Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2014

Studies have found that despite meeting more stringent regulatory standards for exhaust emissions during type approval, many vehicles equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems have significantly elevated emissions of NO x during in-use driving—particularly when operating in urban traffic. —Lowell and Kamakaté.

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Conversion Emissions Exhaust Convert 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Researchers from the Center for Energy and Processes (CEP), MINES ParisTec, and Renault are exploring the non-catalytic reforming of diesel fuel with diesel engine exhaust gas (i.e. An alternative to the catalytic exhaust gas reforming of diesel fuel method is presented in this paper and consists of using an NTP torch.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

A new ceramic hollow fiber substrate for catalytic converters designed by Dr. Benjamin Kingsbury and colleagues at Imperial College London could cut the size and precious metal loading of the devices in automobiles while reducing fuel consumption and and manufacturing costs. Kingsbury has founded MicroTech Ceramics Ltd. WO 2013175239 A2.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2017

The high-performance, three-way catalytic (TWC) converter is one of the workhorses of emissions reduction for gasoline engines. Ce is an essential element in oxygen-storage materials that reversibly stores and releases large amounts of oxygen depending upon the partial oxygen pressure in the gas phase.

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Convert Conversion Exhaust Gasoline 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to make it easier for manufacturers to gain approval to sell fuel conversion systems. The proposed rule would cover conversions of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines, and would apply to all clean alternative fuels. Vehicle/Engine Age.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2015

Fraunhofer researchers in Germany have developed a process for the conversion of CO-rich exhaust gases from steel plants into fuels and specialty chemicals. In addition to the exhaust gases, syngas—similar gas mixtures from home and industrial waste incineration—can also be used for the engineered process.

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Exhaust Fuel Carbon Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2019

Scientists at ETH Zürich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 and hydrogen directly into methanol. It is possible to convert it into fuels and a wide variety of chemical products, including those that today are mainly based on fossil resources.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

MAN Energy Solutions and Wessels Marine GmbH announced a technical showcase whereby the 2017-retrofitted Wes Amelie , a 1,036-TEU feeder container ship, will use liquefied SNG (Synthetic Natural Gas) produced from renewable electrical energy as drop-in fuel. As a result, CO 2 emissions are expected to decline by 56 tons for this trip.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Efficiency improvements and carbon emissions reduction in energy conversion and storage technologies. Computational modeling of cost-effective carbon capture technologies on industrial gas turbines to reduce CO2 emission. Materials Reliability Quantification for Efficient Hydrogen-Fueled Gas Turbines for the Energy Transition.

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Energy CO2 Hydrogen Carbon 321

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Their SOFC system can be operated without consuming the anode fuel (a reductant) at temperatures near that of the engine exhaust to eliminate the need for reductant refilling and extra heating. The NO x concentration in the exhaust of an automotive gasoline engine with spark ignition can be as high as 4000 ppm. —Huang et al.

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Exhaust Engine Emissions Gas-Electric 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

At the 38 th Vienna Motor Symposium Volkswagen is introducing a new, more fuel-efficient “Coasting - Engine off” micro hybrid system—which shuts off the engine completely—as well as a new, compact three-cylinder natural gas engine for the Polo. The new three-cylinder turbocharged engine with a cubic capacity of 1.0 The compact 1.0

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

Ford presented details of the conversion option, which will become available this fall and enables the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) or propane (LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas), at the annual Ford Fleet Product and Business Conference in Dearborn. liter four-cylinder gas engine. liter and 6.8-liter liter and 6.8-liter

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2023

In addition, the project will evaluate the suitability of the methanol retrofit concept for other fuels (Ammonia-NH 3 , Liquefied Natural Gas-LNG). This will be done in close cooperation with MAN Energy Solutions and will also form the basis for defining requirements for exhaust-gas aftertreatment.

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Mariner Engine Climate Concept 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2018

A common approach to reducing NO x emissions from diesel engines is the use of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR); the system converts NO x to nitrogen and water via the addition of ammonia. However, SCR only delivers satisfactory results at an exhaust gas temperature well above 200 ?C. —Marberger et al.

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Exhaust Diesel Conversion Convert 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The researchers at Bath are designing a new rig capable of varying the temperature and composition of exhaust gasses entering automotive after-treatment system components such as GPFs, in order to identify the optimum conditions for the soot burn rate of GPFs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a low-temperature catalyst for removing NO x gas from industrial exhaust using ammonia. Conversion rate of nitrogen oxides at different temperatures for conventional, V(V) oxide and V(IV)+V(V) oxide “defective” catalysts. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University.

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Exhaust Universal Conversion Gas-Electric 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Kolb The conversion of hydrogen into ammonia is a viable option for using it as an energy source both on-site for industrial processes on a large scale as well as on a decentralized basis in the logistics sector. It can be converted into hydrogen right at the filling station using decentralized plants.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected six projects for funding that aim to find ways of converting captured carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilizers. The project team plans to process CO 2 -laden flue gas from a Capital Aggregates, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The combination of using ASDS solid ammonia technology from Amminex and SCR catalyst technology from Eminox has opened the door to addressing the emissions problem even at very low exhaust temperatures on the challenging RCV drive cycle. The two first demonstration vehicles have been on the road for over a month.

