Key Technical Competency Areas:

• Alternative/renewable energy – bio-ethanol from vegetable starch or sugars (corn, sugarcane, high dry-matter tubers, sugar beets), bio-Diesel fuel from triglycerides (virgin and used vegetable oils) and algae, bio-fuel and animal feed co-production, renewable Diesel fuel, solar thermal and renewable electricity from wind, photo-voltaic, bio-gas, biomass/municipal solid waste
• Coatings – acrylic paints, silicone coatings, polyurethane, coatings, and manufacturing processes
• Energy storage – batteries, pumped hydro, hot/cold water storage, compressed or liquefied gas storage with turbo-expander energy recovery
• Optimized energy use – heat transfer, thermodynamics, building HVAC, electricity denmand peak shaving, optimized time-of-use, on-site CHP, heat pump, automatic controls, lighting, evaporation cooling, air-to-air heat exchange, air quality monitoring
• Potable, industrial and agricultural water purification – desalination and recycle, multi-media filters, ultrafiltration, nano-filtration, ion exchange, reverse and forward osmosis, multiple effect evaporation, adsorption, as well as UV, chlorine, and ozone sanitizing
• Crude oil and natural gas production/refining – well drilling and completion, enhanced oil and gas recovery, gas gathering and purification, gas compression and transportation, natural gas chemical conversion to ethylene, refining, bio-fuel/fossil fuel nano-emulsion blending, oil upgrading, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of renewable fuels
• Oil and gas process improvements – optimization, catalyst upgrades, turbo-machinery, combustion and post-combustion air emission reductions
• Building systems – optimized energy and water use/recovery/reuse, integrated renewable and conventional energy systems, waste heat recovery
• High productivity agriculture – combustion exhaust CO2 and water use, solar power, land use optimization.