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New catalysts convert ethanol to butanol with high selectivity; potential low-cost upgrade for ethanol plants

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The team presented a pair of papers on their work at the Spring meeting of the American Chemical Society this week in New Orleans. The new catalysts could reduce the costs of converting ethanol factories to production of butanol. Quite simply, they are the world’s best catalysts for making the gasoline of the future.

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New aqueous rechargeable lithium battery shows good safety, high reliability, high energy density and low cost; another post Li-ion alternative

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The battery, which can be low cost and reliable in terms of safety, provides another chemistry for post Li-ion batteries, they suggest, and with higher practical energy densities than Li-air systems for supporting applications including electric vehicles and large-scale grid energy storage. Its average discharge voltage is about 4.0

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Siemens, Duke Energy and Ford demonstrate lower cost home smart charging technology for plug-ins; due on market next year

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million in development funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support research aimed at significantly reducing the current costs of electrical vehicle (EV) chargers and developing “smart” charging capabilities that support power grid efficiency and consumer demand. Held at the Duke Energy Envision Center in Erlanger, Ky.,

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Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

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In 2011, China contributed 29% of world carbon dioxide emissions and therefore the country has a significant potential to influence the present and future global energy situation. These data were then used as inputs to a techno-economic model using AspenPlus to determine the production cost of bioethanol from bamboo in China.

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Researchers in POWERFUL develop new two-stroke diesel featuring low consumption and low criteria emissions

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This entails a significant saving in fuel consumption, as well as a reduction in the cost of the engine itself. We have been able to reduce the engine weight by between 50 and 60% with regard to the equivalent four-stroke engine. —Ricardo Novella, researcher at CMT-Motores Térmicos of the Universitat Politècnica de València. Benajes, J.,

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Researchers produce hydrogen from water and charcoal mix at room temperature using laser pulses

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The admixture of carbon monoxide in the generated hydrogen is a disadvantage of our method; nevertheless, the ready availability and low cost of carbon material are significant advantages. —Akimoto et al.

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32.5M hours of supercomputer time to aid GM, Ford engine projects with Oak Ridge Lab

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Graphic from GM, Edwards AMR 2014 presentation. This flexibility offers a high degree of freedom for design and engine manufacturers need to balance the cost of hardware testing with turn-around time and practicality for mass production. Source: Edwards, AMR 2014 presentation. Simulation of injector. Click to enlarge.

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