Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

Researchers at Jilin University (China) have investigated the effect of gasoline components on fuel economy, combustion and emissions in a GDI (gasoline-direct-injection) engine. The team subsequently followed up this first study with a second, exploring the effects in a PFI (port-fuel-injection) engine. The first paper (Han et al.

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MAY 17, 2020

Depletion of fresh water reserves [m 3 ]. The program guides the interested layperson through a selection of parameters: which type of engine should be used, gasoline-burning or diesel, for example, or one powered by natural gas, a fuel cell, or a battery. Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.].

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Mariner Climate Change DC Cars 435

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AUGUST 6, 2013

a $3-million grant to build a new 100% renewable hydrogen fueling station for fuel cell electric vehicles at Hyundai’s hydrogen energy generation and fueling station in Chino, Calif. System pressures of 350 bar and 700 bar will allow fueling of all fuel cell vehicles (FCV) including fast refueling.

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California Renewable Energy Fuel 230

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2023

A multi-institutional team led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has developed a low-cost cobalt-based catalyst for the production of hydrogen in a proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer (PEMWE). volts (Nafion 115 membrane) or 4000 milliamperes per square centimeter at 3.00

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Low Cost Hydrogen Volt 2000 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2017

Ascend Energy, in collaboration with solid oxide fuel cell manufacturer Atrex Energy , released the results of a joint project to demonstrate a newly developed tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) in an electric all-terrain vehicle (ATV). A conventional vehicle with a gasoline engine would use $9 of fuel to go 100 miles.

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Gas-Electric Energy Gas Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2016

Compared with other tugs, hybrid versions use up to 30% less fuel and produce 40% fewer exhaust emissions. The two additional Swedish tugs are also of a standard design, but designed for operations in icy waters. meter hybrid tug is named Noordzee and is the first standard hybrid tug supplied by Damen that the RNLN will employ.

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Netherlands Hybrid Emissions 2000 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2012

Historical analysis shows strong acceleration of plantation development in recent years: 70% of all industrial plantations have been established since 2000 and only 4% of the current plantation area existed in 1990. Tropical peatlands cover more than 25 Mha in Southeast Asia and are estimated to contain around 70 Gt of carbon. Earlier post.).

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Climate 314

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AUGUST 14, 2019

Changes in emissions by Scoping Plan sector between 2000 and 2017. Transportation sector emission sources include combustion of fuels utilized in-state that are used by on-road and off-road vehicles, aviation, rail, and water-borne vehicles, as well as a few other smaller sources. Compared to 2016, California’s GDP grew 3.6%

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2017 2016 Transportation Emissions 230

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

FPT Industrial has extended its range of on-road alternative fuel solutions with the 8.7-liter The Cursor 9 CNG offers power up to 400 hp @ 2000 rpm, and torque up to 1700 N·m @ 1.200 rpm, while at the same time having emissions lower than Euro VI. liter Cursor 9 CNG, based on the Cursor 9 diesel architecture.

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International Engine China Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

This isn’t surprising given an economy that’s still treading water.” January demand was also down for kerosine jet fuel by 0.5% and for residual fuel oil by 26%, although it rose for other oils by 0.6%. Kerosine-jet production and residual fuel production both declined compared with January one year ago.

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2012 Oil Gasoline 2000 368

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APRIL 1, 2011

Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. In theory, the decomposition potential of water is 4.27

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Sodium Water Li-ion Texas 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2013

has several new parts, including a new water-cooled variable-geometry turbocharger; a new high-pressure common-rail fuel delivery system; a new Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system; a new intake manifold; a new cylinder head; a new cylinder block; a new balancer shaft unit; and a new Engine Control Module (ECM). Water-cooled turbo.

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Diesel Engine Chevrolet Global 334

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2020

The research successfully demonstrated that naphtha and kerosene—the primary components of gasoline and jet fuel—can be separated from light crude oil using pressure instead of heat, reducing emissions and energy consumption significantly compared to traditional, heat-based distillation methods. —Thompson et al.

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Georgia London Oil Polymer 337

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. Lipid extraction requires extensive dewatering and organic solvents, diminishing the economics of fuel production and increasing environmental concerns. HTL uses subcritical water as the chemical driving force to convert biomass to a carbon-rich biocrude.

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Conversion Water Carbon Oil 285

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

CTV is developing proprietary technology and catalysts for the conversion of lignin into hydrocarbon components for transportation fuels. The upgrading of our byproduct lignin to high value transportation fuels is an important step in our effort to prove the effectiveness of integrated biorefineries. Chevron and lignin for fuels.

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Chevron Convert Fuel Supplies 249

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have increased by 49% in the last two decades, according to the latest figures from the Global Carbon Project. Total emissions—including fossil fuel combustion, cement production, deforestation and other land use emissions—reached 10 billion tonnes of carbon (36.7

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2010 Carbon Global Emissions 239

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Hydrogen for reverse water gas shift reaction to avoid producing CO 2 during the process is produced by electrolyzing water, driven by solar power. Hertwich and Xiangping Zhang, is to obtain an easy to handle fuel with near-zero CO 2 emission and reduced land-use requirements compared to first and second generation biofuels.

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Solar Molten Salt Fuel Production 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2011

Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials ( earlier post ), has raised €30 million (US$43.9 million) to advance its YXY technology, which converts carbohydrates into furanic building blocks for making renewable materials and fuels.

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Polymer Green Fuel 2000 199

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Key elements of the new technology initiative are: New gasoline engines which realize top-level driving performance and fuel efficiency. Key elements of the new technology initiative are: New gasoline engines which realize top-level driving performance and fuel efficiency. A high-efficiency, high-output electric SH-AWD hybrid system.

