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The primary challenges for creating renewable fuels are the ability to process inexpensive non-food feedstocks into biofuels that meet all quality specification, perform indistinguishably from petroleum-based fuels and are compatible with current infrastructure.Our Phase I project demonstrated the feasibility of producing biofuels from waste greases using a novel hydrothermal, continuous-flow cata ...

In topic 11.b, Dispatchable Geothermal Operations, DOE seeks to enable more widespread deployment of geothermal as a dispatchable energy source.TerraCOH’s CO2 Plume Geothermal (CPG™) and Earth Battery™ technologies are ideally suited to meet DOE’s needs.Conventional geothermal power technology has generally been limited to use as a baseload power source, but with increasing penetration of ...

75333S Nanoindentation is the primary technique for assessing the nanomechanical behavior of small volumes of materials. With this technique, the force required to produce a given displacement into a sample by a sharp diamond tip is measured, and the hardness of the material being tested is determined analyzing the force-displacement curve. However, the microstructural origins of the measured me ...

76166B Although permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) are an important treatment option for groundwater remediation, no reliable methods are available to monitor or predict their long-term behavior. The large-scale implementation of reactive barriers will require a means of monitoring their long-term degradation. For example, gaps can occur in the placement of the reactive material, particularly w ...

78301S One of the most widely used geophysical methods for monitoring flow within the shallow subsurface is Electrical Resistively Tomography (ERT). The latest generation of ERT systems can monitor data to a precision of around 1%, allowing in situ changes to be interpreted within a few percent. In turn, subsurface temperature changes can be monitored to within a few degrees Centigrade, low lev ...

78644S The widespread use of mercury (Hg) in products, along with the equally widespread release of mercury to the environment as a result of manufacturing operations, presents a serious health risk. Mercury contamination is also a significant issue at several government sites, ranging from trace contamination to extremely high contamination of soils and sediments. There is therefore a great ne ...

79431S Negative-electron-affinity (NEA) photocathodes, which produce polarized electrons, are a vital component of electron accelerators. The Next Linear Collider (NLC) will require a polarized electron beam intensity at least 20 times greater than that which can be produced with strained GaAs, which is used in the current generation of photocathodes. In addition, the degree of electron polariz ...

CHILL AND HEAT STORAGE IS USEFUL IN SHIFTING ELECTRICAL LOAD FROM PERIODS OF PEAK POWER TO OFF-PEAK PERIODS. CHILL STORAGE SYSTEMS USING COMPLEX COMPOUNDS HAVE HIGHER STORAGE DENSITIES (BOTH MASS DENSITY AND VOLUMETRICALLY) THAN CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS SUCH AS ICE STORAGE, AND CAN BE USED AT LOWER TEMPERATURES. THE COMPOUNDS ADSORB AMMONIA DURING DISCHARGE OF THE CHILL STORAGE AND CAN BE DIRECTLY COU ...

THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE IS USEFUL IN SHIFTING ELECTRICAL LOADFROM PERIODS OF PEAK POWER TO OFF-PEAK PERIODS. THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS USING COMPLEX COMPOUNDS HAVE HIGHER STORAGE DENSITIES (BOTH MASS AND VOLUMETRIC DENSITY) THAN CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS. IN THIS PROJECT, A THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE CONCEPT IS ADVANCED TO HEAT WATER FOR DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. SEVERAL METHODS EXIST FOR U ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCREENING MODELS IS PROPOSED TO PROVIDE A TOOL TO DETERMINE THE TRANSFER ABILITY OF RESERVOIR-SPECIFIC RESULTS TO RESERVOIRS IN OTHER FIELDS OR BASINS. A TECHNIQUE UTILIZING CORRELATIONS BETWEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF RESERVOIRS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS AND BASINS WOULD BE RELATED TO PRODUCTION DATA AND COMPLETION TECHNIQUES. STANDARD MODELS WOULD BE DEVELOPED, WITH VARIATIONS, AND A DAT ...