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A Device for Harvesting Mechanical Energy Through a Piezoelectrochemical Effect

Princeton Docket # 15-3135-1Researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University have developed a piezoelectrochemical device which uses mechanical stress to produce a voltage/current.Mechanical energy harvesting is an increasingly important method of providing power to distributed sensor networks where physical...
Published: 3/15/2018   |   Inventor(s): Craig Arnold, John Cannarella
Keywords(s): battery, energy
Category(s): Mechanical

A Method for Bidding Battery Storage Into Hour-Ahead Energy Markets

Bidding Battery Storage In to Hour-Ahead Energy Markets Princeton Docket # 14-3012 There is growing interest in the use of grid-level storage to smooth variations in supply that are likely to arise with increased use of wind and solar energy. Energy arbitrage, the process of buying, storing, and selling electricity to exploit variations in electricity...
Published: 3/15/2018   |   Inventor(s): Warren Powell, Daniel Jiang
Keywords(s): computers/software, energy, solar cell
Category(s): Computers and Software

Metal@Polymer Nanoparticles by Simultaneous Precipitation and Reduction

Metal@Polymer Nanoparticles by Simultaneous Precipitation and Reduction Princeton Docket #14-3014 Researchers in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University have developed a simple one-step synergistic preparation of metal nanoparticles within spherical polymer nanoparticles through Flash NanoPrecipitation(FNP)....
Published: 3/15/2018   |   Inventor(s): Rodney Priestley, Robert Prud'homme, Rui Liu, Chris Sosa
Keywords(s): catalyst, Chemistry, drug delivery, energy, Imaging, nanotechnology
Category(s): Chemistry

A Framework for CO2 Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) Supply Chain Network Optimization

A Novel Tool for CO2 Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) Optimization Docket # 14-3004 Stationary CO2 sources, including coal and natural gas power plants, iron and steel mills, and agricultural production, emit about 3 billion tons CO2 each year in the U.S. alone, which is released into the atmosphere where it contributes to global climate...
Published: 3/15/2018   |   Inventor(s): Christodoulos Floudas (deceased) See Fotini P. Baba, M. M. Faruque Hasan, Fani Boukouvala, Eric First
Keywords(s): computers/software, earth science, energy, gas sensing, natural gas, process optimization
Category(s): Computers and Software

Fueling Method for Small, Steady-State, Aneutronic FRC Fusion Reactors

Fueling Method for Small, Steady-State, Aneutronic FRC Fusion Reactors Princeton Docket # 14-2962 Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University have disclosed a method to efficiently supply controlled and accurately timed amounts of deuterium and the rare element, 3He, to the core of small field-reversed-configuration...
Published: 3/15/2018   |   Inventor(s): Samuel Cohen, Daren Stotler, Michael Buttolph
Keywords(s): aerospace, defense, energy, plasma physics
Category(s): Chemistry

An Efficient, Green Process for Cyanide Decontamination in Water

An Efficient, Green Process for Cyanide Decontamination in Water Princeton Docket # 14-2955 This innovation is an improvement to a previously patent pending process for the catalytic generation of chlorine dioxide, Princeton docket # 11-2630/2714, US Patent Publication 2013-0209573, “An Efficient, Catalytic and Scalable Method to Produce Chlorine...
Published: 3/15/2018   |   Inventor(s): John Groves, Thomas Umile, Christina Chang
Keywords(s): catalyst, Chemistry, energy, green tech, wastewater management, water
Category(s): Chemistry

A new energy efficient method for the removal of nitrogen for wastewater management and engineered wetlands

A new energy efficient method for the removal of nitrogen for wastewater management and engineered wetlands Princeton Docket # 13-2918 Researchers in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, have identified a new microorganism that is responsible for the Feammox process. Virtually all wastewater treatment plants...
Published: 3/15/2018   |   Inventor(s): Peter Jaffe, Shan Huang
Keywords(s): energy, wastewater management, water
Category(s): Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals

Feedback Control of Azimuthal Oscillations in Hall Thrusters: Enhanced Thruster Efficiency and Performance

Princeton Docket # 12-2808 Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have developed a novel method to achieve feedback control of low-frequency azimuthal waves (rotating spoke oscillation) in the ExB discharge of a Hall thruster. This technology will enhance thruster efficiency and performance. The Hall thruster is a plasma-based propulsion...
Published: 3/15/2018   |   Inventor(s): Martin Griswold, C. Leland Ellison, Yevgeny Raitses, Nathaniel Fisch
Keywords(s): energy
Category(s): Opto-Electronics/ Electrical Engineering

Stress-Based State of Health and Charge Measurement for Intercalation Batteries

Stress-Based State of Health and Charge Measurement for Intercalation BatteriesPrinceton Docket # 12-2792The determination of a battery’s state of charge (SOC) and state of health (SOH) are important for the power management system that relies on batteries as a power source, e.g., mobile phones, laptops, electric vehicles, grid level storage,...
Published: 3/15/2018   |   Inventor(s): Craig Arnold, John Cannarella
Keywords(s): battery, computers/software, energy, medical device, solar cell
Category(s): Computers and Software, Medical Devices/Diagnostics

A Measurement Process for the Determination of the Mixture Averaged Molecular Weight of Complex Mixtures

A Novel Measurement Process for the Determination of the Mixture Averaged Molecular Weight of Complex Mixtures Princeton Docket # 12-2788-1 Researchers at Princeton University have developed a new process to determine the mixture averaged (or apparent) molecular weight of complex mixtures, specifically for liquid fuels, including automotive fuels, jet...
Published: 3/15/2018   |   Inventor(s): Frederick Dryer, Sang Hee Won, Stephen Dooley
Keywords(s): Chemistry, earth science, energy, green tech
Category(s): Chemistry