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Mazda introduces HAZUMI concept along with new 1.5-liter SKYACTIV-D diesel

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The system is referred to as MZD Connect in other markets.) The advent of stricter emissions regulations leads to a delay in combustion until after TDC (with a lower cylinder pressure and temperature), although this causes fuel economy to worsen. The result is cleaner combustion with low NO x and soot emissions. Source: Mazda.

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Hyperion Unveils Design of its Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, the Hyperion Power Module

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tall), sealed and self-contained, simple-to-operate nuclear power reactor, euphemistically referred to by the company as a “fission battery”. A true SMR design, that delivers a safe, simple and small source of clean, emission-free, robust and reliable power is needed today—not years from now. The HPM is a compact (approx.

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U. Mich, Ford team studies effect of ethanol in reducing PM from DISI engines; insights into fueling strategies to reduce soot

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A team from the University of Michigan and Ford’s Research and Advanced Engineering group in Dearborn has studied the effects of ethanol on reducing particulate emissions from a direct injection spark ignition (DISI) engine by comparing neat anhydrous ethanol with a baseline fuel of reference grade gasoline (indolene).

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