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OCTOBER 12, 2009

The remaining two-thirds are lost as waste heat going into the environment through the car’s exhaust emissions and through the radiator. Use of the thermal energy contained in the car’s exhaust gas also offers major saving and comfort potentials.

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MAY 14, 2015

3 and delivers the power of the 1.8L Audi initially deployed its turbocharged, direct injection TFSI technology in 2004; the second generation followed in 2007, followed by the third generation, currently on the market, in 2011. mm, and moved the intake and exhaust valves—slightly reduced in diameter—axially downward.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Norway’s Nordic Power Systems (NPS) and California-based SAFCell Inc., in collaboration with Caltech, are testing the combination of a cool flame fuel reformer and a solid-acid fuel cell (SAFC) as the core components of a new electric auxiliary power unit (APU). SAFCell Inc., The reformer emits no smoke or odor, according to NPS.

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JANUARY 14, 2015

It’s not just fuel efficiency, not just power efficiency, but it is weight efficiency as well. Ford has been selling hybrids and, later plug-ins, since 2004. It is propelled by the most powerful EcoBoost production engine yet—a next-generation twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6 producing more than 600 horsepower (447 kW).

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MARCH 2, 2009

As Prius power steering and air conditioning systems remain electrically driven, the 2ZR-FXE powerplant is Toyota’s first beltless engine. An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system has also been added. The 2ZR-FXE engine is SULEV-rated (with AT-PZEV) in California, and has a Federal Tier 2 Bin 3 rating.

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MARCH 23, 2009

DMFC battery chargers are portable power sources used to recharge battery-powered devices instead of plugging them into the wall. The current returns to the fuel cell cathode (air side); Protons (H+) and electrons (e-) react with the air at the cathode to form humid air, which is exhausted from the system.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Achates Power says that its 2-stroke OP engine offers higher best point brake thermal efficiency than diesel or gasoline engines. Source: Achates Power. In December 2012, the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) awarded Achates Power, Inc., Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The new engine is designed to deliver an estimated 155 hp (116 kW) and 145 lb-ft (197 N·m) of torque and is up to 20 horsepower more powerful than the current 2.0 US small car sales—combined B- and C-segments—grew from about 14% of the market in 2004 to more than 21% now. liter engine.

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JULY 1, 2009

There are two types of diesel engines used on oceangoing vessels (OGV): main propulsion engines (Category 3 marine diesel engines with per-cylinder displacement at or above 30 liters); and auxiliary engines (typically ranging in size from small portable generators to locomotive-size engines with power of 4,000 kW or more).

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OCTOBER 20, 2012

They found that the level of emissions of regulated and unregulated pollutants in diesel exhaust depends on fuel, load, engine calibration, and exhaust aftertreatment technology. L/2004 calibration engines. L/2002 calibration and 6.4 For the study, they used a GM 2002 1.7 The engine is equipped with EGR and a platinum-based DOC.

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APRIL 27, 2015

Initial test results of the transient control and exhaust temperature management capability of Achates Power’s opposed piston (OP) two-stroke diesel engine show that under a typical transient maneuver—25% to 100% load step at low and constant engine speed—the engine can control both NO x and soot with a minimal torque lag.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Brazil introduced its current generation of ethanol-powered cars in 2003, the same year in which anhydrous ethanol consumption peaked. The first such vehicles were introduced by Volkswagen in 2003, and by 2004, they accounted for more than 17% of the Brazilian auto market.

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JUNE 23, 2016

In a poster-session paper presented at CIMAC Congress 2016 in Finland, Ricardo described the use of this split-cycle concept in high- and medium-speed engines for power generation to achieve efficiencies of 60% from units of 1–30 MW mechanical output. For the CIMAC analysis, Ricardo used three unit power capacities: 4MW, 9MW and 18MW.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Achates Power will work with Delphi Automotive and Argonne National Laboratory on its ARPA-E-funded project to develop an innovative opposed-piston, gasoline compression ignition (OPGCI) engine. At idle and low loads, rebreathing of hot exhaust gases provided stable compression ignition with very low engine-out NO x and PM emissions.

