Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

A team from metals research institute SWERIM in Sweden reports on a smelting reduction process to recover cobalt, nickel, manganese and lithium simultaneously from spent Li-ion batteries. The results from a pilot-scale demonstration in an electric arc furnace are presented in a consecutive paper (Part II). —Hu et al.

Ni-Li 321

Ni-Li Li-ion Batteries Battery 321

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

Researchers at Lund University (Sweden) have developed an optimized two-phase enzymatic (lipase) system for the conversion of plant oils to biodiesel. This part is oriented towards the organic layer, such that the lipid can easily enter the active site and the hydrophilic products can diffuse into the aqueous layer.

Production 150

Production Cheap Oil Sodium 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2014

Volvo Cars’ research team created a 100-meter long test track at the company’s testing facilities in Hällered outside Gothenburg, Sweden. Our experience so far is that ferrite magnets are an efficient, reliable and relatively cheap solution, both when it comes to the infrastructure and on-board sensor technology. —Jonas Ekmark.

Volvo 230

Volvo Cars San Diego 2005 230