Energy Efficiency

Thermogalvanic Cells Show Promise for Next-Gen Refrigeration

cms_emilf — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:38:55 +0000

April

2025

Thermogalvanic refrigeration has much lower energy inputs than traditional refrigeration.

CEP: News Update

cms_emilf — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:38:39 +0000

Machine Learning Can Decipher How Fast the Brain is Aging; Teardown Reveals Secrets of Electric Vehicle Battery Designs; Thermogalvanic Cells Show Promise for Next-Gen Refrigeration; Researchers Use Light to Tune Quantum Dot Properties;

April

2025

Fuel Switching Is Key to the Energy Transition, But Not Without Challenges

cms_emilf — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:33:54 +0000

Switching from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives will not only reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but it may also support renewable energy integration, improve local air quality, and enhance energy efficiency.

April

2025

A Hydrogen Burner Commercialization Journey

cms_emilf — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:33:54 +0000

Full-scale hydrogen firing has been demonstrated on a commercial steam-cracking furnace after a systematic development program.

April

2025

Catalyzing Commercialization: Retrofit Dehumidifiers Enhance Air Conditioner Efficiency

Karen Simpson — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:00:53 +0000

This company is working on a new way to enhance AC performance with a rapid, compact, and highly efficient dehumidification process.

January

2025

Advanced Manufacturing Progress: RAPID 2.0 Roadmap Update

Karen Simpson — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 22:10:24 +0000

RAPID identified four industrial application areas in need of advanced decarbonization technologies for its 2024 roadmapping process.

December

2024

Catalyzing Commercialization: CdTe-Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaics Achieve Record Efficiency

Karen Simpson — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:16:25 +0000

Achieving energy sustainability necessitates efficient, cost-effective renewable energy solutions such as photovoltaics.

August

2024

Horses for Courses: Matching Modeling Techniques for Varying Aspects of Energy Transition Solutions

Site Administrator — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:44:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 27, 2024

Energy transition is an urgent but delicate topic requiring balancing of many engineering, business and social factors, at times some of which are...

SES Design: A System-Centric Approach to Decarbonizing Industrial Energy Systems

Site Administrator — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:44:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 27, 2024

This work introduces an innovative software tool designed to facilitate the sustainable transformation of energy systems within the process industry...

Smart and Multifunctional Tubacoat Technology for CAPEX and OPEX Reduction, Decarbonization and Biofuels Production in Refining and Petrochemical Applications,

Site Administrator — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

March 26, 2024

TUBACOAT is a unique disruptive proven technology for refining, chemical and petrochemical critical applications processing difficult feedstock...

Strategic Energy Management to Reduce Emissions

Karen Simpson — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:49:44 +0000

A strong and active energy management program is key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from chemical processes.

April

2024

Decoding Digital Shifts: Energy Transition's Impact on Technology

Karen Simpson — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:45:53 +0000

At this moment, perhaps hundreds of miles from you or maybe just down the road, a municipal water facility team leader participates in a discussion with her team considering the pros and cons of innovations to their process. They are influenced — just as you and I are — by the global transition to renewable energy sources. They have been challenged by top leadership to find ways to evolve their legacy systems into data-driven, reliable, and eco-friendly production processes and products. No small task.

New Frontiers in Tuning Fluid-Surface Interactions and Carbon Transformations for A Sustainable Climate, Energy, and Environmental Future

Derek Ward — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:49:18 +0000

Archived Webinar

Monday, October 30, 2023, 5:30pm EDT

Presentation Abstract Meeting our energy and resource needs while removing greenhouse gas emissions from our emissions, air and ocean is one of our grand societal challenges. Novel materials and...

Cradle-to-Grave Environmental Impact Assessment: Do Nano-Specific Impacts Exceed Non Nano-Specific Emissions?

Derek Ward — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:23:27 +0000

Archived Webinar

Monday, September 25, 2023, 5:30pm EDT

Presentation Abstract Engineered nanomaterials provide unique properties due to their small size when compared with their bulk counterparts. Silver is a widely applied engineered nanomaterial in...

"Cradle-to-Grave Environmental Impact Assessment: Do Nano-Specific Impacts Exceed Non Nano-Specific Emissions?

Derek Ward — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:20:03 +0000

Academy Video

Presentation Abstract Engineered nanomaterials provide unique properties due to their small size when compared with their bulk counterparts. Silver...