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Using a single-phase mixture digestion process followed by a phase separation, Clean Fractionation segregates cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin into three high-purity streams for conversion into value-added products, including ethanol biofuel.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"\u003cp\u003e Pulping processes have previously been used for separating cellulose from lignin and other components of lignocellulosic materials; however, most present technical or economic challenges. For example, processes using either inorganic chemicals or organic solvents face difficulties in the low-cost recovery or destruction of those chemicals. The solution provided by NREL\u0026rsquo;s Clean Fractionation Technology utilizes a single-phase mixture of alcohol, water and a water-immiscible organic solvent (e.g, a ketone) to digest biomass at elevated temperatures. Following digestion, water or solvent levels are adjusted to cause a phase separation wherein each phase contains a highly-purified portion of the segregated biomass. Cellulose is amassed in a solid pulp cake; hemicellulose and dissolved sugars are present in an aqueous phase; and lignin remains present in the organic solvent. The lignin is subsequently isolated (and the organic solvent recovered) through simple evaporation.\u003cbr /\u003e The improved extraction efficiencies provided by this solvent fractionation technique lead to reduced conversion times and increased yields, allowing biomass to be processed more economically. Recovery rates for each of the three resulting product streams approach 95 percent, with additional removal of noncellulosic materials possible through post-treatment bleaching. NREL has tested the method on numerous woody and herbaceous biomass feedstocks (including several mixed feedstocks), indicating high potential for a variety of biomass feedstocks to be used to produce a wide range of chemical products.\u003c/p\u003e","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Provides high recovery and purity levels for segregated biomass components\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Enables cost effective recovery of organic solvents used in pretreatment process\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Lowers ethanol production costs by significantly reducing fermentation times and increasing yields\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Enables hemicellulose and lignin to be used for production of other value-added chemicals (i.e., Xylitol from hemicellulose)\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Ethanol\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Pulp and paper\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Chemical\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Food processing\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Packaging\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Fuels\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Archived","development_stage":"","publication_link":"","created_at":"2010-01-14 16:43:47","updated_at":"2019-02-18 16:08:46.295148","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"b9bb03a5-2c32-4cba-a2e3-024938bcba78","name":"Brookhaven National Laboratory","tto_url":"https://www.bnl.gov/techtransfer/ ","contact_us_email":"tech@bnl.gov","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/1","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/b9bb03a5-2c32-4cba-a2e3-024938bcba78"}},"expert":{"uuid":"a86f59b3-f23c-4c4f-94bb-386cdfea7ce5","first_name":"Joel W.","last_name":"Ager","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/a86f59b3-f23c-4c4f-94bb-386cdfea7ce5","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/a86f59b3-f23c-4c4f-94bb-386cdfea7ce5"}}},{"uuid":"9e708bcc-9613-467c-b339-6278446ba236","technologies":["Biomass and Biofuels","Biobased Chemicals and Materials","Biofuels","Biomanufacturing at Scale","Carbon Chemicals, Petrochemicals, and Fuels","Carbon Conversion","Low Carbon Technologies and Sustainability","Industrial Technologies"],"title":"Pretreatment Methods for Biomass Conversion into Biofuels and Biopolymers","summary":"\u003cp\u003eHydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass using an acid catalyst to produce sugars has been known for decades but can be costly and requires special equipment. The hydrolyzed sugars themselves are somewhat labile to the harsh hydrolysis conditions and may be degraded to unwanted or toxic byproducts. If exposed to acid for too long, the glucose derived from cellulose degrades into hydroxymethlylfurfural, which can be further degraded into levulinic acid and formic acid. Xylose, a hemicellulose sugar, can be degraded into furfural and further to tars and other degradation products.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter a century of research and development, the dilute acid hydrolysis process has evolved into a highly efficient process of converting biomass into ethanol. Hydrolysis occurs in two stages to maximize sugar yields from the hemicellulose and cellulose fractions of biomass. The first stage is operated under milder conditions to hydrolyze hemicellulose, while the second stage is optimized to hydrolyze the more resistant cellulose fraction. Liquid hydrolyzates are recovered from each stage, neutralized, and fermented to ethanol.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This technology is a set of processes to convert lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol, comprising hydrolyzing lignocellulosic materials by subjecting dried lignocellulosic material in a reactor to a catalyst composed of a dilute solution of a strong acid and a metal salt to lower the activation energy (i.e., the temperature) of cellulose hydrolysis and ultimately obtain higher sugar yields. The lower temperatures achieved reduces the need for costly steam and specialized equipment and enables the hydrolysis of both hemicellulose and cellulose, when used with hydrolyzer feeders that do not compact the biomass feedstock to achieve higher sugar yields. The liquid hydrolyzates are recovered from each stage and fermented to alcohol. Residual cellulose and lignin left over in the solids from the hydrolysis reactors serve as boiler fuel for electricity or steam production.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more information, contact Eric Payne at Eric.Payne@nrel.gov.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROI's 97-22 and 00-52\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eU.S. Patents #'s: 6,423,145 \u0026 6,660,506\u003c/p\u003e","benefits":"\u003cp\u003e NREL’s intellectual property in the area of pretreatment, can be beneficial to your company’s pretreatment steps in a number of ways, including the following:\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e  \u003c/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Lower required activation temperature for hydrolysis of both hemicelluloses and cellulose can reduce the cost of steam and equipment\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Increase fermentable sugar yields\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Recover water soluble sugars\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Requires less sever pH, temperature, and time than conventional prehydrolysis.\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Greater extraction of cellulose and hemicelluloses\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Reduced nutrient requirements\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Fermentation method in 00-52 eliminates the need for washing the second-stage hydrolysate to recover soluble sugars.