Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2019

liter M 139 engine is the world’s most powerful turbocharged four-cylinder engine in series production. This product policy logic has already proved successful in the V8-powered AMG Performance models. With an output of up to 310 kW (421 hp), the completely newly developed Mercedes-AMG 2.0-liter Turbocharger.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2017

Researchers at KAUST have developed a computational model capable of simulating soot production inside gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines. It has been shown that toluene primary reference fuels (TPRFs), the ternary mixtures of n-heptane, iso-octane, and toluene can match the ignition quality of gasoline fuels. Mani Sarathy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2016

From the end of 2016, diesel variants of the Renault Scénic and Grand Scénic models will be equipped with Continental’s 48-volt hybrid drive—the first application of the 48V “Hybrid Assist” in production vehicles. The first production solution combines an efficient, water-cooled induction motor with an integrated inverter.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2018

Good cold properties can be obtained by adjusting the isoparaffin/normal paraffin ratio in the isomerization step of the production process. HVO based fuels can be used without affecting fuel logistics, engine and exhaust after-treatments. Adequate lubricity can be achieved by treating with lubricity improver additives.

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Diesel Engine Fuel CO2 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

An advanced analog circuit in the AS8506 compares up to seven cell voltages against an internal or external reference with an accuracy of 1mV, to support cell-balancing and cell-monitoring functions. The software requires exhaustive testing in order to qualify for use in automotive ISO26262-compliant systems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2019

With the gasoline tank reduced in size to 9 liters (for a Golf Variant TGI, that corresponds to a range of approximately 200 kilometers) and now serving merely as a backup, this is referred to as a quasi-monovalent drive concept. The reason for this is the low percentage of carbon in natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2014

In this model, the majority of the biogas is allocated to the production of renewable power using a device such as a gas-fired turbine with an exhaust heat recovery system. Heat recovered from the exhaust of the combustion gases produced by power generation sustains the mesophilic thermal requirements of the anaerobic digesters.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2016

The ISL G NZ features the same stoichiometric cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation (SEGR) combustion technology and spark ignition as the ISL G natural gas engine. The Cummins Westport ISL G and ISX12 G spark ignited natural gas engines use Stoichiometric combustion with cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and a Three-Way Catalyst (TWC).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2019

In a report for IEA Bioenergy, two University of Copenhagen researchers noted that: Commercial production of bioethanol is almost twice as much as biodiesel, with the majority of the fuel used for automotive transportation. Following a successful phase II, phase III will begin: the scaling up of LEO fuel production.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The term watered-out refers to a well that has begun producing large amounts of water—often occurring with waterflooding for enhanced oil recovery—thereby making oil production unprofitable. Upward of 70% of the petroleum can remain in the rock formations of many watered-out wells.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

From a powertrain frame of reference, Mazda is planning a building block strategy—i.e., Mazda hosted Green Car Congress at a SKYACTIV Technologies media workshop this week in Vancouver, Canada, at which engineering management explained the development philosophy, approach and results for the initial set of SKYACTIV technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2016

The heat recovery system configuration includes a saturated steam heat carrier circuit to convey the heat from the furnace exhaust gas to the ORC unit. Other Turboden heat recovery ORC references in the steel industry: a 700 kW unit for NatSteel in Singapore; a 2.7 MW unit for Elbe Stahlwerke Feralpi in Germany; and a 2.2

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

In ethanol production, the beer resulting from the fermentation is processed in distillation columns where an azeotropic mixture of ethanol and water is separated out from the rest of the stillage. This product is referred to as hydrous ethanol—approximately 93% ethanol and 7% water. Costa, José R.

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Exhaust Gasoline Water 2009 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2016

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have introduced a new method for identifying NO x emissions hotspots using high-fidelity Lagrangian vehicle data to explore spatial interactions that may influence emissions production. A study by Wu et al. Andreae et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2012

The new system, which recovers energy from the hot exhaust gas, also reduces costs by around 20%. Because the amount of scrap that is added is relatively low compared to the existing liquid steel, this process is referred to as flat-bath operation. The new furnace has a tapping weight of 100 tons and a production capacity of around 1.2

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Emissions Power Grid CO2 Grid 236

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

IDTechEx calculates that non-automotive EV sectors in 2021 demanded approximately 31 GWh globally in 2021; for reference, battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars demanded approximately 280 GWh globally in 2021. Battery Demand From Non-automotive EV Sectors in 2021. Source: IDTechEx - “Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042”.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The diesel-electric full-hybrid vehicle, weighing just 380 kilograms (838 lbs), offers an initial glimpse at how a future production version might appear. The “one-liter” designation refers to the design target of fuel consumption of 1 liter per 100 kilometers (235 mpg US). Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2017

The study analyzed particularly promising biofuels, according to source, production process and approval status. Using this engine, the scientists examined and compared three different fuels: pure biofuel, a blend consisting of 50% biofuel and 50% conventional fuel, as well as conventional kerosene as a reference. Real engine testing.

