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C55-13a-270233The project embodies a field demonstration of a novel geothermal process via water injection into a shut- in existing well (already drilled & hydraulically fractured, and shut-in) for a short period, and then that injected water, having been heated by contacting the subsurface rock, is produced back to the surface (via the same well through which it was injected). This intermittent p ...

C55-13a-270397To date, no integrated characterization and predictive modeling workflow has been proposed to optimize Geothermal Battery Energy Storage (GBES) systems in sedimentary formations. Of particular concern is the near wellbore formation integrity of GBES systems that are subject to Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) loading conditions: during injection, storage, and production c ...

C55-01b-270620Infrastructure systems such as electricity distribution and transmission grids, transportation networks, and water or oil/gas distribution pipelines are critical from an economic and national security standpoint. Expedited risk quantification of infrastructure network systems is of utmost importance for resiliency assessment against natural or man-made hazards. Currently available te ...

Nuclear power is a key component to the portfolio of technologies necessary to quickly deploy clean, affordable, domestic energy sources in the United States, to meet our energy security and environmental goals. Advanced Manufacturing specifically powder metallurgy-Hot Isostatic pressing is a mature technology that can be readily deployed to produce high temperature material components for nuclear ...

C53-18c-271136The lack of affordable large-scale batteries makes electric vehicles too expensive for most consumers and makes renewable energy storage financially impractical for almost everyone. Although Li-ion battery prices have fallen over the past three decades, they are threatening to rise higher as Li-ion production for electric vehicles is predicted to consume the world’s high-grade coba ...

C51-27a-271194Rare earth elements (REEs) are crucial to the production of green energy motors in wind turbines, hybrid cars, electric vehicles, and electronic devices. REEs are also widely used in defense systems, including precision-guided munitions, radar systems, avionics, night vision equipment, satellites and guided missiles. China dominates the REEs production and exports and is continuing t ...

C53-34a-271222During Phase I of this DOE SBIR program, NanoSonic addressed two opportunities identified by the Office of Nuclear Physics community regarding advanced materials for superconducting radio frequency components within particle accelerators. Specifically, NanoSonic developed new cost- effective bimetallic structure forming techniques as well as void-free, non-offgassing, additively manu ...

C53-34b-271354The Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) Cavities, that accelerate particles in many of the US DOE Labs, need a method of indicating their health “real-time” during use. The Helium Flow Meter, proven to work in Phase I, measures extra heat generated by contaminants inside the cavity by measuring increased evaporation of helium from the cooling bath in which the cavity is immerse ...

There is a national need for a comprehensive energy portfolio to build a sustainable energy economy while addressing the climate crisis. The Department of Energy’s goals to achieve carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035, and further, to achieve net-zero emission by 2050, will rely on the development of electrochemically driven membrane technologies. Among these technologies is anion exchange ...

The ultra-high critical magnetic fields of RE-Ba-Cu-O (REBCO RE=rare earth) High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) are very attractive for compact fusion energy systems that can operate over a temperature range of 4 – 50 K in magnetic fields beyond the realm of Nb3Sn wires. Because of the tremendous pull from compact fusion, REBCO tape supply is substantially trailing demand. 10,000 kilometers o ...