\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Requires a less severe combination of pH, temperature, and time than conventional prehydrolysis.\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bio-fuels\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Pulp \u0026 paper\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Food \u0026 feed processing\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Textile processes\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Development","publication_link":"","created_at":"2010-01-14 16:48:55","updated_at":"2020-11-26 17:14:41.100415","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"02bfeac1-ea4d-4356-8c61-b1e0259658d7","name":"Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory","tto_url":"http://ipo.lbl.gov/","contact_us_email":"rbarcklay@lbl.gov","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/2","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/02bfeac1-ea4d-4356-8c61-b1e0259658d7"}},"expert":{"uuid":"f74c6dae-8c5a-4d3b-aa99-e90038d6434e","first_name":"Frances","last_name":"Houle","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/f74c6dae-8c5a-4d3b-aa99-e90038d6434e","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/f74c6dae-8c5a-4d3b-aa99-e90038d6434e"}}},{"uuid":"7ebb274c-0e83-46b6-a024-871f16f30326","technologies":["Building Technologies","Solar Energy"],"title":"Transpired Solar Collector","summary":"\u003cp\u003e Unglazed solar collectors have been used in the past for preheating ventilation air for a building. These solar collectors typically include a dark absorber panel, positioned to face the sun, and a plenum or air collection space into which the heated air is drawn through perforations or holes in the absorber panel. The movement of air is often aided by fans or some source of suction to draw the air into the plenum and distribute it throughout the building. It was believed that absorbers had to be constructed of high thermal-conductivity materials such as copper or aluminum to avoid overheating in regions away from the holes, which would reduce overall efficiency due to radiative loss of heat.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"\u003cp\u003e NREL researchers have discovered that high thermal-conductivity materials are not necessary for the construction of absorber panels, and that the presumed loss of efficiency is dramatically overestimated. Simulation and experimental data both show that styrene plastic (with a conductance more than 1000 times lower than that of aluminum) performs with an efficiency within 10% of that of an equivalent aluminum absorber. It is expected that absorbers having a thermal conductance even less than 1 x 10-2 W/\u0026amp;deg;C would be efficient in unglazed transpired solar collectors. In fact, simulation has shown that even an absorber with a conductance 14 million times smaller than that of aluminum yields results only 32% less efficient.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e The present invention, therefore, describes an unglazed transpired solar collector with an absorber formed of rigid or pliable or flexible sheet, foil, film membrane or fabric, having a relatively low thermal-conductance. Low thermal-conductance may result from inherent properties of the material or through the use of high conductivity metal foils which have low overall conductance because of their thinness. The front surface of the absorber is substantially flat (not corrugated) but the absorber itself may be curved or shaped to suit a particular application.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e Because of the use of low thermal-conductance materials, a wider range of perforating methods may also be employed, including laser perforating or hot punching, which may not be suitable to typical absorber materials. The use of flexible absorber materials allows for more deployable solar collectors for temporary or intermittent applications.\u003c/p\u003e","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Reduced cost through use of less expensive absorber materials\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Material flexibility allows for deployable, temporary use\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e More options for methods of perforation/hole creation\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Heated air for building\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Heated air for temporary structures\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Crop drying\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Archived","development_stage":"Development","publication_link":"","created_at":"2010-01-14 17:12:46","updated_at":"2019-02-22 15:42:58.509069","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"69cb3598-6fdc-4f43-89cf-a0791ffccf22","name":"Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory","tto_url":"https://ipo.llnl.gov/","contact_us_email":"pitcock1@llnl.gov","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/3","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/69cb3598-6fdc-4f43-89cf-a0791ffccf22"}},"expert":{"uuid":"88dd3a42-d1d3-4fe5-b4bc-e74c7fa41251","first_name":"Gao","last_name":"Liu","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/88dd3a42-d1d3-4fe5-b4bc-e74c7fa41251","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/88dd3a42-d1d3-4fe5-b4bc-e74c7fa41251"}}},{"uuid":"35a53992-22f3-4e50-a17c-39d1f246e1fd","technologies":["Biomass and Biofuels"],"title":"Gene Coding E1 Endoglucanase for Biofuel Production","summary":"The fermentable fractions of biomass include cellulose and hemicelluloses. The development of an economic process for the conversion of low-value biomass to ethanol via fermentation requires the optimization of several key steps, especially that of cellulase production. Practical utilization of cellulose by hydrolysis with cellulase to produce glucose requires large amounts of cellulase to fully depolymerize cellulose. Economical production of cellulase is compounded by the relatively slow growth rates of cellulase producing fungi and the long times required for cellulase induction. Therefore, improvements in or alternative cellulase production systems capable of greater productivities, higher specific activities of cellulase or faster growth rates than may be possible with natural fungi would significantly reduce the cost of cellulose hydrolysis and make the large-scale bioconversion of cellulosic biomass to ethanol more economical.","description":"It has been proposed to use recombinant cellulase enzymes to either augment or replace costly fungal enzymes for cellulose degradation. Highly thermostable cellulase enzymes are secreted by the cellulolytic thermophile Acidothermus cellulolyticus, which was originally isolated from decaying wood in an acidic, thermal pool at Yellowstone National Park. This endoglucanase demonstrates a temperature optimum of 83 degrees C and a specific activity of 40 micro-mole glucose release from carboxymethylcellulose/min/mg protein. This E1 endoglucanase was further identified as having an isoelectric pH of 6.7 and a molecular weight of 81,000 daltons by SDS-PAGE. The genes coding for Acidothermus cellulolyticus cellulases cloned into other microbial host organisms could provide an abundant, inexpensive source of highly active enzymes.","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighly thermostable and resistant to inhibition from cellobiose.\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHigh specific activity towards cellulose.\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGene can be cloned into various microorganisms to produce enzyme.