Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description.

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Water Puerto Rico West Virginia Energy 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base. The research showed that essentially any biocrude, regardless of wet-waste sources, could be used in the process and the catalyst remained robust during the entire run.

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Diesel Waste Convert Washington 332

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The ultra high-strength outer shell comprises two layers: an inner layer of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and an outer layer of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP). Due to the fuel’s high hydrogen content, a CNG automobile emits approximately 20% less carbon dioxide than a comparable gasoline model.

Audi 504

Audi Gas Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric 504

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2021

Traditional PEM fuel cells have a relatively low operating temperature, which makes for a low tolerance to hydrogen fuel impurities and makes waste-heat rejection a challenge for vehicles. A new partnership comprising Los Alamos National Laboratory, Advent Technology Holdings Inc.,

Fuel 468

Fuel Hydrogen Water Polymer 468

Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Source: Hyundai Kia-owner Hyundai certainly isn’t in a big rush to go carbon neutral. But now it says it will rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks. It has set its target as the far-away date of 2050.

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Waste Hyundai Hydrogen Las Vegas 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. per GGE, with lifecycle emissions reductions exceeding 80% over petroleum.

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy.

Waste 186

Waste Conversion Universal San Diego 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

A closed thermal integration enables reuse of fuel cell waste heat for fuel evaporation thereby increasing efficiency. The Dapozol MEA is optimized for operating temperatures of 120-200°C, high carbon monoxide concentrations and no requirements for humidification. The MEA is one of the core components in a fuel cell stack.

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Fuel Power Powered Vehicles 317

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

By employing proprietary pretreatment and processing, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Drexel University have produced flexible polymer carbon composite films from scrap tires for use as electrodes for supercapacitors. The first synthesized highly porous carbon (1625 m 2  g −1 ) using waste tires as the precursor.

Polymer 150

Polymer Waste Carbon Low Cost 150

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Chemicals and waste are released from aging tires into habitats, harming everything from soil needed for agriculture to fish populations. They generally contain synthetic polymers, fossil fuel-based softeners and environmentally toxic additives. Experts finally began putting tire and road wear particles (TRWPs) under a microscope.

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Environment Waste Water Polymer 71

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Winners in the “greener reaction conditions, designing greener chemicals, and greener synthetic pathways,” categories are: Life Technologies for developing a more efficient, much less wasteful way to manufacture the key chemicals used to perform genetic testing. million pounds of hazardous waste a year. Cargill, Inc.

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EPA 2013 Green Delaware 271

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2014

DuPont and Procter & Gamble are collaborating to use cellulosic ethanol in North American Tide Cold Water laundry detergent—the first such application for cellulosic ethanol. The new Tide Cold Water will re-purpose more than 7,000 tons of agricultural waste a year. DuPont’s cellulosic ethanol process. Click to enlarge.

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Iowa Nevada Polymer Water 231

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

Also, the biobased BDO pathway consumes carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), resulting in a reduction of 70% in CO 2 emissions. Fermentation requires no organic solvent, and the water used is recycled. Greener reaction conditions: Kraton Performance Polymers, LLC, Houston, Texas. The biggest benefits are during use.

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Green Market 2011 2020 236

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2012

LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, and Petronas, the national oil company of Malaysia, will work together to accelerate the development and commercialization of technologies to produce sustainable fuels and chemicals using CO 2 as the carbon source. Click to enlarge.

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Malaysia CO2 Carbon Oil 268

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

A substrate material ensures mechanical stability, a particulate filter layer removes NaCL, a molecular layer prevents NH 3 from entering the fuel cell, an activated carbon layer absorbs unwanted hydrocarbons, and an additional, specially impregnated activated carbon layer adsorbs SO 2 , H 2 S, and NO x. Water separators.

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Commercial Fuel Vehicles Water 223

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2017

University of British Columbia (UBC) engineers have used polymeric scrap tire fibers (STF) to develop a more resilient type of concrete that could be used for concrete structures such as buildings, roads, dams and bridges, while reducing landfill waste. Most scrap tires are destined for landfill.

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Engine Polymer Canada India 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2016

This uses carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), water, and light as the main inputs, and does not waste carbon and energy by limiting the amount of biomass produced. This is a one-stop-shop cyanobacterial platform that generates liquid transportation fuel from CO 2 and water with sunlight as the energy input. LanzaTech Inc.

Arizona 150

Arizona Polymer Universal Water 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Water will be the primary byproduct.

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Carbon Batteries Battery Li-ion 249

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MEK, Butadiene) from industrial waste gases, has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the largest coal producers in China, Henan Coal and Chemical Industrial Corporation, to build a demonstration plant to produce ethanol and chemicals via LanzaTech’s fermentation process using syngas resulting from the gasification of coal.

Coal 210

Coal China Energy New Zealand 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The monocoque chassis is made entirely of carbon fiber to make it lighter and more rigid. Supplied by a series of lithium-polymer EIG batteries, the AEGT can run for about 30 minutes. Altran and Quimera worked with Technopark Motorland and Sunrace Engineering Development on the AEGT project.

