Review of Water and Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Unconventional Natural Gas Development in the United States
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Progress Letter Report on Bending Fatigue Test System Development for Spent Nuclear Fuel Vibration Integrity Study (Out-of-cell fatigue testing development - Task 2.4)
Vibration integrity of high burn-up spent nuclear fuel in transportation remains to be a critical component of US nuclear waste management system. The structural evaluation of package for spent fuel transportation eventually will need to see if the content or spent fuel is in a subcritical condition. However, a system for testing and characterizing such spent fuel is still lacking mainly due to the complication involved with dealing radioactive specimens in a hot cell environment. Apparently, the current state-of-the-art in spent fuel research and development is quite far away from the delivery of reliable mechanical property data for the assessment of spent fuels in the transport package evaluation.
Spent Nuclear Fuel Vibration Integrity↗
Development of New Absorber Materials to Achieve Organic Photovoltaic Commercial Modules with 15% Efficiency and 20 Years Lifetime: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-12-498
Under this CRADA the parties will develop intermediates or materials that can be employed as the active layer in dye sensitized solar cells printed polymer systems, or small molecule organic photovoltaics.
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Development of Abrasion-Resistant Coating for Solar Reflective Films. Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-07-247
The purpose of this CRADA is to develop an abrasion-resistant coating, suitable for use on polymeric-based reflective films (e.g., the ReflecTech reflective film), that allows for improved scratch resistance and enables the use of aggressive cleaning techniques (e.g., direct contact methods like brushing) without damaging the specular reflectance properties of the reflective film.
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Xylo-Oligosaccharide Process Development, Composition, and Techno-Economic Analysis. Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-12-483
The purpose of this cooperative work agreement between General Mills Inc. (GMI) and NREL is to determine the feasibility of producing a valuable food ingredient (xylo-oligosaccharides or XOS), a highly soluble fiber material, from agricultural waste streams, at an advantaged cost level relative to similar existing ingredients. The scope of the project includes pilot-scale process development (Task 1), compositional analysis (Task 2), and techno-economic analysis (Task 3).
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Development of Kinetics and Mathematical Models for High-Pressure Gasification of Lignite-Switchgrass Blends: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-11-447
NREL will work with Participant as a subtier partner under DE-FOA-0000240 titled "Co-Production of Power, Fuels, and Chemicals via Coal/Biomass Mixtures." The goal of the project is to determine the gasification characteristics of switchgrass and lignite mixtures and develop kinetic models. NREL will utilize a pressurized thermogravimetric analyzer to measure the reactivity of chars generated in a pressurized entrained-flow reactor at Participant's facilities and to determine the evolution of gaseous species during pyrolysis of switchgrass-lignite mixtures. Mass spectrometry and Fourier-transform infrared analysis will be used to identify and quantify the gaseous species. The results of the project will aid in defining key reactive properties of mixed coal biomass fuels.
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Development and Demonstration of Grid Integration System for PEVs, ESS, and RE: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-13-515
NREL and Ideal Power Converters (IPC) will jointly develop and demonstrate a hybrid power converter system integrating bi-directional electric vehicle charging, photovoltaic generation, and stationary battery storage using IPC's 3-Port Hybrid Converter. The organizations will also jointly investigate synergies in tightly integrating these separate power conversion systems.
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Collaborative Research and Development by EpiSolar and NREL of Processes and Materials for Flexible CdS/CdTe Superstrate Devices: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-14-550
The objective of this work is to collaborate with EpiSolar to develop and test processes that are consistent with the goals and milestones of an NREL FPace1 (Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency) project entitled 'High-Temperature, Roll-to-Roll (RTR) CdTe Superstrate Devices Using Flexible Glass.' The primary milestone for this CRADA relates to demonstration of a 15% efficient laboratory device.
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Development of Optimal CZTS Device Structure: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-12-476
Suntricity Corporation and NREL will develop an optimal CZTS device structure. In this process absorber materials provided by Suntricity Corporation will be used for testing. For this purpose Suntricity Corporation will provide dried film precursors or ink precursors. NREL will process these into PV material and complete cells with buffer, window and contacts.
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Reconciling Basin-Scale Top-Down and Bottom-Up Methane Emission Measurements for Onshore Oil and Gas Development: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-14-572
The overall objective of the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA)-funded research project is to develop independent estimates of methane emissions using top-down and bottom-up measurement approaches and then to compare the estimates, including consideration of uncertainty. Such approaches will be applied at two scales: basin and facility. At facility scale, multiple methods will be used to measure methane emissions of the whole facility (controlled dual tracer and single tracer releases, aircraft-based mass balance and Gaussian back-trajectory), which are considered top-down approaches. The bottom-up approach will sum emissions from identified point sources measured using appropriate source-level measurement techniques (e.g., high-flow meters). At basin scale, the top-down estimate will come from boundary layer airborne measurements upwind and downwind of the basin, using a regional mass balance model plus approaches to separate atmospheric methane emissions attributed to the oil and gas sector. The bottom-up estimate will result from statistical modeling (also known as scaling up) of measurements made at selected facilities, with gaps filled through measurements and other estimates based on other studies. The relative comparison of the bottom-up and top-down estimates made at both scales will help improve understanding of the accuracy of the tested measurement and modeling approaches. The subject of this CRADA is NREL's contribution to the overall project. This project resulted from winning a competitive solicitation no. RPSEA RFP2012UN001, proposal no. 12122-95, which is the basis for the overall project. This Joint Work Statement (JWS) details the contributions of NREL and Colorado School of Mines (CSM) in performance of the CRADA effort.
