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EPA updates rules to ease commercialization of alternative fuel conversion systems

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated rules making it easier for manufacturers to sell fuel conversion systems—i.e., The updated final rule covers alternative fuel conversion of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines. Overview of Program Elements. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing.

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EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to make it easier for manufacturers to gain approval to sell fuel conversion systems. The proposed rule would cover conversions of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines, and would apply to all clean alternative fuels. Vehicle/Engine Age. Applicability.

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Infiniti introducing production-ready variable compression ratio engine at Paris Motor Show

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Conversely, moving the center of the eccentric journal downward raises the compression ratio. 2006) Click to enlarge. Nissan, in a 2003 paper, said that its multi-link geometry resolved those previous issues. Hiyoshi et al. Hiyoshi, R., Takemura, S., Hiyoshi, R., Takemura, S., Ushijima, K. Takahashi, N., and Hiyoshi, R.

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FEV, Inc. to Show Full-Sized Pickup Truck with Solid SCR System for NOx Reduction

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This is followed by the endothermic thermal decomposition of ammonium carbamate, in a concentrated solution, to give a 50-60% conversion to urea.). Wiartalla (2003) A compact Solid-SCR System for NO x -Reduction in Passenger Cars and Light Duty Trucks. Eberhard Jacob (2006) Perspectives on Mobile SCR Technology. Resources.

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Building Better Qubits

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in 2003 she worked at the lab as a research staff member. She and her team helped develop the first vertical surround-gate nanowire field-effect transistor in 2006. In 2017 IBM released a new transistor—the Nanosheet—that uses the concepts Riel says she and her team developed between 2005 and 2012. After earning her Ph.D.

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Best speakers ever

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Straubel ’s August 2006 preview of the company’s Roadster at a chapter meeting. “We When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. That was quite a conversion.” It’s a very strong spirit.”

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. Consumption of anhydrous ethanol has grown steadily since the 1990s, peaking in 2003. In 2005, their sales increased even further, accounting for approximately 54% of all new car sales.