Engi-Mat

The exergy of a substance or process means the energy available for doing work in a given environment - i.e. the truly usable part of energy. Since the value of energy to humanity is mostly in its ability to do work, it is the exergy that must be conserved, protected and cherished.Exergy is the true energy.At this time of insatiable energy demand and growing concerns about global warming, the world is compelled to use only the most efficient technologies, those suitable for supporting sustainable development of the planet. The second law of thermodynamics has given us the exergy analysis for selecting what is truly efficient. Every industrial process today must be optimized to reduce the exergy loss and maximize the exergy output.The fast depletion of the company's resources of oil and natural gas, and the apparent immaturity of renewable energy sources, have brought "old king coal" to the fore once again! In this age, however, the company must find a way to use coal with maximum exergy efficiency - a much better efficiency than the traditional combination of conventional coal mining coupled with coal-fired power generation. Coal must be able to compete with any other energy source in environmental performance, technical ability and, just as importantly, cost. It has to be able to deliver the highest exergy.The company's Company is the champion of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG), a coal-based technology that converts coal seams in the ground into combustible gas, eliminating the need to mine coal in order to use it. The company are confident that the company's version of UCG technology demonstrates the highest exergy efficiency compared to any other way of using coal. The company extract the energy of underground coal with minimal exergy loss and deliver the full value of coal to the consumer with maximum exergy - the true energy.

TechDrive, Inc. is a Chicago, IL based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into TechDrive, Inc.'s business and areas of expertise. This project is aimed at producing new and improved cost-effective materials to be used in the development of rechargeble batteries for electric vehicles and consumer products, such as computers, cell phones, and cameras.

Lithium Technology Corporation is a Plymouth Meeting, PA based company that has received a grant(s) from the Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR program. The abstract(s) for these grant award(s) are provided as well since they provide insights into Lithium Technology Corporation's business and areas of expertise. This project will increase energy density of lithium ion batteries for PHEVs [Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles] by using novel anodes based on transition metal phosphide active materials.

Envia Systems develops and manufactures components for lithium-ion batteries. The company's products enable the adoption of clean energy applications such as electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Flybrid Systems make hybrid energy storage devices based on high-speed flywheel technology for F1 and mainstream automotive applications.

Graphene Energy, founded in December 2008, hopes to make ultracapacitors out of graphene, sheets of pure, crystalline carbon. It is the brain child of Rod Ruoff, a professor at the University of Texas, and Xin Zhao. Some believe that ultracapacitors, which store energy and can potentially charge far faster than batteries, could charge electric car batteries while the cars tool down the road or replace batteries entirely.