\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConversion of biomass to fermentable sugars for biofuel production\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEthanol Production from renewable resources\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Archived","development_stage":"","publication_link":"","created_at":"2010-01-14 17:23:11","updated_at":"2019-02-18 16:37:12.038946","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"e2af34a8-8b90-4726-9edf-fa75fede52e8","name":"National Renewable Energy Laboratory","tto_url":"https://www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/technology-transfer.html","contact_us_email":"Eric.Payne@nrel.gov","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/4","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/e2af34a8-8b90-4726-9edf-fa75fede52e8"}},"expert":{"uuid":"ebeceabc-af74-4674-8ac2-a84bdb08806d","first_name":"Mary Ann","last_name":"Piette","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/ebeceabc-af74-4674-8ac2-a84bdb08806d","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/ebeceabc-af74-4674-8ac2-a84bdb08806d"}}},{"uuid":"2fcd9cdc-bbfe-4f53-8989-9d94bcff82e6","technologies":["Biomass and Biofuels","Industrial Technologies"],"title":"Producing Beneficial Materials from Biomass and Biodiesel Byproducts","summary":"Researchers at Berkeley Lab have created a process to produce olefins from polyols that may be biomass derived. The team is also the first to introduce a method of producing high purity allyl alcohol at a large scale by using glycerol as the starting material instead propylene, a petroleum feedstock.","description":"The Berkeley Lab technology for producing olefins from polyols generates low cost chemical compounds in a quality and quantity appropriate for industrial applications such as the manufacture of resins or the synthesis of pharmaceuticals. Biomass-derived olefins can also replace petrochemical-based monomers in the production of polymers and oligomers. This invention mitigates the high oxygen content in biomass-derived raw materials making them sustainable substitutes for the fossil-derived raw materials used to produce energy and chemical intermediates. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e The invention also includes a method of producing high purity ally alcohol, the starting material for a variety of polymers, pharmaceuticals and pesticides, using glycerol, a renewable biological source that can be recycled. Additionally, the method does not cause charring or yield undesirable byproducts.","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eYields low cost materials in quantity and quality suitable for manufacturing\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSome compounds created in one step without expensive reagents\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMinimal waste products and undesirable byproducts\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePotential for deoxygenation of additional biomass-derived polyols\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProducing chemicals and plastics from biomass\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSynthesizing allyl alcohol from glycerol \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSynthesizing 1,4-dihydrofuran from erythritol\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Proposed","publication_link":null,"created_at":"2010-01-14 17:27:57","updated_at":"2012-10-05 12:34:58","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"0e20ecf3-77df-45a2-9c36-10780c968d5c","name":"Oak Ridge National Laboratory","tto_url":"https://www.ornl.gov/technology-transfer","contact_us_email":"partnerships@ornl.gov","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/5","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/0e20ecf3-77df-45a2-9c36-10780c968d5c"}},"expert":{"uuid":"ef22ce9a-84c1-4af4-baa4-315334ee40e4","first_name":"Jeff","last_name":"Urban","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/ef22ce9a-84c1-4af4-baa4-315334ee40e4","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/ef22ce9a-84c1-4af4-baa4-315334ee40e4"}}},{"uuid":"2f9b5c6f-8f1e-427c-956b-46c87613bf21","technologies":["Biomass and Biofuels","Industrial Technologies"],"title":"Novel Biosynthetic Pathway for Production of Fatty Acid Derived Molecules","summary":"Jay Keasling and Eric Steen of Berkeley Lab have invented what may be the most efficient metabolic pathway for producing fatty acids, and their derived molecules of desired chain length, by utilizing fatty acid elongases.","description":"This invention uses recently discovered elongases to directly synthesize fatty acyl-CoAs for the biosynthesis of compounds such as fatty acids, aldehydes, alcohols, and alkanes with desired acyl chain length ranging from C10 to C18. These compounds are synthesized from the starter molecule, butyryl-CoA. By providing a direct pathway to fatty acyl-CoAs, the fatty acid derived molecules are produced more efficiently than in alternative approaches. Further, the resulting molecules can be directly converted to biofuels or beneficial oils and therapeutics since all fatty acid modifying enzymes work on fatty acyl-CoA substrates. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e In the Berkeley Lab technology, fatty acids and fatty acid derived compounds are secreted from a host cell, such as E. coli. The host cell can be modified to increase fatty acid production or export the desired fatty acid (or fatty acid derived compound). The host cell can also decrease fatty acid storage or metabolism so that it secretes fatty acids and fatty acid derived compounds that require only inexpensive purification to yield the desired final products.","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDirectly uses Coenzyme A (CoA) mediated chemistry \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePotentially more efficient than current extraction processes in biotech and chemical industries\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEasy control of fatty acid chain length\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"Production of fatty acids for conversion to \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBiodiesels, fatty esters, fatty alcohols, and alkenes \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEicosanoids and related molecules for therapeutics\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExpensive oils, e.g., a cocoa butter equivalent\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNutraceuticals\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Proposed","publication_link":null,"created_at":"2010-01-14 17:32:44","updated_at":"2012-08-17 15:30:34","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"2efd2261-1434-4297-8eb6-c40cbde9cb49","name":"Pacific Northwest National Laboratory","tto_url":"https://www.pnnl.gov/industry","contact_us_email":"jennifer.lee@pnnl.gov","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/6","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/2efd2261-1434-4297-8eb6-c40cbde9cb49"}},"expert":{"uuid":"d78ce187-f5ed-4ddc-9e4e-063f6eaf11be","first_name":"Judith","last_name":"Vidal","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/d78ce187-f5ed-4ddc-9e4e-063f6eaf11be","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/d78ce187-f5ed-4ddc-9e4e-063f6eaf11be"}}},{"uuid":"c81eb4c3-2fa8-4306-afa2-d67fd153f0ad","technologies":["Semiconductor and/or Fabrication","Manufacturing Processes","Electronics","Power Systems","Energy Conversion","Industrial Technologies","Advanced Materials","Energy Storage","Power Systems and Grid Modernization","Solar Energy"],"title":"Electro-deposition of Bi-axial Textured Layers on a Substrate","summary":"\u003cp\u003e To be commercially viable, superconducting materials used in various applications must have high critical current densities because high electrical current is required to power any significant load. It has been shown that superconducting materials formed with bi-axially textured layers have superior critical current densities. