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OCTOBER 31, 2009

Researchers from Michigan State University have been awarded $2.5 The WDG also can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 95 percent in comparison to modern internal combustion vehicle engines. Schematic model of a wave disk engine, showing combustion and shockwaves within the channels. Source: MSU. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 11, 2016

A range of aftertreatment technology options are available to automakers seeking to achieve compliance with the impending EU Real Driving Emissions (RDE) regulations, according to the results of a Ricardo research project presented recently at the SIA Powertrain international conference and exhibition in Rouen, France. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by Dr. Rolf Reitz, are investigating a blended dual-fuel (gasoline and diesel) concept to extend the operating range of partially premixed charge compression ignition combustion by using the varying fuel reactivity of the charge blend, which is determined in real time. Source: Rolf Reitz.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Comparison of coal consumption and CO 2 emissions for co-production and separate production of liquids and power. The IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEA GHG) is the organizer of the GHGT conferences which are held every two years. The conference series rotates between, North America, Europe and Asia. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Comparison of surface temperature projections from the high-end emissions scenario, without carbon cycle feedbacks. Dr Richard Betts, Head of Climate Impacts at the UK Met Office Hadley Centre, presented the findings at a special conference called “ 4 degrees and beyond ” at Oxford University. Source: Met Office.

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Compared to most vegetable oils, acetyl-TAGs have reduced viscosity and improved cold temperature properties that confer advantages in applications as biodegradable lubricants, food emulsifiers, plasticizers, and ‘drop-in’ fuels for some diesel engines. Comparison of typical plant triacylglycerol structure with acetyl-triacylglycerol.

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JUNE 23, 2009

Scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage—carbonized chicken feathers (CCFF)—that they say could meet the DOE requirements for hydrogen storage and are competitive with carbon nanotubes and metal hydrates at a tiny fraction of their cost. Wool, University of Delaware.

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AUGUST 18, 2013

Researchers at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan are proposing a new enhanced heavy oil recovery (EHOR) process: Cyclic Production with Continuous Solvent Injection (CPCSI). A paper on their work is published in the journal Fuel ; the team had earlier presented their work at 2013 SPE Heavy Oil Conference in Calgary in June.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The new consortium project will be led by Ricardo and involves The University of Sheffield and an industrial bearing manufacturer. A suite of automated mechanisms to index the bearing races was devised and patented by Ricardo before presentation at the 2009 Offshore Wind Conference in Stockholm.

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MAY 20, 2013

The research was presented today at the ATS (American Thoracic Society) 2013 conference in Philadelphia. Philip Harber, University of Arizona, not involved in the research. As a point of comparison, in the US, the Environmental Protection Agency recently revised the overall limit downward from 15 to 12µg/m 3 ).

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. F of warming.

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JUNE 14, 2016

at the ASME Turbo Expo 2016 conference this week in Seoul, South Korea. ​ A breakthrough reduction in core exhaust component losses can be achieved by technologies that substantially reduce the exit temperature in comparison with a state-of-the-art turbofan. The project is being presented in a paper (Grönstedt et al. )

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APRIL 4, 2023

Discussions at chip design conferences rarely get heated. This year at that same conference, a leader in the field, IEEE Fellow Andrew Kahng , hoped to put an end to the acrimony once and for all. He sought to have it presented at a conference, but after review by an independent resolution committee, Google refused.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Nvidia’s A100 , for comparison, is capable of over 600 teraflops and matches the 600 Gbps interconnect speed. Most chip trade and chip production in China is unimpacted,” says Christopher Miller , a historian who studies the semiconductor trade at Tufts University. Most of all, the U.S. firms AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The K6 team is presenting a paper, “ Thermodynamic Analysis and Comparison of the K6 Cycle” at the upcoming 17 th Small Engine Technology Conference (SETC) co-organized by JSAE and SAE International, 8–10 November 2011 in Sapporo, Japan. —Tim Shedd. Kashmerick and Timothy A.

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MAY 7, 2010

Key to our Phase 2 evaluations of different structural options is a life cycle assessment of each system based on the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) GHG Materials Comparison Model. Within this portfolio of solutions are applications that all vehicle manufacturers and segments will find relevant.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Currently copper is the conductive material of choice; however, in comparison to aluminum copper is heavy and expensive. Managing Cycles in Development Processes - Analysis and Classification of External Context Factors, in 17 th International Conference on Engineering Design, M. Bergendahl, M. Grimheden, and L. Leifer, Eds.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

The Honda technology builds off of the research conducted by the University of Delaware and now supported by NRG Energy, Inc. The University of Delaware has been developing the technology so that vehicle batteries can be used not only for mobility but also for grid services. through their eV2g joint venture ( earlier post ).

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

press conference in Copenhagen. Comparison of land surface temperature trends, as analyzed by HadCRUT, NCDC/NOAA, and GISS/NASA climate data models, using land, ocean, and satellite-based records. Research Unit, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Separately, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) yesterday.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The cell charger array constructed at the Dahn laboratory, Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University. Traditional cycle-life testing—which is often, by comparison, limited to the repeated cycling of cells at different temperatures—is commonly conducted at rapid charge-discharge rates to shorten the testing process.

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MARCH 31, 2022

In this paper—just accepted in the ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI) —Block used a data-driven approach to develop the commandments for hugging robots, building off of research also presented at the 2021 Human-Robot Interaction Conference. For comparison, the average hug between humans is 2 to 3 seconds.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

Davide Scaramuzza directs the Robotics and Perception group at the University of Zürich. Now [inaudible] try to play in a fair comparison with a fair setting where both the autonomous drone and the human-piloted drone are using both onboard perceptions or egocentric vision, then things might end up differently. Bry: Yeah.

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DECEMBER 10, 2023

In comparison, Wi-Fi operates in unlicensed radio spectrum in competition with other technologies including Bluetooth, Zigbee, and ultra-wideband. “As In 2011 the term Li-Fi was coined by researchers at the University of Edinburgh , which helped define and popularize the technology.

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JULY 30, 2023

Left: MIT Museum; Right: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University Instead, it was Russian scientist Alexander Kobrinski who debuted the first clinically significant myoelectric prosthesis in 1960. After many design iterations and improvements, the Boston Arm debuted in 1968 at a press conference at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

His paper detailing the system recently was named best student paper at the Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Chicago. By making thousands of comparisons per second, they’re able to determine the vehicle''s location within a few centimeters.

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JUNE 4, 2022

It employs approximately 350 researchers, managers, and support staff (by comparison, Bell Laboratories before the AT&T breakup employed roughly 25,000). Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St.

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MAY 31, 2011

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Engine Research Center ( ERC ) led by Dr. Rolf Reitz are developing a dual-fuel compression-ignition engine low-temperature combustion (LTC) strategy called reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) ( Earlier post.) Source: Rolf Reitz. Click to enlarge. Alternative Fuels.

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APRIL 18, 2011

A cost comparison showed an 11% cost improvement for the OP engine compared to a four-stroke diesel of equivalent power. One thing that I enjoyed about the conference over the last two days, is that when I thought about each of the new technologies, almost all of them were complementary.additive.to Advanced technologies.

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JULY 17, 2015

Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis. Table of Contents. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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APRIL 21, 2009

For more on plug-in hybrids and V2G, see CalCars Resources , University of Delaware V2G Research Center , and papers from a June 2005 conference in Seattle. We probably wont have a universal name for them until an automaker spends millions of dollars on focus groups and marketing studies. So for now were sticking with PHEV.

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