Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Cyclone Power Technologies and its licensee Phoenix Power Group (PPG) have announced positive results of preliminary emissions testing of the combustion system of the Phoenix 10, the first small-scale waste oil power generator. Acceptable emissions of SO 2 and NO x required by many state environmental agencies are below 5 tons per year.

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Phoenix Waste Oil Power 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

Model scope includes all upstream processing of biomass material; conversion to liquid or solid fuel is intentionally excluded. For all crops, the entire plant was used to facilitate comparison on a total energy basis. land (ha) energy (MJ) x 10 4 GHG (kg CO 2 e) x 10 4 water (m 3 ) x 10 4 eutrophication (kg PO 4 - equiv).

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Water Waste Energy Emissions 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

With the shift to new fuels and powertrain electrification it is important to use life-cycle assessment (LCA) approaches in assessing the relative impacts of different options on a holistic basis. —Nikolas Hill, project manager and knowledge leader in transport technology and fuels in Ricardo’s sustainable transport team.

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Sustainable Transportation Fuel Renewable Climate 221

Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. Shipping uses over 300 million tonnes of fossil fuels every year, producing 3 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 140

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2022

Because so much energy is lost turning steam back into water in the Rankine cycle, at most a third of the power in the steam can be converted into electricity. In comparison, the Brayton cycle has a theoretical conversion efficiency upwards of 50%. The recuperator improves the overall efficiency of the system.

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Grid Power Powered CO2 396

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2014

Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a new series of fuel-efficient gasoline engines that achieve improved thermal efficiency. Use of the Atkinson cycle provides an increased expansion ratio and reduces waste heat through a high compression ratio (13.5), resulting in superior thermal efficiency. Engines Fuel Efficiency'

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Gasoline Toyota Engine Fuel 273

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. A total of 37 fabrics now meet the requirements and have been incorporated into Ford vehicles.

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2016 Ford Manufacturer Energy 256

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Schematic comparison between direct photosynthetic (top) and algal biomass (bottom) processes. The process is closed and uses industrial waste CO 2 at concentrations 50–100 times higher than atmospheric. Sum of individual contributions and accumulated photon losses for two fuel processes and a theoretical maximum for energy conversion.

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Conversion Solar Diesel Renewable 286

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2011

Joule says Lea County ideally meets it requirements for production, including high solar insolation, access to non-potable water and waste CO 2. Schematic comparison between direct photosynthetic (top) and algal biomass (bottom) processes. Joule Unlimited, Inc., —Bill Sims, President and CEO of Joule. Click to enlarge.

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Diesel Solar Renewable Production 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Audi investigating its e-fuels in an optical research engine using laser-induced fluorescence. The Audi engineers were primarily interested in mixture preparation and the synthetic fuels’ combustion characteristics. The engineers mix a tracer that glows when stimulated with a laser into the e-fuels. Click to enlarge.

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Audi Diesel Fuel New Mexico 285

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. Cool Planet has devised a biomass-to-liquids thermochemical conversion process that simultaneously produces liquid fuels and sequesterable biochar useful as a soil amendment. Cool Planet’s biogasoline blendstock is 100% compatible with pump gasoline.

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Conversion Renewable Water Gasoline 308

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2010

has ordered 10 Serenus high-temperature (HT) 3kW PEM fuel cell systems from Denmark-based Serenergy A/S for use in Microcab’s next generation of demonstration fuel cell hybrid vehicles. Microcab and Serenergy intend to work closely together to develop this and future automotive applications of the HT fuel cell systems.

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Fuel Vehicles Hydrogen Waste 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

The study also found that shows that water use for algae cultivation is much less if algae are grown in the US regions that have the sunniest and most humid climates: the Gulf Coast, the Southeastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes. The paper is published in the journal Water Resources Research. gallons of water per mile driven.

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Oil Water South Carolina Climate 281

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2015

Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan have proposed a novel two-stage process to convert low-rank coals or biomass wastes under mild conditions to high-quality liquid fuel. for biomass wastes. Solubles were almost free from water and ash. —Li et al. The carbon basis soluble yields were 19.4−31.2% —Li et al.

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Coal Waste Oil Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

Comparison of biomass-to-wheel (BTW) efficiency for different biomass utilization scenarios. Sugar Fuel Cell Vehicles and BEVs charged with electricity from a fuel cell (green bars) were the most efficient. η BTF can be calculated as E F /E B , where E F is the fuel produced in biorefineries or power stations.

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Virginia Fuel Hydrogen Gas-Electric 246

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

Chemists at Brown University have synthesized novel core and shell palladium/iron-platinum (Pd/FePt) nanoparticles that use far less platinum yet perform more efficiently and last longer than commercially available pure-platinum catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in hydrogen fuel cells. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja1024436.

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Fuel Hydrogen Tennessee Commercial 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

IHS CERA’s earlier comparison of 11 publicly available life-cycle analysis studies found that fuel produced from oil sands mining has average well-to–retail pump greenhouse gas emissions 1.3 times the average for fuel consumed in the United States. times larger than the average fuel consumed in the United States.

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Oil-Sands Oil 2010 Production 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Algenol Biofuels’ Direct to Ethanol technology is based on an intracellular photosynthetic process in cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that produces ethanol that is excreted through the cell walls, collected from closed photobioreactors as a dilute ethanol-in-water solution, and purified to fuel grade ethanol. wt % to 5 wt %.