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has developed electro-deposited, bi-axially textured buffer layers for depositing a superconducting material onto a substrate in a manner that will promote biaxial textured growth with reduced degradation to the superconducting material.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"\u003cp data-ce-key=\"2126\"\u003e It is now well established that bi-axially textured crystalline substrates are critical to obtaining superior critical current densities (Jc) for YBa\u003csub data-ce-key=\"2127\"\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003eCu\u003csub data-ce-key=\"2128\"\u003e3\u003c/sub\u003eO\u003csub data-ce-key=\"2129\"\u003e7\u003c/sub\u003e\u003csub\u003e-s\u003c/sub\u003e (YBCO) superconductors. As opposed to uni-axial texturing which describes a polycrystalline material in which a significant number of crystal particles in the cluster structures are oriented uniformly in one of the three axial directions in three-dimensional space, bi-axial texturing describes material in which a significant number of the crystal particles in the cluster structures are oriented generally uniformly in all of the three axes.\u003cbr data-ce-key=\"2130\"\u003e \u003cbr data-ce-key=\"2131\"\u003e One way to accomplish biaxial texturing in a superconducting material is to grow epitaxial YBCO onto bi-axially textured metal substrates. During the deposition and the resulting growth of the superconductor material, the growing crystalline particles tend to conform themselves to the same bi-axially textured, crystalline orientation of the substrate. However, one drawback to depositing a superconducting material directly onto a metal substrate (e.g., Ni, Ni-W) is that many materials used to form superconductors interact adversely with the substrate in a manner that degrades the superconductor material. To overcome this, the present invention provides a method of depositing a buffer layer (selected from the group of rare earths, transition metals, actinide, lanthanides and oxides) between the substrate and the superconducting material that acts as a chemical barrier while still allowing the transference of the bi-axial texture.\u003cbr data-ce-key=\"2132\"\u003e \u003cbr data-ce-key=\"2133\"\u003e Bi-axially textured layers may be prepared on a substrate inexpensively by an electro-deposition method. Electro-deposition is a non-vacuum, high rate deposition process that deposits uniform layer (or \"layers\") on large non-planar substrates. As compared to methods that require vacuum equipment, this non-vacuum method of electro-deposition is significantly less costly.\u003c/p\u003e","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Attains superior critical current density of a superconducting material\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Protects the superconducting material from degradation\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Reduces capital expenditures due to low cost, non-vacuum technology\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cp\u003eFor more information about Electro-deposition of Bi-axial Textured Layers on a Substrate, please contact Erin Beaumont at:\u003cbr\u003eErin.Beaumont@nrel.gov.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eROI 04-13\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApplications and Industries:\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSuperconductors\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Semiconductors\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Magnetics\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Optics\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Sensors\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Photovoltaics\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Development","publication_link":"","created_at":"2010-01-14 17:36:39","updated_at":"2020-10-30 19:21:23.72338","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"be353232-fcbd-4417-9643-f034964759a2","name":"National Energy Technology Laboratory","tto_url":"http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/tech-transfer ","contact_us_email":"NETLPartnering@netl.doe.gov","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/7","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/be353232-fcbd-4417-9643-f034964759a2"}},"expert":{"uuid":"26891482-b3fa-44d2-8a55-ca1f29762ae2","first_name":"Robert","last_name":"Tenent","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/26891482-b3fa-44d2-8a55-ca1f29762ae2","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/26891482-b3fa-44d2-8a55-ca1f29762ae2"}}},{"uuid":"b6a47273-488e-473a-a4da-70fd55a1c697","technologies":["Energy Analysis","Solar Energy"],"title":"Pulse Analysis Spectroradiometer System (PASS) Software","summary":"Flashing artificial light sources are used extensively in photovoltaic module performance testing and plant production lines. There are several means of attempting to measure the spectral distribution of a flash of light; however, many of these approaches generally capture the entire pulse energy. We report here on the design and performance of a system to capture the waveform of flash at individual wavelengths of light. Any period within the flash duration can be selected, over which to integrate the flux intensity at each wavelength. The resulting spectral distribution is compared with the reference spectrum, resulting in a solar simulator classification.","description":"PASS software is used to control solar simulator lamps designed for solar cell performance testing. By measuring the spectral content of pulsed light sources, the software can be used to understand how photovoltaic devices respond to wavelength ranges within the solar spectrum (as well as electronic or altered light sources). The system captures the waveform of flash at individual wavelengths of light. Any period within the flash duration can be selected, over which to integrate the flux intensity at each wavelength. The resulting spectral distribution is compared with the reference spectrum, resulting in a solar simulator classification. National Instruments Lab Windows is required to use PASS.","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpeed and accuracy of operation\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSolar Cell Manufacturing\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePV Performance Testing Equipment\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Archived","development_stage":"Development","publication_link":"","created_at":"2010-01-21 15:54:37","updated_at":"2019-02-19 18:34:21.629574","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"2694f894-8072-490e-b9ef-647eb2643b73","name":"Argonne National Laboratory","tto_url":"http://www.anl.gov/technology/technology-development-and-commercialization","contact_us_email":"amitchell@anl.gov","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/8","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/2694f894-8072-490e-b9ef-647eb2643b73"}},"expert":{"uuid":"8f8861eb-f8da-4f4c-91de-bec5b2c5e908","first_name":"Daniel","last_name":"Friedman","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/8f8861eb-f8da-4f4c-91de-bec5b2c5e908","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/8f8861eb-f8da-4f4c-91de-bec5b2c5e908"}}},{"uuid":"ad773875-1bea-45e5-8fe6-b435aa1843fb","technologies":["Solar","Energy Analysis","Solar Energy"],"title":"Solar Position Algorithm (SPA) (TM)","summary":"\u003cp\u003e This algorithm calculates the solar zenith and azimuth angles in the period from the year -2000 to 6000, with uncertainties of +/- 0.0003 degrees based on the date, time, and location on Earth. 