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ASTM International to hold workshop on PFAS in atmosphere

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ASTM International is hosting a Workshop on PFAS in Atmosphere – Sources, Sampling, and Standards , to be held 1-2 November 2023, in Washington, DC. The carbon-fluorine (C-F) bonds in PFAS lead them to be very stable chemically. Fluoropolymers are one specific class of PFAS, and play a significant role in the automotive industry.

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Vulcan to collaborate with DuPont on Zero Carbon Lithium extraction process

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Vulcan Energy Resources will collaborate with DuPont Water Solutions,a leader in water filtration and purification, to test and to scale up Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) solutions for Vulcan’s Zero Carbon Lithium extraction process. Earlier post.). Francis Wedin, Managing Director. Stringfellow and Patrick F.

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California ARB holding public workshop for review of OPGEE crude oil production lifecycle assessment model

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is holding a public workshop on 12 July 2012 to discuss the lifecycle assessment of crude oil production within the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. Brandt at Stanford), and preliminary estimates of carbon intensity values for crude supplied to California refineries in 2010.

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MAN reports successful first running of ammonia two-stroke engine

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Precautions taken due to the fuel’s inherent characteristics include the construction of a custom-built cold hall, which can contain ammonia vapor in the unlikely event of a leak with the activation of a water screen. Similarly, all auxiliary systems were initially tested with water, followed by ammonia.

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Audi and partners piloting project to turn faulty car glass into new windowpanes for the Audi Q4 e-tron

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This Volkswagen subsidiary organizes the disposal of parts that are no longer needed from Volkswagen AG workshops. Saint-Gobain Glass then mixes the recyclate with, among other things, quartz sand, sodium carbonate, and chalk—the basic components of glass. Service partners remove car windowpanes from that process for recycling.

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DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

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The Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) anticipates two awards being made: the first for $7 million in the area of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and fossil-fuel-based Clean Energy Systems (CES); the second for $2 million in the area of international oil and natural gas. Carbon Capture and Storage and Clean Energy Systems.

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200,000 BMW i3 EVs produced in Leipzig over nearly 7 years

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The BMW i3 was the BMW Group’s first purely electrically powered large-scale serial model and also the company’s first vehicle with a passenger cell made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). It is shaped in Leipzig from carbon fiber scrims and assembled in a unique process developed by the BMW Group. kWh/100 km).

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