Research and Development
This page is under construction. As a preview of things to be posted, here are some scanning electron micrographs of our early activated carbons:
A comprehensive account of the research,
development, and demonstration undertaken by ALL-CRAFT since
October 2004 is available in the papers posted on the page Publications
(updated regularly), and in the following reports and posters.
Reports
Peter Pfeifer, Lecture; Empa,
Materials Science & Technology, Zurich, March 28, 2007:
"Reversible
Storage of Alternative Fuels in Nanoporous Carbon: Methane and Hydrogen"
Press Conference, Kansas City; Februar
16, 2007:
"Clean
Vehicles: From Agricultural Waste to High-Tech Storage Tanks"
"Press
Release—University of Missouri" "Press
Release—National Science Foundation"
Progress Report—University of
Missouri & Midwest Research Institute; August 12, 2006:
"Advanced
Nanoporous Carbon from Corncob for Vehicular Natural Gas and Hydrogen
Storage"
Progress Report—University of
Missouri; Advisory Board Meeting, Midwest Research Institute, February
27, 2006: "University
of
Missouri Progress Report, February 2006"
Progress Report—Midwest
Research Institute; Advisory
Board Meeting, Midwest Research Institute, February 27, 2006:
"ALL-CRAFT @ MRI, February
2006"
David
Quinn, Lecture; Advisory Board Meeting, University of Missouri, July
20, 2005: "Adsorption
Storage: A
Viable Alternative to
Compression for Natural Gas Powered Vehicles?"
Progress Report—University of
Missouri; Advisory Board Meeting, University of Missouri, July 20, 2005:
"University
of Missouri Progress
Report, July 2005"
Progress Report—Midwest
Research Institute; Advisory Board Meeting, University of Missouri,
July 20, 2005: "ANG Tank
Design
and Fuel Delivery System, July 2005"
Conference
presentations
Mikael Wood (University
of Missouri), Small-Angle
X-ray Scattering from Nanoporous Biocarbon, 2007 Users Weeks,
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, May 8, 2007
Sarah Barker (University
of Missouri), Natural
Gas Storage on Nanoporous Biocarbon,
2007 Spring University
of Missouri Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements
Forum, April 30, 2007
Lacy Hardcastle (University
of Missouri), Fuel Tanks from Corn Fields, 2007 University of
Missouri Undergraduate Research Day at the State Capitol, Jefferson
City, MO, April 17, 2007
Mikael Wood (University
of Missouri), Hydrogen Storage on Nanoporous Biocarbon, 2007
March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Denver, March 5-9, 2007
Jacob Burress (University
of Missouri), Natural
Gas Storage on Nanoporous Carbon, 2007 March Meeting of the
American Physical Society, Denver, March 5-9, 2007
Jacob Burress (University
of Missouri), Gas Storage Capabilities and Structure of Nanoporous
Carbon, 53rd Midwest Solid State Conference,
University of Missouri, Kansas City, October 6-8, 2006
Mikael
Wood (University of Missouri), Pore
Structure in Activated Carbon with Applications to Methane Storage,
53rd Midwest Solid State Conference,
University of Missouri, Kansas City, October 6-8, 2006
Carol Faulhaber (2006 Summer Intern; Northwest Missouri State
University) and Sarah Barker (2006 Summer Intern, University of
Missouri), The Carbon Sponge: the Use of Adsorbed Natural Gas in
Vehicles,
University
of Missouri Summer Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements
Forum, August 3, 2006
Mona-Lisa
Banks (2006 Summer Intern; Lincoln University), By-Product Formation
in Respect of Operating Conditions on Conversion of Glycerol to
Propylene Glycol, University
of Missouri Summer Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements
Forum, August 3, 2006
Sean Crockett (2006 Summer Intern; University
of Missouri), The
Effects of Particle Size Distribution on Density of Nanoporous Carbon,
University
of Missouri Summer Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements
Forum, August 3, 2006
John Flavin (2006 Summer Intern; University of
Missouri), Carbon
Briquettes for Low-Pressure Storage of Natural Gas in Alternative Fuel
Vehicles, University
of Missouri Summer Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements
Forum, August 3, 2006
Sam Grinter and Todd Vassalli (2006 Summer
Interns; University of
Missouri), Cost Feasibility Analysis of Mass Production of a
Novel Activated Carbon, University
of Missouri Summer Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements
Forum, August 3, 2006
Mikael
Wood (University of Missouri), Modeling the Growth of Fractal Networks of Nanopores
in Activated Carbon, 52nd Midwest Solid State Conference,
University of Missouri, Columbia, October 8-9, 2005
Robert
Schott (University of Missouri), Nanoporous Carbon from Corn Cob for Low-Pressure
Methane Storage, 52nd Midwest Solid State Conference, University of
Missouri, Columbia, October 8-9, 2005
Mona-Lisa
Banks (2005 Summer Intern; Lincoln University), Conversion of Waste
Corncob to Activated Carbon for Use of Methane Storage, University
of Missouri Summer Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements
Forum, July 28, 2005
Antonio
Howard (2005 Summer Intern; Lincoln University) and Stephen
Eastman (2005 Summer Intern; University of Missouri), Fuel System
Design for an Adsorbed Natural Gas Vehicle, University of Missouri
Summer Undergraduate Research & Creative Achievements Forum, July
28, 2005
Motunrayo
Kemiki (2005 Summer Intern; Pennsylvania State University), Conversion of Corn
Cobs to Activated Carbons for Natural gas (methane) adsorption,
University of Missouri Summer Undergraduate Research & Creative
Achievements Forum, July 28, 2005