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DECEMBER 18, 2014

We are able to take lignin—which most biorefineries consider waste to be burned for its heat—and turn it into high-value molecules that have applications in fragrance, flavoring and high-octane jet fuels. Lignin-derived methoxyphenols can be further deoxygenated to propylcyclohexane—a cycloalkane.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are developing a small-scale demonstration reactor that will process 40 tons of wood waste per year from the university into replacements for diesel fuel and gasoline. X1) from a biological feedstock, more specifically, from lignocellulosic biomass (also known as plant waste/residue).

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AUGUST 4, 2021

The world has not yet cracked the problem of cost-effective conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into higher value products, and we intend to do just that with CE+P as applied to sugarcane non-food waste streams. —Blake Simmons, JBEI Chief Science & Technology Officer.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

Emission savings of around 30% are projected from the refitting of ULEMCo technology onto the DAF truck, and the partners believe this makes it best in class for both CO 2 and air quality emissions for this type of vehicle. In September 2017, ULEMCo reported completing the first hydrogen fuel conversion for a UK commercial waste company.

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OCTOBER 10, 2020

Renewable natural gas and lactic acid production from wet waste feedstocks. The results show that both waste-derived RNG and LA production pathways bring significant GHG emission reduction benefits. These MCCI fuels are both diesel-like bio-blendstocks blended with conventional diesel. Green ammonia. O 2 (NMC 532).

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Redeem was the first commercially available RNG vehicle fuel, derived from capturing biogenic methane that is produced from the decomposition of organic waste from dairies, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants. In 2015, the City built a private CNG fueling station and started converting its fleet of 70 refuse trucks.

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JULY 26, 2020

Luna Innovations will develop a large-scale, multi-input and output separation and extraction process to convert unused salt byproducts, wastes, and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into usable chemical feedstocks for the U.S. manufacturing industry. Quantum Ventura Inc. SixPoint Materials, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2017

The test is the first step in the city’s evaluation of both DME trucks and DME fuel as a potential long-term strategy to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 and to achieve the city’s goal of sending zero waste to landfill by 2030. The vehicle being tested is a Class 8 Mack Pinnacle model truck equipped with a 13-liter engine.

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DECEMBER 8, 2018

This includes an existing partnership with renewal fuels company, Velocys, to build a plant to convert household waste into sustainable fuels—the first time an airline has done this in Europe. The challenge is being launched as part of British Airways’ Centenary celebrations. billion investment plan over five years.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The TEG technology, which converts waste heat from gas exhaust into electric energy and has the potential to improve passenger car fuel efficiency by as much as 5%. Thermoelectric Waste Heat Recovery Program for Passenger Vehicles ”, 2012 Vehicle Technologies Program Annual Merit Review. TEG & Exhaust System in Lincoln MKT.

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JUNE 21, 2021

The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Aemetis awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis ‘Carbon Zero’ renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 27, 2023

This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. The ethanol will be converted to sustainable aviation fuel at LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility, in Soperton, Georgia. per GGE, with lifecycle emissions reductions exceeding 80% over petroleum.

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JULY 21, 2009

has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric systems. The converted hybrids were developed with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Eaton Corporation, which provided the hybrid-electric systems ( earlier post ). FedEx Corp.

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JUNE 27, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $70 million for a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute focused on improving technologies and processes to achieve cost parity of recycled and waste materials with primary feedstocks, while improving material efficiency in manufacturing processes. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 24, 2015

integrating systems where the waste product of one process is utilized as the feedstock of the next); and/or technologies that reduce external energy inputs (e.g. designs that improve the hydraulic retention time or use lower-cost materials); hybrid systems to maximize the hydrogen produced per unit of biomass (e.g.,

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Thermoelectrics can be utilized to convert heat into electrical energy, turning previously unused waste heat into a valuable source of energy. In vehicles with a combustion engine, heat from exhaust gases can be converted into electrical energy, increasing the efficiency of the combustion engine.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Neste also aims to gather a network of leading European technology suppliers and R&D institutes, laying the foundation for a world-class European hub for renewable hydrogen and CO 2 utilization. ECOPLANTA aims to convert non-recyclable fractions of municipal solid waste to chemicals and biofuels.

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JULY 17, 2020

Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. New Two-Cylinder Prototype Demonstration and Concept Design of a Next Generation Class 3-6 Opposed Piston Engine. Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services. Waste Not, Want Hot? General Motors LLC. 2,500,000. .

