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Stability of Aqueous Silica Nanoparticle Dispersions under Subsurface Conditions

Metin C.O., Nguyen Q.P., Lake L.W., The University of Texas at Austin, US

The potential application of nanotechnology has significantly advanced into the upstream oil and gas industry. However, harsh subsurface conditions such as high temperature and saline environment are generally incompatible to most commercially available engineered nanoparticles. [...]

Deuteron Beam Driven Fast Ignition

Yang X., Miley G.H., Flippo K.A., Hora H., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US

There are a number of physics issues related to the traditional approach of using a petawatt laser to generate a relativistic electron beam for Fast Igniting inertial confinement fusion (ICF) target. One promising alternate approach [...]

Economic Assessment of a Conceptual Biomass to Liquids Bio-Syntrolysis Plant

Plum M.M., Hawkes G.L., Idaho National Laboratory, US

An economic assessment of integrating a High-Temperature Generation Plant (HTGR) with a biomass to SynFuel plant was performed under three market scenarios. Results are as competitive as other carbon feedstock to liquid fuel concepts being [...]

Economic and Job Impacts of Increased Efficiency in Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants

Bezdek R.H., Wendling R.M., MISI, US

New Aspects of the Work: We estimated the incremental costs and benefits of coal power plant efficiency improvements and the economic and job implications of these. Conclusions and Main Results: Significant CO2 emissions could be [...]

Nanostructured Photocatalytic Approach to CO2 Conversion

Corti G., Cantrell T., Beaux M., Prakash T., McIlroy D.N., Norton M.G., GoNano Technologies, US

Several approaches to stabilize and reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations have been tested. While carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been hailed as the most promising approach for sequestering CO2 safely away from the atmosphere, the [...]

Novel Surfactants for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Shepard P.H., Novomer, Inc., US

Despite the advent of numerous alternative energy technologies and fuels, the United States will continue to rely heavily on oil, especially from imported sources, to satisfy its energy demand for the foreseeable future. As there [...]

Synthesis and characterization of cation-exchanged laponite nanohybrids for use as drilling fluid viscosifier

Phuoc T.X., Soong Y., Chyu M.K., National Energy Technology Lab, US

In this paper we report our new approach to synthesize cation-exchanged Laponite nanohybrids for use as gel-forming, viscosity and weighting material stabilizing additives for drilling fluid application. To synthesize the nanohybrids, we use laser ablation [...]

Polymer Nanocomposites: Structure, synthesis

Sharma A., Sharma R., Sharma A., Sharma R., Nanotechnology Lab, IN

Nanotechnology may restructure the technological applications such as semiconductors, inorganic as well as organic materials, energy storage, and biotechnology. It integrates chemistry, physics, materials science, and biology to design and create new material properties of [...]

Polymer Nanocomposites: Characterization, Applications

Sharma A., Sharma R., Sharma A., Sharma R., Sharma A., Sharma R., AKG College of Engineering, IN

Organic polymeric composite materials are useful in applications sucgh as light emitting diodes, electrochromic displays, smart windows, and field transistors, electromagnetic interference shielding devices, energy storage products such as batteries, super capacitors and fuel cells. [...]

Integrated, Renewable Distributed Generation w/ Storage

Olson D., P&E Automation, Inc., US

Case study of a successful integrated renewable distributed generation project for demand response at a large U.S. aerospace manufacturer site.Project incorporated wind, pump-storage hydro, waste compressed air storage power generators and utility company interfaces.