Energy Flux
Sustainability reporting and carbon accounting solutions for your company
PROJECTS
ET Microgrid
The ET Grid is a portable power and communications server as a solution for remote and rural locations. Power is generated by running a one-stroke generator running on biogas from renewable biomass. Heat and biochar are the byproducts. Biochar is used for soil remediation and filtering water, and the heat can warm a home and boil water.
Hydrogen Future Fuels
The Future Fuels hydrogen station was developed for the Department of Energy and Arizona Public Service and is one of the most successful demonstrations in viable renewable fuel systems for Ultra Low Emissions Vehicles (ULEVs). This station logged more than 17,000 hours of continual use without incident.
Coal-SNG Reactor
The summit of next generation lower carbon fuels developed a hydrogasification reactor for the Department of Energy to prove the safely extended utilization of coal reserves in the U.S. through refinement of synthetic natural gas (SNG) using hydrogasification. The corresponding modification to power stations would result in an increase of 40% to fuel efficiency while reducing noxious emissions by 70% . This proves to be a fraction (<10%) of the social, economic, and environmental costs of shutting down coal power stations entirely.
Carbon Capture Biofuels
The project worked with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to explore expanded possibilities for CO2 capture through microalgae. Work focused on integration of an algae bioreactor system into an operating power plant with the intent of capturing CO2 emissions, while taking advantage of the synergies of existing environmental systems and a focus on measurable carbon removal from power plant exhaust streams.
Cyanobacteria (microalgae) is the primary lifeform on Earth, doubles its numbers every two hours, can be harvested daily, and offers a number of biological products for carbon recycling from CO2 emissions.