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GM, Honda to collaborate on next-generation fuel cell technologies; targeting commercial feasibility in 2020 time frame

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As already announced, Honda plans to launch the successor of FCX Clarity in Japan and the United States in 2015, and then in Europe. Toyota’s Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle – Advanced (FCHV-adv), part of a fleet of 100 in a nationwide demonstration program, was recently on-site at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Fuel Cells Hydrogen'

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Study explores energy balance of Fischer-Tropsch diesel via autothermal reforming of pyrolysis oil from biomass residue; spreadsheet offered as tool

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The estimated energy efficiencies computed with the spreadsheet are comparable to those obtained with Aspen software. The scope and our approach to the energy budget using a widely available spreadsheet hopefully provides greater transparency, as well as ease of scenario manipulation than has generally been found in the literature.

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