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MAY 16, 2014

With increasing PES, while fuel conversion efficiencies increased slightly at high BMEPs or decreased at low BMEPs, combustion efficiencies uniformly decreased. Exhaust particle number concentrations decreased with increasing PES at low loads but showed the opposite trends at higher loads. —Polk et al. Polk, Chad D. 2014.04.069.

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So far, Ruth noted, the new engine has achieved target engine-out emissions (EOE), performance and fuel economy; aftertreatment catalyst performance has met or exceeded the targeted conversion rates, enabling an increased allowance on engine out HC. Exhaust system configuration. Weigert, E.,

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BAF supports clients with vehicle conversions through the Ford QVM program and aftermarket conversion products, alternative fuel systems, application engineering, service and warranty support. Clean Energy will provide 750,000 GGEs (gasoline gallons equivalents) of CNG, to be used by Westport as marketing and “bundling” incentives.

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The ISX15 G will be based on the ISX15 diesel engine and will build on Cummins technology with spark-ignited, stoichiometric cooled exhaust gas recirculation (SEGR) technology, first introduced on the 8.9 A simple, maintenance-free Three-Way Catalyst will be the only required exhaust aftertreatment.

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MARCH 25, 2014

The third step, Tier III, applies to diesel engines installed on ships built on or after 1 January 2016, and to engines that undergo a major conversion on or after that date. That amendment will be considered at MEPC-66 in April 2014. It applies only to ships sailing in North American Emission Control Areas (ECA).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Lux Research has investigated the trends of corporate financing of alternative fuels from oil majors, based on a non-exhaustive database of more than 1,000 deals and partnership engagements from 2000 through September, 2014. Shell shifted its shares in Codexis to Raizen, its ethanol JV with Cosan.

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The transportation sector was responsible for over 7 million tons of NO x emissions in the US in 2014, with 50% of this sector’s NO x attributed to heavy-duty on- and off-road vehicles and equipment. Furthermore, catalyst development has produced higher activity catalysts that can provide higher NO x conversion with lower catalyst loading.

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MAY 12, 2012

The Directorate for Engineering is now seeking proposals (NSF 12-559) for awards totalling up to $12 million for FY 2012, 2013, and 2014, pending availability of funds. Liquid fuels have dominated transportation systems for over a century and will continue to do so for decades to come.

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In 2014, Audi testing in a pressure chamber and optical research engine of synthetic ethanol and synthetic diesel produced in partnership with Joule showed that the fuels often performed better than their conventional counterparts. The platform is flexible to utilize a variety of feedstocks, geographies, and climates. Earlier post.).

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New pistons provide a higher, more efficient compression ratio, and a newly designed, integrated exhaust manifold is optimized for the twin-scroll turbo system. liter EcoBoost with integrated exhaust manifold is projected to deliver horsepower and torque output comparable to the 1.6-liter—an The twin-scroll turbocharged 2.0-liter

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BMW will also present medium-term projects in its EfficientDynamics development strategy, one of these being the integration of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) in the vehicle for direct conversion of exhaust heat into electrical energy. liter, four-cylinder diesel in the 116d is a variant of the 2.0L

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Contributing to this benefit is also the exhaust manifold, integrated in the cylinder head. Beyond the new combustion method, the new engine, with a weight of only about 140 kg (308.6 lb), avails itself of other efficiency technologies. For example, the coolant flow is controlled so as to greatly shorten the engine warm-up time.

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The Department Of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of its Vehicle Technology Office (VTO), a program-wide Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000991) for fiscal year 2014 on or about January 2014. high octane fuels), and advanced powertrain work.

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Chrysler’s 2014 Ram 1500 will offer a new, 3.0-liter A key enabler is the engine’s cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system, which is controlled by electric valves instead of the conventional pneumatic variety. An exhaust-system strategy that reduces soot output while also improving fuel economy and meeting emissions standards.

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Prior work has established the thermodynamic viability of the CHAMP-SORB concept to achieve 90% fuel conversion at 400 °C and 2:1 steam to carbon ratio, as well as demonstrated the performance enhancements enabled by incorporation of CO 2 and H 2 removal in the absence of transport-limitations using the bench-scale reactor prototype.

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Advanced air management system (exhaust gas recirculation, turbocharger, supercharging). High conversion efficiency NO x after-treatment and particulate filters. President Obama and President Xi Jinping announced a renewal and expansion of the CERC in November 2014. Combustion control and optimization technology. Earlier post.)

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For the lean-burn CNG scenario, this meant considering exhaust and pipeline supply leaks. CH 4 exhaust emissions are a result of unburned HC, which happens during lean misfire when flame initiation and propagation is slow and when erratic combustion leads to flame quenching. Uven Chong, Steve H. Yim, Steven R. Barrett, and Adam M.

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This was complemented by phone conversations. The decision follows the sending of a Statement of Objections to the trucks producers in November 2014. Scania also said it has not delayed the introduction of new engines compliant with EU-legislation for exhaust emissions. Emissions standards compliance.

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The result is a set of usable conversion factors for distance-based CO 2 emissions among the different driving cycles. They developed a general pattern to assist users in determining which conversion approach is most appropriate in each case and which regression coefficients should be applied.

