Absorption - adsorption materials
Adsorbent/absorbent polymers are needed for the decontamination of water from organics and from metal ions. It is, however, difficult to incorporate high quantities of active adsorbents in monoliths. Highly porous emulsion-templated hydrophobic polymers, known as polyHIPEs since they are synthesized...
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Acoustic resonance excited heat exchange
Towards enhancing the efficiency of gas turbines, most thermodynamic cycles require heat to be either added or dissipated by a heat exchanger, which operates by associating two streams of different thermal potential. Due to form factor limitations of many size...
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Activated carbon electrodes for heterogeneous electrocatalysis
In order to enhance the efficiency of electrocatalysis, carbon electrodes are coated with platinum (Pt) catalyst. However, the use of Pt, which is a costly rare metal, poses obstacles to the growth of markets such as hydrogen production in electrolyzers,...
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Chemistry & Materials|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Adaptive robotic stone carving process and tools
Stone carving is done either manually for design of special features or using repeatable CNC process that does not allow unique design of each stone. Manual carving is a lost craft and it is very rare and expensive to apply...
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Automotive, Aerospace & Industry 4.0|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Aluminum-air (Al-air) battery technology
The energy capacity of today batteries is a limitation in usage of all portable devices from cell phones to hearing aid devices. The possible current density for Al/Air battery is at the limit of 1.5mA/cm2. Additionally, initial potential drop at...
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Nematodes are one of the most diverse of all animals. Over 28,000 Nematode species have been described and about 16,000 of the nematodes are parasitic. The nematodes have adapted to nearly every, known ecosystem. Infection by nematodes in general and...
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FoodTech & Biotechnology|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Bio-based, bio-degradable plastic
Much of the planet is swimming in discarded plastic. Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, as rapidly increasing production of disposable plastic products overwhelms the world’s ability to deal with them. In order to handle...
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Chemistry & Materials|FoodTech & Biotechnology|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Bio-fabrication of nanocellulose-mycelium hybrid materials
Fibrous network of mycelium - the vegetative part of fungi - is employed to produce sustainable alternatives for synthetic foams. Clear correlation between fungi, substrate, mold properties, and incubation conditions on final material characteristics, is used to control material density,...
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Chemistry & Materials|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Bioplastic eco-friendly films
Plastics are known to be one of the most urgent problems in the world due to its increase use in different applications such as food, house holding, construction etc. Today some of the plastics can be recycled while some cannot. In...
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Chemistry & Materials|FoodTech & Biotechnology|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Brackish-water desalination using mineral-selective membrane
Reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes used for desalination typically remove most or all minerals from water, including beneficial ones like calcium and magnesium. While eliminating sodium chloride is essential, some of these filtered-out minerals are vital for health. The proposed...
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Chemistry & Materials|FoodTech & Biotechnology|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Carbon-based electrodes for fuel cells and electrolyzers
Hydrogen fuel cells are a key enabling technology towards supplant CO2-emitting fuels with hydrogen. Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM-FC) technology is the dominant incumbent for automotive applications. However, PEM-FCs suffer from a strong drawback in the cost of the fuel cell...
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Cathodic electrophoretic deposition of barium titanate layers from aqueous suspension
Barium titanate (BaTiO3) is one of the most important ceramic materials used in electronics. As an intrinsic ferroelectric material it can be utilized for various applications like multilayer capacitors, grain boundary capacitors, low-temperature sensors and thermistors. There is a growing...
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Clean energy generation via gas or liquid flow
Wind turbines are rotating elements with the potential to hit objects or birds near them. A high efficiency, green energy can be produced by means of actively controlled vortex shedding (ACVS). Reciprocating movement of element, in direction perpendicular to the...
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Cloud BIM – collaborative platform for building professionals
The fragmented nature of the construction industry necessitates close collaboration among design disciplines and requires extensive data exchange. Despite advances in Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology, teams still rely on a sequential file-based process for design exchange, resulting in issues...
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AI & Data Science|Automotive, Aerospace & Industry 4.0|Computer Science & Electrical Engineering|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Conversion of cellulose biomass into electrical power using cellulase enzyme
Conversion of biomass to electric power is an attractive strategy for the generation of green and efficient energy. As Cellulose is one of the most abound polymers on earth, ~70% of the plant biomass is cellulose, which makes him an...
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Converting Waste To Electricity and Added Value compounds
Conversion of biomass to electric power is an attractive strategy for the generation of green and efficient energy. As Cellulose is one of the most abound polymers on earth, ~70% of the plant biomass is cellulose, which makes him an...
