The Energy Metals Research Group (EMRG) gave fifteen presentations at the TMS Annual Meeting 2022 from February 28-March 3, 2022. These ten talks by group members and five by research collaborators covered a broad range of sustainability technologies aimed at reducing, eliminating, or reversing greenhouse gas emissions. They are listed here in chronological presentation order (all US Pacific Standard Time, presenting speaker underlined) with links to the six published proceedings papers:
Mahya Shahabi, Nicholas Masse, Hongyi Sun, Lucien Wallace, Adam Powell, Yu Zhong, "Design of a molten salt metal-air battery with high-energy density" (REWAS 2022: Energy Technologies and CO2 Management Symposium) February 28 8:35-8:55 AM Room 212A
Aditya Moudgal, Mohammad Asadikiya, Douglas Moore, Gabriel Espinosa, Lucien Wallace, Alexander Wadsworth, Alexander Alonzo, Peter Catalino, Andrew Charlebois, Evan Costa, Tyler Melo, Adam Powell, Yu Zhong, Uday Pal, "Macroscopic Modeling and Phase Field Modeling of Solar Grade Silicon by Molten Salt Electrolysis" (REWAS 2022: Energy Technologies and CO2 Management Symposium) February 28 9:15-9:35 AM Room 212A
Chinenye Chinwego, Hunter Wagner, Emily Giancola, Jonathan Jironvil, Adam Powell, "Low-Cost Distillation Technology for Rare Earth Recycling" (Rare Metal Extraction and Processing Symposium) February 28 10:20-10:40 AM Room 213B
Madison Rutherford, Armaghan Telgerafchi, Nicholas Masse, Lucien Wallace, Gabriel Espinosa, Adam Powell, "Primary Production of Magnesium via Molten Salt Electrolysis with Reactive Cathode" (Magnesium Technology Poster Session) February 28 5:30-7:00 PM Exhibit Hall C
Adam Powell, "A Magnesium Clean Energy Ecosystem Vision" (Magnesium Technology Symposium) March 1 8:20-8:40 AM Room 210A
Gabriel Espinosa, Daniel McArthur, Armaghan Telgerafchi, Madison Rutherford, Adam Powell, David Dussault, "Design of Efficient Low-Cost Recycling of Magnesium Using Gravity-Driven Multiple Effect Thermal System (G-METS)" (Magnesium Technology Symposium) March 1 9:00-9:20 AM Room 210A
Yifan Zhang, Abu Miraz, Uday Pal, Adam Powell, Michael Gao, Yu Zhong, "First-principles molecular dynamics of CaF₂-MgF₂ molten salt system" (Materials and Chemistry for Molten Salt Systems Symposium) March 1 4:30-4:50 PM Room 203B
Haoxuan Yan, Michelle Sugimoto, Uday Pal, Adam Powell, "Solid Oxide Membrane (SOM) based technology for carbon-free efficient production of Solar-grade Silicon" (REWAS 2022: Decarbonizing the Materials Industry Symposium) March 1 5:05-5:25 PM Room 212A
Donovan Leonard, Kübra Karayağız, Adam Powell, Brajendra Mishra, Qingli Ding, Piyush Upadhyay, Tim Skszek, "Centimeter to Nanometer Materials Characterization Informed Phase Field Modeling of Mechanical Failure in 6022/EK100 Linear Friction Stir Welds" (Advanced Characterization Techniques for Quantifying and Modeling Deformation Symposium) March 2 9:20-9:50 AM Room 207D
Kübra Karayağız, Siamak G. Faal, Marcus Sarkis-Martins, Adam Powell, "High Performance Cahn-Hilliard Solver for Advanced Microstructure Modeling" (Computational Thermodynamics Symposium), March 2 2:30-2:50 PM Room 255C
Yi Jie Wu, Jake Scarponi, Jagannath Jayachandran, Adam Powell, "Magnesium Hydride Slurry Aerospace Fuel with Net-zero or Net-negative Emissions" (Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage Symposium) March 2 2:40-3:00 PM Room 212B
Armaghan Telgerafchi, Daniel McArthur, Gabriel Espinosa, Madison Rutherford, Adam Powell, David Dussault, "Finite Element Analysis Modeling of Gravity-Driven Multiple Effect Thermal System (G-METS) Distillation for Efficient Low-Cost Magnesium Refining" (Materials Processing Fundamentals Symposium) March 2 3:05-3:25 PM Room 213D
Qingli Ding, Kübra Karayağız, Brajendra Mishra, Adam C Powell, Donovan Leonard, "Corrosion and Mechanical Characterization of Friction-Stir Welded Joints Between Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys" (Environmentally Assisted Cracking: Theory and Practice Symposium) March 2 4:30-4:50 PM Room 201D
Kübra Karayağız, Adam Powell, Qingli Ding, Donovan Leonard, Piyush Upadhyay, Brajendra Mishra, "Modeling of Corrosion and Mechanical Failure in Friction Stir Welded Magnesium-Aluminum Vehicle Joints" (Environmentally Assisted Cracking: Theory and Practice Symposium) March 2 4:50-5:10 PM Room 201D
Alexander Levy, Haoxan Yan, Federico Coppo, Uday Pal, Karl Ludwig, Adam Powell, "High-Throughput Viscosity Measurements of Molten Salts for Molten Salt Reactors" (Advanced Characterization and Modeling of Nuclear Fuels: Microstructure, Thermo-physical Properties Symposium) online presentation available Monday March 14.