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MARCH 1, 2023

Since the smaller units cost just a fraction by comparison, the investment for replacement units is significantly reduced. Another advantage of the division into many small units is that EcoDC MACS can control small anode groups down to the individual anode. The failure of one rectifier no longer negatively impacts coating quality.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2020

In comparison, the global average is about 3,800 kilometers. The study factored in six key crop groups for humans: temperate cereals (wheat, barley, rye); rice; corn; tropical grains (millet, sorghum); tropical roots (cassava); and pulses. There are big differences between different areas and the local foliage.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The low efficiency of available electrolyzers means that most of the energy in the water-splitting step is wasted as heat, rather than being captured in the hydrogen. One way to do it is by human intuition, by researching what materials other groups have made and trying something similar, but that’s pretty slow.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2019

They focused their comparison on techniques used in a three-dimensional model commonly used by environmental agencies to simulate ozone, particulate matter, and atmospheric acid concentrations, and develop effective emission reduction strategies. We consider this to be a “bottom-up” approach,” says Stockwell. Goliff & Rosa M.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2019

In a general sense, waste heat is everywhere: the heat your car engine generates, for example. A deep dive for these novel measurements, detailed analysis and literature comparisons requires a university group. Too much waste heat is used, and, as that hot-to-cold margin drops, you can’t generate as much thermoelectric power.

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Dallas Texas Waste Power 249

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Scuderi Group released findings from a computer simulation study measuring the performance of the Scuderi split-cycle engine modeled against the European class of “high economy” vehicles. The design is also optimized for air hybridization (when a small air tank is applied to capture and reuse wasted energy).

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Ricardo will host a conference on the challenges and potential solutions for auxiliary power units (APUs), waste energy recovery, and parasitic loss reduction in electric and other low carbon vehicles. The conference will conclude with a comparison of range extended electric vehicles to other low carbon powertrain architectures.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems and services company EOS and Airbus Group Innovations (previously EADS Innovation Works) recently completed an environmental lifecycle comparison of two key production technologies: conventional rapid investment casting and Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS). Source: Airbus Group Innovations.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Despite this, research on the environmental and health impacts of tire wear has been neglected in comparison to the research and innovations dedicated to tackling fuel emissions. Tire waste does not naturally degrade and instead builds up in the environment, and may interact with other pollutants as well as biological organisms.

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Pollution Transportation London Environment 243

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2022

In comparison, the Brayton cycle has a theoretical conversion efficiency upwards of 50%. —Rodney Keith, manager for the advanced concepts group working on the Brayton cycle technology. It may not sound super significant, but it was quite a path to get here. Now that we can get across the river, we can get a lot more going.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

M&G Group is scheduled to open a facility in Crescentino, Italy, producing 13 million gallons of ethanol per year from wheat straw, energy crops, and other locally available feedstocks. Both plants will convert municipal solid waste into biofuel. —Novozymes’ CEO Steen Riisgaard. Among the first-movers are M&G and Fiberight.

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Waste Iowa Gasoline Virginia 210

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are wasted in the US each year as vehicles wait at stop lights or sit in dense traffic with engines idling, according to US Department of Energy estimates. That was a bit of an effort, too, but that’s what it’s all about. —Thomas Karnowski.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. A small but growing group of analysts, though, are pushing for a zero-emissions technology that already plows the oceans: nuclear propulsion. The group has shortlisted three designs and plan to have picked one by the end of 2024.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 144

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2011

for the materials and possibly good enough for consideration for waste heat recovery in automotive exhaust systems. The high thermoelectric figure of merit is expected to enable the conversion of 14% of heat waste to electricity. ZT of ball-milled and hot-pressed sample in comparison with that of the ingot. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2012

It is also unusual by international comparison in the separation between the rolling stock leasing companies, passenger service and freight operators, and the ownership of the infrastructure and permanent way. The DMU fleet comprises in excess of twenty individual classes of vehicle.

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Diesel Gas Fuel Fuel Economy 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2016

Navy engineers monitored the performance of the gas-turbine engines and generators while running on petroleum F-76 prior to taking on the ReadiDiesel to establish a baseline for comparison. While operating on 100% ReadiDiesel, the ship successfully completed multiple engine starts and speed changes.

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Renewable Diesel San Diego Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Based on yields alone, this is a very important discovery: in comparison, after six decades of commercial-scale improvements and optimization, the traditional acrylonitrile production process achieves yields of approximately 80%–83%. —Gregg Beckham, group leader at NREL and senior author.

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Carbon Fiber Renewable Carbon Eaton 191

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

With sales of vehicles equipped with the popular eight-speed transmission growing, FCA US LLC (the new name for Chrysler Group LLC) will invest an additional $266 million in its Kokomo Transmission Plant (Ind.) Eight-speed transmission housings move down the assembly line at Kokomo Transmission Plant. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders. they use all the economic, environmental and social resources considered in a value-creating way. Click to enlarge.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 25, 2021

Regenerative braking is built into all electric vehicles and is a feature that helps you maximise range, and makes the process of braking less wasteful. In comparison – a combustion engine car’s brakes convert kinetic energy into wasted heat to slow the vehicle.