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FoodTech & Biotechnology|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Cooling, dehumidification and air conditioning by waste heat
Growing demand for air conditioning in recent years has caused a significant increase in demand for electrical energy. Electric utilities have their peak loads on hot summer days, and are often barely capable of meeting the demand, struggling with burn-out...
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Delamination of multilayers films and packages
Every year, millions of tons of multilayer laminate materials—like food packaging, coffee bags, paper cups, juice cartons, and even solar panels—are either incinerated or landfilled due to the lack of an industrial method for separating their tightly bonded layers. These...
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Detection and characterization of diffuse radiation sources
A standard method for evaluating the abundances of chemical species in stellar atmospheres is the COG. Assuming a species concentration fixed with depth, the theory of the COG evaluates the equivalent width of a spectral line as a function of...
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Electro-Optics & Quantum|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Developing improved yeast for biofuel production
Creating alternative energy sources through large-scale industrial fermentation of renewable biomass is a major goal for the sustainable development of human society. High oil prices, energy security issues, and environmental goals all necessitate intense focus on making alternative energy an...
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FoodTech & Biotechnology|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Direct injector of hydrogen or hydrogen-rich gaseous fuel
Current hydrogen rich fuel direct injectors suffer from low flow cross section, non-reliable closure and a non-optimized jet structure, which have a detrimental effect on the engine performance. Achieving higher flow rate, shorter open-close timing and higher backward pressure resistance...
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Efficient biodiesel production using cellulose microcapsules
Biodiesel is typically made by chemically reacting lipids such as animal fat, soybean oil or some other vegetable oil with an alcohol. This process requires, other than oil and alcohol also enzymes. In order to produce alcohol one can use...
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A family of continuous porous polymers, generally known as polyHIPEs, have been synthesized using high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) as templates for the porous structure. This composition-of-matter having microscopic closed-cell capsules (either hydrophobic and hydrophilic) can be utilized for various...
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Engine Design based on Novel Thermodynamic Cycle
Internal combustion engines (ICE) will remain main propulsion technology for various applications for many years. However the challenges are security of energy supply, climate change issues and air pollution. Combined electro-thermo-chemical technology goal is to deal with all those issues...
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Enhancing conductivity and reactivity in electro-catalytic materials
Electrode quality for electrochemical conversion needs material improvement and design. For instance, conversion efficiencies of photoelectrochemical cells used for water splitting reaction are limited by the intrinsic material properties of the electrode. The electrode should be a good conductor, a...
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Chemistry & Materials|Computer Science & Electrical Engineering|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Flexible ultra-light weight conductors
Copper has been used in electrical wiring since the invention of the electromagnet and the telegraph in the 1820s. Standard copper wires are being used for numerous applications reliably for many years. However, as technology changes requirements from the current...
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Water splitting is an important process towards the generation of H2 as a renewable and sustainable energy source; however, the high overpotential and slow kinetics limit its applicability. Most current photo- and electro-catalysts are expensive to make, not environmentally friendly...
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H2 production by electrocatalysis assisted by peptoid complex
Water splitting is an important process towards the generation of H2 as a renewable and sustainable energy source; however, the high overpotential and slow kinetics limit its applicability.Most current photo- and electro-catalysts are expensive to make, not environmentally friendly and...
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High potential cathodes for thermal lithium batteries
Thermal batteries have long shelf-life, short service life and high capacity. They are very reliable. Increasing energy density will allow reducing volume of the batteries. This can be achieved by increase of discharge potential of the batteries via increase in...
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High rate hydrogenotrophic denitrification of drinking water
A novel pressurized high rate hydrogenotrophic reactor for denitrification without gas purging. This invention shows that during continuous operation a gas–liquid equilibrium is established in the reactor according to Henry’s law and excess N2 gas is carried out by the...
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High-temperature anion-exchange membrane fuel cell
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Highly stable membranes for alkaline fuel cells and electrolysers
Alkaline fuel cells and electrolyzers offer many advantages over their acidic counterparts, the main one being the possibility to replace precious metals in electrodes with other, low cost and abundant metals. However, the alkaline environment leads to substantial electrolyte decomposition...
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Hydrogen and electric energy production on-demand
Hydrogen storage and transportation is both inefficient and hazardous. Hydrogen production by reaction of water and activated aluminum can be done on demand and on the location where the hydrogen will be used. The weight of hydrogen produced is 11%...
