Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base. The research showed that essentially any biocrude, regardless of wet-waste sources, could be used in the process and the catalyst remained robust during the entire run.

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JUNE 13, 2018

Using special microbes, LanzaTech has developed a technology for gas fermentation that first enables ethanol to be produced from residual gases containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. By re-using waste streams instead of incinerating them, industrial companies can reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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APRIL 30, 2022

Together these partners will showcase key innovations to address the full manufacturing production and end-of-life recycling of EV battery systems. Center of Excellence for High Volume Manufacturing of Hydrogen Fuel Cells. Center of Excellence for High Volume Manufacturing of Hydrogen Fuel Cells. Lead: Cummins Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

Fuel cells, especially polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), are already used in hydrogen-powered automobiles. General recycling processes for precious metals that are currently in use are also designed for these metals, in which polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells are currently largely processed.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

A closed thermal integration enables reuse of fuel cell waste heat for fuel evaporation thereby increasing efficiency. Methanol reforming converts a mix of methanol and water into a hydrogen-rich gas. The hydrogen produced is subsequently used in the fuel cell to produce electricity. CO 2 + 3 H 2.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The ultra high-strength outer shell comprises two layers: an inner layer of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and an outer layer of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP). Due to the fuel’s high hydrogen content, a CNG automobile emits approximately 20% less carbon dioxide than a comparable gasoline model.

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JULY 31, 2019

Australia-based biotechnology company Circa Group, which produces its bio-based solvent Cyrene from waste cellulose, is participating in a project to develop the first UK industrial scale capability to reclaim and reuse the most valuable components of end-of-life electrical vehicle (EV) batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2011

The final product is either a fine micro-fibrous polymer mat that resembles white tissue paper, or polymer micro-beads with a diameter of ~ 0.5 - 5µm, with the hydride material entrained in ~50 - 200nm pores within the polymer. It also protects the hydrides from oxygen and water, making it possible to handle it in air.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

The theoretical minimum voltage needed to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen is 1.23 HyperSolar’s research is centered on developing a low-cost and submersible hydrogen production particle that can split water molecules using sunlight, emulating the core functions of photosynthesis. HyperSolar, Inc. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Audi A3 TCNG for e-gas project. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 3, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced ( DOE-FOA-0001224 ) up to $35 million in available funding to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, and to enable early adoption of fuel cell applications, such as light duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Innovative Hydrogen Delivery Pipeline Manufacturing. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Among the many topics listed are magnetocaloric materials development for hydrogen delivery; two hydrogen technology transfer opportunities (TTO); EV traction batteries and power electronics; new combustion engine technologies; and the co-utilization of CO 2 and methane in biogas to produce higher hydrocarbon fuels.

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Hydrogen Engine Fuel Electric Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2014

Leading nylon producer INVISTA and LanzaTech signed a research and development agreement focused on the development of gas-fermentation process technology for the production of industrial chemicals from carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas feedstocks using proprietary INVISTA host organisms and metabolic pathways.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The products in red would be produced by synthetic biocatalysts, while those in black—ethanol, acetic acid, and 2,3 BDO—can be produced by the LanzaTech native microorganisms. The hydrogen serves as the energy source in this case. LanzaTech’s proposed gas-to-liquids platform. Source: LanzaTech. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MEK, Butadiene) from industrial waste gases, has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the largest coal producers in China, Henan Coal and Chemical Industrial Corporation, to build a demonstration plant to produce ethanol and chemicals via LanzaTech’s fermentation process using syngas resulting from the gasification of coal.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Argonne National Laboratory’s team will develop an advanced catalyst for polypropylene (a widely used polymer in consumer and industrial products) synthesis that outperforms conventional catalysts. For ethylene production, the new process has the potential to reduce process energy by 65% over traditional steam cracking technologies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2017

The system operates under visible light, is stable beyond six days and is even able to reform unprocessed lignocellulose, such as wood and paper, under solar irradiation at room temperature, presenting an inexpensive route to drive aqueous proton reduction to H 2 through waste biomass oxidation.

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MARCH 1, 2013

When the A3 Sportback g-tron is powered by Audi e-gas, no more CO 2 is released than was chemically input in its production beforehand, creating a closed loop. The start of the chain has electricity produced from renewable energy sources; the end products are hydrogen and the synthetic Audi e-gas.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2011

The partnership will investigate second-generation biofuels—biofuels derived from waste biomass such as straw, wood and sewage sludge—to create high performance cars with reduced CO 2 emissions. Current projects include the transformation of algae, wood waste and sewage sludge into new forms of energy.

