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Solid Oxide Fuel Cell R&D

Kim J.W., Conrad R., US Department of Energy, US

This solid oxide fuel cell program focuses on research and development to enable generation of efficient, cost effective electricity from coal and natural gas and on stack and system development to help develop smaller, highly [...]

The maximization of hydrogen rhythmic production in large scale photobioreactors from genetically modified microalgae biomass

Dias F.G., Vargas J.V.C., Kava V., Ordonez J.C., Balmant W., Mariano A.B., Federal University of Parana, BR

A transient mathematical model for managing microalgae derived hydrogen production as a source of renewable energy is developed for large scale compact photobioreactors (PBR). The model allows for the determination of microalgae and hydrogen mass [...]

Lower-cost Hydrogen (H2) Fuel Production from Distributed Wind via Paralleled Self-Excited Induction Generators (SEIG’s) & Close-coupled Electrolysis at Multi-turbine Off-grid Windplants

Leighty W.C., Alaska Applied Sciences, Inc., US

We may significantly reduce the cost of wind-source hydrogen fuel generation by simplifying the design, capex, and O&M costs of wind turbines, windplants, and electrolysis plants, by: 1. Designing the turbines with simple, robust, low-cost, [...]

Zn(Ⅱ)-Based Metal-Organic Framework/Nafion® Composite Membrane with High Proton Conductivity for Fuel Cell Applications

Kim H.-J., Kabir L., Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea, KR

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can serve as a scaffold to anchor acidic groups and provide efficient proton transfer pathways owing to their highly ordered structures and modular nature. Intentional coordination of MOFs with a conductive polymer [...]

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Advanced Hybrid Power System Controls and their Role in Transfiguring the Grid

Lank R., Tucker D., DERP Technologies, L.L.C., US

Distribution generation (DG) and microgrids integrated into the nation's distribution grid are the future of the nation's power supply; at the heart of any distributed generation model is reliable and resilient locally produced electricity. Developing [...]

Optimization of Natural Gas Turbines for Greater Resiliency and Quick Starts for Adaptive islanding

Lank R., Tucker D., DERP Technologies, L.L.C., US

Hybrid Power Supplies that have a natural gas reciprocating engine as its core element of generation and have that engine coupled with a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) have the capability of being one of [...]

Novel Onboard Flotation for Spilled Oil Recovery under Artic and Gulf of Mexico Conditions

Shi F., Duan Y., Soong Y., Gray M., National Energy Technology Laboratory, US

Preventing oil spills is a top priority for the oil and gas industry, and the ability to avert and respond to oil spills is essential for obtaining an operating license. Oil spill response is a [...]

Development and Applications of Custom Amorphous Fluoropolymers (CAF)

Feiring A.E., Shangguan N., Lousenberg R.D., Majumdar S., Murnen H., Nemser S., Compact Membrane Systems, Inc., US

The amorphous perfluoropolymer, Teflon™ AF, developed and commercialized by the DuPont Company, contains two monomers, perfluoro-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxole (PDD) and tetrafluoroethylene (TFE). In common with most perfluoropolymers, the PDD/TFE copolymer has an extraordinary combination of properties such [...]

Microscopic pore structures and controlling factors of the Micro- and Nano- Scale tight sandstone reservoirs in the Western Sichuan Depression, China

Wang Q., Chen D., Zhang B., Li L., China University of Petroleum, CN

Western Sichuan Depression (WSD) has a natural gas resource of about 31646.98×108 m3 and 251 commercial gas wells among which the largest single well productivity can be as high as 151×104 m3/d (Well X851), indicating [...]

Nanoscale Flow Chip Platform For Laboratory Evaluation Of Enhanced Oil Recovery Materials

Engel M., Neumann R.F., Giro R., Bryant P.W., Steiner M.B., IBM Research Brazil, BR

We present a lab-on-chip platform for the experimental evaluation of Enhanced Oil Recovery [EOR] methods from the nanoscale to the scale of reservoir rock pore networks. We have employed semiconductor process technology to build lab-on-chip [...]