APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Large scale thermal energy storage (e.g., power plants, power utility companies, large industrial manufacturing plants) BENEFITS: Cost-competitive form of long duration energy storage that is particularly apt for incorporating more intermittent renewable energy into the electricity grid and industrial manufacturing Enables refineries … [Read more...] about Conductive Ceramic Composites for High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage 2022-031
Salt Hydrate Composite for Thermochemical Energy Storage 2022-148
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Long-term energy storage Domestic heating BENEFITS: High cycling stability High volumetric energy density Easily scalable manufacturing process BACKGROUND: Long-term energy storage is critical to ensure renewable energy supply can be stored for when it is needed, but a storage medium with a very long lifetime and little … [Read more...] about Salt Hydrate Composite for Thermochemical Energy Storage 2022-148
Retro Commissioning Sensor Suitcase Plus Software 2022-086
Applications Building energy efficiency Background The Retro-Commissioning Sensor Suitcase is an innovative technological solution developed through a Department of Energy (DOE) national lab-industry partnership to improve a building’s operating costs, comfort, and energy performance. Technology Overview/ Abstract Scientists at Berkeley Lab have developed … [Read more...] about Retro Commissioning Sensor Suitcase Plus Software 2022-086
Berkeley Lab Licensee Newomics Inc. Places Its 100th Mass Spectrometry Front-end System
Newomics Inc. Places Its 100th Mass Spectrometry Front-end System Customers include 8 of the top 10 global biopharmaceutical companies, and leading institutions in academia and biotech Berkeley-based precision medicine solutions provider Newomics Inc. has announced the commercial placement of its 100th mass spectrometry front-end system, which has contributed to … [Read more...] about Berkeley Lab Licensee Newomics Inc. Places Its 100th Mass Spectrometry Front-end System
Homogeneous Ternary Liquid Metal System for Clean Hydrogen Production 2023-026
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Hydrogen production BENEFITS: Large scale, CO2-free production of hydrogen High H2 selectivity Higher conversion rate than state-of-the-art catalysts Lower activation energy than solid catalysts Wider range and lower operating temperatures than solid catalysts: 450 oC to 1200 oC Co-produces carbon powder BACKGROUND: … [Read more...] about Homogeneous Ternary Liquid Metal System for Clean Hydrogen Production 2023-026