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SwRI to launch 2nd phase of Advanced Combustion Catalyst and Aftertreatment Technologies consortium

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at SwRI’s headquarters in San Antonio and is open to interested automotive industry manufacturers. SwRI launched the AC 2 AT consortium in 2014 with members representing engine manufacturers and affiliated businesses in the automotive industry. The AC2AT-II kickoff meeting will be 15 Nov. Earlier post.)

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Ensyn granted EPA Part 79 approval for renewable gasoline

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Ensyn ( earlier post ) has been granted a key regulatory approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its renewable gasoline product, RFGasoline. Ensyn is developing and commercializing RFO Coprocessing in a strategic alliance with Honeywell UOP, a global leader in technology solutions for the refining industry.

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SwRI launches new automotive consortium focusing on fuels and lubricants

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LSPI is one of several industry concerns being addressed by SwRI in the AEF consortium. The AEF will hold its first meeting on 7 July 2014, at SwRI in San Antonio. These automotive pistons show ring land damage caused by low-speed pre-ignition (LSPI). Click to enlarge. —Thomas Briggs.

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SwRI to launch 7th clean diesel engine consortium

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The kick-off meeting for the four-year, multi-client cooperative research program, which is open to potential new members, will be 5 November at SwRI headquarters in San Antonio. Consortium members will select research topics related to low-emission, high-efficiency diesel engine technology.

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Ensyn receives EPA regulatory approval for its cellulosic renewable diesel RFDiesel

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FCC units are found in most refineries worldwide and are used to produce gasoline and diesel from vacuum gas oil (VGO). When RFO is processed alongside VGO in FCC units at VGO displacement rates up to approximately 5%, RFO performs comparably to VGO on a volumetric basis producing spec gasoline and diesel.

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Novozymes On Track With New Enzymes For Cellulosic Ethanol

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At the National Ethanol Conference in San Antonio, Texas Executive Vice President Peder Holk Nielsen presented the progress achieved by Novozymes’ latest second-generation enzyme products. The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requires the US to blend 100 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol into gasoline in 2010.

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CleanFUEL USA and Ferrellgas Working Together on Propane Refueling Network in US

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The companies expect to break ground on the first Dallas-Fort Worth station in the third quarter of 2010, which will be followed with projects in Austin, Baton Rouge, Chicago, Indianapolis, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio and St. Tony Dale, Ferrellgas national director of engine fuels/Autogas.

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