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Energy
Technology Area • The Energy technology area contains advancements that address some of the most significant national challenges across the energy, climate, and infrastructure sectors. Sandia’s energy research addresses generation, storage, transmission, and distribution. Work is aimed at promoting energy resilience, stability, and security.  This technology area also contains specialized portfolios related to:  Energy...

Energy efficiency management system and method
Patent • #US8340832B1. Exemplary embodiments of the computerized management system for controlling energy consumption for energy consumers using a smart meter may include a database that contains contract provisions for energy consumers. Furthermore, exemplary embodiments of the system include a database interface adapted to allow the system to access the contract provisions...

Energy efficient robot
Patent • #US10144464B1. A locomotion subassembly for a biped robot is disclosed. The locomotion subassembly includes several unique energy transfer mechanisms and arrangements for efficiently powering the motion of the robot.

Energy storage systems for electrical microgrids with pulsed power loads
Patent • #US11316363B2. Pulsed power loads (PPLs) are highly non-linear and can cause significant stability and power quality issues in an electrical microgrid. According to the present invention, many of these issues can be mitigated by an Energy Storage System (ESS) that offsets the PPL. The ESS can maintain a constant bus...

Energy storage-based packetized delivery of electricity
Patent • #US11936185B1. Systems and methods for Energy Storage-based Packetized Delivery of Electricity (ES-PDE) are disclosed that are radically different from the operation of today's grid. Using ES-PDE, the loads are powered by the energy storage systems (ESS) the majority of the time and only receive packets of electricity periodically to charge...

Engineered high expansion glass-ceramics having near linear thermal strain and methods thereof
Patent • #US10059625B2. The present invention relates to glass-ceramic compositions, as well as methods for forming such composition. In particular, the compositions include various polymorphs of silica that provide beneficial thermal expansion characteristics (e.g., a near linear thermal strain). Also described are methods of forming such compositions, as well as connectors including...

Engineered high expansion glass-ceramics having near linear thermal strain and methods thereof
Patent • #US9878944B1. The present invention relates to glass-ceramic compositions, as well as methods for forming such composition. In particular, the compositions include various polymorphs of silica that provide beneficial thermal expansion characteristics (e.g., a near linear thermal strain). Also described are methods of forming such compositions, as well as connectors including...

Engineered hosts with exogenous ligninase and uses thereof
Patent • #US11453895B1. The present invention relates to methods and engineered microbial hosts useful for treating lignin or a derivative thereof. In some embodiments, the host has one or more exogenous nucleic acid sequences that encode a ligninase (e.g., a laccase and/or a peroxidase).

Engineering RuBisCo for food safety
Patent • #US11518989B1. A method of improving a ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCo) to have a higher protein score is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: making a modified RbcL of the RuBisCo, by, on an RbcL unit of the RuBisCo, either substituting Met for Leu, Phe, Val, or Ile or combinations thereof;...

Enhanced composites via selective interfacial modification
Patent • #US11148392B1. A laminate comprising a first ply, a second ply, and a third ply which sandwiching the second ply between the first ply and the third ply. The laminate further includes a first plurality of interfacial modifiers arranged between opposing faces of the first ply and the second ply. The...

Enhanced distributed energy resource system
Patent • #US7239044B1. A power transmission system including a direct current power source electrically connected to a conversion device for converting direct current into alternating current, a conversion device connected to a power distribution system through a junction, an energy storage device capable of producing direct current connected to a converter, where...

Enhanced Functional Alloys with High Strength and Ductility
Featured Opportunity • A technique for tailoring the mechanical properties of traditionally low-strength and low ductility alloys using laser beam powder bed fusion (LB-PBF) additive manufacturing Additive manufacturing (AM) offers unprecedented design freedom that can lead to novel materials development. Intermetallic alloys have useful magnetic properties such as high permeability, low coercivity, and...

Enhanced microfabrication using electrochemical techniques
Patent • #US11549903B1. A method is provided for subtractively processing a layer of etchable material formed over an electrically conductive surface region of a workpiece. The workpiece is immersed in a liquid solution, generally but not exclusively a conductive solution, that comprises an etchant for the etchable material, so that etching of...

Enhanced Substrates for Controlled Explosive Properties
Featured Opportunity • Improved control of initiation and detonation from enhanced substrates with minimal post-processing and fabrication compared to traditional explosive processes In high explosives, the density and porosity of energetic materials contributes to initiation and detonation characteristics. Traditional explosive processing methods like melt casting or powder pressing are known for their less...

Enhancing obfuscation of digital content through use of linear error correction codes
Patent • #US11341217B1. Technologies related to enhancing security of digital content are described. Linear error correction codes (LECCs) are employed for dual purposes: 1) to obfuscate digital content; and 2) to verify integrity of the digital content. A transmitter computing system obfuscates digital content based upon an obfuscation protocol, wherein the obfuscated...

Enrichment of amino acids from biomass residuum
Patent • #US11326193B1. The present invention relates to methods of providing a biomass residuum and compositions thereof. In particular examples, the biomass residuum includes one or more high value amino acids, even after removal of mixed alcohol components. In particular, the methods include implementing pre-treatment conditions and employing fermentation conditions including modified...

Enrichment of amino acids from biomass residuum
Patent • #US12203116B2. The present invention relates to methods of providing a biomass residuum and compositions thereof. In particular examples, the biomass residuum includes one or more high value amino acids, even after removal of mixed alcohol components. In particular, the methods include implementing pre-treatment conditions and employing fermentation conditions including modified...

Environment
Technology Area • The Environment technology area contains solutions resulting from Sandia’s extensive research and development in the environmental sciences as well as applied research to address urgent climate and infrastructure challenges.     This technology area also contains specialized portfolios related to:  Emission Reduction and Carbon Capture Hydrogen RemediationRecycling Mining and Minerals 

Environmentally stable solid lubricant coating
Patent • #US12404474B1. The invention is directed to environmentally stable solid lubricant coatings with bilayer transition-metal dichalcogenide structures that are designed to resist the effects of oxidation during long term storage, or during short exposures under conditions that would oxidize similar films that do not have these bilayer structures. In addition to...

Enzymatic cascade bioreactor
Patent • #US7264962B1. Disclosed is an apparatus and method for continuously converting sucrose to beta-D-glucose. The method comprises a three stage enzymatic reactor in which an aqueous solution of sucrose is first converted into a solution of fructose and alpha-D-glucose by passing it through a porous, packed column containing an inert media...
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