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MAY 31, 2017

The Ammonia Creation and Conversion Technology (ACCT) created by academics from the University’s School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering effectively increases the capacity of existing on-engine aftertreatment systems.

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MAY 14, 2020

This fuel pathway was the first to receive expedited review under ASTM’s D4054 “fast track” review process and benefitted from guidance from a special clearinghouse established by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help guide SAF producers through the rigorous assessment and approval process. Feedstock(s): Syngas.

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JULY 29, 2016

Increase crop yields (tons/acre), water and nutrient use efficiency, as well as pes tand disease resistance, and improve feedstock conversion characteristics. Improve harvesting, collection, storage, densification, pretreatment, and transportation of physical biomass to the conversion facility. Fuel Conversion and Scale-Up.

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MAY 19, 2014

A new review article in the journal Science highlights emerging opportunities to increase the transformation of lignin to value-added products—i.e., lignin valorization. Ragauskas et al. courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.] Click to enlarge. —Arthur Ragauskas. —Ragauskas et al.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

This is to stimulate the development of alternative, second-generation biofuels from non-food feedstock, such as waste or straw, which emit substantially less greenhouse gases than fossil fuels and do not directly interfere with global food production. Proposal to amend RED and FQD.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

At that level of efficiency, TE materials become useful in practical applications such as waste heat recovery in vehicles, Kaviany noted. But we did not know what features we could manipulate to maximize the conversion of heat into electricity. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The settlement addresses the company’s noncompliance with a 2001 consent decree and Clean Air Act regulations requiring strict controls on benzene and benzene-containing wastes generated during petroleum refining operations. The plea is still under review by the US.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Unlike biomethane produced by anaerobic digestion, Bio-SNG is formed by the conversion of thermally-derived syngas—i.e., via the gasification of biomass waste—into methane. Feedstocks can include more durable material such as woody biomass and wastes that are not broken down in traditional anaerobic digester plants.

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JULY 8, 2011

The process developed by Global Bioenergies allows the conversion of plant resources such as cane or beet sugar, crop-derived starch or agricultural and forestry lignocellulosic waste (e.g. This new funding has been obtained following an in-depth review carried out by a recognized industrial biology expert mandated by OSEO.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

A new study on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the conversion and degradation of peatland in palm oil plantations in Southeast Asia has determined that past studies have generally significantly underestimated emissions associated with palm oil grown on peatland. Southeast Asia.

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JUNE 18, 2015

A prototype automotive waste heat recovery system has been fired up on a recently commissioned test rig at the University of Brighton. Weiss (2013b) “Performance analysis of a miniature free piston expander for waste heat energy harvesting,” Energy Conversion and Management , Volume 76, Pages 883-892 doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2013.08.045.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Researchers at the University of Manchester (UK) have developed a graphene-based nano-rectifier (“ballistic rectifier”) that can convert waste heat to electricity. Conventional devices with similar conversion efficiencies require cryogenically low temperatures. Singh et al. Manchester University. Click to enlarge. 2014.11.064.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

While this mainly depends on the feedstock and conversion technology, other factors including methodological assumptions also have an impact. Another constraint is the way land conversion related impacts are attributed. Life-cycle assessments (LCA) of biofuels show a wide range of net greenhouse gas savings compared to fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2009

RFS2 requires that US transportation fuel contain 36 billion gallons of biofuels in 2022; at least 16 billion of the 36 billion gallons of biofuels required in 2022 are to be made from such cellulosic feedstocks as perennial grasses, crop residue, and wood waste. use of mid-range blends).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

Such devices can recover some of the energy embedded in waste heat, such as that produced by the exhaust gas of an IC engine. (At Steady-state power inputs, outputs, and thermoelectric (TE) conversion, modeled by Ford engineers as part of a preliminary investigation into TE power generation. Adapted from Hussain et. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2020

In the CHJ process (also called hydrothermal liquefaction), clean free fatty acid (FFA) oil from the processing of waste oils or energy oils is combined with preheated feed water and then passed to the CH reactor. The specification was approved and published with support from the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI).

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AUGUST 23, 2023

We need to make sure that we have a diverse set of people at the table to be able to ensure that when these models are put out there, there’s a degree of transparency that we can help review and be part of that conversation. Is it just a moral win if they’re the ones who’ve started the regulatory conversation?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

In general, biofuels made from organic waste are environmentally more benign than those from energy crops. On the production side, options exist for improving technologies in terms of new feedstocks and conversion technologies as well as more efficient use of biomass. No study in the review presents results in terms of biodiversity.

