RSS 1.0Abstracts (Missouri Energy Summit 2009)
This collection contains the abstracts for the three types of sessions of the Missouri Energy Summit 2009: posters; presentations; plenary speakers. Please enter text in the search box above or click on one of the browse options to explore this collection.
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Security Integration for Electric System Assets [abstract]
(2009)Challenges within the utilities servicing customers with electric power are faced with an evolving landscape of security requirements. Regardless of the issuing body, security regulations and/or standards offer a unique ... -
Defining the SMART Grid for Electric Utilities [abstract]
(2009-04)World-wide demand for fossil energy resources, fuel transportation costs, climate change, renewable portfolio standards, and aging infrastructure: everyone agrees that retail electric rates and bills are going up. In fact, ... -
University of Missouri Led Energy Efficient Projects in Global Market: Application of Sustainable Ground Energy in Olympic Facilities [abstract]
(2009-04)University of Missouri, Columbia (MU) faculty members are involved in energy efficient projects in China with grant support by both the U.S. and Chinese governments. A large commercial building was selected by the Beijing ... -
Energy Education Park at the Graves Chapple Research Farm [abstract]
(University of Missouri Extension, 2009)An office and educational building will be built on the Graves Chapple Research Farm in Atchison County. The building will start out as a shell with energy features being added as money can be obtained for them. The ... -
Nitrogen: The key to biofuel energy balance [abstract]
(2009-04)Vigorous debate continues regarding the net energy that can be gained in producing liquid fuels from crop materials. However, it is clear that the net energy gain from the process is small relative to the energy demands ... -
Engineering of biofuel crops for improving alternative energy production [abstract]
(2009-04)Genetic engineering plays a unique and important role in improving crop traits. Teaming up with three other laboratories (Drs. Gary Stacey, Xu Dong, and Monty Kerley) at MU and several other institutions in Missouri, we ... -
Advanced Biomimetic Materials for Reversible CO2 Capture from Air [abstract]
(2009)The world is rightly focused on climate change. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) identified carbon capture and storage (CSS) as a critical technology for reducing emissions, not only from power ... -
ONETouchPM™ for Wind Farms [abstract]
(2009-04)In response to the inherent complexity of siting, permitting, routing, designing, constructing, and managing large Wind Farms, Burns & McDonnell has developed a Google Earth solution, ONETouchPMTM, which integrates various ... -
Novel design of multiphase reactors for Biomass-To-Liquid synthesis [abstract]
(2009-04)Generation of liquid fuels from renewable sources such as biomass has been practiced since early 1900's. In view of the skyrocketing oil prices and the depleting reserves of natural gas, it has gained further interest. The ... -
Mixing characteristics of bubble columns with internals for Biomass to liquid synthesis [abstract]
(2009-04)The use of renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly necessary, if we are to achieve the changes required to address the impacts of global warming. Biomass is the most common form of renewable energy, widely used ... -
Advancement of TRISO Nuclear Fuel Coaters for High Temperature Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactors: Environmentally Benign and Risk Free Proliferation 4th Generation Nuclear Energy [abstract]
(2009-04)The success on nuclear energy produced by advanced high temperature gas reactors (AGRs) is dependent on tri-isotropic (TRISO) fuel particle coating. Today modern AGRs require essentially zero defective/failed coated ... -
Fundamental Understanding of Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactors for Environmentally Benign and Risk Free Proliferation 4th Generation Nuclear Energy and Hydrogen Production [abstract]
(2009-04)Pebble bed nuclear reactor is among the 6 suggested 4th generation nuclear reactors. It is also one of the advanced high temperature gas nuclear reactors (AGRs). In such reactor the pebbles that contain the nuclear fuel ... -
Bio-Energy Production from Anaerobic Digestion of Animal and Farm Wastes
(2009-04)US produces annually huge amount of animal and farm wastes (e.g. only cow manure in amount of about 1.8 billion tons). These wastes can be valuable source of renewable energy besides overcoming the environmental problems ... -
Increase Production of Plant Oils [abstract]
(2009)Plant-derived oils are the most energy-rich natural products, providing cost-effective biofuels and renewable feedstocks for various industrial application. The demand of plant oils for transportation fuels and green factory ... -
Landfill Methane Collection in Brazil [abstract]
(2009)The US EPA requested proposals for projects that focus on reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) worldwide. Advancing the recovery and use of methane generated in landfills as an energy source is a primary objective. The ... -
Genetic Mapping of Soybean Cyst Nematode (Heterodera glycines) Resistance to Enhance Soybean Production in the United States [abstract]
(2009)Soybean cyst nematode (SCN, Heterodera glycines) is the most destructive pest of soybean in the United States, resulting in an annual extensive yield loss of approximately $1.5 billion in the United States alone. Breeding ... -
Genomic strategies for soybean oil improvement and biodiesel production
(2009-04)Soybean oil, a promising renewable energy resource, comprises 73% of biodiesel in addition to other industrial applications. Missouri is the fifth largest state in the US for soybean plantation. With the target to produce ... -
Constructing proteome and metabolome maps for genetic improvement of energy-related traits in soybean [abstract]
(2009)Although the genetic blueprint of soybean is represented by the genome, its phenotype is a product of that blueprint manifested as the production of proteins and metabolites influencing growth characteristics, stress ... -
Bioenergy Research and Education at MU Research Centers [abstract]
(University of Missouri Extension, 2009)The MU College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (CAFNR) research centers have began research studies and educational demonstrations to showcase their vast differences in topography and agricultural diversity. ... -
An integrated approach to use genetic resources for resurrection plants to enhance drought tolerance in breeding-extension programs [abstract]
(2009)The ultimate goals of this project are to gain a basic understanding of the unique gene and gene regulatory networks that are necessary and sufficient for vegetative tissues to withstand dehydration and then rapidly recover ...