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JANUARY 22, 2010

million), with the remaining funding provided by the UK organizations taking part in the work. This investment is part of our ongoing strategy to put the UK at the forefront of low carbon vehicle technology. Ionotec Ltd (lead), Dynamic-Ceramic Ltd, Birmingham University, University College London, Aloxsys Inc.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Downsized, Optimized, High Efficiency, Spark Ignited Natural Gas Engine. Michigan Technological University and Westport will address natural gas engine emissions and efficiency improvements by demonstrating the feasibility of compression ignition of directly injected natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2012

It’s no secret that reducing a vehicle’s weight can deliver major benefits for fuel consumption, but a process for fast and affordable production of carbon fiber automotive parts in large numbers has never been available. —Inga Wehmeyer, advanced materials and processes research engineer, Ford European Research Centre.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Ford Downsizing 294

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers in an unrelated study of direct injection natural gasoline engines (dual-fuel combustion in CI-engines using RCCI as well as conventional duel-fuel combustion) at Chalmers University (Sweden) noted that methane’s very high octane number allows the use of high compression ratios in spark ignition engines. million (US$4.3

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Gas Engine Gasoline Downsizing 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Independent on-engine test results have verified the simulation predictions that a Torotrak V-Charge variable drive mechanical supercharger enables more ambitious levels of engine downsizing. The tests were carried out by the University of Bath Powertrain and Vehicle Research Centre (PVRC), using a Ford 1.0L Compared to a current 1.5L

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

Vycon Energy has developed a flywheel energy storage technology for rubber tired gantry cranes (RTG) that can either be retrofit to existing RTG cranes or included as part of a new build. The flywheel incorporates a high-speed motor controller design developed by University of Texas researcher Dr. Mark Flynn. kWh) at 18 kRPM.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2015

Conflicting evidence does not support making a firm conclusion on the fuel consumption benefit of catalysed Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR), according to a review of current studies by a team at the University of Bath (UK). As an example, one study found a decrease in fuel consumption of up to 2%, while another found an increase of 1.5%-3.5%.

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Fuel Exhaust Gas Engine 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

We are thrilled with the positive results, and are honored to have been part of the program. The Freightliner SuperTruck uses a downsized and downsped 10.7-liter DTNA began work on the SuperTruck program in 2010 together with Detroit and other partners, including national labs, universities and suppliers. mpg (19.26 Powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Researchers at Syracuse University (New York) have developed a method to prepare, inject and combust supercritical (SC) diesel fuel. The fuel may coke for temperatures higher than 750 K (at the right of the red line). Anitescu et. Energy & Fuels 2009. Click to enlarge. the elimination of after-treatment systems.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

CPT announced the world’s first water-cooled electric supercharger developed for ‘quasi continuous’ boosting of commercial diesel and gasoline engines at the annual supercharging conference held at the Technical University of Dresden in 2012. Earlier post.)

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Vehicles Exhaust Emissions Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2013

In a policy analysis in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Exeter and Oxford argue that, due to the increased emphasis on alternative fuels with drastically differing energy densities, vehicle efficiency should be evaluated based on energy rather than volume. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 8, 2013

At the recent 2013 SAE World Congress, engineers from Bosch and AVL presented papers on progress in the ACCESS project, describing the design, combustion development and controls development for a resulting 4-cylinder gasoline turbocharged direct injection (GTDI) engine with part-load HCCI capability. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Engine 278

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Small displacement engines offer excellent CO 2 and fuel economy benefits; they have lower parasitic losses and operate more efficiently under part load conditions. A major part of CPT’s effort has concentrated on optimizing the technology for automotive applications and establishing a manufacturing strategy and supply base.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

A team from the University of Birmingham (UK) and Shell Global Solutions has investigated the effect of RON, octane sensitivity and charge cooling in splash-blended ethanol fuels with different volume percentages of ethanol on a single-cylinder direct-injection spark ignition (DISI) research engine. and 85 vol.%

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AUGUST 11, 2014

GMZ Energy and its partners are on track to deliver a 1 kW thermoelectric generator (TEG) for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle as well as to design and to integrate a light-duty vehicle TEG into a Honda Accord as part of a DOE-funded project. In June, GMZ successfully generated 270 watts from a TEG as part of $1.5-million Earlier post.).

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APRIL 17, 2014

In a presentation at the SAE 2014 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium and then in a paper given at SAE 2014 World Congress, Mark Sellnau, Engineering Manager, Delphi Advanced Powertrain, reported that Brake Specific Fuel Consumption for the 1.8L Engine dyno tests were run at idle, part-load, and full-load. Earlier post.)

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Gasoline Engine Fuel Wisconsin 304

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MARCH 20, 2013

A team from Brunel University, MAHLE Powertrain and University College London studied the combined effects of different inlet valve operating strategies on combustion, performance and emissions with different ethanol and 1-butanol blends with gasoline in a single-cylinder spark-ignition research engine equipped with a fully variable valvetrain.

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Gasoline Exhaust Downsizing Engine 225

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AUGUST 31, 2011

With a mixture of 70 % 2-methyltetrahydrofurane (2-MTHF) and 30 % di-n-butylether it was possible to identify a tailor-made fuel that meets the defined requirements at high part-load points. Disadvantages are slightly higher noise, HC, and CO emissions at lower part load. (2-MTHF it can be produced from biomass.). Janssen et al.

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Pollution Emissions Fuel Diesel 210

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

A number of papers from Kalghatgi and his colleagues—and now other groups, including Tsinghua University in China and the Eindhoven University of Technology—have been published recently, exploring different aspects of this approach. Based on these engine studies, they installed a downsized four-cylinder 1.6-liter

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Researchers at Brunel University in the UK, led by Professor Hua Zhao, Head of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Centre for Advanced Powertrain and Fuels (CAPF), are investigating optimizing the performance of controlled autoignition (CAI) combustion in a four-valve camless gasoline direct injection engine running in a two-stroke cycle.

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Gasoline Engine Exhaust Fuel 186

Green Car Congress

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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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The automotive industry, including Lotus Engineering, has quite rightly advocated engine downsizing for four-stroke engines. This is as a result of the dominance of the four-stroke cycle in the automotive world and its generation of throttling losses at part-load, where vehicles run most of the time. Lubrication system. Cooling system.

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JUNE 19, 2015

In conjunction with EPA and the California Air Resources Board (ARB), NHTSA will perform a joint technical analysis as part of its rulemaking for the MY 2022-2025 standards. Beginning in 2016, NHTSA and EPA will coordinate a mid-term review that must be finalized by April 2018. Recommendations.

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APRIL 21, 2009

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ).

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