Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2020

In principle, it is possible to produce valuable chemicals such as hydrogen, syngas, hydrocarbons, and alcohols through electrochemical processes using electricity from renewable energy resources. Conventionally, water is considered a cheap and clean source of electrons; 2H 2 O ? —Professor Jungki Ryu, corresponding author.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Our research proved that poplar coppice can be a good option to meet the cheap, high-volume criteria of biofuel feedstock. Additionally, other tree parts go to waste when only the trunk is used, making the process more inefficient and wasteful. That’s the problem. Chang Dou, Devin S. Chandler, Fernando L. 7b01000.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2022

To address these problems in the previous works during the selective lithium recovery from the spent LFP batteries, it is significant to develop an oxidant that is cheap, green, and efficient as well to replace the existing oxidants. The researchers found that 99.3% of Li is leached into solution, while only 0.02% Fe and P are dissolved.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2015

Researchers from A*STAR in Singapore have developed a fungal culture for use in a cheap and efficient method to transform waste oil palm material into biofuels and environmentally friendly plastics. The palm oil waste contains cellulose and hemicellulose that can be broken down into sugars for use in fuel and plastic production.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2021

Scientists of Ural Federal University and the Institute of Metallurgy of the Ural Branch of RAS (Russian Academy of Sciences) have developed and successfully tested the technology of joint non-waste processing of electric furnace and ladle slag to obtain pig iron and Portland cement clinker. —Oleg Sheshukov, lead author. Background.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2018

Lignosulfonate, a sulfonated carbon waste material, is a major by-product in the papermaking industry. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have now developed a method to use this cheap and abundant waste byproduct to build a components for lithium-sulfur batteries. Lu Li, Liping Huang, Robert J.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Scientists in China have developed a process for converting cellulose from plant waste from agriculture and timber harvesting into high-density aviation fuel: a polycycloalkane mixture. Tuning the reaction conditions also permits the selective production of methyl cyclopentane, which can be used as high-octane-number gasoline additive.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

And sorbents are not only expensive, but they generate a huge amount of physical waste—similar to the diaper landfill issue. The OHM (oleophobic hydrophobic magnetic) nanocomposite slurry can be used to coat any cheap, commercially available sponge. Skimmers don’t work in rough waters or with thin layers of oil. Ribet, Roberto D.

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Water Oil Mariner Pollution 243

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The levulinic acid feedstock for the new process can be produced by chemical processing of materials such as straw, corn stalks or even municipal green waste. It’s a cheap and practical starting point that can be produced from raw biomass with high yield, Mascal said. Mark Mascal, Dr.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

The results, the authors suggested in their paper, constitute a good starting point for efficient and cheap biodiesel production. The next step would be to adapt the methodology to readily available cheap waste oils.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2009

The funding from A*STAR’s Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) will support research teams from A*STAR research institutes and local institutes of higher learning to develop solutions to manage environmental deterioration, pressures on natural resources and climate change brought on by rapid growth and urbanization.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2012

By simply grinding together two cheap precursors in a basic milling machine, the MOF material is produced in a matter of minutes, in a powder form, ready for applications without further treatment, and without generating solvent waste. —Prof. —Prof. Anne Pichon, Ana Lazuen-Garay and Stuart L.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

It is crucial that the material that will serve as a hydrogen adsorbent in fuel cell vehicles is cheap and is environmentally benign. The goal of University of Delaware project is to develop new low cost hydrogen storage substrates from an abundant waste material (6 billion lbs/yr in US): chicken feathers. Wool, University of Delaware.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2012

In this manner, full performance and even ultra-performance renewable fuels can be synthesized from low-value and abundant waste materials. In addition, the use of “crude” turpentine was investigated to evaluate the ability of these catalysts to produce terpene dimers in high yield while using cheap, unpurified feedstocks.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

LanzaTech, founded in 2005, has developed a novel gas-liquid fermentation process that produces fuels and chemicals from gas resources and is the first company to successfully demonstrate production of fuel-grade ethanol from steel mill gases. So here our isobutene would allow us to integrate this very cheap fossil component into the fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2011

The material could allow hydrogen to be stored in a cheap and practical way for transport applications, the company says. The hydride beads would then pumped to a hot cell where waste heat from the engine exhaust is used to drive the hydrogen into a small buffer volume. Cella Energy has received investment from Thomas-Swan & Co Ltd.;

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Hydrogen Commercial Transportation Polymer 262

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2014

However, in liquid sulfides, some free electrons are allowed to pass through the solution without causing the desired chemical transformations on the electrodes; this allows their energy to be wasted as heat but doesn’t contribute to metal separation. The research funds are managed through the Materials Processing Center. 2013.04.095.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

