{"173901":{"#nid":"173901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Awarded $9.4M to Develop Energy Technology Solutions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have been awarded three grants totaling more than $9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Advanced Research Projects Agency \u2013 Energy (ARPA-E) to develop energy technology solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe three new awards are for projects involving solar fuel generation, power generation from vortices of solar heated air and energy storage.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is one of the leading recipients of ARPA-E awards in the nation and these new awards demonstrate Georgia Tech\u2019s continued prominence across the entire energy space in developing transformative energy solutions,\u201d said Tim Lieuwen, director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Strategic Energy Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAri Glezer, George W. Woodruff Chair in Thermal Systems and professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, will receive $3.7 million to develop a method to capture energy from \u201cdust devils,\u201d wind vortices that harvest the thin layer of hot air along the ground created by the sun. If successful, Georgia Tech\u2019s approach could cost 25 percent less than conventional wind and 60 percent less than traditional solar power.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAsegun Henry, assistant professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, will receive $3.6 million to develop a high-efficiency solar reactor to produce solar fuel. Using liquid metal, the reactor transports heat away from the sunlight-collection point to a chemical reaction zone, minimizing the loss of solar heat. This system could enable cost-effective solar fuels that would be used for transportation and continuous electric power generation. \u2028\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMeilin Liu, Regent\u2019s Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, will receive $2.1 million to develop a supercapacitor using graphene \u2013 a two-dimensional sheet of carbon atoms \u2013 that could store energy at 10 times greater density than current technologies. Supercapacitors store energy in a manner similar to a battery, yet can charge and discharge much more rapidly. The Georgia Tech team will improve the internal structure of graphene sheets to store more energy at lower cost.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnergy researchers at Georgia Tech have major strengths in fuels, power generation, distribution and transmission, efficient utilization, policy and economics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, the Institute is involved in nine projects funded by ARPA-E that cut across the energy space, including carbon capture, smart grid, high-efficiency heat extraction, power conversion and distribution.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Strategic Energy Institute at Georgia Tech is an interdisciplinary umbrella organization that brings together a variety of experts from diverse fields at Tech to identify integrated solutions that increase the sustainability, affordability and reliability of the entire energy cycle \u2013 from generation to distribution to use.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s three ARPA-E grants were among 66 cutting-edge research projects announced Nov. 28 by Energy Secretary Steven Chu as part of the department\u2019s \u201cOPEN 2012\u201d program. ARPA-E seeks out transformational, breakthrough technologies that show fundamental technical promise but are too early for private-sector investment.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWith ARPA-E and all of the Department of Energy\u2019s research and development efforts, we are determined to attract the best and brightest minds at our country\u2019s top universities, labs and businesses to help solve the energy challenges of this generation,\u201d Chu said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have been awarded three grants totaling more than $9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Advanced Research Projects Agency \u2013 Energy (ARPA-E) to develop energy technology solutions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three awards from the U.S. Dept. of Energy\u0027s ARPA-E"}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2012-11-28 17:55:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:14","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-11-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-11-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"174171":{"id":"174171","type":"image","title":"Professor Ari Glezer","body":null,"created":"1449179012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:32","changed":"1475894816","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:56","alt":"Professor Ari Glezer","file":{"fid":"195809","name":"glezer.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/glezer_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/glezer_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6343,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/glezer_0.jpg?itok=hAkUFggE"}},"174181":{"id":"174181","type":"image","title":"Assistant Professor Asegun Henry","body":null,"created":"1449179012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:32","changed":"1475894816","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:56","alt":"Assistant Professor Asegun Henry","file":{"fid":"195810","name":"henry2005.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/henry2005_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/henry2005_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7665,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/henry2005_0.jpg?itok=kriVTHV-"}},"174191":{"id":"174191","type":"image","title":"Regent\u0027s Professor Meilin Liu","body":null,"created":"1449179012","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:32","changed":"1475894816","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:56","alt":"Regent\u0027s Professor Meilin Liu","file":{"fid":"195811","name":"0251084-p1_20.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0251084-p1_20_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0251084-p1_20_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":776715,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0251084-p1_20_0.jpg?itok=sfQthIbF"}}},"media_ids":["174171","174181","174191"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/glezer","title":"Professor Ari Glezer"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/henry-a","title":"Assistant Profesor Asegun Henry"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/meilin-liu","title":"Meilin Liu"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"51551","name":"Advanced Research Projects Agency \u2013 Energy"},{"id":"51561","name":"Ari Glezer"},{"id":"51571","name":"Asegun Henry"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"13460","name":"Meilin Liu"},{"id":"167535","name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering"},{"id":"167358","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"},{"id":"36441","name":"Tim Lieuwen"},{"id":"28931","name":"U.S. Department of Energy"},{"id":"2378","name":"Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}