Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Jointly developed by Siluria and Wood, Modus provides a proven and cost-efficient, one-step process to upgrade low-value refinery off gases, otherwise burned for heat, into high-value fungible refinery products such as high-octane, low-sulfur gasoline blendstock. Modus expands revenue sources and ultimately increases profitability.

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Convert Gasoline Li-ion Gas 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2016

Researchers in China have directly synthesized gasoline- and diesel-range C 6 -C 15 branched alkanes in high carbon yield (~80%) via the self-condensation of acetone and the subsequent hydrodeoxygenation over a dual-bed catalyst system. A paper on their work appears in the RSC journal Green Chemistry. Sheng et al.

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Gasoline Diesel Range China 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2015

A new catalytic method for converting algal oil to gasoline- or jet-fuel-range hydrocarbons has been developed by the research group of Prof. Distribution of products in carbon number from squalane hydrogenolysis over ruthenium supported on cerium oxide catalyst. Click to enlarge.

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Gasoline Convert Oil Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2023

The vehicle features a V6 hydrogen engine and a carbon monocoque that integrates three 700-bar type IV hydrogen cylinders from Hexagon Purus. It is based on a volume-production gasoline power unit that the experts at Bosch Engineering have converted for use with hydrogen.

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Engine Hydrogen Concept Carbon 459

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2017

Qingjie Ge at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in China has developed an efficient, stable, and multifunctional Na-Fe 3 O 4 /HZSM-5 catalyst for the direct production of gasoline-range hydrocarbons from CO 2 hydrogenation. The gasoline fractions are mainly isoparaffins and aromatics, thus favoring the octane number.

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Conversion Gasoline China Range 170

Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

Which are the alternative fuels for cars that could replace gasoline in vehicle? Global warming due to the emission of gases (Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, etc.) Kg of Carbon dioxide when it burnt. Kg of Carbon dioxide!! Gasoline gallon equivalency of ethanol is approximately 1.5.

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Alternative Fuels Gasoline Fuel Gasoline-Electric 98

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2018

Secondary air systems are used to reduce gasoline engine emissions by accelerating catalytic converter heat-up. The latter allows secondary air injection across a much wider engine map range and hence, at any given point in time, the precise air mass required for accelerating converter heat-up is injected into the exhaust system.

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Gasoline Emissions Engine Motor 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

ExxonMobil and Porsche are testing advanced biofuels and renewable, lower-carbon eFuels as part of a new agreement to find pathways toward potential future consumer adoption. Porsche and ExxonMobil’s collaboration will also focus on eFuels, which are synthetic fuels made from hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide. Earlier post.).

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Porsche Carbon Chile Renewable 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2013

a developer of natural gas to gasoline projects, entered into a licensing agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company’s (EMRE’s) methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) technology ( earlier post ) in the development of a world-scale natural gas to gasoline project. gasoline range. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2012

a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company, finalized a licensing agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company’s methanol-to-gasoline ( MTG ) technology to be incorporated into a “green gasoline” production facility. water is then converted to light olefins (C 2 -C 4 ). MTG gasoline properties.

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Gasoline Green Fuel Production 360

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The cylinder head, injection system, turbocharger and catalytic converter were modified accordingly for the CNG engine. With full gas tanks, the car has an NEDC range of up to 495 (307.6 mi) kilometers and a WLTP range of up to 445 kilometers (276.5 Operation with the knock-resistant fuel CNG enables a higher 12.5:1

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Audi Gas Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric 504

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

CoolPlanet BioFuels, a start-up developing technology to convert low-grade biomass into high-grade fuels including gasoline, and carbon that can be sequestered ( earlier post ), claims it has achieved a conversion yield of 4,000 gallons gasoline/acre biomass in pilot testing using giant miscanthus, an advanced bioenergy crop.

