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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

This enables the production of gasoline, diesel, and jet range fuels and other co-products such as heating oil and chemicals. DOE also requested views and opinions regarding the draft Conversion Technologies for Advanced Biofuels (CTAB) Roadmap developed as a result of the DOE CTAB road-mapping workshop held in December 2011.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In addition, the RFI requests stakeholders to contribute their views and opinions regarding the draft Conversion Technologies for Advanced Biofuels (CTAB) Roadmap developed as a result of the DOE CTAB road-mapping workshop held in December 2011. gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) from lignocellulosic materials.

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MAY 7, 2010

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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MARCH 26, 2012

The project, which commenced in January 2011, successfully demonstrated that Virdia’s deconstruction process generated high-quality sugars from cellulosic biomass, which were converted to fuel via Virent’s BioForming process. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 17, 2012

NO conversion versus ramp-up and ramp-down temperatures for MnCe-7:1 (?), Under laboratory-simulated diesel exhaust conditions, this mixed-phase oxide material was superior to Pt in terms of cost, thermal durability, and catalytic activity for NO oxidation. SmMn 2 O 5 (?), GdSrCeMn 7 O 14.83 (?), and Pt (?). Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 27, 2011

Block flow diagram for the production of gasoline from lignocellulosic biomass by aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation of a solution produced by the hydrolysis of biomass. The highest gasoline yield from this two-stage process was obtained from the stream produced by acid hydrolysis of maple wood with 0.5 Click to enlarge. Thus, Li et al.

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MARCH 3, 2011

A new study by Michael Wang and Jeongwoo Han at Argonne National Laboratory and Xiaomin Xie at Shanghai Jiao Tong University assesses the effects of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology and cellulosic biomass and coal co-feeding in Fischer-Tropsch (FT) plants on energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of FT diesel (FTD).

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

A study of isopentanol—a five-carbon, long-chain alcohol (C 5 H 12 O)—by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories as a fuel for homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines found that isopentanol has superior physiochemical properties compared to ethanol and very similar HCCI combustion properties to gasoline.

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DECEMBER 14, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $12 million in new funding ( DE-FOA-0000812 ) for projects to drive down the cost of producing drop-in gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels from biomass via thermochemical, direct liquefaction pathways (i.e. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $12 million in new funding ( DE-FOA-0000812 ) for projects to drive down the cost of producing drop-in gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels from biomass via thermochemical, direct liquefaction pathways (i.e. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 13, 2012

It processes ANS (Alaskan North Slope), Middle Eastern and West African crudes and supplies 25% of the Los Angeles gasoline demand. The refinery supplies approximately 20% of the Southern California gasoline market and 50% of the jet fuel to the LAX Airport. The closing is expected to happen before mid-2013. million gallons/day.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Business-as-usual’ projections of future conversion rates, based on historical rates over the past two decades, indicate that 6–9 Mha of peatland in insular Southeast Asia may be converted to plantations by the year 2020, unless land use planning policies or markets for products change. Earlier post.). Chris Malins.

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JUNE 14, 2013

The technical solution is based on the following main components: biomass pre-treatment; gasification island (comprising two gasification lines of 160 MW each and an air separation unit); gas cleaning and compression; and gas-to-liquid conversion (Fischer-Tropsch) including refining, processing and storage of products. Earlier post. ).

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

In 2011, LanzaTech announced that it had demonstrated the continuous fermentation of CO 2 in the presence of hydrogen to acetic acid, using their modified microorganisms. Accordingly, LanzaTech has begun look at the industrial conversion of acetic acid/acetate to lipids, and has demonstrated this. CO 2 to acetic acid fermentation.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Cash for Conversions” will start by fixing many of our 100 million trucks, vans, and buses. Pioneering companies now have designs to turn gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles into all-electrics or plug-in hybrids, depending on how they’re built and the range their drivers need. They now gulp down one third of the oil we use.

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JUNE 10, 2012

Researchers in Spain have obtained high-quality transportation fuels (gasoline with RON >80 and diesel with cetane number >70) from oil obtained by the thermal cracking of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) using a bifunctional catalyst comprising Ni (7 wt %) deposited on a hierarchical Beta zeolite (Ni/h-Beta). in the period 2000-2010.

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APRIL 10, 2014

In 2011, Odyne introduced an innovative plug-in hybrid power system which interfaces with the Allison family of commercial vehicle transmissions. The Odyne hybrid power system combines reliable electric power conversion, power control and energy storage technology. Allison Transmission, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Drop-in bio-based jet and diesel are an extension of the company’s C 2 product platform, which is currently being deployed at the integrated demonstration biorefinery and already includes intermediate chemicals acetic acid and ethyl acetate, and cellulosic ethanol. ZeaChem Inc., ZeaChem Inc.,

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JANUARY 21, 2014

In 2011, GBE had announced an agreement “ with a major German car manufacturer ” regarding an undisclosed application of GEB’s technology. psi make it also attractive for bending into reformulated gasoline. As a 100% drop-in fuel, isooctane can be used in any blending ratio with all standard fuels for gasoline motors.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Singh, a power-electronics engineer, has been working to replace the internal combustion engines used in the company’s equipment with hybrid (diesel-electric) and all-electric versions. Transitioning to hybrid and all-electric machinery Earlier in his career, Singh helped Deere begin the transition away from diesel engines.

