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Automatic Regenerative Braking System To Increase Energy Efficiency
­Advantages: Boosts energy recovery by 24% to 61%, improving vehicle efficiency under various driving conditions. Automatically adjusts braking for maximum energy capture using advanced smart controls Increases vehicle range by 37.8% in real-world driving conditions Summary: Energy-efficient transportation is critical due to environmental...
Published: 9/20/2024   |   Inventor(s): Hamed Faghihian, Arman Sargolzaei
Keywords(s): Automotive /Traffic Tech, Autonomous Vehicle, Energy Engineering, Green Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Autonomous Vehicle, Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment > Energy Engineering, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical Engineering
Engineered Solar Thermal Osmosis Desalination System
Competitive Advantages The system is designed to use a unique combination of Forward and Reverse Osmosis (FO/RO) with solar power, which in turn reduces the cost of desalinated water produced. The system uses solar thermal energy for simultaneous production of water, power, and cooling in the same loop, which makes the process efficient and self-contained....
Published: 9/3/2024   |   Inventor(s): Dharendra Goswami, Martina Leveni, Eydhah Almatrafi
Keywords(s): Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Green Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Water Resources
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical Engineering, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Mechanical Engineering, Technology Classifications > Engineering
Synthesis and Characterization of MoO2 Nanoparticles and their Ability to Decontaminate Water
Competitive Advantages 100% decontamination in a short time Both photocatalytic and highly adsorbent Summary USF inventors have synthesized MoO2 nanoparticles and demonstrated their efficacy at decontaminating water containing organic dyes. Experimental evidence proved that the nanoparticles were highly adsorbent as well as a photocatalytic...
Published: 5/31/2023   |   Inventor(s): Michael McCrory, Manoj Ram
Keywords(s): Green Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment
Power System Stabilizer for Voltage Source Converters
Competitive Advantages Significantly enhances stability in weak grids and increases power delivery limits Multi-input multimode operation supporting both Type-3 and Type-4 grids Prevents and increases system robustness against oscillations and generator trips Summary Our researchers have configured feedback control circuitry to modulate either...
Published: 4/3/2024   |   Inventor(s): Lingling Fan, Zhixin Miao
Keywords(s): Green Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment > Energy Engineering, Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment
Bio-Enriched Soil Technologies (BEST)
Competitive Advantages Attracts, stores, and transports water and nutrient molecules Allows plants to grow in radical climates More energy created from biofuels Improved food production Summary Farming depletes a lot of water as the water irrigation systems cover large soil areas. Our researchers have modeled and studied how to increase the...
Published: 11/27/2023   |   Inventor(s): Norma Alcantar
Keywords(s): Green Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment
Hybrid Algal Photosynthesis and Ion-Exchange (HAPIX) Process for Wastewater Treatment
Competitive Advantages Efficient treatment of high NH4+ concentration wastewater Enhanced algae cultivation through hybrid ion-exchange and photosynthesis systems Optimization using a predictive mathematical model Temporal evolution prediction of NH4+ concentration Summary The technology involves a hybrid system that combines ion-exchange and...
Published: 9/3/2024   |   Inventor(s): Sarina Ergas, Meng Wang
Keywords(s): Green Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment > Agriculture, Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Industrial Engineering
Mixed Metal Oxide Extrudate Catalyst
Competitive Advantages Good conversion activity Highly resistant to coke formation Better mass transfer Higher surface area/pore volume Summary USF researchers have developed improved NiMg/Ce0.6Zr0.4O2 pellet catalysts for biogas tri-reforming. The technology utilized biogas to produce syngas (H2 and CO) via reforming technologies followed...
Published: 7/17/2023   |   Inventor(s): Xianhui Zhao, John Kuhn, Devin Walker, Babu Joseph
Keywords(s): Green Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment > Energy Engineering, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Industrial Engineering, Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment
Piezoelectric based solar cells
Competitive Advantages Increases energy conversion efficiency Flexible in using internal or external static stress to modify energy barrier No need of dynamic stress Summary In thin-film and electrochemical solar cells, the energy barrier at the interface between different layers is a limiting bottle-neck for efficient charge collection...
Published: 8/25/2023   |   Inventor(s): Anand Santhanakrishna, Arash Takshi
Keywords(s): Green Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment > Energy Engineering, Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment
Self-Heating Apparatus and Method of Customizing a Time-Temperature Profile
Competitive Advantages Rapid heat up times Effective and tunable temperature profile Applicable to a wide range of low volatility matter Summary USF inventors have developed self-heating and cooling, layered assembly systems that allow for rapid heat-up times on the order of a few minutes that also last several hours at near-constant...
Published: 8/26/2023   |   Inventor(s): Emilee Bannister, Pamela Alvarez Moreno, Sermin Sunol, Aydin Sunol
Keywords(s): Green Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment, Technology Classifications > Advance Materials
Immobilizing a Target Protein for Applications in Bio-Photovoltaic and Bio-Sensing Systems
Competitive Advantages Greater electron transfer resulting in improved performance Summary Inventors at USF have devised systems for immobilizing target proteins, such as RCs, on the working electrode of an electrochemical device. The target protein can be immobilized using a linking protein that attaches the target protein to the electrode,...
Published: 8/26/2023   |   Inventor(s): Arash Takshi, John Beatty, Houman Yaghoubi
Keywords(s): Green Technology
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment > Energy Engineering, Technology Classifications > Energy & Environment
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