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Integration of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles with Renewable Sources of Energy [abstract]
(2009)
Compared to conventional vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) incorporate an onboard energy storage unit (ESU), most commonly batteries, in their powertrain architecture. The ESU can be charged from the ...
Analogy Based Modeling for Natural Convection [abstract]
(2009)
Natural convection is an important phenomenon for many engineering systems including nuclear reactors. Present day nuclear reactors rely on the phenomenon for decay heat removal. While advanced CANDU-X would incorporate ...
Root Growth under Drought --- Role of Cell Wall Localized Reactive Oxygen Species [abstract]
(2009)
Drought is the most important cause of crop failure in Missouri and limits crop production in large parts of the US and the world. The root system is critical to plant adaption and crop productivity in drought-prone ...
Multi-Laser Technology for Clean Energy Applications: Remote Detection and Nano/ Micro Fabrication [abstract]
(2009)
A new class of science and technology is being developed at Missouri S&T using multiple lasers to study the fundamentals of laser-material interaction and laser-based micro/nano fabrication. The new technology integrates ...
Characterizations of Semiconductor Photodetectors for UV Detection [abstract]
(2009)
Wide band-gap semiconductors have shown great potential in UV light detection as modern optoelectronic devices. During the past decade, wide-bandgap GaN and AlGaN photodetectors have been developed and their UV characterizations ...
Molecular mechanisms of effector-triggered immunity in plants [abstract]
(2009)
Like other organisms, plants are continuously exposed to potential pathogens. Yet most plants are resistant to most pathogens because of multi-layered defenses. The most potent forms of plant defenses are triggered when ...
Increasing Central's Energy Efficiency: an ESCO Partnership with Trane [abstract]
(2009)
University of Central Missouri (UCM) solicited proposals for a performance-based energy savings program that furthers Central's transformation to a nationally recognized, comprehensive institution delivering a world-class ...
University of Missouri Extension Energy Programming [abstract]
(University of Missouri Extension, 2009)
University of Missouri Extension has developed and is implementing a comprehensive statewide renewable energy production and conservation education program. The research based educational program is being lead by a statewide ...
Nitrogen Fertilization for Sweet Sorghum Used for Producing Ethanol Fuel [abstract]
(2009)
An experiment is being conducted to determine optimum nitrogen fertilizer rates for producing
ethanol from corn and sweet sorghum on three Delta soils in Southeast Missouri. Sweet sorghum
in commonly grown in Missouri ...
Fuel Cell Policy Recommendations [abstract]
(2009)
In its review of the Department of Energy's Research Development and Demonstration Plan for
hydrogen, the National Academies recommended a study of lessons learned from technologies
developed for stationary power systems. ...
Quantum energy levels of hydrogen adsorbed on nanoporous carbons: an intrinsic probe for pore structure, and improving Monte Carlo simulations of adsorption [abstract]
(2009)
Hydrogen is the lightest molecule in nature, making both rotational and translational degrees of freedom eminently quantum mechanical (especially at low temperatures). For isolated molecules the first excited (degenerate) ...
Energy Consumption and Product Throughput of Glass-Doored and Open Refrigerated Display Cases in Supermarkets [abstract]
(2009)
Refrigerated display cases are utilized by supermarkets to store and display food products in a manner that extends food shelf life and ensures food safety. Supermarkets operate their refrigeration systems continuously ...
Key Drivers for Electric Utilities [abstract]
(2009)
Planning and implementing actions to maintain the utility's core mission to provide safe, reliable and affordable energy has never been more challenging. The increasing litigation, regulation, legislation and financial ...
Addressing the Concerns of Grid Integration of Large Wind Farms [abstract]
(2009)
In the past, the total installed wind power capacity was a small fraction of the power system and continuous connection of the wind farm to the grid was not a major concern.
At the present time, wind power enjoys the ...
The Potentials and Promises of the Future Way of Computing for Smart Grids [abstract]
(2009)
The electric power network of today is a complex adaptive system under semi-autonomous distributed control at the generation, transmission and distribution systems. It is spatially and/or temporally complex, nonconvex, ...
Scheduling Plug-in Vehicles in the Vehicle-to-Grid Concept [abstract]
(2009)
With the President Obama's energy plan to put one million of plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road by 2015, these vehicles will be a large source of energy storage. The batteries on these vehicles can either provide power ...
The Coming Problems with Fossil Fuel Supply [abstract]
(2009)
It is increasing recognized that the world production of oil is reaching a peak in terms of absolute levels of production, and that, due to supply limitations, is unlikely ever to reach a level of even 90 million barrels ...
Reduction in the Energy Cost of Minerals through at-the-face Comminution and Separation of Mineral and Waste [abstract]
(2009)
High-pressure waterjets penetrate into material through the pressurization and growth of small cracks within the target surface. In mineral ores the individual grains of the constituent components are defined by the grain ...
The Use of Modulated Light to Enhance Oil Production from Algae in an Underground Environment [abstract]
(2009)
The production of bio-fuel from algae is one of the few remaining potential sustainable resources that continue to show considerable potential for fuel production (the others include cellulosic ethanol, sugar cane ethanol, ...
Enhanced Production of Geothermal Heat through the Reaming of Underground Wells in the Production Zone [abstract]
(2009)
In order to extract heat from the high temperature rocks that lie relatively close to the surface in different parts of the world, wells must first be drilled down into those rocks. Once the wells are established then ...