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European consortium begins demonstration project for conversion of woody biomass to chemicals: BIOFOREVER

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Woody biomass, including waste wood, will be converted to lignin, (nano-) cellulose and (hemi-) cellulosic sugars, and further converted to lignin derivatives and chemicals. The overall budget is €16.2 million (US$18 million) with a €9.9-million million (US$11-million) contribution from BBI JU.

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DLR-led NEMESIS 2+ project develops compact direct steam reformer for diesel/biodiesel to H2

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The EU NEMESIS 2+ project, which ran until June 2015, was coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). During this process, the hydrocarbons in the gas are converted at high temperature into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases. The efficiency of the process, from start to finish, is approximately 70%. kg/h with an efficiency >80%.)

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Mediterranean migration hit international headlines in 2015 when the Syrian civil war helped drive up numbers to around 1 million people. But the post-2015 rules ballooned its budget. After the 2015 border crisis and in the wake of court rulings against European countries’. It is a problem of the entire society.”

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EU investing >€3M in research into ultra-efficient aero engines; ULTIMATE project

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The 3-year project, which launched in September 2015, targets radical concepts for new aero engines, in line with the EU’s long-term emissions reduction target for 2050. For a secondary cycle thermodynamic limitations, pressure and heat transfer associated losses will reduce the potential to convert the exhaust heat into useful power.

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Asad Madni and the Life-Saving Sensor

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in the five-year period spanning 2011 to 2015, with ESCs being built into all new cars, the systems saved 7,000 lives in the United States alone. These changes could be converted into measurements of angular velocity. According to the U.S. missile guidance systems, too.

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Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables

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The Hellenic Cables team used FEM to analyze soil resistivity for two sites: one in northern Germany and one in southern Greece. The team has also performed research into HVDC cables, which involve XLPE insulation and voltage source converter (VSC) technology. References M. Küchler, J.

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