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MAY 13, 2011

TCX is the company’s new proprietary technology for ethanol production that builds on its acetyl platform and integrates new technologies to produce ethanol using basic hydrocarbon feedstocks—natural gas, coal and pet coke now, with biomass and waste planned for the future. Earlier post.). Source: Celanese. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 27, 2009

The anaerobic digester is fed the waste from the distillation process and the wastes from 2,000 dairy cattle and 10,000 beef cattle being raised on the site. Madson identified several ethanol plants that were built in industrial settings that were able to use the waste heat, i.e. from an adjacent refinery, to produce their ethanol.

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MARCH 3, 2015

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. Subtopics include Microbial Biomass Conversion. Subtopic 1a: Microbial biomass conversion. Catalysts and Supports.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The HiUCV is targeted to halve the overall carbon emissions per tonne of waste collected of current best-in-class Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) in the urban environment. The level will be reviewed in January 2012. The final budget beyond 2011/12 will be confirmed at the spending review. 43 million (US$67.2

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Second, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a rule on the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) that would provide financing to increase the conversion of biomass to bioenergy. Biodiesel from soy oil and renewable diesel from waste oils, fats, and greases complies with the 50% GHG threshold for the biomass-based diesel category.

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MARCH 30, 2012

The report defines bio-based materials as industrial products made from renewable agricultural and forestry feedstocks, which can include wood, grasses, and crops, as well as wastes and residues. These feedstocks are usually fermented and go through a series of conversions to produce polymers that can be used in plastic composites.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Of those, approximately 180 full applications were encouraged, and 37 final awardees were selected through a rigorous review process with input from multiple review panels composed of leading US science and technology experts and ARPA-E’s program directors. More than 540 initial concept papers were received in the three focus areas.

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JULY 1, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has favorably reviewed Joule’s Microbial Commercial Activity Notice (MCAN) for the company’s first commercial ethanol-producing catalyst (a modified Synechococcus cyanobacterium). EPA does not “approve” MCANs, it “reviews” them. The favorable review of our first MCAN is an important step.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds. The project will allow these 3rd rail heaters to be remotely monitored and turned on and off from a central control location depending on weather conditions, thus minimizing electricity use and eliminating wasted energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

ConocoPhillips will demonstrate new advancements that improve conversion efficiency and economies of scale for carbon capture systems at a petcoke-based 683-megawatt integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant adjacent to its existing refinery in Sweeny, Texas. DOE Share: $1,137,885). Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

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JULY 13, 2009

Because the carbon produced during the steam reforming step is subsequently burned under the airflow, the process is not sensitive to the gradual loss of conversion efficiency exhibited by the conventional process. EP/D078199/1 : Unmixed Steam Reforming of Liquid Fuels From Biomass and Waste for Hydrogen Production.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2014

Thermoelectric materials convert temperature differences into electric voltage; a TEG in a vehicle is designed to convert waste heat to power. An automotive TEG is intended to improve fuel economy by power from waste heat to reduce the electric generator load on the engine. The TARDEC TEG incorporates GMZ Energys current TG8-1.0

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2014

Israel-based NewCO2Fuels (NCF), a subsidiary of GreenEarth Energy Limited in Australia, reported completion of stage 1 testing of its proof-of-concept system for the conversion of CO 2 into fuels using solar energy. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Solar Solar fuels' Concept of the NCF process. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

That’s progressive-corporate speak for charging vehicles when the demand for electricity is lower to ensure less energy is wasted. The proclamation coincides with the launch of the brand’s all-electric i5 and is supposed to incentivize customers into “aligning their vehicle charging with times when renewable energy is highest on the grid.”

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OCTOBER 15, 2023

They also produce little or no radioactive waste. TAE’s power-plant design would deposit heat in the containment vessel’s walls and convert it to steam to drive a turbine using a conventional thermal-conversion system. Since the 1990s we’ve done extremely sophisticated work and published a bunch of peer-reviewed papers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

This has led to improved biofuel productivity, higher economic returns, minimal waste production, and a lower carbon footprint. carbon fixation), such that the energy of the excess photons is wasted through non-photosynthetic processes. When they cannot be utilized efficiently they are wasted, normally through venting or flaring.

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MARCH 9, 2015

With a graphene-based cathode at 900 K and a metallic anode, the efficiency of the proposed TIC would be about 45%, they concluded in a paper on the work published in the journal Physical Review Applied. 2008) “ Energy Transport and Conversion in Electron Emission Processes ”. Graphene Thermoelectrics Waste Heat Recovery'

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JULY 21, 2012

In a review of hydroprocessing technologies published in a new paper in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , Mustafa Al-Sabawi and Jinwen Chen of CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada, note that: “Hydroprocessing of oils, whether petroleum- or biomass- derived, entails hydrotreating and/or hydrocracking technologies. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 7, 2013

A full Oberon plant will consist of three stages: the production of syngas, its conversion to methanol, and the subsequent catalytic dehydration of methanol to DME. The Oberon plant supported by the funding from the SJVAPCD will be located in Brawley, California, in the Imperial Valley. The primary source of biogas will be cow manure.

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