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APRIL 11, 2013

PNNL’s thermochemical conversion device is installed in front of a concentrating solar power dish. The system converts natural gas into syngas—with higher energy content than natural gas—using a thermochemical conversion device installed in front of a concentrating solar power dish. Photo: PNNL. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

million through the Biorefinery Assistance Program for its project to demonstrate an integrated algal biorefinery process that will cultivate algae in ponds, and will use dewatering and oil extraction technology to produce an intermediate that will then be processed into drop-in green fuels such as jet fuel and diesel. 17,944,902. 10,148,508.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Conversely, encouraging shortened vehicle lifetime via vehicle replacement schemes can result in higher total-induced greenhouse gas emissions, the authors found. —Kagawa et al. Extending vehicle life reduces the number of new vehicles sold, with an associated decrease in energy consumed for vehicle production.

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MAY 17, 2013

Relative changes in vehicle energy efficiency (VEE) (km/MJ) on ethanol/gasoline blends over those on gasoline for different blending levels. Several recent highly cited LCAs that have incorporated vehicle efficiency differences between gasoline and ethanol/gasoline blends could potentially be misleading. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

billion in 2011 to $185.3 BGPY in 2011) would represent just 7% of the estimated global transportation fuels market in 2021. the global gasoline market will reach an estimated 375 billion gallons per year (BGPY) in 2021, while demand for diesel in ground transportation markets will reach at least 427 BGPY.

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APRIL 15, 2011

For fiscal year 2011, applicants seeking BRDI funding must propose projects that integrate science and engineering research in the following three technical areas that are critical to the broader success of alternative biofuels production: Feedstock Development. Thermochemical Conversion: gasification and pyrolysis.

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JUNE 29, 2011

The ATJ task force consists of technical experts from a wide stakeholder group including jet engine manufacturers, governmental bodies, fuel manufacturers, third-party testing laboratories, academics and airframe manufacturers investigating the requirements for a third major pathway to renewable drop-in jet fuel: the conversion of alcohols.

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MARCH 24, 2011

Aditya Bhan and Lanny Schmidt, chemical engineering professors in the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering, are turning the ketones into diesel fuel using catalytic technology they have developed. There is enormous interest in using carbon dioxide to make hydrocarbon fuels. —Lawrence Wackett. Frias, Jack E.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Through the sales network, these conversions will primarily target professional customers (commercial vehicles) dependent on access to the urban centre for the continuity of their activities. The parts and materials resulting from this activity will also enrich the activities of Factory VO, as well as Re-Energy and Re-Cycle.

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JULY 15, 2011

fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery), energy conversion coefficients among different energy forms and sources, system boundaries, and so on. For ester-diesel, a significant amount of energy is lost during aerobic fermentation due to thermodynamic and bioenergetic limits, resulting in low η BTW values. —Huang and Zhang.

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APRIL 21, 2011

By 2050, biofuels could provide 27% of total transport fuel and contribute in particular to the replacement of diesel, kerosene and jet fuel, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Technology Roadmap: Biofuels for Transport (IEA 2011). Modal shifts (not included) could contribute an additional 1.8

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APRIL 30, 2012

The European average CO 2 emission level in 2011 was 140.3 Only CO 2 values are reported; the conversion factors used are 2.43 kilogram (kg) CO 2 per liter of gasoline and 2.65 kg per liter of diesel fuel. in 2007 to 5.1% g/km compared to 158.7 g/km in 2007. million passenger cars exported in 2010).

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MAY 5, 2009

The proposed rulemaking for RFS2 establishes new specific volume standards for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel that must be used in transportation fuel each year. It must also achieve a lifecycle GHG emission reduction of at least 60%, compared to the gasoline or diesel fuel it displaces.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

billion in 2011 to $185.3 compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2011 and 2021. The emergence of advanced conversion pathways and non-food feedstocks could unlock considerable production potential throughout the world. Demand for diesel in ground transportation markets will reach at least 427 BGPY. billion by 2021.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

A new study on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the conversion and degradation of peatland in palm oil plantations in Southeast Asia has determined that past studies have generally significantly underestimated emissions associated with palm oil grown on peatland. —Dr Chris Malins of the ICCT. Morrison, R., Hooijer, A.,

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JULY 13, 2011

This is an opportunity for the Commonwealth’s public and private sectors, industry leaders and innovators to work collaboratively to move state government away from vehicles fueled by gasoline and diesel fuel and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

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The hydrogen fuel cell in the FCEV acts to keep the battery charged, but can directly power the electric drive motor, similar to the function of a gasoline-powered range extender. Every time there is a conversion of energy from one form to another there are efficiency losses – a concept known as ‘energy vector transition’.

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