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Biomimetic CO2 to Fuel Enabled by Scalable Catalyst Development and Synthetic Electrochemistry Methane is a primary source of national energy, often in the form of liquid natural gas (LNG), accounting for up to 30% of all energy produced in the United States. Further, LNG boasts a number of benefits over other chemical energy storage methods: it has a higher volumetric energy density than alternat ...

Biomimetic CO2 to Fuel Enabled by Scalable Catalyst Development and Synthetic Electrochemistry Methane is a primary source of national energy, often in the form of liquid natural gas (LNG), accounting for up to 30% of all energy produced in the United States. Further, LNG boasts a number of benefits over other chemical energy storage methods: it has a higher volumetric energy density than alternat ...

Bolometers are widely used in fusion devices for measurement of plasma radiation. They are essential for energy balance estimate, exhaust control, disruption mitigation, and study of plasma instability. Existing bolometers are electronic devices whose performance degrades significantly in the harsh fusion environment characterized by the presence of strong electromagnetic interference, high temper ...

Holdup is the residual special nuclear material, such as enriched uranium and plutonium, that accumulates in pipes, ducts, gloveboxes and other equipment at fuel processing facilities. Quantification of this material is important for the material balance of the plant, which is a key aspect of nuclear safeguards. However, holdup is difficult to measure, and conventional methods are subject to large ...

In recent years, the nuclear power industry has been exploring the use of conventional powder metallurgy and hot-isostatic press technologies to fabricate large, near net shape components for high pressure components and other applications pertaining to the generation of electric power. Powder metallurgy has many manufacturing consistency and reliability advantages over other large-scale manufactu ...

The department of energy’s Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation program has developed a next generation, open-source framework for simulation. Dozens of applications have been built on this framework and are used by researchers across the globe to drive innovative, safe nuclear energy designs. However, these applications are not yet broadly used by engineering teams outside of the res ...

DAS (distributed acoustic sensing) has been widespread in the fields of glaciers, volcanoes, fault zones, and geothermal, etc. due to its high spatial and temporal resolution, which also shows big potential to be used for seismic characterization and monitoring during carbon storage. However, generally the large DAS data highly contaminated by serious noise appear to have a very low signal-to-nois ...

Viable Gear will provide proof-of-concept for a seaweed-based bioplastic to be used in manufacturing a compostable biotwine for marine equipment, designed to replace petroleum-based plastics. This addresses NOM-SBIR research topic area 9.3, The Changing Ocean - specifically to "support increased protection and restoration of marine and coastal habitats to enhance vital ecosystems", by helping decr ...

AMA Tech is developing a cutting-edge metallization paste for the front side of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) crystalline silicon solar cells, which is expected to improve TOPCon solar cell efficiency significantly. This development has the potential to disrupt the photovoltaic industry, as even a small increase in cell efficiency could replace current passivated emitter and rear cell ( ...

We propose simulating and constructing a prototype and demonstration brassboard of a Secondary Emission Sensor Module (SESM) for ionizing radiation, as a proof of principle and guide to Phase II and beyond. The simulation and design studies will guide module construction and point to future uses. The module is anticipated to have ~30 stages of sheet dynode with an areal size ~15x15 cm. It will be ...