Ut-Battelle, Inc.

Timothy J LaClair

Kyle R Gluesenkamp

Zhiming Gao

Orlando Rios

Panagiotis George Datskos

Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen

Ivan Vlassiouk

Jaswinder Kumar Sharma

Kashif Nawaz

James E Parks

Georgios Polyzos

Bo Shen

Yuzhan Li

Josh A Pihl

Alex E Pawlowski

Jaehyeung Park

Xiaobing Liu

Monojoy Goswami

Daniel A Schaffer

Puxian Gao

Navin Kumar

An efficiency-based powertrain control system and method to provide real-time optimization of powertrain efficiency for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).

System and method of vehicle powertrain control

An improved method and system for treating flue gases from a natural gas furnace are provided. The method and system include an acidic gas trap (AGT) adsorber which enables the continuous adsorption and storage of SOx, NOx redox, and formic acid/CO/HC/CHoxidation, with a negligible pressure drop. The AGT adsorber includes a catalyst coating having a nanotube structure (e.g., a uniform nanostructure forest coating) or a uniform porous nanostructure of various low-cost oxides through scalable low temperature solution processes, including oxides of Ti, Cu, Ba, Mn, Zr, Zn, Sr, Ca, Li, K, Na, Al, or Ce.

Monolithic gas trap adsorber for high efficiency, cost effective, low-emission condensing furnace

A phase change material composition for latent heat storage is provided. In one embodiment, the phase change material includes a salt hydrate having a melting temperature (T) of from 1&#xb0; C. to 100&#xb0; C. as determined in accordance with ASTM E793. The phase change material further includes a stabilizing matrix including a polysaccharide selected from the group of a nanocellulose, a sulfonated polysaccharide, a starch, a glycogen, a chitin, and combinations thereof. A composite article including the phase change material composition is also provided.

Stable salt hydrate-based thermal energy storage materials

A method for producing a composite polymeric article, an additive for a polymeric article, and a composite polymeric article are provided. The method generally includes providing a plurality of graphene nanoplatelets, providing a plurality of silica nanofibers, providing a polymeric material, and distributing the plurality of silica nanofibers and the plurality of graphene nanoplatelets within the polymeric material to achieve a composite article. The additive for a polymeric article includes a plurality of graphene nanoplatelets and a plurality of silica nanofibers. The composite polymeric article includes a plurality of graphene nanoplatelets, a plurality of silica nanofibers, and a polymeric matrix. The plurality of graphene nanoplatelets and the plurality of silica nanofibers are distributed within the polymeric matrix. The silica nanofibers have a mean cross sectional diameter of not more than 100 nm.

Nanocomposite additives based on graphene sheets and silica nanofibers

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Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America

Timothy J LaClair