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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Cyclone Power Technologies and its licensee Phoenix Power Group (PPG) have announced positive results of preliminary emissions testing of the combustion system of the Phoenix 10, the first small-scale waste oil power generator. Other noxious particles are incinerated in the long combustion residence of the engine’s cyclonic chamber.

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MARCH 22, 2014

extension of the oil return and blow-by channels to the parting plane of the oil pan. The dual oil and vacuum pump unit. Oil and vacuum pump. The oil/vacuum pump is designed as a dual pump, driven directly from the crankshaft by a toothed belt in oil. Click to enlarge.

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Diesel Engine Exhaust Water 384

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JANUARY 14, 2010

crop oils and animal fats) to non-ester biofuels—renewable fuels that are pure hydrocarbons indistinguishable from their petroleum counterparts. To overcome these shortcomings, a novel technical approach based on high-temperature water chemistry, known as catalytic hydrothermolysis (CH), has been proposed.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. Solid arrows: Pyrolysis oil is directly passed over the zeolite catalyst.

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Oil Convert Hydrogen Fuel 225

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JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. A total of 37 fabrics now meet the requirements and have been incorporated into Ford vehicles.

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2016 Ford Manufacturer Energy 256

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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. Algae have the potential to produce large volumes of fuel per unit area of production on marginal lands using saline water unsuitable for food crops. Credit: ACS, Vasudevan et al.

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MIT Oil Water Minneapolis 250

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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Climate Change Water Climate Global 310

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. The proposed Project is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oil sands. Click to enlarge.

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Oil-Sands Emissions Oil Oklahoma 253

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JANUARY 20, 2024

The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. It was in service from 1962 to 1972, but its pressurized light-water reactor (LWR) proved too complex and expensive for the ship to operate profitably. Another plus for nuclear-propelled ships is easy access to an endless supply of cooling water.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 142

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JANUARY 13, 2011

During the pilot IH 2 project, CRI/Criterion supplied the IH 2 catalyst.). Property comparison. Fast Pyrolysis Oil IH 2 product. Compatibility with crude oil or refinery products. GTI’ Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion process. Source: GTI. Click to enlarge. Heating value. 6,560 Btu/lb. 15,248 kJ/kg.

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Diesel Production Gasoline Renewable 199

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Diesel or petrol starts as oil, on average 1,798 meters below the surface of the earth. A great deal of oil is extracted using what is called a pumpjack. The electricity usage for the 1,42,054 onshore wells that supply oil to India is over 1,415 GWh a month! That's just oil wells on land.

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Petrol Diesel Vehicles Oil 59

Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Team PluginIndia The Lithium mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is so bad, that many people read headlines of such articles and assume that Lithium mining is the worst thing in the world and is worse than extracting and refining 10,000 liters of oil used by an average ICE car.

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Li-ion Chile Petrol Sodium 59

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OCTOBER 7, 2012

However, they also found that EVs exhibit the potential for significant increases in human toxicity, freshwater eco-toxicity, freshwater eutrophication, and metal depletion impacts, largely resulting from the vehicle supply chain. In the use phase, they tracked electricity and fuel consumption, together with their full supply chains.

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Gasoline-Electric Vehicles Coal Gasoline 309

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MAY 21, 2012

By comparison, syngas resulting from conventional gasification cannot be converted to pipeline quality natural gas without further processing. GreatPoint says that its system produces natural gas at the lowest cost in the industry and that its water consumption is half of that of competing gasification systems. pure methane).

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Coal Gas Purchase Energy 225

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JULY 26, 2021

Indian Oil Corp., the country’s largest oil refiner, has partnered with Israeli startup Phinergy Ltd. They have been developed for long-range power supplies for electric vehicles. Can achieve a greater range in comparison with Li-ion batteries. to create an Aluminium-air battery. The Indo-Israeli Partnership.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery India 52

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JULY 11, 2013

Renault’s comparison of the carbon footprint of EV and ICE vehicles over production, operation and end of life. The publication gives the opportunity for an “apples-to-apples” comparison between the environmental impacts of the two types of powertrains: same manufacturer, same model, same boundary conditions. Click to enlarge.

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Li-ion Gasoline-Electric Ozone Diesel 364

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MARCH 2, 2013

Comparison of proposed Keystone XL route to previously proposed project segment. The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska.

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Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate 250

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

By comparison, the theoretical yield of ethanol from a dry ton of corn is 124.4 The process also uses less than half the water per gallon than required for the production of gasoline from conventional crude, and about one-third to one-quarter of the water per gallon required for the production of gasoline from oil sands oil, Bolson said.

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Commercial Oil-Sands Water Gasoline 150

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The oil pump, designed to operate at a maximum oil pressure of 4.0 Its external water pump is controlled by engine management so that cooling is only activated while engine operating conditions require it. The E-motor is supplied with energy from a lithium-ion battery located at the front of the car. The E-motor.

