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Bending the DoD Energy Consumption Curve With Big Data Analytics (Conserving Energy with 1’s and 0’s)

Weatherly M., Frontier Technology, Inc. (FTI), US

In 2014 Frontier Technology, Inc. (FTI) utilized Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) funded technologies to develop a Decision Support and Optimization System Model for energy consumption for the United States Navy’s Fleet Forces Command (USFF). [...]

Hydrogen Adsorption on Isoreticular Metal-Organic Framework

Loera-Serna S., López-Sosa S., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, MX

Implement the use of hydrogen as an alternative energy source would reduce the use of fossil fuels, therefore it seeks to challenge any difficulty, mainly storage; an alternative of great interest is the use of [...]

MaimAir: A Flexible and Modular Energy Storage System for Tomorrow Energy Banks

Fargion D., Habib E., Rome University 1, Sapienza, IT

We considered a novel energy storage system based on the compression of air through pumped water. Differently from CAES on trial, the proposed indirect compression leaves the opportunity to choose the kind of compression from [...]

Nanostructured Magnets and High-Power-Density Synchronous Generators

Lyshevski S.E., Rochester Institute of Technology, US

This paper examines enabling nanotechnology solutions for power generation systems (GGS) to improve and empower clean and renewable energy systems [1, 2]. The goal is to design electric machines with nanostructured magnets. We design optimized [...]

The Impact of Dielectric Coatings and Porosity of Nanoparticles on Energy Density

Davis J., Brown D., Henderson W., Anbalagan P., Georgia Institute of Technology, US

Using experimentally calibrated 3-D quasi-electrostatic simulations, various microstructural architectures of cold-pressed nanoparticle (NP) compacts for low-frequency energy storage applications are investigated. This work is built upon our investigations into metal-insulator composites [1] and dielectric composites [...]

Electroactive Polymers as Battery Electrodes

Lutkenhaus J.L., Texas A&M University, US

Plastic power, or energy storage platforms primarily consisting of polymers, offers opportunities never before available in current state-of-the-art prismatic or coin cells, such as flexible, structural, or stretchable energy storage. Electroactive polymers, a class of [...]

Renewable Integration Technologies into Military microgrids

Fernandez S.J., Almeria Analytics, US

There is a continuing need for tools to integrate new control systems into the evolving FOB microgrids, including those integrating renewable sources and new schemes for reducing fuel requirements. Thus, these models ultimately need to [...]

Sustained Solar Fuel Production in Multiple Thermochemical Cycles Using Sol-Gel Derived Ferrite Nanopowders

Bhosale R., Sutar P., Kumar A., AlMomani F., Alxneit I., Scheffe J., Qatar University, QA

According to the recent studies, it is expected that the global energy requirement will increase from 14 TW to 30 TW by the year 2050. Currently, fossil fuels are the major energy source utilized for [...]

Analysis, Modeling and Characterization of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Lyshevski S.E., Reis R.M., Rochester Institute of Technology, US

In biomedical devices, cell phones, computer and tablets, consumer electronics, communication, security and even micro air vehicles, energy harvesting, energy storage and energy management are of a significant importance. In many applications, solar cells and [...]

Rapid processing of perovskite thin films for applications in PV

Druffel T., Lavery B., University of Louisville, US

Perovskite solar cells have the possibility of becoming the next generation of industrial solar cells due to their ease of manufacturing, use of common materials, and respectable efficiencies. Since the first report of perovskite solar [...]