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JUNE 19, 2012

At last month’s World Renewable Energy Forum 2012 in Denver, Colorado, researchers from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory presented papers on two different approaches to upgrade pyrolysis oils to hydrocarbon fuels or fuel intermediates. In short, bio-oil needs to be upgraded to produce a fungible liquid transportation fuel.

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APRIL 23, 2018

Toyota estimates that the 2019 Avalon Hybrid will boost fuel economy by up to 10% over its MY 2018 predecessor, from 40 mpg (5.88 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. l/100 km) combined.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

In light of the United States’ renewed effort to achieve a net zero carbon economy, our research team believes this critical review is a timely contribution to establishing an accurate, common understanding of the greenhouse gas profile for corn ethanol in comparison to gasoline refined from crude oil. gCO 2 e/MJ (range of 37.6

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The goal of the project is to continue to develop a circular carbon economy that replaces the petroleum-based chemicals in consumer products with algae-derived and biodegradable polymers. This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. Viridos, Inc.,

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

The direct plasma synthesis of acetic acid from CH 4 and CO 2 is an ideal reaction with 100% atom economy, but is almost impossible by thermal catalysis owing to the significant thermodynamic barrier. Instead of using H 2 , direct conversion of CO 2 with CH 4 (dry reforming of methane, DRM) to liquid fuels and chemicals (e.g.

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JUNE 23, 2022

He also continued his calls for the oil industry to increase refinery capacity to increase production. Crude oil is always the top contributor to the prices US drivers see at the pump. About half of US refinery shutdowns are conversions to renewable fuel production. Hence, the importance of increasing crude oil production.

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APRIL 25, 2016

In a paper presented at the 2016 SAE World Congress, Tula Technology, developer of Dynamic Skip Fire (DSF) cylinder deactivation technology, reported significant fuel economy gains of up to 18% over a conventional GM 6.2-liter Modification to the engine block to allow oil routing to each of the lost-motion lifters. mpg at V8 mode.

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MARCH 16, 2011

The NextGen line of oils, with 50% recycled oil, will include conventional, synthetic blend and high mileage offerings. Valvoline, a leading independent marketer of motor oil, has introduced its NextGen line of motor oils, featuring the inclusion of 50% recycled base oil. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

Lignocellulosic biomass, a renewable and abundant resource, holds great promise for sustainable production of valuable chemicals and fuels, currently derived mainly from oil. In biorefineries, lignin is used for producing heat to run the turbines which substantially affects the economy.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

A comparison of estimates of the energy return on investment (EROI) at the wellhead for conventional crude oil, or for crude product prior to refining for oil shale. While one could argue that the char and gas produced and consumed within the shale conversion process has zero opportunity cost—i.e., Click to enlarge.

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MAY 5, 2019

Compact plants are to separate CO 2 from the ambient air directly in buildings and produce synthetic hydrocarbons which can then be used as renewable synthetic oil. The team presents this “crowd oil” concept in Nature Communications. In addition, ‘crowd oil’ could mobilize many new actors for the energy transition.

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JULY 11, 2018

A Greyrock Flare Gas-to-Fuels conversion process at an Ohio oil well was used as the base case for this LCA. 2018) “Reduction of greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions by direct conversion of associated flare gas to synthetic fuels at oil wellheads” Int J Energy Environ Eng doi: 10.1007/s40095-018-0273-9.

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JUNE 26, 2010

The authors highlight three possible strategies for CO 2 conversion by physico-chemical approaches: sustainable (or renewable) synthetic methanol; syngas production derived from flue gases from coal-, gas- or oil-fired electric power stations; and photochemical production of synthetic fuels. Jiang et al. Kuznetsov and P.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The production concept is based on the distributed primary conversion of various kind of biomass residues to intermediate liquid products at small-to-medium scale (10-50 kt/a Fischer-Tropsch products, 30–150 MW biomass) units located close to biomass resources. It receives funding of €5.1 million (US$6.1

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JUNE 7, 2017

Compared to the reference case, in which gasoline vehicles (ICEVs) remain dominant through 2050 (BAU), OPT results in 16% and 36% reductions in LDV greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2030 and 2050, respectively, corresponding to 5% and 9% reductions in economy-wide emissions. Credit: ACS, Keshavarzmohammadian et al. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 7, 2016

Since late 2014, the production of crude oil has outpaced demand, triggering a sustained collapse in world oil prices, which have remained mostly below $50 per barrel. As a result, these low prices have put pressure on the market for natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and the corresponding refueling infrastructure.

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MAY 12, 2009

Plot of phenol conversion, cyclohexanol selectivity, and cyclohexanone selectivity for the aqueous-phase hydrogenation of phenol as a function of reaction time. Lercher at the Technical University of Munich has developed a new catalytic process for the aqueous-phase hydrogenation of components of bio-oil directly into alkanes and methanol.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

World oil prices remain high in the IEO2011 Reference case, but oil consumption continues to grow; both conventional and unconventional liquid supplies are used to meet rising demand. In the IEO2011 Reference case the price of light sweet crude oil (in real 2009 dollars) remains high, reaching $125 per barrel in 2035.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Meanwhile, wet waste feedstocks, such as animal manure and fats, oils, and greases (FOG), represent another important category of resources that could be utilized to produce MCCI bioblendstocks due to its abundant availability. Skaggs et al. demand in 2016. Meanwhile, the plant size has a great impact on the MFSP.

