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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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OP engines utilize direct injection after ports closure to avoid the risk of fuel short circuiting out the exhaust. The University’s Engine Research Center is dedicated to investigating the fundamental thermo-physical process that control combustion performance and pollutant emissions formed during combustion in internal combustion engines.

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Bombardier showing TRAXX AC Last Mile Locomotive

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Initial test runs are currently taking place on the public network in Switzerland. The locomotive complies with the exhaust standard stage IIIB. The locomotive complies with the exhaust standard stage IIIB. In Europe, TRAXX locomotives are the most widely used, with more than 1,600 of them sold in just over a decade.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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million from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program ( earlier post ) to complete its prototype development of a new gasoline-fueled wave disc engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30% cheaper to manufacture. Norbert Müller.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). Almost 67 million people (i.e. Transport at a crossroads.

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Study finds modern diesel cars emit fewer carbonaceous particulates than gasoline cars

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A new study by an international team led by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland has found that modern diesel passenger cars equipped with diesel particulate filters (DPFs) emit fewer carbonaceous particulates than gasoline-powered vehicles. times more SOA than POA after 5–10 hours of atmospheric aging.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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Audi e-fuels are intended to use no fossil or biomass sources; do not compete with food production; and are 100% compatible with existing infrastructure. —Rupert Stadler, Audi CEO, at the International Vienna Motor Symposium in 2014. Audi’s basic goal is to combine renewable energy (e.g. Audi e-gas. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory, originally known as Clinton Laboratories, was established in 1943 to carry out the pilot-scale production and separation of plutonium for the World War II Manhattan Project. This is by no means the only neutron scattering facility in the US or the world, but it is one of the leading centers.