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MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Papers from BMW and Hydrogen Energy Research Lab show that sufficiently lean hydrogen combustion in properly designed combustion chamber results in close to zero NO x.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In addition to TECO 2030, Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited and Shell International Exploration and Production BV, the HyEkoTank project involves partners Ektank AB, Blom Maritime AS, TECO Solutions AS, Umoe Advanced Composites AS (UAC), FKAB Marine Design, Neste Oyj, and UiT - The Arctic University of Norway.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

The US Department of Energy will invest $16 million over the next four years to accelerate the design of new materials through use of supercomputers. The research teams include experts from universities and other national labs. Chelikowsky, University of Texas, Austin. The Berkeley Lab team will be led by Steven G.

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APRIL 2, 2011

The UK Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launched a new lab to support investigations into the dynamic aspects of combustion of alternative fuels, as well as gasoline and diesel, with the aim of reducing harmful vehicle exhaust emissions, particularly greenhouse gasses.

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APRIL 10, 2021

Licensed from Rice University, Syzygy’s “antenna-reactor” plasmonic photocatalyst has been published in leading academic journals such as Science , Nature , and PNAS. Although the catalyst is important, the proprietary reactor design is what makes it work. Earlier post.). —Trevor Best, Syzygy Plasmonics’ co-founder and CEO.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The Model Fuels Consortium (MFC) II ( earlier post ), led by Reaction Design, a leading developer of combustion simulation software, is developing software that its members can use to simulate accurately the formation of soot particulates. —Ellen Meeks, vice president of product development at Reaction Design. aromatics).

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JANUARY 10, 2021

Researchers from Oregon State University College of Engineering, with colleagues from Cornell University and the Argonne National Laboratory, have used advanced experimental tools to provide a clearer understanding of an electrochemical catalytic process that’s cleaner and more sustainable than deriving hydrogen from natural gas.

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JULY 1, 2014

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab) and the University of Hawaii have provided direct experimental evidence for the validity of a proposed mechanism for the first step in the process that transforms gas-phase molecules into solid particles such as soot and other carbon-based compounds.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Earlier post.). A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015.

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APRIL 11, 2023

million fewer daily absences annually, according to a University of Michigan study. The EPA set out to hasten the transition of school bus fleets to cleaner vehicles in 2012 with its School Bus Rebate Program. 2023) “Randomized design evidence of the attendance benefits of the EPA School Bus Rebate Program.”

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The starting point is a novel reactor design, as proposed by Nobel Laureate and former IASS Scientific Director Professor Carlo Rubbia and that is based on liquid metal technology. The final design is a 1.2-meter-high Fine methane bubbles are injected at the bottom of a column filled with molten tin. —Professor Carlo Rubbia.

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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. This will be offered at the university pump in a 10:90 mixture with gasoline. Credit: ACS, Boot 2008.

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JULY 17, 2020

Announced by Secretary Brouillette in January 2020, the Energy Storage Grand Challenge is designed to create and sustain US global leadership in energy storage technology, utilization, and exports. The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Solid Power Inc.

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JUNE 1, 2021

The air in the United States and Western Europe is much cleaner than even a decade ago. A new study led by Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Hokkaido University and the University of Washington explains why. —co-author and leader of SE-Dome ice core project Yoshinori Iizuka, Hokkaido University.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Drawing on both fundamental and applied research capabilities within National Labs, universities, and industry, the Plastics Innovation Challenge accelerates innovations that will significantly reduce plastic waste in oceans and landfills and position the US as global leaders in advanced plastics recycling technologies.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Velocys is leading the development of the project and has assembled all the technology components into a standardized integrated design. million gallons US) of cleaner-burning sustainable jet and road fuel each year. million gallons US) of cleaner-burning sustainable jet and road fuel each year.

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APRIL 20, 2023

universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities. Some teams are working on their projects as part of an engineering curriculum or a senior design project. The sensors are designed to transmit data in real time to a secure, online gateway.

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APRIL 12, 2009

billion) to European-based car makers to help design and build cleaner cars with lower CO 2 emissions. In May 2008, Jaguar Land Rover received funding from the UK government in support of the development of a number of clean vehicle projects through partnerships with suppliers, government agencies, and universities.

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MARCH 23, 2021

Smart charging EVs can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an additional 32% on average in Northern California, according to research from the University of California Berkeley. Highlights from the ChargeForward Phase 2 pilot include: More than 1 million miles were powered by 100% renewable energy charging during a one-year period.