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belongs to the range of 14 new engines that Toyota will launch globally between April 2014 and the end of 2015. The VVT-i (Variable Valve Timing - intelligent) system operates on both the intake and the exhaust side, and allows maximizing torque at all engine speeds. engine while its fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions are lower.

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In a paper presented at the SAE 2014 World Congress, they reported on their investigations of the 6-stroke cycle for near-stoichiometric and lean operation. The fourth stroke omits the conventional exhaust event in order to recompress the combustion gases. 10.4271/2014-01-1246 Citation: Williams, D., and Fiveland, S.

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Fiat is updating its 500L range for 2014 with two new turbocharged 120 hp (88 kW) engine options—the 1.6 The exhaust gas treatment system implements close-coupled DPF technology which efficiently integrates the oxidizing catalytic converter and the particulate filter (CCDPF). Unlike an aftermarket conversion, the 120 HP 1.4

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The Mercedes AMG PETRONAS (Petroliam Nasional Berhad) Formula One Team unveiled the F1 W05, its 2014 challenger, at the Circuito de Jerez in southern Spain. Conversion efficiency is now the key. Select 2014 F1 powertrain regulation changes. The PU106A Hybrid Power Unit. Click to enlarge. The F1 W05. Click to enlarge.

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Volkswagen engineers redesigned a large number of the base engine components to improve acoustics, fuel consumption, and exhaust gas emissions. The conversion of the injection system to a common rail design was one of the major changes; the addition of a new lean NO x trap (LNT) to handle NO x emissions was another. Earlier post.)

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Libertine expects the results from rig tests to confirm the system’s potential to convert the high grade heat in the exhaust into electrical power, which can contribute to either powertrain or auxiliary loads. Libertine says that a free piston expander system has a number of advantages over turbo-generator systems. 2014.05.041. Champagne, L.

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and the effects of using higher efficiency combustion strategies such as dilute combustion with EGR—which would decrease the exhaust temperature. Martin Cleary (2014) Nanostructured High Temperature Bulk Thermoelectric Energy Conversion for Efficient Waste Heat Recovery, DOE 2014 Annual Merit Review ACE082.

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the conversion of liquid hydrocarbon fuel to a hydrogen- and CO-rich syngas—potentially for controlling combustion phasing in homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) and other forms of advanced combustion. The reformate is exhausted to the intake of the remaining cylinders and consumed in spark-ignited (SI) combustion.

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In the UK, startup Libertine LPE is developing a free piston linear power generator technology that it says overcomes the key challenges faced by earlier free piston engine schemes of motion control, emissions and power conversion efficiency. Each of the piston rods has a cavity extending to an exhaust opening. Earlier post.).

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But the most popular one that’s mostly used in practice right now is a post-combustion process called the amine process, where essentially, we have your exhaust from factories that has very high CO 2 content, and you bring it in contact with a liquid that has this amine chemical that binds the CO 2 , that you basically suck the CO 2 out of the air.

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Many approaches have been attempted to achieve CAI operation on the four-stroke spark ignition engines, such as intake air heating, high compression ratio, dual fuel, recycling the exhaust gas, and so on. To minimize the air short-circuiting rate, the intake and exhaust valve timings were adjusted. Earlier post , earlier post.).

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The 2014 Camry in Europe is benefitting from a new, Euro V-compliant, 4-cylinder, 1,998 cc, 16v, DOHC petrol engine mated to a 6-speed Multi-mode automatic transmission which replaces the existing 2.0-liter VVT-iW features standard VVT-i on the exhaust valves and VVT-iW on the intake side. Conversely, fuel consumption is just 9.3

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It estimated the incremental RPE cost of conversion to the CI engine is about $3,600 for a four-cylinder engine and $4,800 for a six-cylinder engine. The estimated incremental RPE cost of the conversion to the package of advanced diesel technologies is about $4,600 for small passenger cars and $5,900 for intermediate and large passenger cars.

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In 2014, a team at Toyota Central R&D Labs Inc. The piston and cylinder head form a combustion chamber, which includes an exhaust valve, ignition plug, and fuel injector. published two SAE papers on their work in developing a prototype 10 kW Free Piston Engine Linear Generator (FPEG) for B/C segment electric vehicles. Earlier post.)

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There is no need for Exhaust Gas Recirculation, EGR cooler, and EGR valve, Saxman said. have suggested that NO x emissions from DME-fueled engines could meet future regulations with high exhaust gas recirculation in combination with a lean NO x trap.]. The plant will begin production again in 2014 with the full process: biogas to DME.

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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. Fan (2014) “Heating graphene to incandescence and the measurement of its work function by the thermionic emission method,” Nano Res.

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A GM analysis of vehicle data collected from first generation found that Volt vehicles were driven more than half a billion miles in North America from October 2013 through September 2014, and that 74% of the miles were all-electric. (A 1) and external cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). —Jocsak et al. L Ecotec engine.

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Conversely, high coating thicknesses for the electrodes produce a high energy density. Because the exhaust system transports only water, it can be made of lightweight polymer. A production plant for Audi e-diesel started pilot operation in Dresden-Reick at the end of 2014 in partnership with sunfire.

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