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MAY 13, 2010

One of GM’s innovations involves the creation of a shape memory alloy (SMA) heat engine for power generation from waste engine heat. million (subject to final negotiation with DOE) to support building a prototype thermomechanical waste heat recovery system using an SMA heat engine to generate electricity from the heat in automotive exhaust.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

The Energy Department also announced today that three new corporate partners—AMP Americas, Kwik Trip and Waste Management—are joining the National Clean Fleets Partnership, a broad public-private partnership that assists the nation’s largest fleet operators in reducing the amount of gasoline and diesel they use nationwide.

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MARCH 10, 2016

This engine is scheduled for full production in April of 2016 and is suited for Class 5 through 7 commercial vehicle markets including pickup and delivery trucks, utility trucks, school buses, shuttle buses, yard tractors, and specialized municipal works vehicles such as street sweepers. CWI will be targeting existing end-users of CWI ISB6.7

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The solution converts the associated gas into syncrude for blending with the natural crude, eliminating the need for additional transportation infrastructure and storage infrastructure or access to market for the converted product.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

These projects, funded through the Next Generation Electric Machines funding opportunity, could cut energy waste by as much as 30%. WBG components—which control or convert electrical energy into usable power—operate at higher temperatures, voltages, and frequencies than silicon-based technologies.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

In January, test results of lithium carbonate first produced with lithium phosphate extracted from waste secondary batteries were verified to be equivalent to those of existing products in quality standards such as particle size, purity, charge and discharge efficiency and capacity.

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MAY 10, 2011

The group is committed to making transportation fuel from agricultural waste, energy crops and forest biomass. Other benefits of the process include: 90% of overall incoming C 5 /C 6 sugars are recovered after pre-treatment; 85% of recovered C 5 /C 6 sugars are hydrolyzed into fermentable monomers; 89% of the monomers are converted to EtOH.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

CIRCUITS project teams will accelerate the development and deployment of a new class of efficient, lightweight, and reliable power converters, based on wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. data center energy consumption and operating cost while creating a high-volume commercial market for SiC-based power converters.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

for an award of up to $1,200,000 to further its development of Biomass-to-Gasoline (BTG) technology—a novel thermochemical process that converts biomass into a clean, high-octane gasoline-compatible fuel. The US Department of Energy has selected Exelus, Inc. Earlier post.). Engineered Catalysts.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Deploy innovative and scalable GTL processes to convert natural gas into a room temperature, tank-ready, liquid transportation fuel that can be blended with existing supplies of gasoline and diesel or used as a stand-alone replacement product that is cleaner and more affordable. The convertible debt carries a 7.5% conversion premium.

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APRIL 27, 2017

TGI is a new engine specification for the small car class in the Volkswagen Group. In order to bring the catalytic converter quickly up to operating temperature and keep it there, Volkswagen has developed a lambda split process. The compact 1.0 TGI engine with 66 kW / 90 PS. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will investigate the use of ionic liquids as a new class of multi-functional (anti-wear and friction modifier) lubricant additives to allow the use of lower viscosity engine oils, to improve engine efficiency. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (dba UT-Battelle, LLC). General Motors, LLC. GMZ Energy, Inc. Fleet efficiency.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have shown that the thermoelectric performance of highly mismatched alloys, a new class of materials, can be substantially enhanced by the introduction of oxygen impurities. Thermoelectrics are of potential interest because of their ability to convert heat into electricity.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

The 4-wheel anti-lock brakes with ventilated discs were part of the regenerative charging system, an energy recovery process taking the usually wasted friction and heat from braking or coasting, and converting kinetic energy into stored energy. The evolution of this fine SUV over the years has made it one of the best in its class.

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MARCH 30, 2014

Assistant professor Niels Holten-Andersen of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and assistant professor Jeremiah Johnson of the Department of Chemistry are working to combine metallosupramolecular assembly with polymer networks to create a new class of hybrid metal-organic materials.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. Engineering E.

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JULY 6, 2013

For the study, the team used vehicle operation data from a FedEx Express parcel delivery diesel truck of GVW class 5 (16,001?19,500 DC converter, inverter, and electric motor) efficiency and the loss in charging/ discharging. 19,500 lbs) and from 219 SEV Newton electric trucks in 63 cities across the US.

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Get Electric Vehicle

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Electric vehicles have a maintenance cost reduction of more than 50% for commercial fleets operating them today, across all vehicle classes. At the same time, EVs assist you to accomplish your company’s waste reduction and environmental goals by allowing you to design a more energy-efficient fleet.

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JUNE 21, 2023

It encompasses nearly all vehicle classes, ranging from small and large SUVs to pickup trucks, along with the flagship models of the Genesis brand. It plans to convert additional lines as market demand dictates. The company is currently producing EVs in this way at its plants in the US, South Korea, the Czech Republic, and India.

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