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Northwestern-led team develops hydrogenation catalyst selective for carcinogen benzene; cleaner gasoline

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The new catalyst could cost-effectively remove benzene from the other aromatic compounds in gasoline, making it cleaner but without eliminating other aromatics; aromatics in gasoline are used to improve gas octane numbers and fuel efficiency. An open access paper on their work is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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Study of In-use Vehicle Activity and Emissions in Tianjin, China Yields Fleet and Emissions Profiles, Policy Implications

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From 1990 to 2007, the total number of registered civil-use vehicles in China grew from 5.5 The study yielded some important insights regarding vehicle emissions control in China, according to the study’s authors. million to 57 million (not including motorcycles). The majority of these vehicles are used in populous metropolitan areas.

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High Performance Computing key enabler for accelerating development of high efficiency engines

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DNS is a tool for fundamental studies of the micro-physics of turbulent reacting flows and provides full access to time-resolved fields and physical insight into chemistry turbulence. Fahey (2007) S3D: Petascale Combustion. Sankaran et al. Click to enlarge. J H Chen et al. 2 015001 doi: 10.1088/1749-4699/2/1/015001. David Lignell, C.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Full , Mild , Weak , Series, Parallel, Series-Parallel, The Honda configuration such as that in the Insight is a Parallel system, in that the ICE and Motor contribute motive power in parallel. Electric Vehicles not only keep our Earth cleaner, their use preserves the earths natural resources. What types of hybrids are there?

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The Solangelist’s Vision Shines Brighter

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That’s because my pals at SCE are burning a cleaner energy mix than the state is overall - and by leaps and bounds better than DWP of Los Angeles City. 2007 USA electric energy fuel mix. If I was in the actual city of Los Angeles, a lot more of my electricity would be made from Killer Coal and a lot less from clean, renewables.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Smart Grid Consortium, established in December 2007 by Xcel Energy, will select a community of approximately 100,000 residents to become a Smart Grid City using V2G. Agassi’s Davos Insights Success with V2G would be a double win for electric utilities. Shai Agassi presented their new business model at Davos. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Former EPA exec surveys the road ahead for US emissions standards

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Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. For more insights about the future of fuel economy and emissions rules, read our interview with California environmental lawyer Maureen Gorsen.

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