The Calgary-based TC Energy, formerly known as TransCanada, announced its initial findings into the December oil spill, stating the pipe failed due to a combination of factors, including bending and a weld flaw that was completed during its manufacturing. “Although welding inspection and testing were conducted within applicable codes and standards, the weld flaw led […]
Project looks at power of big data to predict hydropower component failures
Researchers from Argonne National Labs, Lemon, Ill., Idaho National Laboratories, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., are developing new models that can use data generated by sensors on hydropower components to predict how the components will degrade over time and estimate a component’s remaining life. Digitally transforming risk prediction can guide effective […]
EAG Laboratories launches new NanoIR services
EAG Laboratories, San Diego, Calif., announced a new addition to its wide range of analytical techniques, NanoIR capabilities. NanoIR combines the nanometer scale spatial resolving capabilities of atomic force microscopy (AFM) with the chemical characterizing capabilities of infrared spectroscopy. With this new capability, EAG scientists can provide clients with: Simultaneous and correlative topographical, mechanical, and […]
Exponent team receives DOE funds to advance EV battery technology
The DOE awarded $42 million in funding for 12 projects developing next-generation electric vehicle battery technologies to Exponent, Inc., Menlo Park, Calif., along with colleagues from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Texas, Austin. Project funding comes from the Department of Energy’s Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL) program. “Exponent […]
Sensors built into wearable patches could signal the future
New research involving a Northumbria University Professor has developed a wearable sensor capable of wirelessly transmitting information via acoustic waves through air and water. With enough flexibility to be fitted into a wearable patch, Professor Richard Fu and his research partners – led by Professor Jin Xie at Zhejiang University in China – believe the […]