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JUNE 4, 2015

announced a development in its fermentation technology that will allow it to produce isobutanol from cellulosic feedstocks such as wood waste; the isobutanol can then be converted into Gevo’s alcohol-to-jet fuel. Hydrogen gas, a byproduct of the aromatization reaction, is used to remove unsaturated bonds in the aliphatic material.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

The company aims to transform the chemical industry through the cost-advantaged, smaller-footprint production of bio-based chemicals as direct replacements for major industrial chemicals that are currently petroleum-based in a trillion-dollar global market. Genomatica expects to begin commercial production of Bio-BDO in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Isobutene is a widely used intermediate chemical used for the production of fuel additives, rubber and solvents. Isobutene dimerization and hydrogenation to produce isooctane is used to increase the octane number of gasoline, and isobutene also reacts with alcohols such as ethanol to form ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE), a gasoline additive.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Lignin is a structural bio-polymer which contributes to the rigidity of plants. In a report for IEA Bioenergy, two University of Copenhagen researchers noted that: Commercial production of bioethanol is almost twice as much as biodiesel, with the majority of the fuel used for automotive transportation. The oxygen content is lowered to.

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BMW Mariner Fuel Diesel 150

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JANUARY 13, 2016

Like its production-bound sibling the e-tron quattro battery-electric vehicle, the h-tron concept is based on Audi’s second-generation modular longitudinal platform (MLB evo, earlier post ). The car can be fully refueled with hydrogen in around four minutes, and is then ready to drive for up to 600 kilometers (372.8 Hydrogen storage.

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MARCH 7, 2017

US gal) gasoline tank, is fitted during production of the A4 Avant. The second layer, a composite winding of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP), provides for maximum strength. Before being installed in a car, each tank is tested at 300 bar during production. Audi e-gas.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2014

ATJ, like the Fischer-Tropsch pathway, has the potential to use lignocellulosic waste as feedstock, but promises to do so at less cost than Fischer-Tropsch. Butanol (both normal- and iso-) can also be dehydrated and oligomerized into kerosene boiling range products. Bio-isobutanol producer Gevo, Inc. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

A new study from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrates the conversion of lignin-derived compounds to adipic acid, an important industrial dicarboxylic acid produced for its use as a precursor to nylon, plasticizers, lubricants, polyesters, and other popular products and chemicals. Approximately 2.5

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Convert Renewable Polymer Energy 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

When designing commercial vehicles with a fuel cell drive, the high hydrogen storage pressures of around 700 bar are not the only challenge. The water balance of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell significantly affects efficiency and service life. Humidifier.

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Commercial Fuel Vehicles Water 223

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Additionally, many chemicals relied upon for transportation (such as oils and lubricants) as well as other commodity chemicals and polymer precursors are, and will likely remain, carbon-based. By 2027, demonstrate at least one biofuel and bioproduct production strategy that reduces capital cost by 30% from 2012 cellulosic ethanol baseline.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2021

Many biofuels, including ethanol, biodiesel and other products derived from organic material (biomass), are almost exclusively produced via fermentation. These fermentation processes create carbon as a byproduct, with some processes wasting more than 1/3 of this carbon as CO 2 emissions. The awardees are: LanzaTech, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases. Electricore will seek to complete a carbon capture initial engineering analysis design for the Lafarge Holcim cement production facility in Florence, CO. AOI 1 (Subtopic 1.1): CO 2 Capture and Compression from Industrial Sources.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

BTG stabilizes the biomass deconstruction products to prevent them from reacting further to yield undesirable compounds such as organic acids and insoluble furan-based polymers. The BTG stabilized products are not susceptible to further dehydration and are preserved in high yield. Engineered Catalysts. ARPA-E Award.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2010

Researchers at North Carolina State University are developing an ozone-based pre-treatment technique (ozonolysis) to release sugars from the energy grass miscanthus for production into renewable fuels or chemicals with minimal generation of chemical waste streams and degradation of the carbohydrate components.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2014

Using a novel computational chemistry hybrid approach, scientists from IBM Research have successfully discovered a new class of polymer materials—the first new class of polymers discovered in more than 20 years—that could potentially transform manufacturing and fabrication in the fields of transportation, aerospace, and microelectronics.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

received a $5-million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of biojet fuel from woody biomass and forest product residues. The NARA project envisions developing a new, viable, aviation fuel industry using wood and wood waste in the Pacific Northwest, where forests cover almost half of the region.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions. coli as an electrofuels chassis for isooctane production. coli; Product: Isooctane. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel.

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