Green Car Congress
MARCH 30, 2020
As part of a field test comprising four comparable vehicles, the first DAF CF Electric 6x2 refuse collection truck has entered operations with Dutch public waste disposal firm ROVA. The vehicle features a zero-emission VDL electric powertrain alongside a fully electric VDL refuse collection superstructure. —Marco van Lente.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 28, 2021
The EU-funded research project HyFlexFuel recently successfully produced biocrudes via hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) from a variety of biomasses, including sewage sludge, food waste, manure, wheat straw, corn stover, pine sawdust, miscanthus and microalgae in a pilot-scale continuous HTL plant at Aarhus University (Denmark).
Green Car Congress
JULY 6, 2023
Tests on the Rolls-Royce Power Systems test bench at the Liège site in Belgium showed that the use of HVO had no effect on the dynamic behavior of the engine during critical phases under typical load conditions. The systems performed the same with HVO as with fossil diesel.
Green Car Congress
MAY 8, 2017
Researchers from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Belgium, have developed an all-gas-phase solid and stand-alone photo-electrochemical (PEC) cell that produces hydrogen gas from volatile organic contaminated air and light. Resources. Schematic representation of the photo-electrochemical cell. Van Hal, T.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 18, 2017
Recovering carbon black from waste tires is a more environmentally friendly option for producing the material, and a number of companies provide carbon black recovery services. Carbon black is used as a reinforcing additive in rubber products—notably tires—where tensile and abrasion wear properties are critical.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2015
million) project is coordinated by steelmaker Arcelormittal Belgium NV. In 2011, LanzaTech began working with Harsco on a solution for steel mill waste gases. million (US$16.3-million) Earlier post.) Gases from steelmaking have been a major focus. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 2, 2010
Researchers in Viet Nam and Belgium have developed a catalytic cracking process to convert vegetable oil sludge to renewable hydrocarbon fractions. Their paper, in which they compare the results of this process to a pyrolysis process, is in press in the journal Fuel. —Nam et al.
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