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London Vehicles Exhaust Emissions 207

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Tenneco and Gentherm (formerly BSST/Amerigon) are part of a US Department of Energy (DOE) consortium actively developing a thermoelectric generator (TEG) for capturing waste exhaust heat in vehicles and converting it to electrical energy to be used to power electrical systems within the vehicle.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Or Become a Convert Another possibility is to convert your gasoline-powered engine to electric. But it is no easy task, as you’ll have to not only remove and replace the engine itself but also the transmission, gas tank and exhaust system. They will crush the car frame and chassis.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced preliminary test results of its Dedicated-Exhaust Gas Recirculation (D-EGR) demonstration vehicle ( earlier post ) at the SAE 2014 World Congress in Detroit. The D-EGR demonstrator is a converted 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.0-liter Hydrogen-enriched exhaust is routed to the intake.

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Gasoline Emissions Diesel Exhaust 317

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

The projects were evaluated by independent experts based on their ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional technologies and to innovate beyond the state-of-the-art, while being sufficiently mature for deployment. Another project in Sweden will create a first-of-a-kind methanol plant converting CO?,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2012

Just like that unit, the new engine is an in-line six cylinder engine with unit injectors and catalytic exhaust treatment (SCR). The SCR system, which converts the NO x in the exhaust gases into nitrogen and water vapor, is integrated with the particulate filter (DPF) in a compact unit that takes up the minimum possible space.

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Volvo Engine Exhaust Emissions 240

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2017

To optimize the air flow and the fuel mixture preparation, the intake ports (one each for swirl and the other for charging) and the exhaust ports have been modified relative to the predecessor engine. The first component is a large NOC oxidation catalytic converter (NO x oxidation catalyst). Both ports have lower flow resistance.

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Diesel Hybrid Audi Exhaust 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2012

South African state-owned oil company PetroSA is in talks with Mozambique to develop a 40,000 barrels-per-day gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant there. PetroSA is also the developer of conversion of olefins to distillate (COD) technology. PetroSA operates a GTL plant at Mossel Bay; part of the technology is under license from SASOL.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Kreutz used two examples of CCTF systems in his analysis: biodiesel from microalgae and Sandia National Laboratory’s S2P process (an effort to utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels, earlier post ). natural gas, nuclear energy, renewable energy, etc.).In their CO 2 (e.g. ~90%)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2012

On the other hand, it is well known that in an internal combustion engine up to 35% of the energy developed by the fuel combustion is dissipated in the exhaust gases. Exhaust gas exergy map of EcoCAR engine. They determined that the average rate of energy lost to the exhaust when on the NEDC is about 3.9 Skarke et al.

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Waste PHEV Fuel Exhaust 312

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

with technologies such as direct fuel injection, variable valve timing, exhaust-driven turbochargers, brake energy regeneration and Auto Start Stop function—about 60% of the generated energy is still lost, half of it being exhaust heat, with the remaining half as heat absorbed by the engine cooling system. Click to enlarge.

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Waste BMW Exhaust Gas-Electric 376

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2018

inches) and high compression ratio (14:1); multi-hole direct fuel injectors; a variable cooling system; cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system; and a full variable oil pump. The PCU’s DC-DC converter—which converts a direct current from one voltage level to another—is optimized to reduce overall power consumption.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

and Total Energy Ventures International, an affiliate of oil and gas company, Total SA. Agilyx’s patented waste plastic conversion technology—Anaerobic Thermal Reclamation (ATR), developed by Kevin DeWhitt, the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Agilyx—converts ground waste plastic into synthetic crude oil.

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Waste Oil Convert Exhaust 231

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

So far this year, the team has integrated the T2B2 aftertreatment in the dynamometer environment and is in the process of convert the demonstration vehicle to the T2B2 configuration. Exhaust system configuration. Demonstration of T2B2 at the tailpipe is slated for later this year.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 3, 2012

It has been about 5 months since I posted my first blog about converting my car to electricity. My professional life has kept me busy, but I still have made good progress on my conversion. Winter 2011-2012: Engine Bay and Under-car: The car is now completely gas-less. Adapter Plate: I have a couple options.

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Setec Powerr

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When the power battery is exhausted, replace the low-power battery pack with a fully charged battery, and send the replaced battery to the replacement station for slow charging. Lithium-ion batteries are far more complex and sophisticated than simple gas tanks. It needs AC-DC conversion, and the converted DC can charge the battery.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2010

A team from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Colorado School of Mines has measured gas phase and particle-associated non-regulated pollutant emissions from a heavy-duty engine operating both with and without a catalyzed DPF and operating on biodiesel fuel. Formaldehyde emissions were increased by the DPF for ULSD and B20.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

The VVT-iW system is employed on the intake cycle, with VVT-i (Variable Valve Timing - Intelligent) activated on exhaust. A new torque converter provides a wider range of lock-up operation (versus the outgoing 6-speed automatic transmission) to imbue a more enveloping and direct driving feel. inches; bore remains at 3.44

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

Conceptual schematic of direct thermoelectric generator mounted in a vehicle’s exhaust stream. The exhaust energy content of Atkinson-cycle engines, which are used in many hybrid powertrains, is lower than conventional IC engines due to the cycle’s inherently higher thermal efficiency. Indirect configurations are also possible.

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