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MARCH 6, 2014

Two different energy recovery systems harness energy to replenish the batteries and provide power. The first system is the innovative recovery of thermal energy by an electric generator powered by exhaust gases. The single electric motor distributes its power to the two front wheels via a differential as needed.

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Porsche Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Carbon Fiber 290

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

The following lists are not exhaustive or fully comprehensive, but we have tried to include a representative list of resources for each category. Romm, 2004 "Out of Gas, The End of the Age of Oil", by David Goodstein, 2004 "Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage", by Kenneth S.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Rectifying diodes let electrical current flow in only one direction; mainly used for power supply operation, they convert AC to DC current. Graphene was the world’s first two-dimensional material, isolated in 2004 at The University of Manchester; since then a whole family of other 2D materials have been discovered. —Song et al.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 e-tron quattro features a six-cylinder TDI engine and quattro drive that deliver 275 kW (373 hp) of system power and 700 N·m (516.3 TDI, a highly efficient, latest-generation V6 diesel engine, delivers 190 kW (258 hp) of power and 600 N·m (442.5 The electric motor produces 94 kW of power and 350 N·m (258.1

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APRIL 15, 2014

Source: Achates Power. Achates Power, Inc., Founded in 2004, Achates Power is designing and developing engines based on a two-stroke, opposed-piston, compression-ignition technology. As embodied in the Achates Power engine, these include: Reduced heat losses. Source: Achates Power. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

two split pairs) operating in a 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier would consume 25% less fuel under the FTP (Federal Test Procedure) than the comparable standard gasoline engine, while matching power and torque. With turbocharging, we can have some huge gains, we can downsize the engine and produce very big power. —Sal Scuderi.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

liter Power Stroke engine in its F-250 and F-350 models uses Honeywell’s VNT DualBoost turbocharger, a design that uses a double-sided compressor wheel mounted on a single shaft. General Motors uses Honeywell turbo technologies in its light duty diesel trucks as well. Ford’s new 6.7-liter Earlier post.)

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JUNE 28, 2009

Scania has sold 85 ethanol-powered articulated buses to Busslink, operator of bus services for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), the regional public transport company in the Swedish capital. The order from Busslink is Scania Sverige’s largest single bus transaction in the Swedish market since 2004. Scania ethanol buses for SL.

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APRIL 23, 2009

J1711 (Recommended Practice For Measuring The Exhaust Emissions And Fuel Economy Of Hybrid Electric Vehicles) is designed to establish uniform chassis dynamometer test procedures for hybrid-electric vehicles that are designed to be driven on public roads. J2894: Charging Power Quality. Establish vehicle ventilation requirements (e.g.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Like electric cars, electric bicycles are classified as zero-emission vehicles, meaning they emit no exhaust gases. Emissions, however, are produced elsewhere, when the electricity used to power the vehicles is generated.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 29, 2009

The Toyota Prius will, this summer, take its advanced hybrid power technology and environmental leadership on to a higher level. System power output has been increased by 22 per cent, from 109 to 134bhp (110 to 136 DIN hp) and, with performance to match a conventional 2.0-litre Hybrid Synergy Drive System Components.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

An Atmospheric River originating over the central Pacific on 16 February 2004. These impacts, the authors noted, are not exhaustive. These atmospheric rivers, the meteorological conditions that produce them, and the resulting precipitation and winds that affect California, can be simulated by using computer models. Source: USGS.

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MARCH 9, 2015

from engine exhaust or industrial processes. Broader investigation into thermionics began in the 1950s, with several groups producing TICs that operated at as low as 1400 K (1127 °C), delivering power densities of 3-10 W/cm 2 at efficiencies of 5-10%. Thermionic emission and TICs. W/cm 2 at 26.6% W/cm 2 at 21.7%

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JUNE 29, 2009

Eighty five ethanol powered buses could soon make their way to the streets of Stockholm after Scania sold the fleet to Busslink, operator of bus services for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, the regional transport company in the capital. The engine delivers 270hp of power with torque of 1,200Nm.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

I4 engine in two power levels for worldwide vehicle programs (currently announced as SUVs and crossovers in North America, larger Ford vehicles in Europe, and on the Ford Falcon in Australia) before a further migration into a small 1.6L The outcome is more power, responsiveness and fuel efficiency from less overall cylinder displacement.

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