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The project objective is to greatly reduce the cost of monitoring soil water content in highly-resolved vertical profile to promote increased adoption of more efficient water management tools. Cost is the most significant barrier to adoption of sophisticated data-driven irrigation management in permanent agriculture. Highly-resolved vertical soil water profiles are needed to learn soil-specific hy ...

"This proposal addresses challenges in algae biomass production for cost-competitive biofuel production. A critical hurdle in terms of large scale biomass production and a big economic barrier in the production of algae oil is the cost-efficiency involved in producing algae biomass. The principal objective of this project is to demonstrate that a low cost algal biomass production for oil is poss ...

Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), which uses a gasilier to convert coal to fuel gas, and then uses a combined cycle power block to generate electricity. is one of the most promising technologies for generating electricity from coal in an environmentally sustainable way. IGCC has many advantages over traditional technologies including: higher efficiency, lower pollutant emissions, and ...

Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), which uses a gasilier to convert coal to fuel gas, and then uses a combined cycle power block to generate electricity. is one of the most promising technologies for generating electricity from coal in an environmentally sustainable way. IGCC has many advantages over traditional technologies including: higher efficiency, lower pollutant emissions, and ...

Integrated gasification combined cycle, or IGCC, which uses a gasifier to convert coal to fuel gas, and then uses combined cycle power block to generate electricity, is one of the most promising technologies to meet the challenge of generating electricity from coal in an environmentally sustainable way. IGCC has many advantages over traditional technologies including higher efficiency, lower poll ...

Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), which uses a gasifier to convert coal to fuel gas, and then uses combined cycle power block to generate electricity, is one of the most promising technologies to meet the challenge of generating electricity from coal in an environmentally sustainable way. IGCC has many advantages over traditional technologies, including: higher efficienc ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project focuses on (1) Development and optimization of a continuous, easily scalable , and economical green manufacturing process for production of barium titanate (BaTiO3); (2) Characterization and control of physical and chemical properties of the titanate material for improved electronic properties; and (3) Development of a commercially viable pr ...

The objectives of this Phase II research project are to: (1) develop and optimize a continuous, easily scalable, and economical green manufacturing process for production of barium titanate (BaTiO3); (2) characterize and control physical and chemical properties of the titanate material for improved electronic properties; and (3) develop a commercially viable product including establis ...

Perchlorate (ClO4) contamination of ground and surface waters has placed drinking water supplies at risk in communities through out the U.S. Perchlorte is a human health concern at high doses due to its capability to interfere with iodine uptake and the ability of the thyroid to requlate hormone production and metabolism. Health risks at lower doses are not well understood and EPA studies are co ...

As the electronics industry grows and the trend toward miniaturization continues, the need for high performance electroceramic materials and environmentaly friendly processes for their production will become more prevalent. Barium and strontium titanate are ferroelectric materials commonly used in multi layer ceramic capacitors and also as embedded capacitance in printed circuit boards. Currentl ...