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Doug Elliott
Identified as one of the Top 125 People in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2015.
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Gordon Graff
Received 2015 FLEXI award along with the rest of the Barix team.
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Carl Imhoff
Invited to present at National Academies Roundtable.
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Wayne Johnson
Named to OSU's Academy of Distinguished Engineers.
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Eric Nyberg
Delivered keynote at WSU's Dr. William R. Wiley Research Exposition.
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Nik Qafoku
Invited to serve on Editorial Board of the Encyclopedia of Soil Science.
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Jakob Stoustrup
Appointed by the IEEE Control Systems Society's Board of Governors.
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Mychailo Toloczko
Authored a manuscript that was named as a "hot paper" by the Institute for Science Information.
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Mark Triplett
Recognized by the Consulate General of Japan for contributions to Japan-U.S. relations.
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| Electricity Infrastructure |
New Flow Battery - Packed with Power Potential
A newly designed flow battery developed by researchers at PNNL has more energy than any other on the market. The battery, a zinc-polyiodide redox flow battery discharged 167 watt-hours per liter of electrolyte during testing, about seven times as much as vanadium flow batteries.
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Setting the Standard for Energy Storage System Performance
A new method for gauging the performance of large batteries and other grid-scale energy storage systems, called the Energy Storage Performance Protocol, is now available. The protocol was created in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories under the leadership of DOE and will be used as a starting point to draft official standards.
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Remote Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Capability Demonstrated
Evaluating the impact of emerging technologies on energy distribution systems may get easier for manufacturing and utility industries, thanks to research performed by PNNL and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The labs partnered to demonstrate a novel co-simulation architecture that removes the need to convert existing grid models to a new platform in order to conduct testing.
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Assistant Secretary Visits PNNL with Industry Focus
David Danielson, Assistant Secretary for EERE, visited the Lab on March 6. In addition to touring unique PNNL facilities, he spoke to a packed auditorium about the impact of DOE's national labs and acknowledged the contributions of several PNNL teams.
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Pilot Scale: Algae-to-Biocrude Conversion Process
Recognizing the need for more cost-effective biomass fuel options, researchers have found a way to use hydrothermal liquefaction, a form of dehydration, to streamline the algae-to-biocrude conversion process. Research was advanced to the pilot scale and recognized with a 2015 Federal Laboratory Consortium award for Excellence in Technology Transfer.
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VOLTTRON: Managing Building Energy Use
Created to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing energy system and the need to integrate renewable energy generation, energy storage, and electric vehicles, VOLTTRON is a platform for distributed sensing and control for smart grid and building applications. A Connecticut firm recently licensed the software for managing building energy use.
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Catch and Release - New Injectable Fish Tags
PNNL researchers have created a new injectable tracking device, the length of two grains of rice, that reduces fish handling time by 80%. Minimizing impact to the juvenile fish improves the reliability of the data collected during migration.
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Fueling America's Transportation Industry
In mid-January, researchers at PNNL started up a 14-foot distillation column to separate upgraded bio-oil into gasoline, diesel, and jet range fuels. During a test run, approximately 10 liter quantities of gasoline and diesel/jet range fuels were collected, bringing the technology one step closer to commercialization.
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Sensor Suitcase: Packed to Improve Building Efficiency
Very few small commercial buildings in the United States have been evaluated and updated, or retro-commissioned, to ensure they operate efficiently. The Sensor Suitcase, a portable diagnostic toolkit, can streamline the retro-commissioning process by identifying energy-saving opportunities via deployed sensors.
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New Air Chiller Helps Keep Navy Cool
The first high-efficiency microchannel air chiller was demonstrated by PNNL's Pete McGrail at the February ARPA-E summit. The device, referred to as an adsorption chiller, serves as an alternative to heat pumps and air conditioners. It houses a new sorbent - three times more absorbent than traditional silica gel - making it smaller in size and ideal for retrofitting naval vessels.
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Creating Algal Biofuels Out of Thin Air
With a grant from DOE's Bioenergy Technologies Office, researchers at PNNL's Marine Sciences Laboratory will be partnering with MicroBio Engineering, Inc., while using a combination of manipulations to maximize the transfer of carbon dioxide from air into algal pond cultures.
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High-Efficiency Lighting Validates Parking Savings
Well-lit parking lots provide a sense of security for many Americans who walk to their cars after the sun goes down. But how much energy does all that lighting use? The Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking, or LEEP, Campaign helps building owners cut these costs, successfully saving participants a total of $10 million annually since January 2010.
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Solid Progress for Turning Nuclear Waste into Glass
PNNL staff worked along-side Waste Treatment Plant project staff to recently complete a mathematical algorithm that achieves an optimal waste and additive mixture for vitrifying high-level waste at the Hanford Site. The exact mixture of waste and additives is designed to meet 14 different property constraints and 7 optimization parameters for effective plant operations. Read more...
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New Computer Code Released for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Initially designed as a simulator for subsurface flow and transport, PNNL's Subsurface Transport Over Multiple Phases computer code - or STOMP - now has expanded capabilities. The additional code, an enhanced oil recovery module, was formally released at the 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies in Austin, Texas.
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Recycling Waste, Wrangling Radionuclides
The United States currently does not reprocess used nuclear fuel because of the potential release of radioactive elements into the air. In partnership with the University of Amsterdam, researchers at PNNL, funded by the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy, have found that metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, can capture the radionuclides that are released during reprocessing of used nuclear fuel.
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PNNL Co-Hosts Regional Workshop on Nuclear Innovation
In partnership with Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., PNNL hosted one of six nationwide DOE workshops on nuclear energy innovation from March 3-5, 2015. Workshop focus areas included new concepts in energy systems and subsystems, use of existing technologies, improved R&D paradigms, and streamlined regulation.
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