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Imaging of the electric grid
Power plants supply the city's electrical needs using alternating current (AC) power transmission. In AC power transmission, electrical energy is distributed by generating an AC voltage waveform (usually a sine wave) with a frequency of 50 or 60 Hz. This...
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Increasing efficiency of fans, turbines and rotating blades
Adding steady or oscillatory perturbation near the leading edge of the blades - mechanical, electro-mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, plasma based, Lorentz force based, etc. or Gurney flaps to the trailing edge of fan blades increases air-flow, aerodynamic efficiency, power savings and...
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Security & Defence|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Innovative non-condensables purge system for closed cycle absorption heat pumps
Non-condensable gases (NCG) are known to cause a significant deterioration in the condensation and absorption heat and mass transfer processes in absorption systems used for thermal cooling and heating. Most absorption systems on the market are chillers, which operate with...
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In numerous widely used applications, such as micro gas turbines, fuel cells and internal combustion engines, significant amount of thermal energy is expelled with hot waste gas. The inverted Brayton bottoming cycle (IBC) offers a way to utilize this expelled...
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Lithium-ion battery (LIB) is the most widely used energy storage device for portable consumer electronic devices, electric vehicles, and electric grids. Additionally, LIBs have become emerging devices to store renewable energy (i.e., wind, solar, geothermal). Due to the widespread use...
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Linear motion in a cylinder using helical wave generator in elastic component. A large static radial holding force is formed in addition to the linear motion created by the elliptical movement. The motion is precise and requires low power engine...
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Automotive, Aerospace & Industry 4.0|Medical Devices & Digital Health|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Local reuse of grey water and follow-up on systems for grey water recycling
Greywater (GW), domestic wastewater excluding the streams generated by toilets and kitchens, can serve as an alternative water source. The main options for GW reuse are toilet flushing and garden irrigation. Greywater reuse can significantly reduce domestic water consumption. While...
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FoodTech & Biotechnology|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Mechanochemical recycling of plastic mixtures for injection molding
Plastic recycling has many challenges, most of which are a consequence of the huge variability of materials in the recovered plastic. While separation between different types of plastics can be somewhat support recycling, even if 100% of the same polymer...
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Chemistry & Materials|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Metafoils – morphing airfoil skins
In all conventional aircraft this change of shape is achieved by mechanical servo motors which provide angular or linear motion so as to tilt a rigid portion of the wing or lifting device. Aircraft manufacturers are attempted to develop planes...
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Mold-less molding additive manufacturing of volumetric objects
Traditional additive manufacturing methods such as 3D / 4D printing, Selective laser sintering (SLS), Stereolithography (SLA), Digital light process (DLP) and Volumetric additive manufacturing (VAM) are powerful tools for prototyping, but they’re limited by slow build speed and inhomogeneous mechanical...
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Multispectral imaging device with no moving parts
Multispectral and spectral imaging is used to collect spatially and spectrally resolved radiance information of a predefined region of space. Devices for imaging are built per specific application, resolution and wavelength requirements. Each image pixel contains spectroscopic data. All the...
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Chemistry & Materials|Computer Science & Electrical Engineering|Electro-Optics & Quantum|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Nano gate - stimulus induced nanofluidic device
Flow control that is activated by environmental and other pre-designed parameters can be useful in many systems such as agriculture and water treatment. Natural tendency of two-dimensional (2D) clay nano-particles to self-assemble and restrict water permeability in soils can be...
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Chemistry & Materials|FoodTech & Biotechnology|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Novel protein-based aerogels
Aerogels are like hydrogels in which the liquids have been replaced by a gas. Recently, natural protein-based aerogels found to be very interesting in the biomedical and biomaterial fields due to their biocompatibility and degradability. Current approaches still use harsh...
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Ocean restoration by AI-designed 3D-printed reefs
Marine ecosystems are under increasing pressure from human activity and climate change. Coral reefs—among the most diverse and valuable ecosystems on Earth—are especially vulnerable. Their decline threatens not only marine biodiversity but also the wellbeing of human communities that depend...
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Chemistry & Materials|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Organic semiconductors p-dopants
Organic solar cells represent a promising advancement in solar technology, having recently achieved a significant improvement in photo-conversion efficiency from approximately 10% to 17%, with a projected maximum efficiency slightly surpassing 20%. Overcoming challenges in extracting carriers from the active...
