Energy & Sustainability – Page 125

Innovative Technology for Selective Contaminant Removal

Lean M.H., Chang N., Seo J., Kole A., Hsieh H.B., Melde K., PARC, US

This paper describes a two-stage water treatment technology for removal of dissolved contaminants that is relevant to many water matrices. Removal is achieved by adapting conventional adsorption, coagulation and flocculation, or lime softening and/or soda [...]

The Intersection Between Water Scarcity and Renewable Energy

Muys Jr. J.C., Karp J.M., Hildebrand Jr. V.P., Sullivan & Worcester LLP, US

The starting point for any discussion of the intersection between water scarcity and renewable energy is the now generally-accepted correlation between climate change and water resource impacts, which is creating further imperatives for both reduction [...]

The Effects of Bioaugmentation in Collection System

Newbold A., Dickerson R., Kelter M., In-Pipe Technology, US

The wastewater treatment plant in the Town of Orange Park, Florida was challenged to meet a new discharge permit issued by the Basin Management Action Plant (BMAP) for the lower St. John’s River that was [...]

Effects of membrane pore morphology on fouling behavior of polymeric micro-fabricated membrane during crossflow micro-filtration

Warkiani M.E., Gong H.Q., Fane A.G., Wicaksana F., Nanyang Technological University, SG

Membrane pore morphology can have a significant effect on the rate of flux decline where the dominant fouling mechanism is pore blockage and cake formation. Commercial micro-filters cannot be used effectively for this purpose because [...]

Microwave assisted synthesis of CaO nanoparticles and use in waste water treatment

Roy A., Bhattacharya J., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, IN

Clean water (i.e., water that is free of toxic chemicals and pathogens) is essential to human health. Advances in nanoscale science and engineering are providing unprecedented opportunities to develop more cost effective and environmentally acceptable [...]

Water Technologies

Generation of clean energy by applying parametric resonance to quantum nonlocality clocking

Berkovich S.Y., The George Washington University, US

A novel principle for generation of clean and abundant energy is presented [1]. The required ability to move matter comes from a new source: clocking mechanism of: Universe’s nonlocality. The phenomenon of nonlocality – instantaneous [...]

Dynamic Model Refinement for Buoyant Energy Storage Technology

Thornbrue T.B., Ghorbani R., University of Hawaii at Manoa, US

As the use of renewable electricity grows, energy storage is becoming a better solution to grid destabilization challenges associated with resource intermittency. With cost being a key barrier to widespread adoption, buoyant energy storage technology [...]

Study of the factors effect on the power storage and generation of a nano-biomimetic membrane electrode-assembling (NBMEA) for battery/fuel cell dual applications

Chen E.T., Ngatchou C., Advanced Biomimetic Sensors, Inc., US

An unmet need has been identified: a high power and high energy density system that is environmentally safe and economically affordable is in urgent need. E. Chen’s group recently reported an innovative approach: using an [...]

Adsorption-Enhanced Compressed Air Energy Storage

Havel T.F., Energy Compression Inc., US

Adsorption-Enhanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (AE-CAES) uses nano-porous materials to adsorb air. The use of an adsorbent changes the effective equation of state for air, so that it becomes possible to operate the system at [...]