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Empa team develops electrohydraulically actuated cam-less valve train; up to 20% fuel savings at low load

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In addition, alternative combustion concepts can also be implemented comparatively easily, for example homogeneous self-ignition: a fuel-air mixture is ignited at the right moment without ignition sparks by setting the correct conditions towards the end of compression. engine cooling water—can be used.

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DOE FCTO selects 11 fuel cell incubator projects for up to $10M in awards; exploring alkaline exchange membrane FCs

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An NREL report summarizing the 2011 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Workshop noted that: In comparison with PEMFCs, AMFCs offer the advantage of avoiding Pt or Pt group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts, one of the primary limitations in the commercial deployment of fuel cells. … An alternative is the alkaline environment of the AEMFC. Giner, Inc.

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DOE to award up to $35M to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies; fuel cell range extenders

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Subtopics were determined using a variety of means such as gap analyses, feedback from industry, Requests for Information (RFIs), external peer reviews, workshops and an assessment of the current RD&D portfolio. Design, Deployment, and Validation of Advanced, Low-cost Mobile Hydrogen Refuelers. Technical Targets for Catalysts.

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US DOE soliciting fuel cell R&D projects for up to $74M in new funding

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The funding also includes up to $9 million to conduct independent cost analyses that will assess the progress of the technology under current research initiatives and help guide future fuel cell and hydrogen storage R&D efforts. water-gas-shift); and. Topic 1: Balance-of-Plant Components.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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Busicom had hired Intel to develop a set of custom chips for a low-cost calculator and had sent three engineers to Santa Clara to work on the chip designs. These days, his main technical interests surround energy, water, and climate change. Hoff became an Intel Fellow, free to pursue whatever technology interested him.

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