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JUNE 4, 2009

ORNL is working with a number of university partners (Texas A&M University, University of Wisconsin, Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Alabama, University of Michigan, Dearborn) on the project, as well as Delphi on the catalyst side, a not-for-profit R&D institution, and an unnamed OEM.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Globally, commercial ships emit almost half as much particulate matter pollutants into the air as the total amount released by the world’s cars, according to a new study led by NOAA and the University of Colorado at Boulder. A 2008 study by Lack’s team focused exclusively on soot. Earlier post.).

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MAY 25, 2010

The study examined the fuel-cycle CO 2 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs in China in both current (2008) and future (2030) periods and compared them with those of conventional gasoline vehicles and gasoline hybrids. Generation mix of the six interprovincial power grids in 2008. Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 25, 2009

Exposure to ozone at levels currently deemed safe by the NAAQS clean air standards can have a significant and negative effect on lung function, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis. Edward Schelegle, University of California, Davis. Specifically, we found that 6.6

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The National Academies have released a third review of the 21 st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP); the review follows the Phase 1 and Phase 2 reviews by the National Research Council in 2008 and 2012 ( earlier post ) and assesses the progress the partnership has made.

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

Professor Stan Golunski, Deputy Director of the newly established Cardiff Catalysis Institute , in collaboration with engineers at Brunel and Birmingham Universities, is investigating the feasibility of an on-board exhaust gas reforming system to improve combustion and recover waste heat. Energy Environ. doi: 10.1039/b927199f.

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JULY 29, 2010

Jacobson at Stanford University. Particle traps filter out soot particles from exhaust fumes. 2008] and methane [Schutz et al., Results of the study suggest that soot is second only to carbon dioxide in contributing to global warming. Soot could be further reduced by converting vehicles to run on renewable electric power.

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JUNE 26, 2012

million ) European Field Operational Test (euroFOT) project—which began in June 2008 and involved 28 companies and organisations—was led by Aria Etemad from Ford’s European Research Centre in Aachen, Germany. In addition, usability and acceptance were exhaustively evaluated. The €22-million (US$27.4-million

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MARCH 6, 2010

For offsets to be credible, a ton of CO 2 -equivalent emissions from an offset project should equate to a ton reduced from a covered emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe. To be credible, as noted above, an offset should equate to an emission reduction from a direct emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe.

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MAY 28, 2009

(Najt, then at the University of Wisconsin, and David Foster published the first study of a gasoline-fueled four-stroke HCCI engine in 1983.). Then in the Spring of 2008.we GM is collaborating with the national labs and universities, and has seen successful HCCI all the way up to 16 bar BMEP—a very high load.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

An unmodified Volkswagen Golf 5 FSI was operated successfully on HE15 (15% hydrous ethanol blended with gasoline), meeting European exhaust emission standards in testing conducted by the Netherlands research organization TNO Automotive and by SGS Drive Technology Center of Austria. Brewster, S.C.,

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APRIL 13, 2012

The few effects that were reported for the rats were mild hyperplasia (cell proliferation) in the lungs and slightly reduced lung function, and were most consistent with exposure to nitrogen oxides in the engine exhaust, which are being further reduced under 2010 US EPA standards now in effect. the basis of the new report.

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OCTOBER 20, 2012

A new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan compared regulated and unregulated emissions from both light-duty passenger car (1.7 A new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan compared regulated and unregulated emissions from both light-duty passenger car (1.7 Credit: ACS, Chin et al. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 3, 2011

To extend HCCI to idle (shown in 2008, earlier post ), GM is using a Multiple Injection and Multiple Ignition (MIMI) strategy, combined with the use of in-cylinder fuel reforming during recompression as a bridge technique up to the classic HCCI operating range. Peak valve lift of intake and exhaust valves was varied based on the strategy.

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AUGUST 17, 2015

Published surveys of the ethanol industry showed that 2008 ethanol plants use 30% less energy to convert corn to ethanol than 2001-era plants. 2010) “2008 National dry mill corn ethanol survey.” Technology Innovation at the Biorefinery. The use of fossil energy at the biorefinery is a significant contributor to the CI of ethanol.

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MAY 3, 2009

In this study, BMW focused on Rankine A (exhaust gas only) and Rankine B (exhaust gas and coolant). Test results presented in 2008 showed that in 100 kph (62 miles/hour) constant-speed driving, the use of the Rankine cycle improved the thermal efficiency of the engine by 3.8%. Adapted from Ringler et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.

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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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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Schnürle loop scavenging with five transfer ports and one exhaust port fitted with Lotus charge trapping valve providing asymmetric and continuously-variable exhaust port timing. A novel charge-trapping valve in the exhaust port allows asymmetric timing of exhaust flow and continuous variation of the exhaust opening timing.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

In December 2008, the Board adopted two regulations directly aimed at reducing PM, NO x and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the estimated one million heavy-duty diesel trucks that operate in California. These updates had been requested by the Board at the December 2008 and July 2009 meetings, respectively. “We Background.

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MAY 14, 2009

The test was part of the Wrightbus Product Development team’s collaboration with Queens University Belfast and key component suppliers including Siemens, Valence Technology and Ford. An investor group acquired Roush Technologies from its US parent late in 2007, and changed the name to Revolve in December 2008. mpg US, 28 L/100km).

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MARCH 9, 2015

from engine exhaust or industrial processes. Stanford University, for example, has a thermionic energy conversion research effort underway as part of its Nano-electrochemical Systems (NEMS) group. 2008) “ Energy Transport and Conversion in Electron Emission Processes ”. Thermionic emission and TICs. Westover, T.L. Morris, J.

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Green Cars News

MAY 3, 2009

Honda is also looking into use of a Rankine cycle co-generation unit in an effort to boost efficiency of a hybrid vehicle by capturing waste heat exhaust. It presented test results in 2008 that showed that at 62mph consistent driving speed, the use of the Rankine cycle improved thermal efficiency by 3.8 per cent. . per cent and 31.7

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APRIL 10, 2010

The first auction for allowances was held on September 25, 2008. Since September 2008, RGGI has raised $583 million for the states in these quarterly auctions of permits with between 65 and 70 percent of cap-and-trade proceeds going back into the clean energy economy. The program then reduces the cap by 2.5 Another six U.S.

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