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APRIL 15, 2019

Researchers from Northwestern University and Princeton University have explored the impact on US air quality from an aggressive conversion of internal combustion vehicles to battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs). coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass). —Jordan Schnell.

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APRIL 30, 2013

John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil Company and founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy (CFAE), is joining the Fuel Freedom Foundation (FFF) Advisory Board. There will not be enough oil to stay on the path we’re on globally over the short- and medium-, let alone the long-term. We need a competitor for oil.

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JULY 18, 2023

This will be the first time for VCR systems to be installed on vessels, including existing vessels that use heavy fuel oil as their main fuel. The piston position is controlled by the amount of lubricating oil in the lower chamber located below the piston rod. NYK Group’s vessel fuel conversion scenario towards 2050.

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Coal Fuel Oil Installation 150

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JUNE 13, 2017

However, this process requires purified and thus relatively expensive fuel precursors that are not abundantly available. Chen’s group developed the process to produce alkanes and aromatics in the jet fuel range by microwave-induced pyrolysis of intact biomass (Douglas fir) integrated with hydrotreating upgrading of pyrolysis oil.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Virgin Group and chemical conversion technology company Agilyx ( earlier post ) are forming a strategic partnership to research and develop lower carbon fuel facilities to help address plastic pollution and the global transition to net zero. Agilyx’s proprietary technology is able to break down plastic waste through a pyrolysis process.

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JULY 17, 2011

A study by a team from the State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum found that fluid thermal processing of. il sands is a feasible process for the production of an upgraded bitumen-derived liquid from Inner Mongolian oil sand. Oil sands exploration in Xing’an region.

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Oil-Sands Oil Mongolia Conversion 218

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Demand for SAF continues to grow, yet the aviation industry is challenged by limited supplies of traditional SAF feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal fats and waste oils. Ethanol offers producers a widely available, economically viable feedstock.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the availability of $181 million via its Biorefinery Assistance Program to develop commercial-scale biorefineries or retrofit existing facilities with appropriate technology to develop advanced biofuels. million loan guarantee to build a refined alga oil commercial facility.

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JUNE 13, 2016

Researchers at Beijing University of Chemical Technology have developed a catalytic process for the selective conversion of ricinoleic acid methyl ester—derived from castor oil—into jet fuel. reported the hydro-processing of castor oil into bio-jet fuel for the first time. Recently, Liu et al. —Zhou et al.

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APRIL 14, 2015

China’s shift toward alternative fuels in order to cut its reliance on imported oil is creating large opportunities, notably in natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and in the conversion of coal to ethanol, according to a new report from Lux Research. China is seeking to reduce its imports of oil from the current 50% of domestic demand.

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Alternative Fuels Coal Conversion China 150

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Co-sponsored by NRG and COSIA (Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance), the 4-½ year competition will include two tracks, with the new technologies tested at either a coal power plant or a natural gas facility. XPRIZE will appoint a judging panel to evaluate the various technologies and approaches developed by teams during the competition.

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MARCH 6, 2020

The company’s patented technology allows the production of renewable hydrogen as well as the direct conversion of water and CO 2 into raw material for petrochemical products. It enables the production of emission-free renewable hydrogen and conversion of CO 2 into fuels, chemicals and materials.

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JULY 15, 2022

As a fully load-bearing component in the BMW M Hybrid V8, it had the advantage that it could be used in a monocoque chassis without an additional subframe and it was also the one that most closely corresponded to the regulatory requirements after conversion to a hybrid turbo engine. Oil system. BMW M Hybrid V8 engine. Engine speed.

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BMW Engine Hybrid Oil 293

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. Viridos, Inc., “Pre-pilot

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

Instead of using H 2 , direct conversion of CO 2 with CH 4 (dry reforming of methane, DRM) to liquid fuels and chemicals (e.g. CH 4 is an ideal H-supplier to replace H 2 in CO 2 hydrogenation as CH 4 has a high H density and is available from a range of sources (e.g. natural gas, shale gas, biogas and flared gas).

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JUNE 23, 2022

He also continued his calls for the oil industry to increase refinery capacity to increase production. Crude oil is always the top contributor to the prices US drivers see at the pump. About half of US refinery shutdowns are conversions to renewable fuel production. Hence, the importance of increasing crude oil production.

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MARCH 16, 2011

The NextGen line of oils, with 50% recycled oil, will include conventional, synthetic blend and high mileage offerings. Valvoline, a leading independent marketer of motor oil, has introduced its NextGen line of motor oils, featuring the inclusion of 50% recycled base oil. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Motor Motors Motoring 210

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JANUARY 22, 2011

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ( ADNOC ) plans to convert more than 500 public vehicles and taxis to natural gas by next year; 177 vehicles have already undergone the conversion. A conversion centre is also planned for Sharjah. The National.

