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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

MIT researchers have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, and thence into useful fuels for cars, trucks, and planes, as well as into chemical feedstocks for a wide variety of products. 2017), H 2 -assisted CO 2 thermochemical reduction on La 0.9

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JANUARY 18, 2013

a developer of natural gas to gasoline projects, entered into a licensing agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company’s (EMRE’s) methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) technology ( earlier post ) in the development of a world-scale natural gas to gasoline project. Lake Charles natural gas to gasoline facility. Source: EMRE.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The high-performance, three-way catalytic (TWC) converter is one of the workhorses of emissions reduction for gasoline engines. The TWC reduces NO x to nitrogen and oxygen; oxidizes CO to CO 2 , and oxidizes unburnt hydrocarbons to carbon CO 2 and water. Adapted with permission from Machida et al. —Professor Machida. Machida, M.;

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JULY 31, 2017

LanzaTech’s first commercial facility will be online at the end of 2017 in China, producing fuel-grade ethanol from captured steelmaking off-gas. The energy produced is assumed to be used internally at the site and the carbon content of the CO subsequently converted to CO 2 in-plant. —Joseph Zinyana of Swayana. Resources.

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JULY 31, 2017

An international research team led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have developed a light-activated material that can chemically convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide without generating unwanted byproducts.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

UPS announced an agreement with Big Ox Energy (a wholly owned subsidiary of Environmental Energy Capital LLC) to purchase 10 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) per year. Use of RNG yields up to a 90% reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions when compared to conventional diesel. and Doraville, Ga.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Fuel/energy options include petroleum fuels, natural gas-based fuels, biofuels, hydrogen, and electricity. Users can evaluate the impacts on energy use, water consumption, and emissions of e-fuel production pathways using different hydrogen (H 2 ) and electricity sources. CO 2 -derived ethanol. CO 2 -derived FT fuels and methanol.

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MARCH 21, 2014

Siluria Technologies, the developer of novel bio-templated catalysts for the economic direct conversion of methane (CH 4 ) to ethylene (C 2 H 4 ) ( earlier post ), unveiled a development unit for producing liquid fuels from natural gas based on Siluria’s proprietary oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) and ethylene-to-liquid (ETL) technologies.

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APRIL 14, 2017

The advancement could significantly boost the production of hydrogen from sunlight by using the cell to split water at a higher efficiency and lower cost than current photoelectrochemical approaches. The research is outlined in a paper in Nature Energy. —Matthew Beard. The overall reaction is to H 2 S to H 2 and S. Yong Yan, Ryan W.

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies (Freudenberg-NOK) has won its first major order for its new generation of dry gas-lubricated automotive seals—a first in the automotive market. The frictionless Levitex seals, a subject of the company’s research for years, will go into an engine for a global platform in 2017.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

Although methane can be directly converted to methanol using molecular oxygen under mild conditions in the gas phase, the process is either stoichiometric (and therefore requires a water extraction step) or is too slow and low-yielding to be practical. —Shan et al. Rhodium loadings of 0.5 wt% and 0.6

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The technology will remove any residual water from the DME before injection into the engine, eliminating the risks of corrosion and reduced performance. DME produces zero soot, zero sulfur oxides (SO x ), less NO x and also significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions compared to diesel (especially if made from biogas).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2017

Researchers in Japan and China developed an efficient method for CO 2 reduction over elemental boron catalysts in the presence of only water and light irradiation through a photothermocatalytic process. At this temperature it reacts with water, forming hydrogen and boron oxides in situ.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

natural gas, shale gas, biogas and flared gas). Moreover, it is a cheap carbon source which can increase the atom utilization of CO 2 hydrogenation due to the stoichiometric ratio of C and O atoms, as well as reducing the formation of water. …

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JANUARY 11, 2018

As a leading industrial gas company, Air Products has extended its onsite supply model to use coal gasification to generate synthesis gas (syngas) for major projects. To produce hydrogen via water–gas shift. s (Jinmei Huayu’s) coal-to-clean-fuels project in Jincheng City, Shanxi Province.

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DECEMBER 21, 2015

with an estimated 15 million diesel gallon gas equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG)—biomethane—as part of a multi-year agreement with Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC. of total gas and diesel purchased was displaced by using these alternative fuels. and Jackson, Miss.,

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

SGL Group brings its long-established expertise as a component developer to the project, and is responsible for the development of the gas diffusion layers (GDL), which will be manufactured based on carbon fibers. With this step the capability of serial production will also be demonstrated. Sehkyu Park, Jong-Won Lee, Branko N. 2011.12.148.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Steam electrolyzers ( earlier post ) are excellent for converting electrical energy into chemical energy. The delivery from Dresden to Salzgitter took place in June 2017. It is funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg’s BWPLUS program and administered by the European Institute for Energy Research ( EIFER ).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Assuming all initial approvals are achieved, the innovative LanzaTech jet fuel could be used in a first of its kind proving flight in 2017. Steel production produces waste carbon monoxide (CO) gas, which is frequently flared (burnt off) to the atmosphere as greenhouse gas CO2 (or sometimes used less efficiently for other purposes).

