fossil energy


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fossil energy

n
(Biochemistry) heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
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NETL's work builds upon investments by the DOE Office of Fossil Energy to develop rapid predictive modeling capabilities like computational fluid dynamics - the use of applied mathematics, physics and computational software to visualize how a gas or liquid flows and how the gas or liquid affects objects as it flows past.
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The project is being funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and is managed by the National Energy Technology Lab.