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Pollution Climate Change Fuel Engine 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2013

The Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid, which was unveiled at the International Motor Show in Hanover in September 2012, is the first series production hybrid light-duty truck in Europe. During the day, only trucks with gas engines and with exhaust systems complying with the Euro VI standard or higher are permitted.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

collectively referred to here as Volkswagen). During EPA emission testing, the vehicles’ ECM ran software which produced compliant emissions results under an ECM calibration that VW referred to as the “dyno calibration”. … The NOV alleges that Volkswagen and Audi cars from model years 2009-2015 equipped with 2.0-liter, —EPA NOV.

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EPA Diesel California 2015 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

For offsets to be credible, a ton of CO 2 -equivalent emissions from an offset project should equate to a ton reduced from a covered emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe. If Congress establishes a GHG emission cap-and-trade program, only sources not covered by the cap could generate offsets. CONCERNS REGARDING OFFSETS.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

The Freightliner SuperTruck features a low-back-pressure, next-generation aftertreatment system that efficiently removes NO x from the exhaust stream. The aftertreatment system features additional insulation to retain maximum heat energy in the exhaust.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

261 mpg US), will go into limited production at the company’s Osnabrück factory in Germany. Dr. Ferdinand Piëch, who is today Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG, formulated the goal of bringing to market a production car that was practical in everyday use with fuel consumption of one liter per 100 km. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2015

Oxygen-free fossil hydrocarbon gasoline was used as a reference fuel. In particularly preferred embodiments, the combination of a renewable component with oxygenates indicated a reduced exhaust toxicity when compared with fossil fuel. examined the exhaust emissions of three cars using different biofuels at a temperature of −7 °C.

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Gasoline Fuel Renewable Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

The complex engine coolant heat storage system utilized by the Gen II Prius has been replaced by an exhaust heat recirculation system that shuttles catalyst heat to a heat exchanger which interfaces with the engine cooling system, reducing engine-on time and improving cabin heater system performance. by Mike Millikin and Jack Rosebro.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). Develop, build and test a production‐feasible electrically‐actuated dynamic skip fire cylinder deactivation valvetrain. valve faces, piston crowns, and exhaust ports) to improve fuel economy. Description. Federal funding. General Motors.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2010

Base refers to the actual machinery as opposed to the sensors, controls and the like). The issue is how OBD systems actually work in a fleet of aged production vehicles. Exhaust emissions on vehicles aged on mid-level ethanol blends. The auto industry knows what is required to upgrade engine components for E22, E85 and E100.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

Volkswagen has begun limited production of the XL1; 50 units are being built initially, with 250 slated for build. XL1 represents the third evolutionary stage of Volkswagen’s 1-liter car strategy, referring to the goal set by Prof. two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5 Data: Volkswagen, US EPA and DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

All totaled, engine heat accounts for 26% of the fuel consumed, and exhaust heat accounts for another 24%. However, when faced with an emission standard that must be met to sell their products, vehicle and engine manufacturers have proven to be resilient and responsive. Advanced After Treatment. Hybridization.

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Climate Gas Emissions California 257

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2014

In a presentation at the SAE 2014 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium and then in a paper given at SAE 2014 World Congress, Mark Sellnau, Engineering Manager, Delphi Advanced Powertrain, reported that Brake Specific Fuel Consumption for the 1.8L However, towards a production solution, significant issues remain. —Sellnau et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products. Both production and consumption of ethanol were basically flat for much of the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. This moonshine was hydrous ethanol.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 27, 2023

Transcript Eliza Strickland: Technology to combat climate change got a big boost this year when the US Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act , which authorized more than 390 billion for spending on clean energy and climate change. One of the big winners was a technology called carbon capture and storage.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2018

Under this same operating condition with stoichiometric engine exhaust (and no reforming), they could only sustain stable combustion with EGR under 25%. D-EGR uses fuel-rich combustion in one cylinder and recirculates its exhaust to the intake system, generating brake thermal efficiency as high as 42.5% —Jim Szybist, ORNL.

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Engine Gasoline Fuel Exhaust 274

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2015

The new TSI engine also offers the highest specific torque of any large-scale production series gasoline engines: 200 N·m per liter displacement. EA211 refers to a family of advanced gasoline engines and incorporates both three-cylinder and four-cylinder engines. Exhaust manifold integrated in cylinder head. l/100 km (54.7

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Gasoline MPG Exhaust Engine 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2017

The team examined blends of 5% and 10% POMDME in diesel in a single-cylinder heavy-duty diesel engine to gain an overview of the blend’s impact on engine performance and exhaust emissions. The team compared the reference diesel fuel with two blends of 90% diesel - 10% POMDME by volume and 95% diesel-5% POMDME by volume. Iannuzzi et al.

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Diesel Exhaust Emissions Fuel 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2014

This latest work, presented at SAE 2014 World Congress, shows that moving to higher compression ratios (CR) and lower fuel cetane numbers (DCN) from an SI base engine offers a better trade-off than increasing DCN with a lower CR. spark ignited, SI) by running it in compression ignition mode with naphtha fuels. Earlier post.)

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