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The system uses laser ray tracing combined with fast video imaging to mathematically describe mirror concentrator surfaces and compare them to optimum surfaces. It reports slope errors of the actual surface relative to the desired surface and provides plots of error location, magnitude, and direction. The surface slope data and mathematical surface description produced by VSHOT can be input into ray trace models to predict flux distributions on receivers. National Instruments Lab Windows is required to use VSHOT.","benefits":"Operation time is minimal. VSHOT allows the user to thoroughly test a solar thermal concentrator in 2 to 3 minutes or less if detailed data is not required.","applications_and_industries":"Utility-scale solar collector manufacturing.","visibility":"Archived","development_stage":"Development","publication_link":"","created_at":"2010-01-21 16:07:35","updated_at":"2019-02-19 18:36:07.968338","patents":{}},{"uuid":"29a5cc99-f03a-4394-ae9f-6d2bd6280864","technologies":["Information and Computer Systems","Biomass and Biofuels","Computational Carbon Chemistry","Low Carbon Technologies and Sustainability"],"title":"Wet Chemical Compositional and Near IR Spectra Data Sets for Biomass","summary":"NREL has developed the following laboratory analytical procedures (LAPs) for standard biomass analysis. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) may have adopted similar procedures. ASTM and TAPPI versions may be ordered from those organizations.","description":"\u003cp\u003eNear-infrared (NIR) calibration models are created by applying multivariate calibration methods to the combination of wet chemistry data and NIR spectra of a given set of biomass samples. Wet chemical compositional data and NIR spectra exist for the following types of biomass samples: corn stover, switchgrass, mixed hardwoods, mixed softwoods, sorghum, and miscanthus. These samples may be feedstock samples, washed and dried solids from one or more pretreatment processes, liquors derived from one or more pretreatment processes, or whole pretreated slurries.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more information, contact Jean Schulte at:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean.Schulte@nrel.gov\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSWR 08-33\u003c/p\u003e","benefits":"Use of the NIR calibration models reduce the cost and increase the speed of sample analysis.","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eBiofuel Producers\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSpectrometer Manufacturers\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Development","publication_link":"","created_at":"2010-01-21 16:30:10","updated_at":"2020-11-25 19:58:20.114433","patents":{},"expert":{"uuid":"3a9918bb-3ea4-4d69-b8a3-23da203e718b","first_name":"Nora","last_name":"Wang","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/3a9918bb-3ea4-4d69-b8a3-23da203e718b","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/3a9918bb-3ea4-4d69-b8a3-23da203e718b"}}},{"uuid":"8fbbd4bc-8e87-4341-8190-9a3c728375ea","technologies":["Advanced Materials","Energy Storage"],"title":"Mega-Pore Nano-Structured Carbon","summary":"Current supercapacitor technologies cannot meet the growing demands for high-power energy storage. Meeting this challenge requires the development of new electrode materials.","description":"Scientists at ORNL have developed robust carbon monolithic having hierarchical porosity characterized by macropores and mesopores. The macropores have a size in the range of 0.05 microns to 100 microns and the mesopores have a range from 18 Angstroms to 50 nanometers. These structures mean a high surface area carbon adsorbent resulting in greater levels of charge storage capabilities compared to other commercially available carbon based electrode materials. Thus; the mega-pored nano-structured carbon is a promising material for supercapacitor electrodes with superior power and energy performance.","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHigh surface area carbon adsorbent\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAbility to functionalize carbon \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExcellent electrical conductivity, corrosion resistant, high temperature stability\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePercolated pore structure, chemical and mechanical stability\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCarbon monolithic structure permits the achievement of high permeability and fast mass transfer kinetics\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSupercapacitors\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUltracapacitors\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnergy Storage\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Development","publication_link":null,"created_at":"2010-01-22 14:22:48","updated_at":"2012-04-20 14:25:40","patents":{},"expert":{"uuid":"5c742f18-3b2d-4d8a-922c-e9d821e28a7b","first_name":"Glenn","last_name":"Grant","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/5c742f18-3b2d-4d8a-922c-e9d821e28a7b","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/5c742f18-3b2d-4d8a-922c-e9d821e28a7b"}}},{"uuid":"10504ab5-e866-49db-9eeb-0569ac2bc79f","technologies":["Industrial Technologies","Advanced Materials","Solar Energy"],"title":"Thermal Management Using Carbon Nanotubes","summary":"Optimal thermal management, especially in such cases as microelectronic packaging, requires thermal interface material with high heat carrying capacity. Although individual carbon nanotubes exhibit high thermal conductivity, aggregate forms of nanotubes lose this property due to processing that result from their aggregation.","description":"Scientists at ORNL have developed vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays that yield extremely high thermal properties. The array can be vertically aligned multi-walled, double-walled, few-walled or single-walled carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes are spaced at optimal distances from one another to minimize thermal transfer losses thereby maximizing their collective thermal diffusivity. The growth rate of these vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays can be adjusted and measured thereby providing a method of control over array fabrication. The method also includes annealing treatments to increase the crystalline properties of the vertically aligned carbon nanotubes.","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHigh quality low cost nanostructured thermal interface materials\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHigh thermal conductivities (600-1200 W/mK)\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnisotropic thermal properties\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eZero thermal expansion, flexibility of nanotube arrays enables efficient thermal contact on thermal cycling\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThermal interface stability up to 750\u0026deg;C in air\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAbility to be combined with conductive pastes, polymers, or resins\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConformable