{"404381":{"#nid":"404381","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Acid Test","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEarth\u2019s air pollution and climate change issues are linked to combustion and its detrimental byproducts: greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and gases that pollute the atmosphere such as nitrogen oxides.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe good news is that today\u2019s advanced materials can trap or neutralize these acid gases right in the smokestack, or even capture CO2\u0026nbsp;straight from the atmosphere. Multiple research teams are working to increase the efficiency of these important materials; the Department of Energy (DOE) is currently funding a number of such projects under its\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.energyfrontier.us\/\u0022\u003EEnergy Frontier Research Center\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(EFRC) program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut a key question remains: How do acidic gases affect materials designed to lower their emissions? How durable, for instance, will these advanced materials be when subjected to real-world environments like the hot exhaust flues of a power plant?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThere\u2019s a knowledge gap here \u2014 scientists don\u2019t yet understand the fundamentals of how acid gases like carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides interact with important classes of materials,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/walton.chbe.gatech.edu\/Walton\u0022\u003EKrista Walton\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E(ChBE). \u201cIf you create a new material that separates CO2\u0026nbsp;with record efficiency in the lab, but it only lasts a few days in an industrial environment, then it\u2019s not a useful advance.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe DOE recently awarded a four-year $11.2 million grant to Georgia Tech to lead an EFRC that studies materials degradation caused by acid gases. Directed by Walton, the new center involves research teams from six universities and a government laboratory. Collaborating with Georgia Tech are researchers from Lehigh University, University of Alabama, University of Florida, University of Wisconsin, Washington University in St. Louis, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDubbed the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/efrc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Understanding and Control of Acid Gas-Induced Evolution of Materials for Energy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(UNCAGE-ME), the Georgia Tech-led effort is one of 10 new EFRCs recently funded by the DOE.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead the rest of this story from \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/features\/acid-test\u0022\u003EResearch Horizons\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Energy research center tackles materials that tackle pollutants"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEnergy research center tackles materials that tackle pollutants\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Energy research center tackles materials that tackle pollutants"}],"uid":"27507","created_gmt":"2015-05-13 16:19:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:17","author":"Rachel Isaac","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"404321":{"id":"404321","type":"image","title":"Acid Test","body":null,"created":"1449254135","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:35","changed":"1475895127","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:07","alt":"Acid Test","file":{"fid":"76046","name":"acidtest.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/acidtest.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/acidtest.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":542536,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/acidtest.jpg?itok=VlJwMta7"}}},"media_ids":["404321"],"groups":[{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022contributor__full-name\u0022\u003EJohn Toon\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022contributor__professional-title\u0022\u003EDirector of Research News\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022contributor__phone\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;Phone:\u0026nbsp;404.894.6986\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022contributor__email\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:john.toon@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEmail John Toon\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022contributor__full-name\u0022\u003EBrett Israel\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022contributor__professional-title\u0022\u003ECommunications Officer II\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022contributor__phone\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;Phone:\u0026nbsp;404.385.1933\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022contributor__email\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brett.israel@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EEmail Brett Israel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022contributor__twitter\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}