Bartlesville Energy Research Center, The Federal Government in Petroleum Research, 1918-1983

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 244
Author(s):  
Judith Gurney ◽  
Rodney P. Carlisle ◽  
August W. Giebelhaus
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Energy Research

Up Close: Northwestern University Materials Research Center

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 36-36
Author(s):  
Stephen H. Carr
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Advanced Materials ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Northwestern University ◽  
National Science ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering

The Materials Research Center at Northwestern University is an interdisciplinary center that supports theoretical and applied research on experimental advanced materials. Conceived during the post-Sputnik era, it is now in its 26th year.The Center, housed in the university's Technological Institute, was one of the first three centers funded at selected universities by the federal government in 1960. The federal government, through the National Science Foundation, now supplies $2.4 million annually toward the Center's budget, and Northwestern University supplements this amount. Approximately one third of the money is used for a central pool of essential equipment, and the other two thirds is granted to professors for direct support of their research. Large amounts of time on supercomputers are also awarded to the Materials Research Center from the National Science Foundation and other sources.The Center's role enables it to provide partial support for Northwestern University faculty working at the frontiers of materials research and to purchase expensive, sophisticated equipment. All members of the Center are Northwestern University investigators in the departments of materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, or physics. The Materials Research Center is a major agent in fostering cross-departmental research efforts, thereby assuring that materials research at Northwestern University includes carefully chosen groups of faculty in physics, chemistry, and various engineering departments.

Thermal Comfort Predictive Control Strategies for a Solar Energy Research Center

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Del Mar Castilla ◽  
José Domingo Álvarez ◽  
Manuel Berenguel ◽  
Francisco Rodríguez ◽  
José Luis Guzmán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Predictive Control ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Energy Research

Microbeam system at the Wakasa Wan Energy Research Center

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (03n04) ◽  
pp. 227-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisuke Yasuda
Keyword(s):  
Quadrupole Doublet ◽  
Ion Beams ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Tea Leaves ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
Tandem Accelerator ◽  
Magnetic Quadrupole

A microbeam system at the Wakasa Wan Energy Research Center is presented. A magnetic quadrupole doublet is used for the focusing of ion beams from a 5 MV tandem accelerator. Micro-PIXE and micro-PIGE measurements both in the vacuum and air are applicable with this system. Examples of the measurements for tooth and tea leaves are also presented.

scholarly journals Battery SOH Management Research in the US-China Clean Energy Research Center-Clean Vehicle Consortium

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (15) ◽  
pp. 448-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caihao Weng ◽  
Xuning Feng ◽  
Jing Sun ◽  
Minggao Ouyang ◽  
Huei Peng
Keyword(s):  
Clean Energy ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
The Us

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES OF COALS FROM NIGERIA FOR POWER GENERATION

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-59
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Thermogravimetric Analysis ◽  
Coal Sample ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Volatile Matter ◽  
Proximate Analysis ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Energy Research ◽  
Comparative Analyses ◽  
Fuel Ratio

Three coal samples from Onyeama (Enugu State), Owukpa (Benue State) and Odagbo (Kogi State) in Nigeria were collected and tested. These were characterized to determine the proximate and the ultimate analyses, calorific value and the thermogravimetric analysis, and their combustion efficiencies for power generation comparatively analyzed. The proximate analysis and the calorific value tests were done at the Energy Research Center, University of Nigeria – Nsukka, while the ultimate analysis test was conducted at the National Geosciences Research Laboratory, Kaduna. Also, the thermogravimetric analysis was carried out at the Energy Research Center, Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto. From the test results, the moisture contents ranged from 10.60 to 16.80%. The Owukpa coal sample had the highest moisture content of 16.80%, followed by Odagbo with 15.95% and Onyeama bearing 10.60%. The volatile matter contents of the samples indicated that Owukpa had the highest value of 19.95%, followed by Onyeama with 18.65% and Odagbo having the least value of 18.58% respectively. Similarly, the Owukpa coal sample had the highest fixed carbon of 55.22% followed by Onyeama with 53.36% and Odagbo with the lowest value of 50.38%, while the ash contents showed Onyeama to possess the highest value of 17.39%, and closely followed by Odagbo with 15.06% and Owukpa having the lowest content of 8.03%. Moreso, Onyeama coal sample with the highest fuel ratio of 2.86 would give the best ease of ignition and fuel burnout followed by Owukpa (2.77), and Odagbo (2.71). The percentages of the elemental carbon of Onyeama, Owukpa and Odagbo coal samples were 52.2170, 53.8178 and 50.8754% respectively, while the hydrogen contents indicated Onyeama (4.7236%), Owukpa (4.0141%) and Odagbo (3.8163%). The nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen contents obtained revealed Onyeama (1.3756, 0.10 and 13.6938%), Owukpa (1.4350, 0.10 and 15.9031%) and Odagbo (1.4260, 0.92 and 12.8423%) respectively. Consequently, the Onyeama coal sample had the highest heating value of 32.916MJ/kg, followed by Odagbo (32.037MJ/kg) and Owukpa (30.062MJ/kg). Based on the comparative analyses, the Onyeama coal indicated the overall best fuel sample followed by Owukpa and then Odagbo in that order in-view of their fuel ratio, combustion efficiencies, quality of the fuel, ease of ignition and fuel burnout.

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