Alternative Fuels, Environment, Exhaust and Oil

NASA and DLR to conduct joint flight tests on alternative fuel emissions with focus on ice crystals

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2018

The focus will be on alternative fuel emissions and the characterisation of ice crystals in condensation trails (contrails), using biofuel as an example. The joint research flight campaign has been given the title ND-MAX/ECLIF 2 (NASA/DLR-Multidisciplinary Airborne eXperiments/Emission and CLimate Impact of alternative Fuel).

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Emissions Fuel DC

DNV GL paper suggests near-term success for LNG in shipping; alternative fuel mix to diversify over time

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternative fuels. DNV GL has released a position paper on the future alternative fuel mix for global shipping. The global merchant fleet currently consumes around 330 million tonnes of fuel annually, 80-85 per cent of which is residual fuel with high sulfur content.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Fuel Gas-Electric Mariner

IMO sets 2020 date for ships to comply with low sulfur fuel oil requirement; 5000 ppm

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2016

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the regulatory authority for international shipping, decided to implement a global sulfur cap of 0.50% m/m (mass/mass) (5,000 ppm) on fuel oil starting 1 January 2020 during its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 70 th session in London.

Oil

Oil 2020 Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

Federal-Mogul expands powertrain materials portfolio for more efficient heavy-duty diesel engines

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

A heavy-duty exhaust valve guide with thermal deformation and temperature color scaling demonstrates high side load at high temperatures in contact with the exhaust gas. The solid lubricant package, combined with vacuum oil impregnation, delays valve stem scuffing in high temperature, heavily side-loaded applications.

Engine

Engine Diesel Exhaust Oil

Volkswagen Group opts for LNG-fueled car carriers

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Alternative LNG drive systems for ships reduce air pollutant emissions significantly—CO 2 by up to 25% and NO x by up to 30%, particulate matter by up to 60% and SO x by as much as 100%. Emissions will be further reduced by the use of an advanced dual-fuel marine engine with direct injection and exhaust gas treatment.

Fuel

Fuel Mariner Cars North America

DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

Technologies that enable LTC operation with either gasoline or diesel fuel, including control methodologies and technologies, especially for mixed?mode burn and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)?diluted Fuels and Lubricant Technologies. derived fuels, drop?in petroleum fuels. mode operation. Robust lean?burn

Carbon Fiber

Carbon Fiber Engine Battery Powered Fuel

Tsinghua Study Finds That Conventional Three-Way Catalyst Can Handle the Unregulated Emissions from Low-Content Methanol-Gasoline Blends

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Despite problems with its characteristics (toxicity; handling, storage and delivery requirements; and materials compatibility), methanol attracted a great deal of interest in the 1970s and later as an alternative fuel, partly because it can be produced from a number of raw and renewable resources. —Fan et al. —Fan et al.

Gasoline

Gasoline Emissions Alternative Fuels Engine

European Automotive Industry Outlines RD Priorities for EU Green Car Initiative

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Energy and Environment (exploring primary energy sources which are renewable, secure, sufficient and environmentally compatible; the electrification of vehicles and the road transport system as a whole; lightweight structures and new vehicle concepts for high energy-efficiency).

Green Cars

Green Cars Industrial Industry Green

Schwarzenegger's Green Cred Fading with CARB Caos

Plugs and Cars

JULY 3, 2007

The governor and his people are contradicting each other and the recently "fired" are releasing documents and voice mails to prove their good intentions and reveal the governor's meddling in CARB's attempts to regulate diesel exhaust and greenhouse gases.

Green

Green San Jose San Francisco Pollution

Royal Academy of Engineering study examines future lower-carbon ship powering options

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2013

Although the industry has reduced its consumption of fossil fuels by a number of measures such as using increasingly thermally efficient diesel engines in recent decades, the current total fuel oil consumption is in excess of 350 million tonnes per year (about 98.5 billion gallons US).

Engine

Engine Future Carbon Power

Study finds POMDME-diesel blends cut soot up to 34% with no NOx increase

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2017

The team examined blends of 5% and 10% POMDME in diesel in a single-cylinder heavy-duty diesel engine to gain an overview of the blend’s impact on engine performance and exhaust emissions. A paper on their work appears in the journal Fuel. Left: Smoke emissions. Right: NO x emissions. Iannuzzi et al. Click to enlarge. 2017.04.089.

Diesel

Diesel Exhaust Emissions Fuel

Lotus Omnivore Engine Shows Up To 10% Better Fuel Economy Than Spray-Guided GDI Engines; Achieves HCCI At Extremely Light Loads

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The research has so far focused on lower speed and load conditions that represent a major proportion of an engine’s operation in a real world environment. Technologies combined in this package are all synergistic and provide a route to the efficient use of alternative fuels, accelerating the displacement of fossil fuels.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Engine Light Fuel

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

EV Driven

NASA and DLR to conduct joint flight tests on alternative fuel emissions with focus on ice crystals

DNV GL paper suggests near-term success for LNG in shipping; alternative fuel mix to diversify over time

IMO sets 2020 date for ships to comply with low sulfur fuel oil requirement; 5000 ppm

Federal-Mogul expands powertrain materials portfolio for more efficient heavy-duty diesel engines

Volkswagen Group opts for LNG-fueled car carriers

DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

Tsinghua Study Finds That Conventional Three-Way Catalyst Can Handle the Unregulated Emissions from Low-Content Methanol-Gasoline Blends

European Automotive Industry Outlines RD Priorities for EU Green Car Initiative

Schwarzenegger's Green Cred Fading with CARB Caos

Royal Academy of Engineering study examines future lower-carbon ship powering options

Study finds POMDME-diesel blends cut soot up to 34% with no NOx increase

Lotus Omnivore Engine Shows Up To 10% Better Fuel Economy Than Spray-Guided GDI Engines; Achieves HCCI At Extremely Light Loads

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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