article thumbnail

Univ. of Regina researchers propose new enhanced heavy oil recovery process for Western Canada

Green Car Congress

A paper on their work is published in the journal Fuel ; the team had earlier presented their work at 2013 SPE Heavy Oil Conference in Calgary in June. Tao Jiang, Fanhua Zeng, Xinfeng Jia, Yongan Gu (2013) A new solvent-based enhanced heavy oil recovery method: Cyclic production with continuous solvent injection. 2013.07.043.

Oil 199
article thumbnail

Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

Cars That Think

An active IEEE volunteer, Hodges served in several leadership roles including 2007 vice chair of the IEEE Awards Board and 2011–2012 vice president of the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board. He was largely responsible for moving the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in 1978 from Philadelphia to San Francisco.

Engine 66
article thumbnail

IPCC Chairman To Head Climate and Energy Institute At Yale

Green Car Congress

YCEI will provide seed grants, support postgraduate studies, sponsor conferences and workshops, and foster interdisciplinary research in both science and public policy. An overview of this week’s findings will be presented to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties this December, also in Copenhagen.

Climate 150
article thumbnail

Cummins Westport begins development on new mid-range natural gas engine; production by 2015

Green Car Congress

The SEGR technology was introduced with the ISL G in 2007, and was developed to meet 2010 EPA emission requirements. liter ISX12 G, which will start production in 2013, to give our customers a broad range of natural gas engines for on-highway applications. The addition of the ISB6.7 It joins the 8.9-liter

Gas 240
article thumbnail

Maxwell Technologies to participate in EU ElectroGraph program to investigate use of graphene in supercapacitors; first industrial evaluation of graphene in ultracaps at device level

Green Car Congress

The research has received funding from the EU’s Seventh Framework Program (FP/2007-2013) under grant agreement Nº266391. Maxwell Technologies SA will receive approximately €325,000 ($437,000) over three years for its part in a multi-party collaboration led by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.

article thumbnail

U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

Green Car Congress

The probability of an exploratory oil well being successful was 20% in 1949 and just 16% in the late 1960s, but by 2007 that figure had risen to 69%; today it’s around 50%, according to the US Energy Information Administration. For example, our calculations are based on total carbon emissions ranging from 12,744 to 17,407 gigatons of CO 2.

Chicago 150
article thumbnail

Qatar Airways, QSTP and Qatar Petroleum to Develop Renewable Biojet Fuel with Support of Airbus; Formation of Qatar Advanced Biofuel Platform

Green Car Congress

“Building on the experience and success of the GTL Consortium, we now move to the next phase of alternative fuels while continuing to develop GTL further,” said Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker at a press conference in Doha. Qatar Airways will operate a fleet of 120 aircraft by 2013.

Qatar 210