Papers:
Full Fuel Cycle Assessment of Alternative Transportation Fuels in California
A full fuel cycle assessment of alternative transportation fuels in California was performed. This well to wheel assessment determined the energy inputs, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, criteria pollutant emissions, air toxics emissions, and multimedia impacts [...]
The Cleanest Cars: Well-to-wheels Emissions
Important studies of the well-to-wheels emissions of vehicles were released in 2007. Well-to-wheels analyses look at the emissions produced by vehicles and from making and transporting the fuel. As our energy and transportation industries converge, [...]
Light-Off Characteristics for Diesel Oxidation Catalysts in Monolith Reactors: Effects of Catalyst Distribution Schemes
In order to fulfill the EPA emission standards for diesel automobiles, platinum-coated catalytic converters are commonly employed for CO and hydrocarbon oxidation. Mathematical models for monolith reactors can potentially shorten catalyst development time and provide [...]
Advanced Nickel Zinc technology meets HEV requirements
HEV-PHEV and Mobility PowerGenix’s nickel-zinc technologies offer many compelling benefits for use in hybrid electric vehicles and other mobility applications. Nickel-zinc offers the high-power, high-cycle life and required energy density to meet the high torque [...]
Self-assembled Manganese Dioxide Thin Films as Novel Electrode Material for the Fabrication of Thin–Film Supercapacitors
Self-assembled manganese dioxide thin films were being deposited directly onto metalized plastic supporting substrates by a novel horizontal submersion process which entailed spontaneous self-assembly of preformed manganese dioxide nanoparticles under optimized deposition conditions. Desired film [...]
Preparation and characterization of electrospun nickel oxide/polymer fibrous electrodes for electrochemical capacitor
Electrospinning provides a simple and unique technique for preparation of fibers with the diameters ranging from the nano- to microscale. We prepared the electrospun fiber which contains nickel oxide (NiO) as the electrochemical active material [...]
Overview of Miniature Energy Harvesting Technologies
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are expected as the key to realize Ubiquitous Sensor Networks (USN). Some examples of potential early adopters of WSN applications include smart buildings, environmental monitoring, and physical security. However, a key [...]
Use of Reticle Carbon in Supercapacitors
Supercapacitance is an increasingly growing area of interest for a number of electric, and electronic applications. Storing energy that is readily recovered can extend the life or improve the efficiency of chemical batteries, rapid-pulse batteries [...]
Novel Lithium Based Reserved Micro Power Cell Based on Micro Fluidic Design
AlwaysReady, Inc. is a development-stage micro and nanotechnology company focused on advanced power and sensing solutions. The Smart Nanobattery™ offers a revolutionary approach to energy storage and power management. Leveraging strategic alliances with Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs [...]
The Dynaplane Design for Planing Motorboats
THE DYNAPLANE DESIGN FOR PLANING MOTORBOATS An improved design for planing motorboats (the Dynaplane) attains planing speeds with only half the horsepower required by conventional planing motorboats. Accordingly, Dynaplane boats have half the fuel consumption, [...]
Control Strategies for Personal Rapid Transit System
This paper presents a control system design for personal rapid transit (PRT) system and a configuration of apparatus to assess its control scheme. The control system can be divided into two parts: one is for [...]
Design and Analysis of a Small Scale Generator for the Portable Power Pack
Jeong H.G., Jeong N.J., Kim K.C., Jeong H.G., Jeong N.J., Lee J-H., Korea Institute of Energy Research, KR
In this paper, a small linear reciprocating engine and generator are designed and tested for a portable power pack. If an engine is used solely to produce electrical power in a portable power pack, it [...]
Integrated BMS and Analog IC Charge Isolation Architecture in Large Battery Systems
The significance of battery safety and longevity are magnified in large battery system structures, as those present in Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), and Underwater Autonomous Vehicles (UAVs), and specialized aerospace, army, and navy battery applications. [...]
Multi-level Computational Chemistry Approach for Phase Change Behavior of Water induced by Laser Irradiation
Takaba H., Nomura A., Sasaki Y., Chiba K., Hata H., Hatakeyama N., Okushi K., Suzuki A., Tsuboi H., Koyama M., Hatakeyama N., Endou A., Kubo M., Delcarpio C.A., Kitada M., Kabashima H., Miyamoto A., Tohoku University, JP
Recently, laser irradiation involving chemical reaction is particularly interesting in the field related to high-technology material design. In this study, a phenomenon of rapid boiling water induced by infrared laser irradiation was investigated by means [...]
Ultra Accelerated Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Study on Mechanochemical Reaction of Micro-Bubble Induced by Shock Wave
Hatakeyama N., Nomura A., Sasaki Y., Chiba K., Hata H., Hatakeyama N., Okushi K., Suzuki A., Koyama M., Tsuboi H., Endou A., Takaba H., Kubo M., Del Carpio C.A., Kitada M., Kabashima H., Miyamoto A., Tohoku University, JP
Mechanochemical reactions and micro-bubble formation may take place in water under strong compression/rarefaction realized by shock waves e.g. generated in collapsing process of laser-induced bubbles. However, elementary processes of the micro-bubble have never been revealed [...]
Supercapacitor like structure for micro-battery and radiation energy harvesting tile
The usage of hetero-nano-layers to harvest the energy deposited in ionization by the stopping particles and radiation passing through the layers produces very efficient and compact solid-state battery devices. The structure in its simplest forms [...]
Improvement of electric energy density in PVDF terpolymer nanocomposites and blends
Large enhancement in the electric energy density and electric displacement level were found in nanocomposites of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) (PVDF-TrFE-CFE) relaxor ferroelectric polymer/ZrO2 nanoparticles. Through the interface effect the presence of the nanoparticles (with only 1.6 [...]
Electrospun Nanofiber Layers for Applications in Electrochemical Devices
Low power and/or low energy density belong to main limiting parameters of electrochemical energy storage devices. Increasing of the surface area between an electrolyte and an active electrode material is the way how to improve [...]
Towards In-Situ Reservoir Nano-Agents
The advent of atomically accurate sensing and manipulation tools has spurred a widespread interest in nanotechnology with the prospect of re-engineering matter and synthesizing functional systems at the nanoscale. This enabled thinking “outside-the-box” in valuable [...]
Nanomonitors for Energy Systems
We present here the design , fabrication and development of a minaturized electrical sensor for aggresive environment monitoring of energy systems.
Journal: TechConnect Briefs
Volume: Technical Proceedings of the 2008 Clean Technology Conference and Trade Show
Published: June 1, 2008
Industry sector: Energy & Sustainability
Topic: Energy Storage
ISBN: 1-4200-8502-0