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MAY 5, 2019

Compact plants are to separate CO 2 from the ambient air directly in buildings and produce synthetic hydrocarbons which can then be used as renewable synthetic oil. The team presents this “crowd oil” concept in Nature Communications. In addition, ‘crowd oil’ could mobilize many new actors for the energy transition.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Pike Pulse Grid for oil majors commercializing biofuels. With “easy oil” increasingly difficult to source and with an obvious stake in the future of the $2 trillion transportation fuel market, the world’s largest oil companies have begun charting strategies to bring biofuels to market at scale. Source: Pike Research.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Rationally controlling the conversion of radical intermediates for preferential hydrogen termination is the key to high selectivity in obtaining alkane products. Tall oil and soybean fatty acids are the low-value byproducts of the pulp and soybean oil refining industries, respectively. —Prof. —Prof.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Oil palm supplies more than 30% of world vegetable oil production. The study, published as an open access paper in the journal Nature Climate Change , shows that deforestation for the development of oil palm plantations in Indonesian Borneo is becoming a globally significant source of carbon dioxide emissions.

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APRIL 10, 2013

An innovative oil-upgrading technology that can increase the economics of unconventional petroleum resources has been developed under a US Department of Energy-funded project. In the case of oil sands bitumen, the API gravity is increased from 8 API to more than 20 API, eliminating the need for diluent for pipeline transportation.

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JUNE 3, 2011

GD = HVO; RSO = Rapeseed Oil; SBO = Soybean oil; Biodiesel = Transesterified lipids. If HVO is produced from waste feedstocks with low upstream impacts, the high conversion efficiency of the HVO production process will make HVO the preferred fuel to BTL from any woody feedstock, even woody waste. Sunde et al. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Renewable Fuel Waste 239

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

In this unit, heavy oils are subjected to high temperatures and pressure in the presence of hydrogen to produce gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Upon project completion, the hydrocracker will consume less hydrogen, which is produced at the refinery by conversion of natural gas, producing CO 2 emissions. million barrels a year.

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Renewable Diesel Emissions Production 221

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MARCH 26, 2021

The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base. Just as crude oil from petroleum sources must be refined to be used in vehicles, biocrude needs to be refined into biofuel. Biowaste to biofuel conversion process.

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JULY 14, 2016

for the production of renewable fuel oil (RFO) from forest residues. million gallons US) of renewable fuel oil per year. Production of renewable fuel oil is set to begin in 2017. An FCC system circulates catalyst in a closed loop between two key vessels in order to convert vacuum gas oil to gasoline. Lawrence Seaway.

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Canada Oil-Sands Oil Renewable 150

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AUGUST 22, 2012

CH utilizes water to reduce hydrogen and catalyst consumption and quickly and inexpensively converts plant oils into stable intermediate oil products which are very similar to petroleum crude oil. Aemetis, Inc., In May of this year, CLG joined ARA’s ReadiJet Alternative Fuel Initiative for drop-in biofuels. Earlier post.)

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JULY 11, 2018

A Greyrock Flare Gas-to-Fuels conversion process at an Ohio oil well was used as the base case for this LCA. The study further established that the beneficial use of globally available flare gas for the production and use of synthetic fuel could reduce worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide and methane by up to 356 and 5.96

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JUNE 26, 2010

The authors highlight three possible strategies for CO 2 conversion by physico-chemical approaches: sustainable (or renewable) synthetic methanol; syngas production derived from flue gases from coal-, gas- or oil-fired electric power stations; and photochemical production of synthetic fuels. Jiang et al. Kuznetsov and P.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel CO2 218

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

The new FAA contract with UOP supports US government efforts to identify and accelerate the commercial availability of next-generation, non-fossil jet fuel. The development of new second-generation biofeedstock conversion technology is critical to support growing energy needs and speed commercial availability.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Researchers at TU Delft (The Netherlands) and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain) have developed a new concept to increase the efficiency of the catalytic cracking of unsaturated vegetable oil to greatly increase the production of gasoline and light olefins (propene and butenes). A paper on their work is published in the journal ChemSusChem.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Specifically, the team will explore recent advances in scalable thermochemical conversion technologies, which enable the production of advanced liquid biofuel and co-products on-site. There are many benefits to using beetle-killed wood for renewable fuel production.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

Meanwhile, wet waste feedstocks, such as animal manure and fats, oils, and greases (FOG), represent another important category of resources that could be utilized to produce MCCI bioblendstocks due to its abundant availability. Skaggs et al. demand in 2016.

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MAY 16, 2011

They incorporated the material and energy balance for the study into an Excel spreadsheet , which they are making available in the hope of providing greater transparency, as well as ease of scenario manipulation than has generally been found in the literature. Modelled process for the conversion of biomass into liquid transportation fuel.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Catilin and its partner, Iowa State University - Center for Catalysis (ISU-CCAT), will provide key extraction, sequestration and conversion technologies. The balance of the algal oil, which contains free fatty acids (FFA) and triglycerides, will be converted to biodiesel using Catilin’s commercially available T300 catalyst.

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MAY 13, 2014

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have developed bi-functional nanoparticles that perform two processing functions at once for the production of renewable diesel via the hydrogenation of oils from renewable feedstocks such as algae. Creating a bi-functional nanoparticle also improved the resulting green diesel.

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