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Gasoline Conversion Gasoline-Electric Mississippi 304

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2015

University of Massachusetts Amherst computational chemist Scott Auerbach has been awarded a three-year, $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to improve basic understanding and optimize the catalytic process of producing fuels such as gasoline from plant biomass instead of from petroleum. —Scott Auerbach.

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Gasoline Production Convert Massachusetts 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2018

The 85 kW / 115 PS gasoline-fired engine is the first of its kind to be combined with a four-way catalytic converter and installed in the up! It also comes with a gasoline particulate filter. GTI—available since spring this year—is the latest addition to the EA211 range of engines. Volkswagen’s 1.0

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2018 Engine International Exhaust 305

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Carbon Sciences, Inc. announced the successful performance testing of its novel catalyst to transform greenhouse gases into gasoline. The catalyst performs two important functions: (1) Extract hydrogen atoms from CH 4 to form low-level hydrocarbons, and (2) Convert low-level hydrocarbons into higher-level gasoline-range hydrocarbons.

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Gasoline Carbon Conversion Maintenance 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

To enable the four-cylinder engine to run on these fuels, Audi engineers modified its cylinder head, turbocharging, fuel injection system and catalytic converter. Compared to gasoline, combustion of natural gas emits 25% less CO 2 due to the lowest carbon content of all hydrocarbons. lb) of gas.

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Audi Gas Range Polymer 186

Green Car Congress

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. Award amounts range from $500,000 to $80 million, with most receiving at least $2 million.

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2021

The project will convert an existing hydrocracker for the production of low-carbon renewable diesel from soybean oil, resulting in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions compared to hydrocarbon diesel. —Henrik Rasmussen, Managing Director of Haldor Topsoe, The Americas.

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Renewable Diesel Energy Production 221

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2021

The BMW i Hydrogen NEXT is a pure electric vehicle that uses hydrogen as fuel by converting it into electricity in a fuel cell. An electric converter located below the fuel cell adjusts its voltage to that of the electric motor, which powers the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT. The fuel cell system delivers an electrical output of 125 kW/170 hp.

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BMW Hydrogen Production Carbon Fiber 482

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). The switch from gasoline to methanol is not noticeable to the driver.

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Iceland CO2 Gasoline Renewable 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Gas chromatograph traces of conventional 87 octane gasoline (top) and CoolPlanetBioFuels drop-in gasoline produced from corn cobs. CoolPlanetFuels’s proprietary biofractionator modules can produce a range of high-value hydrocarbon fuel components at low cost. Source: CoolPlanetBioFuels. Click to enlarge.

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Gasoline Energy Gasoline-Electric Carbon 247

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2010

320-390 °C, 200-420 bar) aqueous phase process which converts biomass containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin into a high-octane gasoline fraction. Immediate applications include processing municipal sewage sludge, processing waste streams from the ethanol industry and converting algae to fuel. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Gasoline Commercial Conversion 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The mission of Prometheus Fuels, a startup based in Santa Cruz, California, is to remove carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into net-zero carbon gasoline and jet fuel. The current state-of-the-art process for converting biomass-derived ethanol into aviation fuels is costly, both in terms of energy use and capital cost.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

If you are seeking a bona fide representation of automotive luxury, look no further than the all-new 2022 Range Rover. The wow factor doesn’t end with sumptuous leather and wood, as in 2023 there will be a plug-in hybrid version, to be followed by an all-electric Range Rover in 2024. 2022 Range Rover. 2022 Range Rover.

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Land Rover Range Los Angeles PHEV 74

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2013

Silver and her team are focusing on medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA)—those with chains between four and 12 carbons long. Fatty acids with shorter chains do not store enough energy to be good fuels and they tend to vaporize easily, while those with chains longer than 12 carbons are too waxy. Joe Torella, Ph.D.,

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Gasoline Engine Carbon Ford 207

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

liter gasoline engine and demonstrate a 0.02 liter V8, introduced first for the Super Duty F-250 and F-350 pickup models in August 2019, features an overhead valve architecture that generates power low in the rev range to help get heavier loads moving sooner and with greater confidence. The new Ford 7.3-liter

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USA Gas Ford Engine 300

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2013

EnerG2 , a manufacturer of advanced carbon materials for next-generation energy storage (generally for batteries and ultracapacitors), has leveraged its polymer chemistry technologies to develop materials for adsorbed natural gas (ANG) applications. Earlier post.). million operating worldwide, according to Natural Gas Vehicles for America.

