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MAY 19, 2019

The hydrogen chemical energy is converted to electrical energy through a series of fuel cells, which drive the ultra-efficient electric propulsion system. University of Wisconsin, Madison. Resources. NASA ARMD will soon open ULI - Round 3. Perry and P.

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DECEMBER 19, 2015

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. The challenge is to make biomass-derived fuels cost-competitive with petroleum-derived diesel fuels. —George Huber.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) awarded more than $4 million in funding to test novel applications of dimethyl ether (DME) as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels. Oberon Fuels, the first company to produce renewable DME (rDME) in the US, is a supporting partner. —Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D.,

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AUGUST 3, 2009

The dual-fuel PCCI strategy showed thermal efficiency of 53%. Emissions under the dual-fuel concept, at 11 bar IMEP. The University of Wisconsin concept proposes the use of dual fuel tanks, with port fuel injection of gasoline and direct injection of diesel, with the in-cylinder mixing of the fuels.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin led by Dr. Jim Dumesic report the conversion of the hemicellulose fraction of lignocellulosic biomass to furfural and levulinic acid using biphasic reactors with alkylphenol solvents in a new paper in the journal ChemSusChem. Source: Gürbüz et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Gürbüz, E.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Reaction pathways for conversion of GVL to butenes and CO 2 , and the integrated conversion of GVL to both a liquid stream of alkenes for use in transportation fuels and a gaseous stream rich in CO 2 that is appropriate for further processing options. Valerolactone to Liquid Alkenes for Transportation Fuels. Credit: Bond et al.,

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is [link] about $11 million to 20 new projects to help states and local governments to develop the infrastructure, training, and regional planning needed to help meet the demand for alternative fuel cars and trucks, including vehicles that run on natural gas, electricity, and propane. Bay Area Air Quality.

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JUNE 7, 2019

The study was conducted by the University of California Riverside and the University of Wisconsin, Madison and commissioned by the Urban Air Initiative. The vehicle was operated on a Tier 3 E10 fuel, an E10 fuel with higher levels of aromatics than the Tier 3 E10, an E30, and an E78 blend. production. Durbin, Martin M.

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MARCH 11, 2010

A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has developed a chemical process for the hydrolysis of biomass into sugars for subsequent processing into fuels and chemicals that delivers sugar yields approaching those of enzymatic hydrolysis. Tags: Biomass Cellulosic ethanol Fuels. Binder and Ronald T. 0912073107.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Renewable fuels and chemicals company Virent has established a strategic consortium with Tesoro, Toray, Johnson Matthey and The Coca-Cola Company focused on completing the development and scale up of Virent’s BioForming technology to produce low carbon bio-based fuels and bio-paraxylene (a key raw material for the production of 100% bio-polyester).

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MAY 9, 2014

A team from seven US universities and the Korea Institue of Science and Technology, led by George Huber, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has developed an integrated catalytic process for the conversion of whole biomass into drop-in aviation fuels with maximal carbon yields.

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DECEMBER 8, 2014

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have used computational fluid dynamics modeling to investigate cycle-to-cycle instability of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) and reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) engines—two approaches to low-temperature combustion.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology of South Korea has demonstrated the feasibility of using proton-exchange-membrane (PEM) reactors electrocatalytically to reduce biomass-derived oxygenates into renewable fuels and chemicals. Tompsett, G.

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JULY 17, 2015

A team of chemists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has demonstrated a new molecular (i.e., non-metallic) catalyst system for the fuel cell oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) that approaches the efficiency of platinum. It turns out that it is the most effective molecular catalyst system ever reported. Gerken and Shannon S.

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JULY 24, 2015

Use of these nanocage structures in fuel cell electrodes could increase the utilization efficiency of the platinum electrocatalyst by a factor of as much as seven, potentially changing the economic viability of the fuel cells. Lei Zhang, Luke T.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-Up of the Primary Conversion Reactor to Generate a Lignin-Derived Cyclohexane Jet Fuel. University of North Dakota. Earth Energy Renewables, LLC.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Drive cycle fuel economy for PFI, CDC, and multi-mode RCCI operation. Among their findings were that multi-mode RCCI has the potential to offer greater than 15% fuel economy improvement over a 2009 gasoline PFI baseline over many light-duty driving cycles, despite the lack of complete drive cycle coverage for RCCI mode.

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JUNE 15, 2014

Bombardier Recreational Products & Vehicles (BRP) has introduced a new two-stroke direct-injection outboard engine that produces up to 75% fewer total regulated emissions, with 15% better fuel efficiency and 20% more torque than leading four-stroke engines: the G2 engines, the next generation of Evinrude E-TEC outboard engines.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

RCCI is a promising dual-fuel, compression-ignition engine low-temperature combustion (LTC) strategy that uses in-cylinder fuel blending with at least two fuels of different reactivity and multiple injections to control in-cylinder fuel reactivity to optimize combustion phasing, duration and magnitude. Wissink et al.

