- Sustainable Emerging
TechnologiesWorking with SET
Sustainable Emerging Technologies (SET) is a dedicated team of scientists, engineers and technicians devoted to advancing sustainable technologies from the initial concept to commercialization.
The SET team advances technologies with a “safety first” culture to protect staff, projects, and facilities
Advancing emerging technologies from bench scale through pilot scale studies
Specific heavy oil upgrading and conversion studies
Analytical services to support ongoing studies as well as third party analyses
Custom design of laboratory and pilot scale reactors and systems
Emerging Technology Development (ETD)
Selected Past and Current Projects
- Asphalt & Petroleum
TechnologyOverview
WRI’s Renewable upcycling, carbon Materials and Asphalt Technologies (RenuMAT), formerly the Asphalt and Petroleum Technology (APT) group is a leader in asphalt, petroleum, coal and hydrocarbon research. The group has several decades of experience leading research at the federal level to characterize, diagnose and predict asphalt and heavy oil properties and performance, and thermal processing of heavy oils.
Petroleum Processes & Products
Technology and Product Development
Services and Support
Resources and Links
- Advanced
Carbon MaterialsOverview
WRI applies a diverse portfolio of analytical and modeling tools that provide molecular, chemical and physical characterizations, including several unique patented tools, to intelligently guide development of precursor formulations for the next generation of advanced carbon materials, such as carbon fiber, carbon foams, graphene, carbon nanotubes, etc., including fabrication processing methods.
Science & Technology Development
Carbon Fiber
Carbon Nano Material
Collaborations & Partnerships
Consortium for Production of Affordable Carbon Fibers in the U.S.
Resources & Links
- Products &
Services - About
WRIOverview
Western Research Institute (WRI), located in Laramie, Wyoming, is a multi-million dollar, not-for-profit, research organization renowned for work in advanced energy systems, environmental technologies and highway materials research and technologies.
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A cordless hammer drill with vacuum dust collector allows for quick, non-destructive sampling of pavement binder by drilling easily filled ½ inch holes.
4mm DSR allows for low temperature Superpave Performance Grading without using BBR and less than 1g of material.
Short and Long-Term Aging using USAT plates
Decreased time for short and long term aging increased productivity.
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