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Engineers from UNSW Sydney (Australia) have successfully converted a dieselengine to run as a dual-fuel hydrogen-dieselengine, reducing CO 2 emissions by more than 85% compared to conventional diesel. below the amount produced by the diesel powered engine. CO 2 reduction and 13.3% Shawn Kook.
a leader in propulsion efficiency, announced at SAE International’s WCX the results of their collaborative study on the effectiveness of Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) in reducing nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions on a Cummins X15 HD Efficiency Series dieselengine. Cummins Inc. Earlier post.).
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Empa, together with FPT Motorenforschung AG Arbon, Politechnico di Milano, lubricant manufacturer Motorex and other partners, is exporing the use of DME as a fuel for heavy-duty engines. A DME test engine has been in operation on a dynamometer in Empa’s Automotive Powertrains Technologies Laboratory. —Patrik Soltic.
Cummins has developed an E-85-specific engine and powertrain that reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 80% compared with a baseline gasoline-powered medium-duty truck. It delivers the power (up to 250 hp / 186 kW) and peak torque (up to 450 lb-ft / 610 N·m) of gasoline and dieselengines nearly twice its 2.8-liter
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liter, 3-cylinder U-II dieselengine. The engine was developed at Hyundai’s Diesel Centre of Excellence—part of the European R&D set-up in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The engine was developed at Hyundai’s Diesel Centre of Excellence—part of the European R&D set-up in Rüsselsheim, Germany.
liter i-DTEC engine in the new Civic will deliver CO 2 emissions of 95 g/km, according to Honda Motor Europe’s President, Manabu Nishimae, in his presentation at the Geneva Motor Show. liter i-DTEC engine is the first of Honda’s new Earth Dreams Technology engine series ( earlier post ) to be introduced into Europe.
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Jaguar Land Rover announced the creation of two new Centers of Excellence for Engine Combustion Research at two leading UK universities. Each center will focus on specific combustion technologies, both targeting higher engine efficiency. —Brian Cooper, Principal Engineer, Jaguar Land Rover Powertrain Research.
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Consumption measurements of the dual-fuel natural gas-dieselengine as a function of speed and load. Researchers at ETH Zürich have developed a light-duty hybrid electric vehicle featuring a dual-fuel natural gas-dieselengine. The dual-fuel engine can also serve in a non-hybrid application. Source: Ott et al.
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has been awarded a US patent covering its conversion of sunlight and waste carbon dioxide directly into liquid hydrocarbons that are fungible with conventional diesel fuel. The entire process produces more net energy than it consumes and yields sulfur-free, ultra-clean diesel. Joule Unlimited, Inc., Earlier post.).
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a technology developer focusing on the conversion of carbon dioxide and methane to fuels, plans to produce samples of diesel fuel in an end-to-end process demonstration. The UOS catalyst technology, developed over the past decade by Dr. Hui Wang, professor of Chemical Engineering, has demonstrated high performance and reliability.
liter diesel combined with the automatic Powershift gearbox now delivers the same low fuel consumption and CO 2 levels as the manual DRIVe versions. liter dieselengine (115 hp) with the six-speed Powershift. engine and Powershift is 4.3 liter dieselengine (115 hp) with the six-speed Powershift.
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The new diesel ECOnetic, which will go on sale early next year, leverages a number of advanced technologies that Ford expects will make it more fuel efficient than any other compact vehicle on the road today in Europe, including conventional diesel-, gasoline- and hybrid-powered vehicles. liter TDCi engine. liter TDCi engine.
Two-stroke diesel in test car. The objective of POWERFUl was to design engines for light-duty urban and micro-urban vehicles (segment A and B), capable of reducing CO 2 and criteria pollutant emissions. We have been able to reduce the engine weight by between 50 and 60% with regard to the equivalent four-stroke engine.
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The project is being coordinated by the Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering group, led by François Maréchal, at EPFL’s School of Engineering. Simple heat and mass flows for CO 2 capture from dieselengine exhaust: exhaust cooling, TSA cycle, product CO 2 compression, and liquefaction. 2019.00143.
of CO2/km per vehicle (source: AAA-DATA) based on its passenger car sales over the full year 2013. In the small five-seater diesel car sector, New Clio Energy dCi 90 eco² is the class leader with 83 g/km. Renault Group has moved into pole position in Europe in terms of low CO 2 emissions, with an average of 114.7g km to 114.7g/km
CO 2 reduction potential vs. OEM On-cost for turbocharged GDi and turbo-Diesel technologies to meet Euro 6 standards. The Delphi study assessed the technology of downsizing and turbocharging; GDI fueling and its synergies with turbocharging; and an analysis of downsized 3-cylinder versus 4-cylinder engines. Source: Kirwan et al.
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kWh battery in the hybrid vehicles is paired with either a gasoline engine or, for the first time, a dieselengine. l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions 42 g/km, combined electrical consumption 19.1-18.7 It is combined with the OM 654 four-cylinder dieselengine for the first time in the C-Class. kWh/100 km).
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