All-Electric 210

All-Electric Carbon Fiber Polymer Energy Storage 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2013

Calysta Energy and NatureWorks have entered into an exclusive, multi-year collaboration to research and develop a practical production process for fermenting methane into lactic acid, the building block for Ingeo , lactide intermediates and polymers made from renewable materials. NatureWorks’ flagship facility in Blair, Neb.,

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Building Energy Asia Waste 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oregon have advanced the effectiveness of the catalytic water dissociation reaction in bipolar membranes. The technology behind bipolar membranes, which are layered ion-exchange polymers sandwiching a water dissociation catalyst layer, emerged in the 1950s. —Oener et al.

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Oregon Water Polymer Hydrogen 284

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities have been awarded a $50,000 National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to explore the commercialization potential of their new pathway for biojet from biomass waste. Earlier post.). Yang currently holds a patent on the process.

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Grant Market Washington Waste 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Although electrification coupled to these alternative energy sources can transform the light-duty vehicle fleet, it is unlikely even in the mid- to long-term that the needs of the heavy-duty marine and aviation industries will be met by anything except an energy dense carbon-based liquid fuel. Mobilizing US biomass resources.

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Transportation Fuel Conversion Water 207

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $35 million to 15 research projects through ARPA-E’s “Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for the Bioeconomy” (ECOSynBio) program to decarbonize biorefining processes used across the energy, transportation, and agriculture sectors. Carbon-Negative Chemical Production Platform - $4,160,262.57.

Carbon 303

Carbon Production Conversion Universal 303

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Using built-in fuel cells, the device absorbed the lactate in the sweat and combined it with atmospheric oxygen to generate water and pyruvate. A team including researchers from Japan’s Tohoku University recently developed a durable, efficient energy harvester that combines piezoelectric composites with carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP).

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Energy Solar Carbon Fiber Universal 138

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

The second layer, a composite winding of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP), provides for maximum strength. Audi and its partners produce the fuel using renewable energies, water and CO 2 or from waste materials like straw and plant clippings. Audi e-gas.

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Audi Gas Standards Gas-Electric 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2010

New Oil Resources’ process uses near-critical water to treat the biomass in a process commonly referred to as hydrothermal liquefaction or thermal depolymerization. Immediate applications include processing municipal sewage sludge, processing waste streams from the ethanol industry and converting algae to fuel. Gary Miller.

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Oil Gasoline Commercial Conversion 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2014

Past themes have included topics as diverse as the role of big data and the energy-water nexus. These novel materials will unite the well-controlled physical properties of polymers with the promising functional properties of metal-facilitated self-assembly. Batteries Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Catalysts Fuels Natural Gas'

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MIT Grant 2014 Energy 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

The inner layer consists of gas-impermeable polyamide polymer, while a second layer of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) gives the tank its extremely high strength; a third layer of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) provides rugged protection against damage from the outside.

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Audi Gas CO2 Gas-Electric 296

Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2017

The system operates under visible light, is stable beyond six days and is even able to reform unprocessed lignocellulose, such as wood and paper, under solar irradiation at room temperature, presenting an inexpensive route to drive aqueous proton reduction to H 2 through waste biomass oxidation.

Light 236

Light Solar Conversion Hydrogen 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2014

Using a novel computational chemistry hybrid approach, scientists from IBM Research have successfully discovered a new class of polymer materials—the first new class of polymers discovered in more than 20 years—that could potentially transform manufacturing and fabrication in the fields of transportation, aerospace, and microelectronics.

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Polymer Industrial Industry Saudi Arabia 275

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), under the purview of DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), will manage the selected projects. DOE Funding: $1,249,997; Non-DOE Funding: $312,516; Total Value: $1,562,513 Oxygen Integrated Unit for Modular Biomass Conversion to Hydrogen — Palo Alto Research Center Inc.,

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Gas-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

Algae cultures tend to be relatively dilute, and the energy requirement to remove water from the cultures can be a significant portion of the energy balance. saline water). The system should include a fuel processor that reforms a biomass-derived product or bio-fuel into a fuel for a 1-30 kW-scale distributed SOFC system.

Fuel 210

Fuel Motor Motors Motoring 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2021

In addition to the 114 million tons of greenhouse gases the industry reported releasing in 2020, Material Research identified another 118 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions from other stages—the equivalent of more carbon dioxide than that of 59 average-sized coal-fired power plants. Plastics in the Water degrade into GHGs.

Coal 236

Coal Industrial Industry Climate Change 236

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The objective of this AOI is to accelerate the realization of lighter weight vehicle materials made from magnesium and carbon fiber capable of attaining 50% weight reduction of passenger vehicles. For this reason the focus of this AOI includes the development of low-cost approaches to the manufacturing of both magnesium and carbon fiber.

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Li-ion Carbon Fiber Vehicles Low Cost 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

The e-gas plant is connected to a waste-biogas plant, which supplies the concentrated CO 2 necessary for methanation and which would otherwise pollute the atmosphere. Aided by polymer electrolyte membranes, the electrolyzer splits water into its components: hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ).

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Audi Gas Hydrogen 2013 370