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Cummins announces compatibility with select 100% paraffinic diesel fuels for B4.5, B6.7, L9 engines

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and L9 engine platforms are compatible with 100% renewable diesel fuels meeting the EN 15940 specification (paraffinic diesel fuel from synthesis or hydrotreatment). EN 15940 was approved by CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, in April 2016. Cummins Inc. announced that the B4.5,

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Aleris to invest $350M to upgrade Kentucky aluminum rolling mill for anticipated growth in automotive demand

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The company expects to begin construction on the project this fall, with a goal of shipping automotive body sheet material to customers by early 2017. This inner material grade was also developed inside the EN 6016 alloy composition. Standard surface finish of Body in White material is EDT (Electro Discharge Texture).

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IH2 technology licensed to Biozin Holding AS for production of liquid transportation fuels from woody biomass

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A fixed–bed hydrotreater, which uses other proprietary CRI catalysts to polish the first–stage product and transform it into a finished hydrocarbon fuel or blend stock. This serves both to remove oxygen and cap reactive free radicals to provide a stable hydrocarbon product.

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MIT team proposes process to recycle lead-acid batteries to fabricate solar cells

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Researchers at MIT have devised an environmentally-responsible process to recycle materials from discarded automotive lead-acid batteries to fabricate efficient organolead halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs)—a promising new large-scale and cost-competitive photovoltaic technology. C&EN quoted University of Oxford physicist Henry J.

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Researchers Develop Single-Step, Solid Acid-Catalyzed Process for Production of Biodiesel from Feedstocks with High Free Fatty Acid Content

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Analysis based on the ASTM D 974, ASTM D 6584, and EN 14103 standards confirmed the production of high-purity biodiesel from feedstock with high FFA content. The FFA’s are not converted into fuel, reducing the yield. FFA content in waste oils and fats can range from 3 to 40%.