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High Penetration Photovoltaic Power Electronics and Energy Management Technology Research, Development and Demonstration: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-13-517
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., will partner with DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to conduct research and development to demonstrate technologies that will increase the penetration of photovoltaic (PV) technologies for commercial and utility applications. Standard PV power control systems use simple control techniques that only provide real power to the grid. A focus of this partnership is to demonstrate how state of the art control and power electronic technologies can be combined to create a utility interactive control platform.
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Development and Testing of Low-Cost Hydrogen Leak Detection: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-16-613
Element One, Inc (Element One), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) cooperated to facilitate the development of novel hydrogen detection technology by providing Element One. access to unique NREL resources and core capabilities in hydrogen technology and material characterization.
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Tatsuno Coriolis Flow Meter Development Testing in High Pressure Hydrogen: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report
This project will provide test data on the new Tatsuno coriolis flow meter. This flow meter has been developed by Tatsuno for the purpose of achieving improved flow meter performance for 70 mega pascal (MPA) hydrogen dispensing. Testing will be conducted at the National Renewable Laboratory (NREL) Hydrogen Infrastructure Testing and Research Facility (HITRF) facility utilizing the hydrogen flow meter benchmark testing apparatus. The benchmarking apparatus utilizes a gravimetric method for measuring flow for direct comparison with flow meter output. Using the NREL meter benchmarking apparatus will allow direct comparison with data taken on previous versions of the Tatsuno coriolis flow meter product. Flow meter accuracy at 70 MPA hydrogen dispensers is an issue that has generated a lot of effort by both standards organizations and the station providers.
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Understanding Soot Development and Thermal Stratification in Combustion Engines through Hyperspectral Non-linear Optical Diagnostics Development
Progress towards next-generation internal combustion engine technologies is dramatically hindered by the complexity of both simulating and measuring key processes, such as thermal stratification and soot formation, in an operating prototype. In general, spectroscopic methods for in-operando probing become limitingly complex at the high pressures and temperature encountered in such systems, and numerical methods for simulating device performance become computationally expensive due to the turbulent flow field, detailed chemistry, and range of important length-scales involved. This report presents parallel experimental and theoretical advances to conquer these limitations. We report the development of high pressure and high temperature ultrafast coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy measurements, up to a pressure and temperature regime relevant to engine conditions. This report also presents theoretical results using a stochastic one-dimensional turbulence (ODT) model providing insight into the local thermochemical state and its consequences by resolving the full range of reaction-diffusion scales in a stochastic model.
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Mechanistic source term development for liquid fueled MSRs - Model Development Update
This report provides results from a critical literature review on the development of a mechanistic source term model (MST) for liquid fueled molten salt reactors (MSRs). It is submitted in fulfillment of milestone M4AT-20AN040601075 in the Advanced Reactor Technologies Molten Salt Reactors Campaign work package AT-20AN04060107.
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS↗
Development of a Web Portal for the EGI FORGE Team. Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-19-00805
NREL will work with the EGI FORGE team to design and develop data visualizations and pathways from the existing Utah FORGE website (https://utahforge.com/) to the FORGE DMS, to showcase and disseminate data generated by the EGI FORGE project.
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NucD-24 Nuclear Diagnostics Development: Time resolved 12 C-rhoR on GCD and NIS technology development for polar LOS and data quality [Slides]
The Neutron Imaging team is readying for the NIS2 polar LOS development and future improvements to data quality on all LOS given consistently higher yields at NIF. Next-gen nano guide scintillators for NIS2 and CMOS cameras to replace outdated CCDs will be studied. Digital image plates will be tested for better data quality on passive imaging systems. The transition into the ignition regime is expected to show a significant signature in the ablator areal density. In the marginal ignition regime, a decrease of 12C-rhoR (ablator areal density) is expected but once the burn propagation produces a shock and compresses the ablator the trend reverses. GCD with the PD-PMT can resolve this effect in the ablator areal density by a temporal shift in the carbon signal. To give quantitative results a calibration of the detector for the Hohlraum/TMP signal is needed. Shots using Al, Si, and Au pucks will yield the needed information to move forward with this project.
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Development of Perovskite Ink Formulations and Coating Strategies: Cooperative Research and Development (Final Report)
PowerRoll Ltd and NREL will work on development of perovskite ink formulations and corresponding coating techniques to best coat PowerRoll's micro-structure substrates with high quality, high-performance perovskite materials.
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