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Chemistry & Materials|Electro-Optics & Quantum|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
PFAS free process for highly functionalized fluoropolymers
Due to their remarkable chemical and physical properties, fluoropolymers find extensive application across diverse industries including chemical, electronic, construction, mechanical, architectural, and automotive, among others.. These unique properties include chemical resistance, weather and thermal stability, inertness to solvents, low dielectric...
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Piezoelectric nano fibers of lead zirconium titanate (pzt)
Piezoelectric materials are being used to transform mechanical energy into electrical energy and vice versa. Piezoceramic is commonly used in these applications due to its high dielectric constant, high coupling efficient, large remnant polarization and fast response. Piezoceramic nanofibers have...
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Protection layer for battery electrodes
In Li-ion batteries electrode materials degrade through their reactive interface with the electrolyte. The undesirable interfacial reactions result in formation of layers that impede charge transfer and can serve as an active site for electrolytic consumption, electrode corrosion and passivation,...
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The Food industry is seeking for new ways to eliminate trans fats and minimize the use of saturated fats in processed foods. On the other hand, recent studies have concluded that positive health effect will be gained more effectively if...
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FoodTech & Biotechnology|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Protein-based polymers as the active layer in electronic devices
Using sustainable and affordable proteins as the basis for the formation of a new family of environmental polymers that are free-standing, soft, elastic, and most importantly, their electronic and ionic conductivity can be engineered. A special focus is given to...
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Chemistry & Materials|Medical Devices & Digital Health|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Pulse tube sterling type cryogenic cooling
Refrigeration at temperatures around 80-150 K is required for infrared night-vision equipment with high resolution and fast response times. Compact, light-weight devices are necessary for many typical applications, such as for man-portable night-vision equipment, unattended aerial vehicles, and for use...
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Electro-Optics & Quantum|Security & Defence|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Fuel cells require very clean hydrogen for proper operation. Hydrogen transportation poses several logistics and safety issues. The solution might be – on board clean hydrogen production using a very efficient autothermal system. The system produces clean hydrogen by steam...
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Chemistry & Materials|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Recycled, 3D printed wood products for the construction industry
The construction industry is one of the most polluting industries, mostly due to concrete and plastic usage. To reduce construction related pollution and waste, one of the possible solutions is to increase the use of Recycled Wood & Polymer Materials...
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Automotive, Aerospace & Industry 4.0|Chemistry & Materials|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Phosphogypsum is a product of manufacturing of phosphoric acid from phosphate rock. It contains radioactive impurities and chemical impurities which deteriorate the gypsum quality. Huge quantities of phosphogypsum is piling next to quarries. Some process exists to clean the phosphogypsum...
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Rotational casting of inorganic cement architectural components
Façade tiles and aesthetics components with complex geometries are currently difficult to fabricate and require cement or mechanical parts such as bolts for connections. Inorganic cementitious tiles are relatively weak and absorb water. Manufacturing such architectural elements from polymers and...
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Separation of ions from water and wastewater
Purification of water or waste water from nitrates and other ions can be done using ion exchange and other processes which consume large amounts of salts, acids or bases and produce highly concentrated brines that are difficult to treat. In...
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Automotive, Aerospace & Industry 4.0|Chemistry & Materials|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
While chemical compounds are essential to many aspects of our lives and provide key solutions, they may also create environmental and health challenges. Chemical mixture might have an increased effect on health and environment. Main inspection method is spectrometry and...
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Chemistry & Materials|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Traditional stimuli-responsive actuators convert environmental cues (e.g., water uptake, heat, or electric fields) into motion, but they often require the entire structure to be stimulated and rely on external power or control systems, limiting autonomy and adaptability. The proposed solution...
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Automotive, Aerospace & Industry 4.0|Chemistry & Materials|Sustainability Energy & ConTech
Urban Shade Assets Mapper (USAM)
USAM is a GIS tool that facilitates and streamlines the generation of high-resolution urban shade maps. Shade maps visually inform users about street-level shade availability during the hot season, taking into account shade cast by buildings and trees. In places...
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Water desalination - selective removal of specific Ions
Selective water treatment, which removes more problematic ions preferentially over others, is an important goal towards next generation, energy efficient water treatment systems. Current treatment techniques rely on chemical sedimentation or membrane separation, the latter of which is used in...
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Water purification by forward osmosis
A new separation unit for FO comprising of 2 separation columns which are filled with a stimulus water-absorbing polymer gel. The gel is thermo-sensitive with lower critical solution temperature. This material absorbs water below critical temperature Thyd and release water...
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