manufactured nuclear fuel to produce MOX fuel or mixed oxide fuel, which contains a combination of plutonium oxide and uranium oxide.

Cummins, Inc. will develop and demonstrate a highly efficient and clean diesel engine, an advanced waste heat recovery system, an aerodynamic Peterbilt tractor and trailer combination, and a solid oxide fuel cell auxiliary power unit to reduce engine idling.

Penn, for example, is developing solid oxide fuel cells as a more efficient alternative to hydrogen fuel cells.

The DOE contract continues the development of the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for hydrogen production using electrolysis through a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC).

FuelCell Energy, Inc. has been awarded $ 3.1 m from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA - E) for its project proposal to advance the commercialisation of ultra-high efficiency Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) systems.

The US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 16 projects to receive $ 10.2 million in funding to advance solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology.