Green Car Congress
AUGUST 24, 2020
Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner. Qian Wang et al.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Empa, together with FPT Motorenforschung AG Arbon, Politechnico di Milano, lubricant manufacturer Motorex and other partners, is exporing the use of DME as a fuel for heavy-duty engines. A DME test engine has been in operation on a dynamometer in Empa’s Automotive Powertrains Technologies Laboratory. Image: Empa. —Patrik Soltic.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2022
The TEG, which is installed in a part of vehicle exhaust system, can reduce CO 2 emissions by reducing alternator load by generating electrical power from unutilized waste exhaust gas and also by early warm-up of engine by heated coolant through the TEG unit at engine start.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 13, 2020
With the support of a grant from the Department of Energy, Miao Yu, the Priti and Mukesh Chatter ’82 Career Development Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will develop a novel porous material capable of capturing even very small concentrations of CO 2 in the air and collecting the gas for further use.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 5, 2023
By reacting with water and air, carbon dioxide is bound with minerals and metals, which are present in these types of rock, resulting in the formation of carbonates. The Department, together with teams at the group’s facilities, collected 200 samples to study the processes of natural and engineered mineralization of waste rock.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2022
The Brayton cycle is named after 19 th century engineer George Brayton, who developed this method of using hot, pressurized fluid to spin a turbine, much like a jet engine. Because so much energy is lost turning steam back into water in the Rankine cycle, at most a third of the power in the steam can be converted into electricity.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 15, 2020
—Zetian Mi, U-M professor of electrical engineering and computer science, who co-led the work with Jun Song, professor of materials engineering at McGill University. It can use the sun’s energy or an electrical current to break down the carbon dioxide and water. If we can generate green methane, it’s a big deal.
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