APPLICATIONS: Power system maintenance Grid reliability monitoring ADVANTAGES: More effectively addresses signal background noise More accurately locates potential transformer failures ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed a technology to locate the position of partial discharge events in the power grid based on the information from a … [Read more...] about Locating Potential Transformer Failures in the Power Grid 2017-111
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Novel Peptide Capable of Stimulating Disease Resistance in Plants 2016-030
APPLICATIONS: Biofuel feedstocks Agriculture ADVANTAGES: Synthetic polypeptide Enhanced disease resistance Robust immune response Target plants can be engineered to constitutively express the receptor and inducibly express the peptide ABSTRACT: Pamela Ronald and researchers at Berkeley Lab's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have discovered raxX, a … [Read more...] about Novel Peptide Capable of Stimulating Disease Resistance in Plants 2016-030
Synthetic Promoters Useful for Expression in Plant Cells 2015-049
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Bioenergy feedstock plants ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have invented a genetically modified plant cell or plant, comprising: (a) (i) one or more nucleic acids each encoding one or more transcription factors (or transcription activators) operatively linked to a first tissue-specific or … [Read more...] about Synthetic Promoters Useful for Expression in Plant Cells 2015-049
Enhancing Latex Production 2017-018
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Bio-based latex production ADVANTAGES: Sustainable Improves upon earlier attempts to increase latex production in guayule ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have engineered latex-producing plants, e.g., guayule plants, to increase latex production. The JBEI invention additionally provides … [Read more...] about Enhancing Latex Production 2017-018
Acoustic Time-of-Flight Analysis of Batteries to Determine State of Charge, Health, and Physical Condition, 2017-025
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Battery testing ADVANTAGES: Fast, scalable Accurate ABSTRACT: The battery industry generally lacks a fast and scalable solution for determining the physical condition of batteries in various stages of their manufacture and use, e.g., during research and development, testing, production, bench assembly, and post fabrication and … [Read more...] about Acoustic Time-of-Flight Analysis of Batteries to Determine State of Charge, Health, and Physical Condition, 2017-025