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Gas Carbon Polymer 2012 271

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2014

D-EGR is a SwRI-developed gasoline engine concept that uses in-cylinder fuel reforming to produce CO and H 2 (with Research Octane Numbers of 106 and 130, respectively) and high levels of recirculated gas (EGR) to achieve very high levels of thermal efficiency. The D-EGR demonstrator is a converted 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.0-liter

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Gasoline Emissions Diesel Exhaust 317

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2010

Carbon Sciences Inc. , the developer of a technology to transform greenhouse gases into gasoline and other portable fuels, says it has successful synthesized a proprietary raw catalyst that is an essential step toward demonstrating commercial feasibility of the technology. The overall reaction is: CH 4 + CO 2 ?

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Carbon Gas CO2 Gasoline 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2011

Block flow diagram for the production of gasoline from lignocellulosic biomass by aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation of a solution produced by the hydrolysis of biomass. The highest gasoline yield from this two-stage process was obtained from the stream produced by acid hydrolysis of maple wood with 0.5 Click to enlarge.

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Gasoline Renewable Production Water 257

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2013

The horizontal red lines show the comparable price of gasoline (before tax, refining margin 0.3 $/gal, exchange rate: 1 € = 1.326 $) with crude oil prices 100 $/bbl and 150 $/bbl. US$/gallon US), with first-law process efficiency in the range of 49.6–66.7%—depending Source: VTT. 0.7 €/liter (app. 0.7 €/liter (app. 0.7 €/liter.

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Carbon Fuel Finland Gasoline 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Toshiba Corporation has developed a new technology that uses solar energy directly to generate carbon compounds from carbon dioxide and water, and to deliver a viable chemical feedstock or fuel with potential for use in industry. Mechanism of the technology. Source: Toshiba. Click to enlarge.

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Conversion Solar Fuel Energy 231

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The upside of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines is widely seen as being improved fuel economy coupled with an increase in specific power (especially with turbocharging), enabling significant downsizing. The authors also explored the trade-offs between the fuel penalty of using a gasoline particulate filter and BC reduction efficiency.

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Climate Engine Carbon Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

A team led by researchers from the National Research Council Canada has investigated the effect of the use of a gasoline particulate filter on the size and morphology of PM emitted from a light-duty gasoline-direct-injection (GDI) vehicle over the FTP-75 and US06 transient drive cycles. Earlier post.) —Saffaripour et al.

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Gasoline Canada Light Engine 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

The zeolite catalyst then converts these hydrogenated products into light olefins and aromatic hydrocarbons in a yield as much as three times higher than that produced with the pure pyrolysis oil. The C 6 to C 8 aromatic hydrocarbons can be high-octane gasoline additives or feedstocks for the chemical and polymer industries.

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Oil Convert Hydrogen Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2011

Utilizing proprietary micro-catalytic liquefaction technologies and direct biomass conversion technologies, Accelergy’s integrated Coal-Biomass to Liquids (CBTL) process produces a tunable range of low net-carbon fuels including Jet-A, and military JP-5, JP-8, and JP-9 jet fuels.

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Pennsylvania Coal Grant Carbon 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

By 2039, our ambition is a completely carbon-neutral new passenger car fleet. To this end, we are systematically converting our portfolio, so that by 2030 more than half of our passenger car sales will be comprised of plug-in hybrids or purely electric vehicles. Our goal continues to be CO 2 -neutrality.

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