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JUNE 4, 2020

the North American operating arm of UK-based Ricardo plc and specialists in advanced propulsion, software and thermal management, signed an agreement to partner with Iowa-based Excel Engineering, which includes the sale of Ricardo’s Michigan engine testing and prototype facility. For Excel, the Diagonal, Iowa company acquires a 30,000 sq.

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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. Additionally, ExxonMobil recently teamed up with Iowa State University to research pyrolysis.

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MAY 4, 2009

Researchers at Iowa State University are proposing dissolving waste polystyrene (PS) in biodiesel for use as a diesel engine fuel as a mechanism for energy recovery from the waste plastic. However, they can be dissolved in a solvent to produce a usable fuel mixture. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Volvo Technology of America LLC will develop and demonstrate a tractor trailer combination with lightweight cab that achieves the freight efficiency goal using alternative engine designs and a variety of system technologies. Iowa State University. valve faces, piston crowns, and exhaust ports) to improve fuel economy.

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OCTOBER 19, 2015

Researchers at Iowa State have developed a new hybrid optimization control method to improve diesel engine emissions and performance. Minemura (2008) “Application of hybrid evolutionary algorithms to low exhaust emission diesel engine design” Engineering Optimization. Obayashi, Y. 1 doi: 10.1080/03052150701561155.

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