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Diesel Concept Design Hybrid 296

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For comparison, conventional batteries without direct cooling of the cells achieve about half this figure. The recuperation level is very low, and only serves to maintain the vehicle’s power supply. The areas around the cylinders are mostly solid, and the cover plate is penetrated only by smaller ducts for the coolant and engine oil.

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Mercedes Hybrid Engine Exhaust 259

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MAY 12, 2014

fewer CO 2 emissions) that was previously required for processes using the non-edible plant resource of cellulose and natural oil as raw materials. The research aims to develop an innovative bioplastic that achieves reduced CO 2 emissions using non-edible plant-derived polysaccharides such as cellulose, which enjoys a stable supply.

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Energy Production Water Emissions 225

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JUNE 10, 2011

High-level findings of the MIT study include: There are abundant supplies of natural gas in the world, and many of these supplies can be developed and produced at relatively low cost. Natural gas use in the transportation sector is likely to increase, with the primary benefit being reduced oil dependence. Source: IEA.

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MIT Gas Climate Gas-Electric 210

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OCTOBER 30, 2016

The 48 V electrical system serves not only high power consumers, such as the water pump and air-conditioning compressor, but also the Integrated Starter-Alternator (ISG), which also supplies energy to the battery by means of highly efficient energy recovery. The ISG dispenses with the need for a belt drive for these components.

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Gasoline Mercedes Engine Diesel 150

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AUGUST 21, 2020

The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term. The cost of platinum makes hydrogen fuel cells an expensive proposition even in comparison to lithium-ion batteries.

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Hydrogen Petrol Gas-Electric Lithium Ion 52

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JUNE 23, 2016

The impact of rising oil prices on North American light tight oil (LTO) production is said to be a “Catch 22”, the title of Joseph Heller’s popular 1961 novel set in WWII. Too many analysts continue to believe drilling and service has the same problem with rising oil prices. by David Yager for Oilprice.com.

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Oil Prices Oil Price Oil-Sands 150

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

The power supply unit can run on biodiesel as well as regular diesel. Unfavourable mixtures of liquid fuels, water and air lead to degradation by local hot spots in the sensitive catalysts and to formation of unwanted by-products in the reformer. Norway’s Nordic Power Systems (NPS) and California-based SAFCell Inc.,

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Norway Diesel Fuel Hydrogen 199

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APRIL 1, 2009

By comparison, gasoline shows full lifecycle GHG emissions of 88,764 gCO 2 eq/GJ in 2015, up 2.5% The industry will also need better visibility over the entire supply chain which will mean that biofuel producers will need much better visibility on feedstock supply than exists in many regions of the world. in 2005 and 26.2%

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MARCH 3, 2021

Lucid’s top executive said the pandemic has affected the startup’s testing activities, supply chain, and its preparations for sales and service. Batteries, Charging and Supply Chains. 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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Volvo All-Electric Tax Credit Fisker 95

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Incremental well-to-wheels GHG emissions from WCSB Oil Sands Crudes Compared to Well-to-Wheels GHG Emissions from Displacing Reference Crudes Click to enlarge. Domestic production of crude oil has increased significantly, from approximately 5.5 million bpd in 2010 to 6.5 million bpd in 2012 and 7.5 million bpd by mid-2013. million bpd.

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MAY 17, 2015

1 Given that US EPA fuel economy figures for the vehicles are not yet available, we are using the ECE fuel consumption figures from Europe as a means to provide a comparison across vehicles, and are providing the estimated EPA figure where available. The water-cooled unit features a 10 gear ratio and has a disconnect clutch.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is pursuing as part of a drive to ease the military’s deployment of all-electric supply vehicles by 2030 and of EV tactical vehicles by 2050. There is only so much salt you can dissolve in a glass of water. In comparison, lithium-ion batteries cost around $138/kWh.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Li-ion 145

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Once the oil pressure builds up to a sufficient level, we run the engine at zero load, at which point we disconnect the two again. It quickly warms up the engine following a cold start, and at high load the water jacket reduces the temperature of the exhaust gas. Its heart is the exhaust manifold integrated into the cylinder head.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

This subtopic seeks research and development projects on novel lubricant formulations expected to improve the efficiency of advanced combustion regime engines by at least 10% (improvement based on comparison to similarly configured 2002 or later commercially available combustion engine). AOI 2: Lightweighting Materials.

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Li-ion Carbon Fiber Vehicles Low Cost 231

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. The session is expected to culminate in the adoption of a new convention by the 147 states attending the session to reduce mercury emissions and releases to the air, water and land. Anthropogenic releases of mercury to water total 1000 tonnes at a minimum.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global 262

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JULY 17, 2015

Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles. The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. How PHEV enhances The Electric Infrastructure. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Comparison of fuel consumption of Omnivore, homogeneous Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) and Spray-Guided GDI engines. Two pegged half-keystone compression rings in upper section, unpegged Napier and U-Flex oil control rings in lower section for oil control and containment. Scavenging air supply. Click to enlarge.

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