近几年,麻省理工学院研究人员一直在努力研究太阳能燃料,多亏美国能源部的拨款,他们的一在西部建立一个新的太阳能燃料研究中心。由加州理工学院带领,劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室,加州大学伯克利分校和斯坦福大学共同参与的研究小组将获1.22亿美元拨款。
研究小组的目标是模拟“大自然实际能源生产光合机构。”因此,该研究小组命名为:人工光合作用(JCAP)联合中心。该小组还将弥补阳光能源创新中心,今年能源部新建的3个能源创新中心之一的不足。此次研究将共同创造一个 “从太阳能到化学燃料的转换系统”,然后使其商业化运作。
此前,美国能源部宣布建立橡树岭国家实验室,其目的是在于建立仿真核反应堆。
重点在于建设能源效益建筑物的第三个实验中心稍后也将发布。
1.12亿美元拨款将在5年内完成。该研究利用太阳能与水和二氧化碳结合起来,创造清洁燃料如甲醇,乙醇甚至汽油,转换过程中基本不用稀有材料,并减少排放。
Their goal is to simulate “nature’s photosynthetic apparatus for practical energy production.” Hence, the research group’s name: The Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP). The group will also make up the Fuels from Sunlight Energy Innovation Hub, one of three energy innovation hubs the DOE is putting into action this year. This one will work specifically on creating a “solar-energy-to-chemical-fuel conversion system,” and then make it commercially marketable.
Previously, the DOE announced an energy hub at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory aimed at modeling and simulating nuclear reactors.
The third hub, to focus on energy-efficient buildings, will be announced at a later date.
The $112 million grant will be doled out over five years. The idea is to use solar energy combined with water and carbon dioxide to create clean fuels like methanol, ethanol or even gasoline, and do so through carbon reduction without the use of rare materials.
0 条