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Carbon Gasoline Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric 246

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2012

Outlines the approach for collecting and analyzing the data needed to evaluate the indicator and for making relevant comparisons to other energy options or agricultural systems. Water use and efficiency. Water quality. Percentages of bioenergy from yield increases, residues, wastes and degraded or contaminated land.

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Transportation Global Water Pollution 244

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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Climate Change Water Climate Global 310

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2017

Scientists have been trying to artificially replicate photosynthesis to convert solar energy to stored chemical energy, with the objective of producing environmentally friendly and sustainable fuels, such as hydrogen and methanol. A paper on the work is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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Hydrogen Production Light Virginia 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Pond-to-wheel GHG estimates for low-impact, nominal, and high-impact algal diesel fuel technology sets. Well-to-wheel GHG estimates for palm hydrotreated renewable diesel (HRD) fuel, with and without direct LUC, and diesel fuel included to enable comparisons. Contribution by stage shown in the inset charts.

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MIT Oil Water Minneapolis 250

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2010

Included in the 34 FY2010 SBIR Phase I awards are the following biofuel and emissions-reduction projects: Technology Specialists, “Thermochemical Biofuels Production from Biomass Waste Materials”, $70,000. This project will develop and evaluate a new process for converting biomass waste into diesel fuel.

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Emissions EPA Waste Exhaust 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2009

UOP’s hydrotreated renewable jet fuel process and LCA. Boeing and Honeywell’s UOP are commissioning a study on the sustainability of a leading family of saltwater-based plant (halophytes) candidates for renewable jet fuel. The study is being commissioned as part of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group consortium ( earlier post ).

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Renewable Fuel Industrial Industry 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In It is much more than that.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2013

Researchers have been trying to make affordable transportation fuels, such as biodiesel and jet fuel, from algae for several decades. Genetically engineered “super-species” have been created in an effort to boost yields so that algae-based biofuels can compete with fossil fuels.

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Waste Grant Universal Climate Change 186

Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

If you’re working on increasing fuel efficiency or you already have an alternative fuel vehicle, you can lessen your carbon footprint by taking advantage of green car care, repair and insurance. Fuel-efficient vehicles are still in the green category, but they’re on the other side of the spectrum. Fuel-Efficient Vehicles.

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Green Cars Maintenance Gas-Electric 77

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry. Anthropogenic releases of mercury to water total 1000 tonnes at a minimum. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global 262

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

GHG emissions for ATP shale (low and high cases) and conventional gasoline in grams of CO 2 e per MJ of final fuel delivered. The ATP fuel cycle comprises six stages: Mining and preprocessing of shale. Combustion of refined liquid fuels. MJ/MJ fuel. Much of the energy input comes from the fuel feedstock itself.

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Gasoline Oil Emissions Convert 239

Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

If we are going to look beyond the EV itself to the energy that powers it, shouldn’t we do the same for the fossil fueled combustion car? So what goes into producing the fuel that you burn in your car every day? Once the oil has been refined, it is transported to fuel stations in diesel trucks creating even more pollution.

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Petrol Diesel Vehicles Oil 59

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

By including upstream emissions from fuels, GHG emissions from cities exceed those attributed to direct end-use by up to 24% (for Toronto). Within the overall trends there are differences between cities with more or less public transit; while personal income also impacts heating and industrial fuel use. Tonnes CO 2 e/capita.

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Emissions Global Gas Los Angeles 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

By comparison, the theoretical yield of ethanol from a dry ton of corn is 124.4 Depending on the feedstock and with the cogeneration of bioelectricity or steam export, the Coskata process can result in up to a 96% reduction of CO 2 in the production of the fuel and is up to 7.7 gallons of water per gallon of ethanol.

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Commercial Oil-Sands Water Gasoline 150

My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

There has been much discussion for over thirty years or more around the use of hydrogen fuel cells as an alternative to the internal combustion engine. Fuel cells had been promoted in some sectors as the best alternative to the internal combustion engine. It is important to realize that a fuel cell car is actually an electric car.

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Hydrogen Petrol Gas-Electric Lithium Ion 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2009

integrating biological and thermochemical processing to produce biofuels and/or power could offer similar, if not lower, efficiencies and costs and very large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum-derived fuel, according to a comparative analysis of 14 mature technology biomass refining scenarios. Ethanol + H 2.

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Emissions Gas Fuel 2009 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The purpose of the 21CTP is to reduce fuel consumption and emissions; increase heavy-duty vehicle safety; and support research, development, and demonstration to initiate commercially viable products and systems. Among the findings and recommendations, by area, from the new report are: ENGINE SYSTEMS AND FUELS. Earlier post.).

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EPA Fuel Engine Hybrid 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2010

USDA and DOE are issuing this joint funding announcement (DE-FOA-0000341) for several types of projects aimed at increasing the availability of alternative renewable fuels and biobased products. Forest resources (forest thinnings, wood chips, wood wastes, small diameter trees, etc.); Urban wood wastes; Oilseed crops; Animal waste; and.

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Conversion Waste Renewable Production 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

AOI 1: Advanced Fuels and Lubricants Technologies. The goal of this AOI is to support advanced fuels and lubricants technologies that will enable optimal performance of advanced combustion engines for passenger and commercial vehicle applications. Fuels and Lubricants for Advanced Combustion Regimes. Miller Cycle).

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