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Electric Cars Cars Electric Electrical 98

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

IHS CERA’s earlier comparison of 11 publicly available life-cycle analysis studies found that fuel produced from oil sands mining has average well-to–retail pump greenhouse gas emissions 1.3 Oil sands mines produce waste material called tailings; the waste materials have been difficult to reclaim and have grown larger than projected.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2012

Comparison of discharge capacity and coulombic efficiency vs. cycle number for the freestanding MPSF and MPSF with pyrolyzed PAN composite during galvanostatic charge/discharge tested between 0.07-1.5V Many groups have included additional surface treatments, such as metal coatings, but this adds costly processing steps.

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MAY 24, 2011

Toyota’s sales target for the Prius v (for “versatility”) is about “ten to fifteen percent” of conventional Prius sales in North America, or about 15,000 to 25,000 vehicle per year, depending on which year is used for comparison, according to Toyota Division Group Vice President and General Manager Bob Carter.

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Prius Toyota North America MPG 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. Catalytic Conversion: The catalysts are selected from the group of dehydration catalysts; aromatization catalysts; and gas-upgrading catalysts to produce different types of renewable fuel. Source: Cool Planet. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Conversion Renewable Water Gasoline 308

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 as a group, partly thanks to large emission reductions from economies in transition in the early nineties and more recent reductions due to the 2008-2009 recession, according to the report. By comparison, Chinese per capita CO 2 emissions of 6.8 Source: JRC. Click each to enlarge.

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Global Emissions Industrial Industry 281

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Well-to-wheel GHG estimates for palm hydrotreated renewable diesel (HRD) fuel, with and without direct LUC, and diesel fuel included to enable comparisons. These oil recovery options may be grouped into two broad classes: accumulation (or storage) and secretion, they noted. Contribution by stage shown in the inset charts.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2009

The study is being commissioned as part of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group consortium ( earlier post ). a group developing integrated seawater systems using salicornia and mangroves. UOP has been working with Global Seawater Inc., Mangrove trees are well-known for their vast root structures and high growth rates.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

The oxygen reduction reaction takes place at the fuel cell’s cathode, creating water as its only waste. In lab tests, the group found the one-nanometer shells performed best. These nanoparticles, the researchers concluded, are promising new catalysts for practical fuel cell applications.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Price and cost comparison for sugar- and fatty acid-based feedstocks in the production of biofuels and biochemicals. (a) Ramon Gonzalez and his group at Rice University. a) Prices of raw sugar, palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) and non-edible tallow on a per-pound of carbon. (b) b) Feedstock cost per gallon of ethanol produced.

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2010 Fuel Oil Engine 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2010

gHEV deceleration events allow for the recapture of energy via regenerative braking, while this energy is unrecoverable and wasted by the diesel vehicle. Due to differences in routes, the 12-month average fuel economy will be a more accurate in-use comparison between the two vehicle groups.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

Li-ion cell energy density was increased from 84 to 152 Wh/kg; in comparison to the first technology platform, the battery capacity has grown from 48.6 A heat pump removes waste heat from electrical components for thermal management and for interior climate control—an important efficiency module of the overall concept.

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Batteries Battery Li-ion Audi 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

As a comparison, 314 Exajoules is more than three times the annual energy supply in the United States in 2005, which is also a similar level of supply on the Continent of Europe according to various government and independent sources. —Professor Ottmar Edenhofer, Co-Chair of Working Group III. 50 Exajoules per year.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The foundations serve as in response to the concept that of Prolonged Manufacturer Accountability (EPR) the place the manufacturers (together with importers) of batteries are liable for assortment and recycling/refurbishment of misuse batteries and worth of recovered fabrics from wastes into pristine batteries.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2021

While hydrogen, electric and renewable fuels (produced from waste-based feedstocks) can all radically cut emissions compared with their diesel-powered counterparts, there are major variations in their effectiveness and efficiency in terms of cutting emissions depending on choices made over the full well- to-wheel life cycle.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

Hyundai taps CATL and SK Innovation to supply more batteries for E-GMP – Hyundai Motor Group announced it has chosen both SK Innovation and CATL as battery suppliers for its E-GMP. The comparison did not include potential emissions if fossil fuels were burned to create the power for recharging of car batteries.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Val Miftakhov got into the EV game in 2010 when he founded eMotorWerks, which created an innovative smart charging solution and was acquired by the Enel Group in 2017. Val Miftakhov: As you can imagine, we did a lot of this [comparison] early on as well. Is it worth it to go through all that trouble to get that?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

The two-mode hybrid technology in the ML 450 HYBRID is derived from the fundamental work undertaken by the Global Hybrid Cooperation, which brought together research and development work undertaken by Daimler AG, BMW Group, General Motors and Chrysler. The ML 450 HYBRID was specifically developed for the North American market.

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