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JUNE 24, 2021

Leaders of Mcity at the University of Michigan conducted the first demonstration of a protocol designed to prove that highly automated vehicles are safe before testing moves on to public roads. We fully believe that AVs can make mobility safer, cleaner, and more equitable.

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APRIL 20, 2022

Achates Power has released initial in-use NO x measurements from the cleaner, heavy-duty diesel engine it developed in a project funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and several partners. The engine installed in the Peterbilt truck and operated for the demonstration is a Gen1 design. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 31, 2017

It is home to a wide spectrum of technical disciplines and specific expertise in fields such as liquefied natural gas, subsurface modelling, data analysis, engineering design, bitumen, distillation and enhanced computational research. Specialists at STCB work closely with experts from external industrial partners, universities and institutes.

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JUNE 17, 2009

The Clean Sky JTI is arranged around the six following Integrated Technology Demonstrators (ITDs): Smart Fixed Wing Aircraft, Green Regional Aircraft, Green Rotorcraft, Systems for Green Operation, Sustainable and Green Engines, Eco-Design. In order to quantify the performance of the different ITDs, a Technology Evaluator will be developed.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

The new kinetic direct injectors utilize a new method of atomization and are designed to increase engine power for the performance aftermarket; deliver cleaner tail pipe emissions in existing commercial fleets; and increase fuel efficiency both for in-field vehicles and future OEM Engines.

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MAY 13, 2011

Conducted by Georgia Tech, the project is financed by a $50,000 Ford College Community Challenge Grant, one of five given annually for a student-led project that matches university resources with an urgent community need related to sustainability. Atlanta Public Schools (APS) donated the bus for the project. —Michael Leamy.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

delivered the first all-electric mobile surgical instrument lab (eMSIL) to University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Health Center. The eMSIL is designed to hold enough battery charge for eight hours of typical service plus round-trip travel to and from its home facility. Winnebago Industries, Inc.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

All of humankind needs energy that is reliable, cleaner and more affordable. GCEP, founded 11 years ago, supports research not only at Stanford, but also at universities around the world. Participating universities and sponsors can license the technology to other entities.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

In terms of research design, the study had to contend with the fact that air pollution is not only a driver of electricity demand but also a product of fossil-fuel based electricity generation. Cleaner urban air will reduce energy demand, as households engage in less defensive behavior, and this helps to mitigate carbon emissions.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

When discussing the scope of change in the proverbial pipeline, renewables plus EVs plus grids in need of upgrades to handle the millions of new EVs projected to hit Europe’s roads in the next few years, one Dutch researcher told Dumiak, “Our grid was not designed for this.”

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

As transportation gets cleaner, those other sources become more and more important. But volatile chemical products used in common solvents and personal care products are literally designed to evaporate. Jathar, Colorado State University and UC Davis; Ali Akherati, Colorado State University; Jose L. McDonald, Joost A.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

A new study suggests that focusing on a gasoline-fueled vehicle’s cold start is the best target for future design changes to reduce emissions of criteria pollutants. The researchers are presenting their work today at the 252 nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Philadelphia. —Greg Drozd, Ph.D.

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JUNE 4, 2020

Further development and testing is needed to adapt DFI to engines for real-world use, but this approach combined with oxygenated fuel could translate into cleaner, more cost-effective MCCI engines that run on diesel with renewable content. Renewable Feedstocks to Produce Commercially Viable Diesel Blends.

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APRIL 13, 2011

Using aluminum in select automotive components could reduce vehicle body structure weight safely by as much as an additional 40% compared to today’s vehicles, according to a recent study by the University of Aachen (Germany) for the European Aluminium Association (EAA). For many components stiffness will maintain the decisive criterion.

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OCTOBER 22, 2017

Its design and testing methodology was developed by Callidus in conjunction with the US Environmental Protection Agency, resulting in a significant improvement over industrial design requirements. —Professor Xiu Guangli of East China University of Science and Technology.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. coli bacteria. an aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase (ADO) to form the final product, propane.

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JUNE 3, 2015

Using additive manufacturing (3D printing) to produce aircraft’s metal parts could save a significant amount of fuel, materials and other resources, according to a new study by researchers from Northwestern University, Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories, and the US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office. billion GJ.

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JANUARY 12, 2013

The team chose to conduct the study at the provincial level because using national average data might severely underestimate or overestimate results for technologies that primarily operate in designated cities—i.e., Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. Credit: ACS, Huo et al.

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