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Small-displacement two-stroke H2 engine could address performance and emissions cost-effectively for recreational market; potential for Asian motor vehicle fleet

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Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. This is due to raw, externally premixed fresh charge comprising air, fuel and lube oil being short-circuited into the exhaust during the scavenging process. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. Oh and Plante.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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The WDG also can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 95 percent in comparison to modern internal combustion vehicle engines. In axial-flow configurations, noted Müller and co-authors in a 2004 paper, pure scavenging is a challenging task. Early concept of an internal combustion wave disc engine. Norbert Müller.

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LiquidPiston To Unveil Compact High Efficiency Engine at 2010 SAE World Congress

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It provides an air-standard analysis of efficiency, including a comparison to conventional engine technologies. Optionally, internal cooling heat recovery via steam generation (Rankine). For instance, intake/compression, combustion, expansion/exhaust are occurring simultaneously in separate chambers. Stephen Nabours et al.

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Behind Audi’s new “rightsized” efficient EA888 Gen.3B family

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Audi initially deployed its turbocharged, direct injection TFSI technology in 2004; the second generation followed in 2007, followed by the third generation, currently on the market, in 2011. Highlights of the Gen2 TFSI were the Audi exhaust valve lift system and a pressure- and volume-flow-controlled oil pump. In addition to the Gen.3B

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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When the car is filled at the pump, an internal system analyses the mix of the two fuel types and adjusts accordingly. The first such vehicles were introduced by Volkswagen in 2003, and by 2004, they accounted for more than 17% of the Brazilian auto market. Brewster, S.C.,

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Comparative study finds that B20 increases emission rates of a number of pollutants in both light- and medium-duty diesel engines at idle

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They found that the level of emissions of regulated and unregulated pollutants in diesel exhaust depends on fuel, load, engine calibration, and exhaust aftertreatment technology. L/2004 calibration engines. L/2002 calibration and 6.4 For the study, they used a GM 2002 1.7 The engine is equipped with EGR and a platinum-based DOC.

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