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ASTM International to hold workshop on PFAS in atmosphere

Green Car Congress

ASTM International is hosting a Workshop on PFAS in Atmosphere – Sources, Sampling, and Standards , to be held 1-2 November 2023, in Washington, DC. While there have been a few PFAS methods developed for water, soils, sediments, biosolids, and biota, there are currently no similar efforts for vapor-phase PFAS in air.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

Cars That Think

He was involved with IEEE Canada ’s Teacher-in-Service Program , an initiative that aims to improve elementary and secondary school technical education by offering teachers lesson plans and training workshops. He wrote six lessons, which cover transformers, AC and DC motors, magnetism, binary basics, and solar power.

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DOE Issues RFI for Fuel Cells For Combined Heating and Power and APU Applications; Reflective of New Direction for Hydrogen Program

Green Car Congress

DOE anticipates that residential CHP fuel cells will use primarily natural gas fuel to provide electrical power, heating, and hot water. The RFI includes preliminary targets developed with earlier stakeholder input, including a workshop in June 2008 at the Program’s Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation meeting. Power output.

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Visit to Cellestial E-Mobility : Electric Tractor startup

Plug In India

The motor is a 4 kW brush DC motor. The torque delivery is superb, thanks to the DC motor. Going back to my engineering college days, I remember that locomotives would use DC series motors back then - for the amazing starting torque that they had. Celestial has come up with an interesting design of a dealer workshop.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Cars That Think

The projected number of charging ports will need to grow to an estimated 6,000 to 12,000 public ports (some 300 being DC fast chargers) and 18,000 to 26,000 residential ports, with most of those being L2-type charging ports. There are, however, a few potholes that need to be filled to meet the city’s 2030 emission objectives.

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Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

Plugs and Cars

So he proposed at the California Air Resources Board ZEV workshop on Tuesday. Tuesday's workshop was not so different. Lately Goldman has been driving one around DC, meeting with policy makers and pushing for consumer incentives for hybrid conversions. Les Goldman wants you to convert (your hybrid.) Easy as 123. Look it up.)

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The Curious Case of the Torrance Enivornmental Commission

Creative Greenius

I’ll admit that my expectations were based on my experiences with the South Bay Green Task Force, the Manhattan Beach Environmental Task Force and the other environmental organizations whose meetings, workshops and presentations I attend. It was obvious she didn’t know the difference between weather and climate.