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APRIL 17, 2014

In a presentation at the SAE 2014 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium and then in a paper given at SAE 2014 World Congress, Mark Sellnau, Engineering Manager, Delphi Advanced Powertrain, reported that Brake Specific Fuel Consumption for the 1.8L Earlier post , earlier post.). Background. Earlier post.) DOE UFEV program targets.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Pinnacle Engines, developer of a highly efficient 4-stroke, spark-ignited (SI), opposed-piston, sleeve-valve architecture engine ( earlier post ), named Phil Murtaugh as the newest member of its board of directors. —Ron Hoge, Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Engines.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

Colorado State University has obtained a 5-year, $5-million grant from BP to study mechanisms involved with technology for oil recovery from “watered-out” wells. Assuming it’s successful, it will allow us to help decision-makers in oil fields engineer solutions for more oil recovery. 2000) Water Control. Bill Bailey et al.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Turbocharged HCPC engine scheme. A team from Universita degli Studi di Pisa (Italy) and Rolf Reitz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proposing a novel combustion concept—Homogenous Charge Progressive Combustion (HCPC)—based on a split-cycle principle to control HCCI combustion in diesel-fueled engines.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Researchers at Brunel University in the UK, led by Professor Hua Zhao, Head of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Centre for Advanced Powertrain and Fuels (CAPF), are investigating optimizing the performance of controlled autoignition (CAI) combustion in a four-valve camless gasoline direct injection engine running in a two-stroke cycle.

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JUNE 23, 2014

MiGTDI engine. At the US Department of Energy (DOE) Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC last week, Cory Weaver from Ford Research and Advanced Engineering reported that Ford has completed the planned build of 12 units of the new engine, and is working on vehicle integration for further testing per the project timeline.

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JULY 11, 2011

Engineers at Arizona State University have engineered E. Between 1960 and 2006, estimated production ranged from a low of 1,740 million pounds in 1960 to a high of 11,897 million pounds in 2000. Nielsen (2011) Styrene biosynthesis from glucose by engineered E. coli , Metabolic Engineering , doi: 10.1016/j.ymben.2011.06.005.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Comparison of fuel consumption of Omnivore, homogeneous Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) and Spray-Guided GDI engines. The first testing phase of Lotus Engineering’s Omnivore variable compression ratio, flex-fuel direct injection two-stroke engine ( earlier post ) has been successfully completed on gasoline. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 6, 2021

Lamp received his MSc in physics from the Technical University of Munich in 1989. Between 1994 and 2000 he was group leader at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage of the Bayerischen Zentrum für angewandte Energieforschung (ZAE) in Garching. In 1993, he obtained his PhD in general physics.

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JULY 28, 2009

The UK has launched a new research program aiming to strengthen the supply chain for the UK’s aero-engine industry and accelerate the development and introduction of low carbon aircraft engine technology. million) in the programme and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), £11.5 million (US$46.8

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JULY 9, 2021

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A., Seven leading European industry players, research institutes, and universities are collaborating on the European Union-funded HiQ-CARB project to design and scale-up innovative battery materials—including Orion’s high-purity, conductive acetylene black—to meet rapidly expanding market demands.

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JUNE 14, 2016

The EU is investing more than €3 million in innovative aero-engine technologies in the three-year ULTIMATE project, short for Ultra Low emission Technology Innovations for Mid-century Aircraft Turbine Engines. The combinations are integrated into optimized engine concepts promising to deliver ultra-low emission engines.

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APRIL 18, 2011

Achates Power, the developer of a two-stroke, compression-ignition (CI) opposed-piston opposed-cylinder (OPOC) engine ( earlier post ) is now “concept-ready”, David Johnson, Achates Power CEO, told GCC in an interview at SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit. The Achates engine. —Johnson et al.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

The BP-ICAM will be modelled on a “hub and spoke” structure, with the hub located within The University of Manchester’s Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, which has core strengths in materials, engineering, characterization, collaborative working. The University of Cambridge also has a long association with BP.

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JULY 18, 2020

—Vijay Swarup, vice president of research and development at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company. This membrane technology was developed by a diverse team of scientists and engineers using a ‘multi-scale’ approach that ranges from the molecular-scale to realistic membrane devices. —Ryan Lively, the John H.

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MAY 10, 2015

It is fairly challenging to achieve a smooth mode transition between spark ignition combustion and for a spark ignition engine capable of homogeneous charge compression ignition, because their in-cylinder thermal and charge mixture properties are quite different owing to the distinct combustion characteristics. —Zhang et al.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The UK University of Birmingham’s Fuel Cell Group and Ontario’s Hydrogen Village recently signed a collaboration agreement that will result in the exchange of researchers and academics and will facilitate commercial relationships with the Province of Ontario and West Midlands’ companies.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

In addition to his experience at Khosla Ventures and Cargill, co-president Doug Cameron is currently a consulting professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University and was formerly a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison from 1986 to 2000.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Emission rates of BC in the year 2000 by region, indicating major source categories in each region. Total global emissions of black carbon using bottom-up inventory methods are 7500 Gg yr -1 in the year 2000 with an uncertainty range of 2000 to 29000. Source: Bond et al. Click to enlarge. W m -2 (+0.17 W m -2 range). Bond et al.

