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Insight into benzene formation could help development of cleaner combustion engines

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That insight could also help the car industry make cleaner combustion engines. Astrophysicists say that the benzene ring could be the fundamental building block of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the most basic materials formed from the explosion of dying, carbon-rich stars. Zhao et al.

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New Argonne partnership with Cummins, Convergent, Sandia to predict fuel injector dynamics

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Under a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), the three organizations, along with DOE’s Sandia National Laboratories, will work together to build more accurate fuel spray models and integrate them into full engine simulations. Endurant HD Fuel spray model. Image by Cummins.). X-ray and laser diagnostics for validation.

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Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

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Devised by Professor Yulong Ding and Dr Harriet Kildahl from the University of Birmingham’s School of Chemical Engineering, the system is detailed in an open-access paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production. If implemented in the UK alone, the system could deliver cost savings of £1.28 2023.135963.

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US, Canada, Japan, Netherlands, and EC launch new hydrogen initiative

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At the 10th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM10) meeting, a new international hydrogen partnership was announced under the leadership of the United States, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands and the European Commission with participation of several other CEM member countries.

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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Leading international efforts for GHG emission reductions and adaptation. In terms of investment in innovation for cleaner energy, the plan calls for: Investment in advanced fossil energy projects. Expanding the Better Buildings Challenge. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change.

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British Airways invests in LanzaJet; SAF offtake agreement

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British Airways will invest in LanzaJet’s first commercial-scale Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Georgia and acquire cleaner burning sustainable aviation fuel from the plant. British Airways’ parent company, International Airlines Group, will be investing US$400 million in sustainable aviation fuel over the next 20 years. Background.

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Our enemies are gasoline and the internal combustion engine

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From 1982 to 2016, Green Energy Consumers Alliance focused our attention on building energy fo r homes and businesses. But in 2016, alarmed at the rise in greenhouse gas emissions from cars, we became aware of the potential of vehicle electrification as a measure to reduce those emissions.