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Rolls-Royce wins $6.5M contract to supply LNG propulsion package for fish food carrier; Bergen gas engine

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The LNG Propulsion system comprises one eight cylinder Bergen C26:33 natural gas engine rated at 2160kW; Promas combined rudder and propeller system; one tunnel thruster in the bow and one in the aft; and a Rolls-Royce automation and DP system. This means the main engine also generates electricity for the ship.

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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A consortium of leading global companies and top institutions have joined with SGH2 and the City of Lancaster to develop and implement the Lancaster project, including: Fluor, Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, Thermosolv, Integrity Engineers, Millenium, HyetHydrogen, and Hexagon.

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Kia introducing bi-fuel gasoline-LPG Picanto in Europe

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liter Kappa engine which produces 67 ps (66 hp, 49 kW) and 90 N·m (66 lb-ft) of torque. To process LPG the engine is fitted with an additional fuel system featuring a solenoid valve, vaporiser (which turns the liquid LPG into a gas by reducing its pressure by 0.7 Bar), a gas filter and an injector module.

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Fiat Introducing Fleet Version of eco:Drive

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eco:Drive receives parameters related to fuel consumption from the engine control unit through Blue&Me. Fiat is introducing a fleet version of eco:Drive, its data-collection and transmission system designed to gather vehicle efficiency data and analyze car performance and driver style. Earlier post.)

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From Intel Intern to Inventor of the Year

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We also perform more than 511,000 maintenance activities per year and monitor and analyze 1.8 Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Kavalieros is the son of a supertanker captain. Intel scooped up Kavalieros as he completed his doctorate in electrical engineering at the University of Florida. And we try and push those limits."

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Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables

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Installation and maintenance is easier to accomplish in shallow waters. The new methodology will enable engineers to reduce cable cross sections, thereby reducing their costs, which is the paramount goal for cable manufacturing. Wind turbines for offshore wind farms are starting to be built further out into the ocean. 1913–1921, 2018.

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