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Purdue turbomachine expander offers efficient, safe strategy for heating, cooling

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Purdue University researchers have developed a turbomachine expander that offers an efficient and safe strategy for heating and cooling. These devices are referred to as expansion work recovery devices. However, the device will be referred to as an expander herein for conciseness. —Barta et al.

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Study finds emissions from road construction could be halved using today’s technology

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Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg studied the construction of an 8km stretch of road in detail and calculated how much emissions can be reduced now and until 2045, looking at everything from materials choice, production technology, supply chains and transport. Karlsson et al.

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Delft Researchers Create New Metabolic Pathway in Yeast to Boost Ethanol Yield from Biomass Waste

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Researchers from Delft University of Technology have engineered the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to increase ethanol yield from biomass waste by eliminating production of glycerol (glycerol production is essential to reoxidize NADH produced in biosynthetic processes), reoxidizing NADH instead by the reduction of acetic acid to ethanol.

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BTG and GoodFuels exploring options for joint investment to convert pyrolysis oil to low-carbon fuel for ships

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The goal is to use the pre-commercial facility as a reference for rolling out commercial refineries with a capacity of possibly hundreds of thousands of tons per year of an advanced sustainable marine biofuel for ships. In 2019, Empyro was acquired by the waste processing company Twence. —René Venendaal, CEO of BTG.

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Boeing, COMAC open facility to transform gutter oil into aviation biofuel

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of China (COMAC) opened a demonstration facility that will turn waste cooking oil, commonly referred to as “gutter oil” in China, into sustainable aviation biofuel. HEET) to clean contaminants from waste oils and convert it into jet fuel at a rate of 160 gallons (650 liters) per day. Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp.

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Study suggests that decarbonizing US transport sector by converting waste CO2 to fuels would require economical air-capture of CO2

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Kreutz used two examples of CCTF systems in his analysis: biodiesel from microalgae and Sandia National Laboratory’s S2P process (an effort to utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels, earlier post ). Kreutz used what he called a bifurcated climate regime—i.e.,

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Researchers suggest that air quality tests need simplifying to help reduce dangerous emissions

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Lead author Professor William Stockwell from the University of Texas at El Paso explains that accurate simulations of air pollutants require updated and accurate descriptions of the chemical processes for the changing chemical regimes of the atmosphere and emerging contaminants of concern. Stockwell, Emily Saunders, Wendy S. Goliff & Rosa M.

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