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Renault 2010 Environment Workshop, Part 1: Combustion Engine Technology and Product Plans

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Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. Pumping the oil the engine doesn'’ need through the relief valve wastes energy, however. The CO 2 emissions saving achieved in this way is approximately 1%.

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EcoCooling introducing method using ionized, cooled air to replace metalworking fluids

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which was sold to Amazon in 2010. Workshops have wanted to get rid of fluids and many have tried to find a solution to the problem, but with poor results. Another big advantage is that it eliminates toxic fluid waste and fumes, in addition to minimizing CO 2 emissions, since no oil is used. —Leo Hatjasalo.

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BMW to Open Nearly Emission-Free Inorganic Sand Core Foundry in 2010

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From 2010, BMW’s Landshut plant will feature the first foundry with nearly emission-free sand core production. This production method will allow the light-alloy foundry to reduce its emissions of combustion residues by 98% The plant will completely decommission its current waste air treatment systems by 2010. Click to enlarge.

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SEAT aims to reduce its environmental footprint by 50% by 2025

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SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, aims to cut its environmental footprint in half by 2025, compared with its 2010 consumption and emissions figures. less waste and 16.2% The combined actions included in the ECOMOTIVE FACTORY Plan have led to the reduction of energy consumption per vehicle produced by around 20% since 2010.

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LanzaTech exploring lipids production as part of its CO2 to acetic acid plans; pathways to renewable fuels

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Part of the challenge is locating sufficient quantities of hydrogen to enable large scale use of the CO 2 in waste gases. Carbon Management: Implications for R & D in the Chemical Sciences and Technology (A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable). Carbon Dioxide as a Feedstock.

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The importance of considering non-exhaust traffic emissions; the role of EVs

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reported in their paper on a policy workshop convened in 2011 on the relevance of traffic-related wear emissions for air quality policy development, with the focus on non-exhaust PM emissions. The baseline was 2010 and the end of the assessment 2020. and EC by around 40% and 60% respectively, from 2010 to 2020. Air Waste Manag.

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U Michigan team boosting efficiency of thermoelectric materials; potential of reaching 15-20% efficiency could result in practical applications

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At that level of efficiency, TE materials become useful in practical applications such as waste heat recovery in vehicles, Kaviany noted. Thomas, Anton Van der Ven, Ctirad Uher, and Baoling Huang (2010) Structural Order-Disorder Transitions and Phonon Conductivity of Partially Filled Skutterudites. Earlier post.). 105.265901.

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