Green Car Congress
MAY 4, 2009
Researchers at Iowa State University are proposing dissolving waste polystyrene (PS) in biodiesel for use as a diesel engine fuel as a mechanism for energy recovery from the waste plastic. The US generated 251 million tons of municipal solid wastes in 2006, of which plastics accounted for 11.7 Credit: ACS. million tons.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
Lux Research has investigated the trends of corporate financing of alternative fuels from oil majors, based on a non-exhaustive database of more than 1,000 deals and partnership engagements from 2000 through September, 2014. Additionally, ExxonMobil recently teamed up with Iowa State University to research pyrolysis.
Electric Auto Association
JANUARY 5, 2023
While this increases efficiency for EVs (it takes less energy to maintain a warm temperature if the vehicle is preheated), preheating a gas vehicle has the opposite effect (idling means getting zero miles per gallon, can waste up to half a gallon of fuel per hour, and increases engine wear and tear).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
ORegen is the largest organic rankine cycle single unit available in the market for gas turbines waste heat recovery. ORegen will produce 14 megawatts of electricity, using waste heat from the existing APL compressor station, avoiding associated CO 2 emissions and maximizing energy efficiency.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2010
states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). Another potential use of allowance value is to provide the general public a “dividend” related to the public’s having granted firms the right to make use of the waste-disposal services of the atmosphere through their emissions.
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