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DOE report highlights opportunities of hybrid energy systems

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a new report, Hybrid Energy Systems: Opportunities for Coordinated Research , highlighting innovative opportunities to spur joint research on hybrid energy systems (HES). using electrical or thermal energy to produce hydrogen from water or a methane source).

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ZF presents new electric 2-speed drive for passenger cars

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The improvement in energy conversion efficiency compared to previous e-drives extends the driving range for each battery charge. Every percent of improvement in energy conversion efficiency translates into two percent more range. —Bert Hellwig, Head of System House at ZF’s E-Mobility division.

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Highly efficient and stable Ru-free catalyst for hydrogen generation from ammonia

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A complete ammonia conversion to hydrogen was achieved at an economically feasible 450 ?C An open-access paper describing their work is published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. The catalyst presents 97.7% and 87.50% NH 3 conversion efficiency at 450 ?C C” Energy Environ. Tabassum et al.

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Researchers develop wave-energy-driven CO2 reduction system for production of carbon-based liquid fuels

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A team from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, and Georgia Tech has developed a a wave-energy-driven electrochemical CO 2 reduction system that converts ocean wave energy to chemical energy in the form of formic acid, a liquid fuel. Leung et al.

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Continental presents 48V full-hybrid system; motor delivers up to 30 kW

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In the run-up to IAA 2019, Continental Powertrain is now presenting a 48-volt high-power drive system with 30 kW, enabling a full-hybrid vehicle. Fuel consumption is reduced mainly with the support of the combustion engine (boosting) during acceleration and the recovery of excess kinetic energy (recuperation) when the vehicle decelerates.

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New inexpensive catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO could help with storage of renewable energy

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The combination, suggests the team in paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , could integrate into energy storage and distribution networks to provide a means for renewable energy storage. At present, the importance of the Bi 3+ ions to the efficacy of Bi-CMEC is unclear. Tropsch methods.

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Researchers discover novel water-assisted approach to double or triple rate of furfural conversion

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Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, in collaboration with the University of Tulsa, have a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical furfural, doubling or tripling the rate of conversion. Energy and water are interconnected in the production of renewable fuels. —Zhao et al.

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