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Honda Plug-in Hybrid Engine 246

Cars That Think

MARCH 9, 2022

To be sure, there has been progress in the nation’s program of energy distribution: Ethiopia’s electrification has increased by an order of magnitude since 2000. Now, with the GERD operational, Ethiopia might fully electrify itself by the 2030s, without much fossil fuel in its energy mix. For water-managers downriver, that’s a problem.

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Ethiopia Power Powered Sudan 104

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

Chemists at Brown University have synthesized novel core and shell palladium/iron-platinum (Pd/FePt) nanoparticles that use far less platinum yet perform more efficiently and last longer than commercially available pure-platinum catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in hydrogen fuel cells. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja1024436.

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Fuel Hydrogen Tennessee Commercial 199

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 28, 2022

They are called breeder reactors because they produce more nuclear fuel than they consume. Fast breeder reactors date back more than half a century, when the global nuclear community thought there wouldn’t be enough uranium fuel available for the nuclear-power industry. This is where the China National Nuclear Corp.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

For that drop, buyers will save $2000 on the purchase price while also getting combined fuel economy in the vicinity of 7.8 Despite now offering a cheaper, smaller engine option, the entire MU-X range faces a price increase of between $500 and $2000 – somewhat offset by the cheaper entry-level models. Compared with the 3.0-litre

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Isuzu Diesel 2000 Price 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2009

The converted Transporter, which will come in cargo, cab-chassis and passenger versions, will have a 22-mile all-electric range (AER), with fuel economy of 57 mpg based on a 50-mile daily cycle. By way of comparison, the IDEA is designed to have a 30-mile AER with fuel economy of 100 mpg. Fuel economy, 50-mile cycle. 2000 / 907.

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Bright Automotive Convert Plug-in Transportation 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2014

The new 16-liter V8 engine meets Euro 6 requirements with EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) and water-cooled SCR (selective catalytic reduction) aftertreatment. The Scania Euro 6 V8 engines feature Scania VGT (variable-geometry turbocharger) as well as the Scania XPI (extra-high pressure injection) fuel injection system.

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Engine Diesel 2000 Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

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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Hydrogen 2000 Universal Fuel 199

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MARCH 14, 2010

mpg US) (NEDC combined consumption, provisional figure)—a fuel savings of 25% compared to the current S63 AMG. With this high-tech package we are “best in class” with respect to fuel consumption, output and torque.” With the provisional NEDC fuel consumption of 10.5 The new AMG 5.5-liter

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Downsizing Standards Fuel Mercedes 186

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

They recycled the catalyst over five runs without significant loss of activity (turnover number > 2000). Methanol is a clean-burning fuel for internal combustion engines, a fuel for fuel cells and a raw material used to produce many petrochemical products. Credit: ACS, Kothandaraman et al. Click to enlarge.

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Convert CO2 Conversion 2000 150

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FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Depending on operating conditions, the MSG process is capable of producing hydrogen, synthetic natural gas or synthesis gas at high pressure from any carbon-containing material and water. The process is conducted at 1500 – 2000 psi (10.3 - 13.8 MPa) and 800 – 900 °C. 2 Na + 2H 2 O → H 2 + 2 NaOH.

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Molten Salt Oil-Sands Hydrogen Oil 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

IHS CERA’s earlier comparison of 11 publicly available life-cycle analysis studies found that fuel produced from oil sands mining has average well-to–retail pump greenhouse gas emissions 1.3 times the average for fuel consumed in the United States. times larger than the average fuel consumed in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2014

improvement in city fuel economy (24.5 D-EGR is a SwRI-developed gasoline engine concept that uses in-cylinder fuel reforming to produce CO and H 2 (with Research Octane Numbers of 106 and 130, respectively) and high levels of recirculated gas (EGR) to achieve very high levels of thermal efficiency. Overall, the engine offered a 13.1%

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Gasoline Emissions Diesel Exhaust 317

Setec Powerr

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Different from traditional fuel vehicles, pollution-free has become their biggest advantage. Chemical batteries are currently the most widely used battery type in the field of electric vehicles, which can be further divided into two categories: storage batteries and fuel cells.

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Batteries Battery Lead Acid Sodium 52

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

ExxonMobil projects that meeting future energy demand will be supported by more efficient energy-saving practices and technologies; increased use of less-carbon-intensive fuels such as natural gas, nuclear and renewables; as well as the continued development of technology advances to develop new energy sources. Transportation fuels.

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Oil-Sands Energy Hybrid Sale 309

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials, has begun construction of a pilot plant at the Chemelot site (Geleen, the Netherlands) to convert carbohydrates into furanic building blocks—which the company calls “YXY”—for making renewable materials and fuels.

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Building Netherlands Convert 2000 186

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MAY 23, 2011

Through the E-KIZUNA Project, Honda aims to reduce household CO 2 emissions to half of year 2000 levels by 2015. Building on its predecessors with a completely new design, MCHP1.0K2 serves as the core unit in the household cogeneration system ECOWILL, burning natural or liquid propane gas to generate electricity and heat water simultaneously.

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Honda Gas-Electric Gas Engine 261

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

The projects—led by FuelCell Energy, in partnership with VersaPower Systems, and Siemens Energy—have successfully demonstrated solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) designed for aggregation and use in coal-fueled central power generation. Cost of $700 per kilowatt (2007 dollars) for an integrated fuel cell power block.

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Coal Low Cost 2007 2012 150

Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

Today's airliners travel no faster than their counterparts of 60 years ago—indeed, they tend to fly somewhat slower to reduce fuel costs. The Concorde went on to serve various destinations, including some in the United States, flying at supersonic speeds only over water. The Concorde last flew nearly. two decades ago.

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Oklahoma City Ozone Oklahoma Fuel 110