surfaces for good thermal contact to materials\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCan be fabricated into specific shapes, patterns density and heights directly during manufacturing\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCooling of microelectronics\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStructural cooling systems\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLED displays\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSigns\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePhotovoltaics\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Development","publication_link":null,"created_at":"2010-01-22 14:34:06","updated_at":"2012-08-17 15:37:11","patents":{},"expert":{"uuid":"b0e7c248-cd5a-415a-9b88-f3530dd5b35e","first_name":"Yuyan","last_name":"Shao","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/b0e7c248-cd5a-415a-9b88-f3530dd5b35e","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/b0e7c248-cd5a-415a-9b88-f3530dd5b35e"}}},{"uuid":"6cd433fe-4162-4154-8761-4a72eabed061","technologies":["Industrial Technologies","Advanced Materials","Solar Energy"],"title":"Fermentative Method for Making Nonoxide Fluorescent Nanoparticles (Quantum Dots)","summary":"A fermentative method for scalable, economical production of tailored quantum dots.","description":"A method for manufacturing nanoparticles of certain nonoxide compounds of metals and nonmetals. The metals are typically Zn, Ag, Hg, Cd, Fe, while the nonmetals are typically S, As, Se, and Te. 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The process is based on ultrasonic bonding. 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Both are unique, low cost methods to develop a generator with a higher power density.","description":"Commercial applications include stationary, rotational or linear generator sets. The technologies can increase efficiency output at all application levels. 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This invention discloses a new motor topology that eliminates the PM. Other innovations include brushless adjustable field excitation for high starting torque, field weakening, and power factor improvement and novel locks for higher peak speed. This novel machine shows promising potential to meet the DOE's FY-2020 motor targets for vehicle applications.","description":"The motor consists of a stator punching core with multi-phase stator windings. The rotor is made of a unique lamination core which reduces the surface loss on the rotor. Grooves between poles are used for the insertion of locks or their equivalents that use the vacant space of the grooves for latching purpose. The rotor punching core is assembled to the rotor hub with keys and key ways for torque transmission. Two parallel magnetic fluxes are produced by two toroidal coils located in the stationary excitation cores. At each end of the rotor punching core, an end piece that contacts every other pole transfers the flux from the stationary excitation core to the rotor.","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePeak motor speed can increase further from the existing drive motors for reductions in cost, weight, and volume of the motor\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNo permanent magnets in the motor for cost and temperature advantages\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMutual beneficial influences (such as the reduction of inverter loading from improved motor power factor) among the motor, power electronics, and cooling of the drive system\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe advanced performance of the permanent magnet (PM) motors (such as strong starting torque) are not only retained but also enhanced\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eElectric automotive propulsion\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndustrial motors and generators\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuto manufacturers\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndustrial motor/generator manufacturers\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Development","publication_link":null,"created_at":"2010-01-22 16:33:30","updated_at":"2012-12-26 18:25:24","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"e136cac4-b384-4e12-abc9-6768254c2d10","name":"Savannah River National Laboratory","tto_url":"http://srnl.doe.gov/tech_transfer/tech_transfer.htm","contact_us_email":"partnerships@srnl.doe.gov","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/20","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/e136cac4-b384-4e12-abc9-6768254c2d10"}},"expert":{"uuid":"0614a7e4-b186-4528-b5ac-3b62cc6d5acd","first_name":"Jason","last_name":"Zhang","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/0614a7e4-b186-4528-b5ac-3b62cc6d5acd","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/0614a7e4-b186-4528-b5ac-3b62cc6d5acd"}}},{"uuid":"4eabbfde-e106-4879-8c2c-9055038e222a","technologies":["Industrial Technologies","Vehicles and Fuels"],"title":"Electrical Motor Drive Apparatus and Method","summary":"This invention discloses an electrical motor drive topology that can significantly reduce the inverter dc bus ripple currents and thus the requirement of the dc bus capacitance. It enables the inverter to cost-effectively operate in elevated temperature environments such as the engine compartment in a hybrid electric vehicle.","description":"The drive topology is based on a segmented drive system that does not add switches or passive components but involves reconfiguring inverter switches and motor winding connections in a way that enables the formation of independent drive units and the use of simple interleaved switching and optimized pulse width modulation (PWM) schemes that significantly reduce the capacitor ripple current.","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSubstantially reduces the bus capacitance and thus inverter volume and cost\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReduce battery losses and improves battery operating conditions by eliminating battery ripple current\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSignificantly reduces the motor torque ripples and reduces switching losses\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncreases inverter reliability\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnables inverters for high temperature operation thereby eliminating the need for liquid cooling\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAutomotive propulsion\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndustrial drives\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuto manufacturers \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIndustrial motor drive manufacturers\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Development","publication_link":null,"created_at":"2010-01-22 16:44:41","updated_at":"2013-02-21 13:12:51","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"821ee9f1-0f89-4a1e-b067-20a1e8ccf782","name":"Los Alamos National Laboratory","tto_url":"http://www.lanl.gov/feynmancenter","contact_us_email":"astern@lanl.gov","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/21","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/821ee9f1-0f89-4a1e-b067-20a1e8ccf782"}},"expert":{"uuid":"87745052-2f0c-4bbf-857a-04509d04a00a","first_name":"Esther","last_name":"Takeuchi","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/87745052-2f0c-4bbf-857a-04509d04a00a","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/87745052-2f0c-4bbf-857a-04509d04a00a"}}},{"uuid":"0dc8f12e-bb57-4c56-bceb-31c956bce3af","technologies":["Industrial