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Carbon is used as a support material for both anode and cathode catalysts in state-of-the-art polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Carbon support is susceptible to corrosion under the cathode operating conditions such as presence of oxygen and water, low pH, and high potential at the cathode interface. Corrosion of state-of-the-art carbon supports is inevitable, which leads to platinum c ...

To make the hydrogen economy realistic at a large scale, one of main technical issues to be overcome is relative to the high pressure hydrogen delivery. Traditional hydrogen compressors suffer from high operating and maintenance costs and high capital investment. Metal hydride based compressors represent a realistic alternative that can potentially overcome all of the technical hurdles of the trad ...

A significant problem in the automotive industry is the complexity of setting up and running Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulations for various aspects of a design. Translating Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models to FEA models is an error-prone process commonly performed by expert users. Consequently, the FEA simulation is often relegated to the end of the design process as a “pass/fail” tes ...

Advanced modeling and simulation software, such as the Uintah Computational Framework, has been developed in the US, in part, through significant funding by the Department of Energy Office of Advanced Scientific Computing. This software, as well as similar advanced simulation software, requires expert users and high performance computing systems to effectively utilize them, which has resulted in u ...

Advances in technologies for unconventional drilling and completion of oil and gas wells have led to unprecedented production rates in the United States. In addition to evolution of directional drilling technologies and isolation methods, application of hydraulic fracturing or "fracing" has facilitated production of oil and gas from shale and other low-permeability formations. A focal point of con ...

This technology will significantly lower the energy cost for production of industrial gases, transportation fuels, and renewable energy and will aid in securing the US microgrid through improved backup power energy. This knowledge based commercial enterprise will not only create > 100 high paying jobs that will stay in the US, but also demonstrate expanded American leadership in high technology pr ...

HiFunda will develop a novel joining technology to enable integration of key technologies such as supercritical CO2 cycles that can significantly increase efficiencies and reduce power system size and cost. The technology platform developed will find application across a broad range of industrial sectors resulting in improved energy efficiency and economics for power systems based on coal and natu ...

The DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program is engaged in long-term measurements at Barrow and Oliktok Pt. Alaska of precipitation climatologies and physical processes. The Particle Flux Analytics Inc. (PFA) Multi Angle Snowflake Camera (MASC) has been operating at Oliktok Point since 2015 providing the ARM community with unprecedented information about hydrometeor structure, size, and falls ...

In recent decades, High Performance Computing (HPC) has risen as one of the key enablers of innovation in science and engineering. However, industrial adoption has been impeded by the complexity and cost of deploying applications. Problems include the quality, speed, and flexibility of software tools and the specialized expertise required to adapt solutions given the profusion of hardware config ...

Supercritical CO2 power cycles are being developed for both utility-scaled power generation applications, as well as smaller waste heat recovery applications. Supercritical CO2 cycles are more efficient than current cycles, and the associated turbomachinery components are significantly smaller than that for current steam turbine-based power generation. However, sCO2 cycles operate at a combination ...