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JUNE 29, 2013

Rolf Reitz of the University of Wisconsin found that reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) ( earlier post ) in a light-duty engine can meet Tier 2 Bin 5 NO x levels without aftertreatment, while offering a 4% improvement in fuel consumption and 7.3% Earlier post.). —Kokjohn and Reitz. Sage L Kokjohn and Rolf D.

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JULY 31, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 7 projects that will help develop low-cost solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for central power generation from fossil energy resources for further research. University of Wisconsin, Madison. DOE share: $500,000; Recipient share: $125,000; duration: 36 months).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

RCCI, a dual-fuel combustion technology developed by Dr. Rolf Reitz and colleagues, is a variant of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI). RCCI provides more control over the combustion process and has been shown to have the potential to lower fuel use and emissions significantly.

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MARCH 11, 2011

FACE developed nine fuels. Researchers at the Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, are now proposing surrogate models for these nine fuels developed for studying low-emission, high-efficiency advanced diesel engine concepts. A paper describing their work was published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It also says it’s on track to achieve its clean energy goals for all the Upper Midwest states it serves – Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Michigan. GW of “always-available resources” by 2030 as backup power during peak demand. gigawatts (GW) of new wind and solar into the mix in the Midwest.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Harmonizing fuel programs between state, federal, and foreign jurisdictions is useful to ensure the optimum reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. —Low Carbon Fuel Standard 2011 Program Review Report. For LCA analysis, the model used for calculation (CA-GREET, GHGenius, etc.)

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JANUARY 15, 2018

This resistance has created significant challenges and opportunities for the more efficient use of cellulosic feedstocks in conventional production processes, such as biorefineries and paper mills that currently burn lignin for its fuel value of only about $50 per ton.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

GVL has previously been identified as a potential feedstock of interest in the production of both fuels and fine chemicals. Not requiring hydrogen or precious metal catalysts could contribute to a lower cost for a commercial-scale version of the process than some other renewable hydrocarbon fuel technologies. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that 21 states will receive $100 million in grants through the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership (BIP) to add infrastructure needed to supply more renewable fuel to drivers in the US. Since announcing the program in May 2015, the US. North Carolina. North Dakota. Pennsylvania. South Dakota.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have disclosed a new method to convert lignin, an important component of biomass waste, into simple chemicals. Stahl sees lignin as a key to future biorefineries that would use renewable biomass rather than petroleum as the feedstock to produce fuels or chemicals while reducing environmental impact.

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JANUARY 6, 2012

8,053,615, 8,017,818 and 7,977,517, cover the production of various liquid fuels and chemicals related to its recent announced partnership with The Coca-Cola Company ( earlier post ) and its ongoing partnership with Royal Dutch Shell ( earlier post ). Three of the patents, US Patent Nºs. The additional two patents, Patent Nºs.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

A team at the Engine Research Center (ERC), University of Wisconsin-Madison has demonstrated the viability of reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) in a two-stroke engine. They found that the low-reactivity fuel fraction and the high-reactivity start-of-injection timing were independent combustion-control levers.

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MAY 21, 2010

The projects focus on four nuclear energy research areas: Fuel Cycle Research and Development (13 projects, $11,823,154). University of Wisconsin, Madison - $616,073. University of Wisconsin, Madison - $1,352,040. University of Wisconsin, Madison - $525,206. University of Wisconsin, Madison - $651,447.

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AUGUST 24, 2012

Paul Gilna, the director of the BioEnergy Science Center headquartered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, noted that the work is a real breakthrough for BESC that will open the way to develop further the Caldicellulosiruptor bacteria as a new platform for the efficient conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into fuels.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

Methanol also could potentially fuel vehicles or be reformed to produce high grade hydrogen for fuel cells. In a commentary in Nature based on the study, Ive Hermans, chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, noted that the research “ links homogeneous organometallic chemistry.

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APRIL 10, 2017

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is in charge of licensing the technology. For example, the same pathway could be used to produce two other plastic precursors—1,4 butanediol and 1,6-hexanediol—currently derived from petroleum and which together represent an annual market of more than $6 billion. Brentzel, Kevin J.

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

University of Wisconsin, Madison $496,109. University of Wisconsin, Madison, $345,327. Texas A&M University, $255,972. Texas AgriLife Extension, $499,619. Washington State University, $349,993. West Virginia University, $349,952. USDA Agricultural Research Service, $500,000.

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APRIL 8, 2020

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sheared Flow Stabilized Z-Pinch Performance Improvement - $1,000,000 The SFS Z pinch is an approach that gets smaller as the fuel is heated closer to fusion conditions. A Simulation Resource Team for Innovative Fusion Concepts - $2,000,000. University of Rochester.

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