This new method allows us to use much larger silicon particles that are one to three microns, or millionths of a meter, in diameter, which are cheap and widely available. Particles this big have never performed well in battery anodes before, so this is a very exciting new achievement, and we think it offers a practical solution. 2015.29.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

These permeable silicone beads could be a “sliced-bread” breakthrough for CO 2 capture—efficient, easy-to-handle, minimal waste, and cheap to make. Durable, safe, and secure capsules containing solvents tailored to diverse applications can place CO 2 capture for CCS firmly onto the cost-reduction pathway. Vericella, Sarah E.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Most of the methods currently under development involve converting biomass or waste, while there are also approaches to directly produce liquid transportation fuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide, typically using photosynthesis. Innovative Materials & Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

a Texas-based materials science company that is focused on extracting critical metals from electronic waste, has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) process for recovering cobalt and other metals from spent lithium-ion batteries. There is an urgent need for having a domestic resource for some of these elements.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 207

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. And oil only seems cheap. We’ve already decided we’re going to fix already-built houses, offices and factories that waste energy. But let’s realize: defending our nation is never cheap.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Two chemists at Brown University have streamlined the conversion of waste vegetable oil (WVO) into biodiesel, eliminating the need for corrosive chemicals to perform the reactions. Current techniques for the conversion of waste vegetable oil to biodiesel take time, are costly and are inefficient. —Jason Sello. Socha and Jason K.

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Teslarati

MARCH 1, 2023

And with recycling in the picture, the resources that the world will need to shift to sustainability will be even more efficient. The electrified economy will use less resources than the (fossil fuel) economy.” Musk highlights that the use of fossil fuels actually waste a lot of energy. More Cybertruck deets?

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. If taken from such sources, hydrogen is a fossil fuel, and is not a renewable resource. Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption of fossil fuels jumped to over $400 billion. Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. The number of people without access to electricity remained unacceptably high at 1.3 billion, around 20% of the world’s population. Click to enlarge. World Energy Outlook.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

Based on silicothermic reduction of magnesium oxide, the Pidgeon process is cheap but has a high energy demand: 366 MJ/kg Mg , compared to other common metals. Electrolytic processing is comparatively clean but usually expensive. Most production in China uses thermal processing: the Pidgeon process.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2012

Hence, in order to reduce the cost of biodiesel production, using cheaper feedstocks such as waste oil or low-quality oil has been proposed. However, its use has been challenging as a result of impurities such as water and large amounts of free fatty acids (FFAs), which are common in most waste materials.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2014

This could bolster fabrication yields, save money and significantly decrease microelectronic waste. Although there has been significant work in high-performance materials, today’s engineered polymers still lack several fundamental attributes. Jeannette M. García, Gavin O. Jones, Kumar Virwani, Bryan D. McCloskey, Dylan J. Boday, Gijs M.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2010

Researchers at the Isfahan University of Technology (Iran), have demonstrated the use of a dilute acid hydrolysis process to convert rice straw—a cheap, abundant and mainly unused ag waste—to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and furfural. Both furans are components for production of different chemicals and fuels. Carbohydrate Research.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

HEV - The current generation of production Hybrids are 100% gas fueled vehicles with a few EV tricks like Regen Braking and no wasteful Idling. They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. James Woolsey, former director of the CIA.

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Green Charging

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Since we live in a world of scarce resources, it pays to be more economical. We do not want to waste money on cheap, low-quality commodities. The brands look enticing, but some options are way cheaper. Why cheaper? We want to save money. However, we want to make sure we maximise satisfaction.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

Waste heat is transferred within the sphere to create steam in a closed process that then drives the second cycle and set of pistons (built around the first set), using a similar sinus disc. Add in a few kWh of lead-acid batteries and you have a cheap and efficient advanced powertrain. ”. vv-tec website (extensive material).

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Concept Saudi Arabia Concept Engine Engine 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. How does the US deal with local and state economies with high carbon economies and little renewable resources? Or is it alive but too expensive and if so, what is the more affordable replacement?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2009

CO 2 conversion to hydrocarbons over catalysts has been known for several decades but has been shown very little research and development attention, as other technologies have been much cheaper and efficient in yielding cheap oil. Most research to date however is focusing on the sequestration of CO 2 in underground reservoirs.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 7, 2022

Adjusted for inflation, they cost about US $8,000 and weren’t even a thousandth as fast as a cheap gaming computer today. I needed substantial resources—beyond what I had access to at Stanford and NASA—to pursue this vision. The best PCs on the market back then used Intel 486 processors running at 33 megahertz. Louis Rosenberg.

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