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OCTOBER 3, 2015

Shale oil: developed energy and GHG emissions intensities of U.S. shale oil production with operation data from Bakken and Eagle Ford plays. Oil sands: updated GHG emission intensities for Canadian oil sands pathways for surface mining and in-situ technologies.

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MAY 12, 2012

The high-level performance goals of the Partnership are a 25-40% improvement in fuel economy in a light-duty vehicle (LDV) and achieving 55% brake thermal efficiency (BTE) in heavy-duty engine systems. Liquid fuels have dominated transportation systems for over a century and will continue to do so for decades to come.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

million to the University of Wyoming to provide laboratory equipment for the university’s Improved Recovery Program, which is part of the newly created Center for Advanced Oil and Gas Technologies. The center is part of the School of Energy Resources and focuses on oil and gas extraction from unconventional reservoirs.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 31, 2023

As gas and diesel prices continue to spiral, improved fuel economy in your truck is becoming even more of an imperative than before. This article offers seven strategies that will enable you to improve your trucking fuel economy without negatively impacting performance. In August 2023, gasoline prices surged , reaching a peak of $3.98

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DIY Electric Car

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

The True Cause of Recessions: OIL. I was asked to speak about the economic impact of our oil dependency and so I began researching this topic to see if I could draw some insightful conclusions. All of the recessions listed above were caused by oil except the early 2000 recession that was caused by September 11th, 2001.

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MAY 4, 2019

achieved cultivation compositions), enabling at least 80 GGE per ton conversion yield using literature-based conversion efficiencies. Biomass Component Variability and Feedstock Conversion Interface: Research to lower the cost and improve the reliability of biomass handling and preprocessing.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Other partners in the project are the Chilean power company AME, Chile’s national oil company ENAP, and Italian energy company Enel. Establishing a sustainable energy economy is going to require some rethinking. In two further phases, capacity is then to be increased to about 55 million liters (14.5

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Manufacturers continue to optimize diesel emission controls, such as DOC, DPF and SCR, in order to promote uniform catalyst coating, improve NO x conversion efficiency, reduce back pressure on the engine, and reduce thermal mass. Better catalysts and urea dosing systems can achieve high NOx conversion during lower temperature operation.

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

These new catalytic conversion strategies are focused on making ATJ blends that include additional hydrocarbon products—such as aromatic content—to allow for greater blending volumes of the AJF product. Earlier post.). HEDFs are currently used in air and sea-launched cruise missiles used by the US military forces.

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DECEMBER 6, 2014

The Critical Agricultural Materials program supports the development of products that are manufactured from domestically-produced agricultural materials and are of strategic and industrial importance to benefit the economy, defense, and general well-being of the nation. a producer of biodiesel from waste vegetable oil, received $8,655.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Many of the vehicles on the road in 2030 will have been built by 2015, and these will lower the fuel economy of the on-road fleet. Such assessments could determine the readiness of technologies to benefit from policy support to help bring them into the market at a volume sufficient to promote economies of scale. l/100 km) by 2050.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Reducing a vehicle’s weight by just 10% can improve fuel economy by 6% to 8%. However, the cost of production for bio-ACN is expected to exceed that of conventional ACN in the near term as the technologies necessary for the conversion process have only recently been shown under laboratory settings. FOA Topic of Interest.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The enzyme enables more cost-efficient conversion of biomass to ethanol and performs 1.5 With our new product, Cellic CTec3, and the first plants starting commercial production, this is a huge step forward in the transition from an oil-based economy to a bio-based economy. times better than its predecessor, Cellic CTec2.

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MAY 27, 2022

The researchers cited a study that estimates the amount of plastic used in vehicles has increased by 75% in just the past six years as a means to reduce weight and increase fuel economy. Process schematic, workflow, and current discharge for FJH conversion of ELV-WP into FG.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

BP says it is committed to supporting the transition to a lower carbon economy through focusing on reducing its own operational emissions, improving its products to enable customers to lower their emissions and creating low carbon businesses. —Tufan Erginbilgic, chief executive, BP Downstream.

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JUNE 4, 2013

Indeed, there are also a plethora of coal-intensive conversion projects being built or planned that are significantly adding to demand. We expect power demand per unit of GDP to fall by half in just 17 years, an extraordinary achievement for an economy experiencing such sustained growth. to nearly 2.1 btpa by 2030.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

The project will also use fast pyrolysis to convert the residue left over from biofuel production to bio-oil for subsequent upgrading to DMB. The fuel has high lubricity, reduced sulfur content, meets all the ASTM D-975 diesel fuel specifications, and experiences no significant losses in fuel economy, according to Prof. million (US$5.5

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MARCH 17, 2010

The study offers two main insights on the nature of clean energy jobs in the automobile sector: First, the paper documents that saving oil will directly create good jobs by driving demand for specific additional manufactured components. Of the more than 190,000 jobs anticipated by 2020, the number of domestic jobs created could vary greatly.

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