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Audi introduces new A4 Avant g-tron; Audi e-gas offered as standard

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Audi has introduced the natural-gas-fueled A4 Avant g-tron; dealers in Europe will begin taking orders for the midsize model starting in early summer 2017. Additionally, Audi is now offering e-gas to power the A3 Sportback g-tron as standard; customers will pay only the regular natural gas price. lb per 62.1 lb per 62.1

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Renewable plastic precursor could reduce cost of cellulosic ethanol by >$2/gallon

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Furfural is first hydrogenated into THFA, which is then dehydrated in the gas phase to produce dihydropyran (DHP) with 87% yield. Huber’s approach uses the oxygen already inherent in the biomass to produce high value oxygenated commodity chemicals that can be used to make performance polymer materials such as polyurethanes and polyesters.

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Audi A4 and A5 now available to order as g-tron in Europe; Audi e-gas for 3 years as standard

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Audi’s two latest natural-gas alternatives in the midsize category—the new A4 Avant g-tron ( earlier post ) and the new A5 Sportback g-tron—are now available for order in Europe. kilograms of gas per 100 kilometers, with CO 2 emissions of 102 grams per kilometer (164.2 mi) (Germany, as of: August 2017).

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Gen 2 Audi A5 Sportback available as bivalent g-tron; Audi e-gas, natural gas or gasoline

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In a new departure, the A5 Sportback is also available as a bivalent g-tron, which customers can run on either Audi e-gas ( earlier post ), natural gas or gasoline. The tanks for the gas fuel in the A5 Sportback g-tron are located beneath the rearward structure. lb) of gas per 100 kilometers (62.1 Audi e-gas.

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GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

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This synthesis consumes only CO 2 and electricity, and is constrained only by the cost of electricity. Licht (2017). Cement production is the largest producer of CO 2 of any current manufacturing process, generating 5–6% of the global anthropogenic emissions of this greenhouse gas. Click to enlarge. C2CNT and cement.

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Researchers use lung-inspired approach to improve PEM fuel cell performance significantly

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A team at University College London (UCL) has used a lung-inspired approach to designing flow fields to improve significantly the performance of polymer electrolyte fuel cells. The final generation of H-shaped branches of the N = 3 and N = 4 flow-fields were left open to create additional contact area between the gas channel and the GDL.

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Georgia Tech team develops simple, low-cost process for oxide nanowires; superior separators for Li-ion batteries

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The process could significantly lower the cost of producing the one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures, enabling a broad range of uses in lightweight structural composites, advanced sensors, electronic devices—and thermally-stable and strong battery membranes able to withstand temperatures of more than 1,000 ˚C. —Gleb Yushin.

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