Conventional energy

News and Updates

Weighing Gas with Sound and Microwaves

January 23, 2015

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a novel method to rapidly and accurately calibrate gas flow meters, such

A New NIST Online Database: The NIST Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Structure Index

January 6, 2014

Recently, a new website containing a wealth of information on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was made publicly available by NIST. PAHs are compounds

In Natural Gas Pipelines, NIST Goes with the Flow

April 19, 2013

On an ordinary day, the United States consumes about 70 billion cubic feet of natural gas – enough to fill a space a mile long, a mile wide, and half a mile

Novel Filter Material Could Cut Natural Gas Refining Costs

March 29, 2012

Measurements taken by a team including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists show that a newly devised material has the ability to

Projects and Programs

Effect of Partial Charge Calculation Method on Adsorption Thermodynamics in Metal-organic Frameworks

In classical molecular simulations, electrostatic contributions to the potential energy are typically accounted for by assigning partial charges to some or all

Reference Materials and Standards for Fossil Fuels, Electric Utility Emissions, and Coal Combustion By-Products

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) fossil fuel Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) continue to be in high demand by the petroleum industry

Measurements, Standards, and Data for Energy Conversion Materials

The Measurements, Standards, and Data for Energy Conversion Materials Project provides the underpinning measurement science needed to support the development

Smoke Stack Simulator

Today, inconsistencies between measured CO2 emissions and emissions calculated from coal consumption are on the order of 10% to 20%. The objective of this

Publications

Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) Low-Energy Residential Incremental Energy Efficiency Improvements Database Technical Manual: Update

September 22, 2020

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Eric G. O'Rear, Priya D. Lavappa, Anne L. Greig, Sangwon Suh

NIST Recommended Practice Guide: Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses, 3rd edition

September 15, 2020

Author(s)

George D. Quinn

Fractography is a powerful but underutilized tool for the analysis of fractured glasses and ceramics, for fractures in the laboratory and for component failures

Charge Optimization for a CO2 Ground-Source Air Conditioner (GSAC)

February 5, 2020

Author(s)

Harrison M. Skye

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Laboratory Tests of a Prototype Carbon Dioxide Ground-Source Air Conditioner

October 7, 2019

Author(s)

Harrison M. Skye, Wei Wu

CO2 is an attractive refrigerant option for ground-source heat pumps (GSHPs) because is it environmentally friendly with low global warming potential (GWP = 1