Technologies","Energy Storage"],"title":"Deep Sea Hybrid Power Systems for Deep Sea Oil \u0026 Gas Recovery","summary":"\u003cp\u003e An investment in sub-sea (deep-ocean) hybrid power systems is required to enable off-shore oil and gas exploration and harvesting. Advanced deep-ocean drilling operations, locally powered, will provide access to oil and gas reserves otherwise inaccessible. Such technology will therefore enhance the energy security of the United States. The oil and gas industry is being pushed beneath the surface by economic concerns. According to The Economist (September 8th \u0026ndash; 14th 2007), there is a \u0026ldquo;sea change\u0026rdquo; in off-shore drilling technology. The article discusses the cost and manpower required to operate a typical oil and gas platform in the middle of the North Sea. There are 435 such platforms in the British waters of the North Sea alone. In regard to costs, the Alwyn North Oil and Gas Platform was built for a cost of \u0026pound;1.5 billion ($2.4 billion) in the mid 1980\u0026rsquo;s and has spent nearly half that amount upgrading the platform since its construction. According to Oil and Gas United Kingdom, an industry group, oil firms spent over \u0026pound;11 billion in 2007 building and running offshore facilities in British waters alone. Such operating costs places production costs for one barrel of oil at $22 per barrel, which is nearly the highest in the world. These costs are rising rapidly.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e Such economics drive the development of sub-sea capabilities on the ocean floor. Such facilities will require ample supplies of local power to operate machinery on the floor, ranging from drills to pumps and compressors. Ultimately safe, efficient and economical submarine tanker fleets could transport fuel, thereby eliminating the need for pipeline construction and transport altogether. Such tankers could rely on natural-gas powered fuel cells, with power system construction analogous to that of the publicized HDW sub-sea vessels.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"\u003cp\u003e LLNL is seeking a partner to develop hybrid energy conversion and storage systems for deep ocean operations. Such power systems will be located on the oceans floor, and will be used to supply oil and gas exploration activities, as well as drilling operations required to harvest petroleum reserves. The objective of the work is to evaluate alternatives and recommend equipment to develop into hybrid energy conversion and storage systems for deep ocean operations. Such power systems will be located on the ocean floor and will be used to power offshore oil and gas exploration and production operations. Energy storage strategies are being considered for further development to enable deep sea oil and gas production. For example, batteries and capacitors can be used to enhance the overall rate capability of a hybrid system, which also includes a fuel cell or other energy engine. Such stored energy is also required for control systems, startup, and to enable the system to tolerate fluctuations in fuel, oxidant and load. The energy storage technologies to be explored may include, but are not limited to: (1) compressed-gas storage; (2) liquid red-ox batteries; (3) secondary batteries in sealed pressure vessels; (4) pressure-tolerant secondary batteries; and (5) Other non-conventional battery systems, for example, oil-compensated polymer-gel lithium-ion batteries; polyurethane potted polymer-gel lithium-ion batteries; lithium-ion batteries; and lead acid batteries.\u003c/p\u003e","benefits":"\u003cp\u003e Hybrid power systems can enable certain off-shore oil and gas exploration and production. Locally powered advanced deep-ocean drilling and production operations may:\u003c/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Provide commercial access to oil and gas reserves otherwise inaccessible\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Produce lower carbon emissions from subsea generation of electrical power\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Enhance the energy security of the United States, and\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Reduce environmental impact of oil exploration and production.\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cp\u003e The opportunity involves the development of hybrid energy conversion and storage systems for deep ocean operations. Such power systems will be located on the oceans floor, and will be used to supply oil and gas exploration activities, as well as drilling operations required to harvest petroleum reserves.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e Primary energy conversion by a fuel cell will allow utilization of gas from deep sea well heads while a secondary electrical energy storage system will enable high power for the fueling of pumps and motors.\u003c/p\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Prototype","publication_link":null,"created_at":"2010-01-24 19:29:05","updated_at":"2014-10-24 13:59:27","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"330f3f51-f678-4a42-a1c6-7495179af50f","name":"Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility","tto_url":"https://www.jlab.org/techtransfer","contact_us_email":"contactus@jlab.org","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/22","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/330f3f51-f678-4a42-a1c6-7495179af50f"}},"expert":{"uuid":"7edd9755-4161-4e12-bb45-062c1d9c694b","first_name":"Xiao-Qing","last_name":"Yang","avatar":"https://www.labpartnering.org/files/experts/7edd9755-4161-4e12-bb45-062c1d9c694b","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/experts/7edd9755-4161-4e12-bb45-062c1d9c694b"}}},{"uuid":"849ed0e1-557f-476b-b4d8-1d020583b61e","technologies":["Wind Energy","Energy Storage","Power Systems and Grid Modernization"],"title":"Electrostatic Generator/Motor","summary":"\u003cp\u003e A novel electrostatic (E-S) generator/motor has been developed in the course of improving electromechanical battery (flywheel energy-storage) technology for the bulk storage of electricity. Electromagnetic-type generator/motors employed in present-day flywheel energy storage systems fell short of meeting the low parasitic losses and low capital cost requirements associated with bulk energy storage systems. To overcome these limitations a new configuration of the E-S generator/motor was developed and its performance was validated by computer simulation. Possible applications of this E-S motor are broader than the purpose for which it was developed.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"\u003cp\u003e This electrostatic (E-S) generator/motor operates through the time-variation of the capacity of an electrically charged condenser to generate AC voltages and/or mechanical torque. The output of the generator is such that it can take advantage of the development of high-voltage solid-state electronic components now coming into wide use in the electrical utilities.\u003c/p\u003e","benefits":"\u003cp\u003e Previous E-S generator/motors have been limited by design factors. The unique design features of this technology include a novel configuration and materials that improve its performance and reduce its fabrication cost as compared to previous systems. The resultant design is light weight, simple, efficient, and intrinsically compatible with high-voltage transmission-line voltages.