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JANUARY 11, 2017

These feedstocks can be converted into renewable natural gas, diesel, and aviation fuels, or into valuable bioproducts. Spatial distribution and influent range of 14,581 USEPA 2012 Clean Water Needs Survey (CWNS) catalogued treatmenet plants.Click to enlarge. quadrillion Btu.

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JULY 1, 2013

In the United States, the transportation sector accounts for two-thirds of total US oil consumption and about one-third of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. DOE is continuing to pursue the development of these renewable biofuels, with the goal of producing cost-competitive drop-in biofuels at $3 per gallon by 2017.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

The 160-page environmental assessment report details the impact of the proposed facility across 15 potential aspects, including: land use; water resources; air quality; wildlife; visual impact; noise; transport; and public and occupational health.

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JUNE 5, 2017

The recall is likely to start in July 2017. The cylinder heads have two-part water jackets for needs-based cooling. The first component is a large NOC oxidation catalytic converter (NO x oxidation catalyst). TDI is prepared for mild hybridization, as first introduced in mass production by Audi in 2017 for the A8.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

It takes really long to form fossil fuels They are air pollutants – Combustion of fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases causes air pollution Global warming – as a result of greenhouse gas emission, atmospheric temperature increases ( how? ). Over 2 million electric cars were sold in 2017.

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MAY 2, 2017

During CO 2 hydrogenation, CO 2 is initially reduced to CO by hydrogen via the reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) on Fe 3 O 4 sites, followed by a subsequent hydrogenation of CO to α-olefins via Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) on Fe 5 C 2 sites.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

The project is expected to cost approximately $12 billion, excluding the transfer value of Canadian Mainline natural gas assets. million bbl/d and is anticipated to be in service by late-2017 for deliveries in Québec and 2018 for deliveries to New Brunswick. The Energy East Pipeline will have a capacity of approximately 1.1

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Theoretically, cars operating on higher ethanol blends than the design point could emit greater concentrations of pollutants in exhaust gas. In the cylinder where combustion takes place, the fuel evaporates before it is burned, and this evaporation helps cool off the air/fuel mixture and exhaust gas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2017

Researchers led by a team from KAUST have found a more sustainable route to hydrogen fuel production using chaotic, light-trapping materials that mimic natural photosynthetic water splitting. Recently, nanostructured metals that convert solar electrons into intense, wave-like plasmon resonances have attracted interest for hydrogen production.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Licht (2017). The carbon footprint of the energy cost to produce the CNTs from CO 2 is insignificant when nuclear or solar, wind or hydro renewable energy is used to drive the electrolysis, and is only a small fraction of the electricity generated when natural gas is used to drive the electrolysis. —Licht (2017).

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

We need to go back to November 2017, to the start of the ‘Prius Revolution’ in the family. On the way there, I made a pit stop at a gas station to buy a bottle of champagne as a gift, hoping to start out a conversation with a stranger on the right foot. Sometimes the engine water pump might leak. How did it all start?

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JUNE 30, 2017

Although not yet a market force, cellulosic biofuels are routinely factored into future climate mitigation scenarios because of their potential to both displace petroleum use and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Tiedje (2017) “Cellulosic biofuel contributions to a sustainable energy future: Choices and outcomes” Science Vol.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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JULY 10, 2012

The polygeneration plant includes an advanced integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant, which will convert coal fuel into hydrogen to generate enough power to support 160,000 homes, and a chemical plant that will produce nitrogen-based fertilizers. The plant will use non-potable water for its power production needs.

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JULY 10, 2017

As part of the SCR technology, exhaust stream emissions were dosed with a mist of a urea substance, commonly known as “AdBlue,” which converted NO x into nitrogen, water, and small amounts of carbon dioxide. billion criminal fine at its sentencing on 21 April 2017. The company was ordered to pay a $2.8-billion

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Source: EIA and Argus Media group, China Methanol to Energy Study , January 2017. Methanol, like ethanol, is an alcohol with inherent issues such as its solubility in water and corrosiveness. Annual methanol consumption in China, 2000-16. Click to enlarge. Background. Methanol in China.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

The energy stored within hydrogen has been imparted from electrical energy through the electrolytic hydrogen production process or more likely in the refinement of fossil fuels such as coal seam (methane) gas – both are energy intensive processes in themselves. . The reasons are numerous. .

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Supported Rh nanoparticles and molecular complexes are widely used as catalysts in automotive catalytic converters to reduce nitrogen oxides, as well as in industrial hydrogenation, hydroformylation, and ammonia oxidation reactions. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES), under Award # DE-SC0012575.

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