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JUNE 16, 2017

By mimicking fibrinolysis, a biological self-healing process, researchers at China’s Tsinghua University have developed a self-healing sulfur microparticle (SMiP) cathode. In a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , the researchers report that the SMiP cathode attained an optimized capacity (∼3.7 mg (S) cm −2.

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JUNE 4, 2009

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are investigating mechanisms for extending the efficiency of combustion engines closer to their theoretical potential. Today’s engines can deliver a fuel efficiency of 40-42%, with corresponding loss of initially available fuel energy of 58-60%. Stuart Daw. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 7, 2024

However, no true solutions can be developed and implemented without the technical expertise of engineers. Encouraging visionary, futuristic thinking is the function of the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance. National Science Foundation ’s Directorate for Engineering , for which I serve as principal investigator.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Researchers at the University of Michigan have used high-speed imaging of diesel injection spray to provide insights into transient fuel spray behavior and to guide the development of the next generation of spray theory and models. kg/m 3 (±3%) and for fuel-rail pressures of 1,000, 1,500, and 2000 bar (±1.5%).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

A consortium brought together by low carbon experts at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK launched the first bus in the UK to run on biomethane gas. Originally powered entirely by diesel, the Mercedes-Benz engine has been adapted by the Hardstaff Group ( earlier post ) to run for 60-80% of the time on low-carbon biomethane.

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JULY 8, 2022

It’s an ideal location for JWST to observe the universe without obstruction and with minimal orbital adjustments. Given the cost and time involved, says Michael Menzel , the mission systems engineer for JWST, “I would not encourage a rendezvous and servicing mission unless something went wildly wrong.” One is the 2.09

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APRIL 22, 2009

Researchers at the University of California San Francisco have engineered the industrial yeast S. Using the symbiotic co-culture of the engineered yeast and A. Cicerone (2000) Emissions of Methyl Halides and Methane from Rice Paddies. fermentans ferments cellulosic feedstocks to acetate and ethanol, which the modified S.

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APRIL 11, 2023

He is a professor of power systems engineering in the Fulton program at Arizona State University , in Tempe. Vijay Vittal Employer Arizona State University, in Tempe Title Regents professor of electrical, computer, and energy engineering Member grade Life Fellow Alma mater B.M.S.

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JULY 27, 2013

Among the findings they reported in their paper in the journal Fuel was that under most of the engine operating conditions examined, RME emitted lower soot particle concentration than diesel under both nucleation and accumulation modes. Diesel engines are widely used owing to their high thermal efficiency and low fuel consumption.

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MAY 31, 2014

A study led by a team from Peking University has estimated that global black carbon (BC) emissions increased from 5.3 After 2000, BC emissions from this sector in China remained roughly stable, but the increase in other developing countries was accelerated. Black carbon emissions and BC emissions intensity per year. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Katsumata joined Toyota in 1987 after graduating with a degree in hydrodynamics from Tokyo University. He started his career as a chassis engineer before making the shift to product planning in 1993 and product management in 2000. Early in 2006, Toyota inaugurated the expanded Technical Centre.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

In order to reduce HC and CO emissions at low engine loads, fuels with a shorter ignition delay are appropriate. In contradiction to that, the fuel should have a longer ignition delay at high engine load, where particulate matter emissions become a dominant role.

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JANUARY 27, 2022

The MIT electrical engineering and computer science professor’s positive thinking has led to new ways to improve tried-and-true techniques in the field of information theory. The chip uses a new algorithm the team developed with Ken Duffy from Maynooth University : guessing random additive noise decoding (GRAND).

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JULY 8, 2013

With a planned launch later this summer, IGNITE will allow engineers quickly to identify important variables and constraints and find optimal vehicle designs. Modelica has been developed by the (non-profit) Modelica Association since 1996 and has been in use in industry since 2000. Hybrid modeling and simulation.

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JUNE 28, 2019

—Vijay Swarup, vice president of research and development for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company. Since 2000, ExxonMobil has invested more than $9 billion in energy efficiency and lower-emission technologies such as carbon capture and next generation biofuels.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

Additionally, Fluor and NuScale have entered into a separate contractual arrangement whereby Fluor will provide certain services to NuScale as well as have exclusive rights to provide engineering and construction services for future NuScale SMR facilities.

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APRIL 16, 2010

While homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engines can offer both high efficiency and low emissions (NO x and PM), commercial automotive application continues to face the challenge of a limited operating range. The supercharged setup provides the most robust way to regulate the engine intake conditions. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

BioSolar’s cathode technology, which has been the primary focus of its university-led research and development efforts, is a novel conductive polymer material that leverages fast redox-reaction properties rather than conventional lithium-ion intercalation chemistry to enable rapid charge and discharge. (The Earlier post.).

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