\u003c/p\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Flywheel-based energy-storage systems\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Space satellites\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Wind-power and other alternative energy turbine systems\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Proposed","publication_link":null,"created_at":"2010-01-24 19:41:09","updated_at":"2013-07-25 16:59:49","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"a048c1f6-922e-4f3a-a1cd-461044b36ee9","name":"SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory","tto_url":"https://partnerships.slac.stanford.edu/","contact_us_email":"susans@slac.stanford.edu","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/23","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/a048c1f6-922e-4f3a-a1cd-461044b36ee9"}}},{"uuid":"a2056396-5a3a-4674-8529-0646a0265e02","technologies":["Industrial Technologies","Vehicles and Fuels","Advanced Materials","Solar Energy"],"title":"Harvesting Energy from Abundant, Low Quality Sources of Heat","summary":"The basic concept of energy harvesting is to collect energy from solar or other free sources of thermal energy that exist in the environment and convert them to electricity. In principle, this technique could provide power from low quality sources of energy such as waste heat at low temperatures. A collaboration between LLNL and UCLA has demonstrated that a bulk compound thermoelectric laminate can convert thermal energy to electricity. If produced as a thin-film material and operated at high thermal cycling frequency the inventors believe that the power/gram produced by compound thermo-electrics prepared as thin films can potentially exceed that of current solar cells or other energy harvesting techniques.","description":"An LLNL and UCLA team has recently demonstrated a new compound material that can directly convert thermal energy to electrical energy. Basic research is required before this newly invented material can be produced in the form of a thin film and tested at high frequency. The team is interested in partnering with a company from basic research and development through production of a manufacturing prototype.","benefits":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eObtain electricity from sources of \u0026quot;waste energy\u0026quot; rather than generated energy\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSources of thermal energy are available even when the sun is not shining. These include sources such as car engines, laptop computers or hot asphalt.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eScaled for very small devices and therefore provide less expensive continuous power\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eContinual source of power provides an uninterrupted power supply with no need to change batteries\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eProvide power for small MEMS and NEMS devices.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eProvide power for remote sensors, remote actuators, etc.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Development","publication_link":null,"created_at":"2010-01-24 19:52:32","updated_at":"2019-01-11 15:10:52.626728","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"7bc62db1-89fa-4a4d-a321-13f6c4cdf431","name":"Kansas City National Security Campus","tto_url":"https://www.kcnsc.doe.gov/Partnering/Pages/partnering-agreements.aspx","contact_us_email":"Customer_Inquiry@kcp.com","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/24","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/7bc62db1-89fa-4a4d-a321-13f6c4cdf431"}}},{"uuid":"7279290a-f4aa-4fd8-9bcf-b0aeae24703f","technologies":["Energy Storage","Power Systems and Grid Modernization"],"title":"Modular Electromechanical Batteries for Cost-Effective Bulk Storage of Electrical Energy","summary":"\u003cp\u003e The Laboratory has several decades of experience in the development of EMBs for specialized (high-power) applications where pulses of electrical power are required, such as are needed to \u0026quot;ride-through\u0026quot; short interruptions of electrical power from the net. In the course of this development some critical technologies, such as low-cost \u0026quot;passive\u0026quot; magnetic bearings and special designs for the generator/motors and the fiber-composite rotors of the EMB were developed. Some of these technologies, such as the passive magnetic bearings, the fiber-composite rotor designs, and the vacuum technology can be incorporated in EMBs for bulk storage. However, the low capital cost, long service life with minimal maintenance, and low rate of self-discharge application carries with it new requirements that cannot be met in conventional ways. It may be necessary to insert an interval of many hours, or even many days, between the time that the EMB is \u0026quot;charged\u0026quot; and when it is discharged into a load. In addition, present electrochemical batteries typically have turnaround efficiencies on order of 75 percent, so that 25 percent of the input energy is lost in every charge-discharge cycle. \u0026quot;Pumped-storage\u0026quot; systems of the type now in use by some electrical utilities have comparably low turnaround efficiencies, and the resulting losses are compounded by transmission-line losses, owing to the fact that pumped storage facilities are typically sited in mountainous areas, far from the urban areas where their stored energy is being used.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"\u003cp\u003e The new EMB designs are intended to answer to all of the new requirements for bulk energy storage systems, including very low parasitic losses and high turnaround efficiency. The new systems are designed for low capital and maintenance cost, and long (decades) service lifetime. The size of the modules will be such as to make them useful in a wide variety of applications, all the way from single-use in residential settings, to use in \u0026quot;battery banks\u0026quot; at substations and/or alternate-energy generating plants.\u003c/p\u003e","benefits":"\u003cp\u003e The EMBs have decades-long service life with minimal maintenance demonstrating greater reliability and lowering operating costs. They also have a high turnaround efficiency which allows peak/off-peak rate structures to be exploited. EMBs exhibit great modularity making them better suited for mass-production. Mass production greatly broadens the fields of applications.\u003c/p\u003e","applications_and_industries":"\u003cp\u003e The new EMB technology has many potential commercial applications, both within and without the electrical utilities. In the utilities, the availability of cost-effective distributed storage with minimal maintenance and decades-long service life would fill a need for which there is presently no viable solution. Another example is the telecommunications industry, where the electrochemical (lead-acid) back-up power systems are notoriously poor in terms of high maintenance requirements and short service life in warm-climate situations. Stand-alone solar and wind-power systems represent another example of an application where present systems are inadequate. Office buildings could take advantage of the differences between peak and off-peak electrical rates by having energy storage systems in their basements.\u003c/p\u003e","visibility":"Published","development_stage":"Prototype","publication_link":null,"created_at":"2010-01-24 20:13:43","updated_at":"2013-07-25 16:59:39","patents":{},"lab":{"uuid":"f4c67d7f-e82b-4044-ba2f-2bd7d210924f","name":"Y-12 National Security Complex","tto_url":"https://www.y12.doe.gov/mission/partnerships/technologies","contact_us_email":"OTCP@cns.doe.gov","avatar":"https//www.labpartnering.org/files/labs/25","links":{"self":"https://developer.nrel.gov/api/lps/v1/labs/f4c67d7f-e82b-4044-ba2f-2bd7d210924f"}}}]}}