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Empa and partners exploring DME as fuel with new heavy-duty test engine

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An electrically driven compressor for precise exhaust gas recirculation is also used. Then we modify the timing and pressure of the injection, among other things, and look at exhaust emission values and fuel consumption. This is done via exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). —Patrik Soltic. The first results are very promising.

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Lockheed Martin’s CTO Steven Walker on Future Defense Technologies

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The attacks of 9/11 in 2001 further strengthened his resolve. So he returned to Dayton and got an engineering job at the AFRL's Air Vehicles Directorate working on air acoustics and designing exhaust systems for military airplanes. "My desire was to join the Air Force and help build technologies to secure the nation," he says. "I

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BRANDED CONTENT: SM Auto and Gotech energy inaugurate their first battery pack assembly plant in Pune | Autocar Professional

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billion USD in 2001 to 7.11 We as a company are working on other EV components that will further diversify our product portfolio and make us ready for the future ” GTE was founded in 2010 by a group of technologists. Bilateral trade between India and Taiwan has grown nearly seven-fold from 1.13 billion USD in 2022.

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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

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Gaynor’s group also developed equipment for testing a streetcar’s exhaust and battery levels. He also chaired task forces on performance improvement in research and engineering, future trends in technology, and project management processes. Throughout the nearly 10 years Gaynor spent there, the company moved its offices twice.

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National Academies release third review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership

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The Partnership aims to “ accelerate the introduction of advanced truck and bus technologies that use less fuel, have greater fuel diversity, operate more safely, are more reliable, meet future emissions standards, and are cost effective.” The 21CTP was formed in 2001 to reduce fuel usage and emissions in trucks of Classes 3 through 8.

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Norway-US Project Developing Diesel/Biodiesel, Cool Flame Reformer and Solid-Acid Fuel Cell APU

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Due to the unit’s high efficiency, CO 2 emissions are substantially lower than in conventional combustion engines, and no other demonstrable exhaust is discharged—i.e., Engebretsen points out that since the technology is scalable, it is well suited for future generators in electric vehicles. The Electrochemical Society Interface.

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Joint Research Centre review concludes no serious risk in use of R1234yf MAC refrigerant under normal and foreseeable conditions

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Testing was in three steps: Pre-test on highway to determine the maximum temperature of the vehicles T max , measured at the exhaust manifold or turbocharger by driving at the vehicles’ maximum speed (about 180 to 190 km/h). Crash test under “warm and wet”—but not hot—conditions. —JRC report.

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