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OCTOBER 27, 2016

Our new bearing system provides a great combination of proven cast-bronze bearing technology with a polymer overlay that features high load capabilities, as well as seizure and wear resistance. Removing lead from the bearing improves corrosion resistance and allows for extended oil-drain intervals.

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JUNE 18, 2011

million (US$5 million) research project to create a new class of fast rechargeable zinc-polymer batteries for hybrid and small electric vehicle applications. The PolyZion (Fast rechargeable zinc-polymer battery based on ionic liquids) received funding of €2.4 An EU consortium is two years into a 3-year, €3.5 million (US$3.4

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JULY 11, 2020

The added low-pressure circulation system draws gases after the diesel particulate filter, thus minimizing turbocharger energy losses, which increases fuel economy. The lower portion of the two-piece oil sump uses a lightweight sandwiched polymer/metal material, which further reduces NVH. 1 from 16.5:1

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Upon completion of the project, Kinder Morgan’s Harvey, Louisiana facility will serve as the primary hub where Neste will store a variety of raw materials including, for example, the used cooking oil it collects from more than 40,000 restaurants across the United States. million cars zero emission according to the US EPA’s GHG calculator.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Castor oil is obtained from the Ricinus Communis plant, which grows in tropical regions on relatively poor soil, and does not compete with the food-chain. Bio-polymers Engines Materials Sustainability Vehicle Systems Weight reduction'

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Diesel Detroit Polymer Oil 231

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Royal DSM, together with its automotive component specialist partner KACO, has developed a lightweight multi-functional crankshaft cover in EcoPaXX , DSM’s bio-based polyamide 410, for the latest generation of diesel engines developed by the Volkswagen Group. Bio-polymers Diesel Engines Weight reduction'

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

The machine uses thermal cracking, which breaks down the long chains of polymers into shorter chains through the use of heat in the absence of oxygen. Neste has extensive experience of handling low-quality waste and residue raw materials, such as renewable waste and residue oils and fats, and processing them into high-quality products.

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Waste Grant Renewable Polymer 305

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Borealis, a leading provider of innovative polyolefin solutions; and Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, renewable jet fuel, and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable chemical solutions, are entering into strategic co-operation for the production of renewable polypropylene (PP).

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

The decision is based on a growing global market demand for low-carbon solutions in transport and cities, aviation, polymers and chemicals. In addition to producing renewable diesel, all Neste’s renewable product refineries are able to produce renewable aviation fuel and raw materials for various polymers and chemicals materials.

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Singapore Renewable Production Finland 191

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JUNE 11, 2019

The 2020 Ram 1500 will become the most powerful half-ton diesel pickup in the US, with 480 lb-ft (651 N·m) of torque, and the most capable light-duty diesel, with towing capability up to 12,560 pounds. The lower portion of the two-piece oil sump uses a lightweight sandwiched polymer/metal material that further reduces NVH.

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Fuel Economy 2020 Economy Fuel 220

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The goal of the project is to continue to develop a circular carbon economy that replaces the petroleum-based chemicals in consumer products with algae-derived and biodegradable polymers. The SAF blends are expected to meet not only minimum ASTM specification requirements, but also density requirements. Comstock Inc.,

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Researchers at Peking University and Tsinghua University have developed a carbon nanotube (CNT)-based sponge that can soak up organic pollutants—such as oils and solvents—from the surface of water. Current commercial absorbents for oil spill recovery and industrial use tend to be based on cellulose or polypropylene.

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Oil Carbon Water Pollution 199

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

651 N·m) and diesel towing capability of 12,560 pounds. The Ram 1500 EcoDiesel offers the best torque and towing among all half-ton diesel trucks. Introduction of a dual, high-pressure and low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation system, a first for a diesel engine in North America. The Ram 1500’s all-new 3.0-liter

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MAY 23, 2013

Intended primarily to convert heavy fuel oil into desulfurized diesel and ultra low sulfur heating oil, the planned complex responds to the shift in demand toward products with a lower environmental impact. The facility is scheduled to start up in early 2016.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, renewable jet fuel, and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable chemical solutions, and REMONDIS, one of the world’s largest privately owned recycling, service and water companies, have signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of chemical recycling of plastic waste.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

UOP’s Ecofining process produces drop-in hydrocarbon fuel replacements from natural oils. CNPC will evaluate the installation of a demonstration-scale UOP/Eni Ecofining process unit ( earlier post ) for the production of renewable diesel fuel, as well as a larger-scale unit at an existing or new CNPC refinery site. Source: UOP.

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

In the wake of the 1977 Tenerife airport disaster (583 killed in a post-crash fireball), researchers looked into the possibility of using ultralong, associative polymers as a fuel additive to increase the drop diameter in the post-impact mist, thereby limiting the event to a relatively cool, short-lived fire.

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Fuel Polymer Design Diesel 150

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

Lignin is a structural bio-polymer which contributes to the rigidity of plants. The advancement of new multifuel diesel engine technologies can potentially open the marine fuel market for bioethanol, but it will be decades before these technologies can be found in a larger number of the vessels. The oxygen content is lowered to.

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BMW Mariner Fuel Diesel 150

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

The study tested the effects of biodiesel fuel oil diluted mixtures on 15 common sealing materials including silicones, polyacrylate polymers, acrylonitrile materials, fluorocarbon rubbers (FKM) and others. We saw a need to study how our static and dynamic seals would behave in diluted engine oil. —Joseph Walker.

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Oil Congress Fuel Polymer 210

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MARCH 20, 2013

Lignin already has a variety of industrial uses because of its chemical characteristics, energy content and its abundance; yet its potential as a marine diesel fuel is a relatively uncharted area, says Peter Normark Sørensen, with Mærsk Oil Trading, the Mærsk Group’s oil buying arm. Luijten, C.C.M., Leermakers, C.A.J.,

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Mariner 2012 Oil Fuel 261

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Richard Gross, professor of chemical and biological science at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), has developed a method for producing a strong, highly ductile bioplastic using yeast and fatty acids of plant oils. Gross (2010) Biosynthesis of Monomers for Plastics from Renewable Oils. —Richard Gross.

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Conversion Polymer Oil New York 252

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AUGUST 15, 2011

Amyris plans to sell Biofene directly for use in industrial applications or to apply simple chemical finishing steps to Biofene to form a broad range of renewable products including squalane, base oil and finished lubricants and renewable diesel. Biomin do Brasil Nutrição Animal Ltda., Paraíso Bioenergia S.A.,

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JANUARY 9, 2012

A diesel engine will enter the line-up in the future, GM said. Increased efficiency in the new four-cylinders was achieved partly through lower engine friction, which was reduced by up to 16% using new technologies such as a variable-displacement oil pump and, with the 2.5L, an actively controlled thermostat. Lightweight 3.6L.

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Cadillac 2013 Engine GM 239

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AUGUST 19, 2011

Squalane is a high-end moisturizing ingredient used in a wide range of cosmetics today, currently sourced from shark liver oil or refined olive oil. Amyris and Nikko Chemicals are exploring additional Biofene-based cosmetic commercialization opportunities.

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Renewable Supplies Polymer Oil 186

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MARCH 3, 2010

Hyundai staged the global debut of its i-flow diesel hybrid concept car at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Hyundai’s first diesel-electric hybrid powertrain uses the new U2 1.7-liter liter engine augmented by two-stage turbocharging and Hyundai’s Lithium Ion-Polymer battery partnered with a six-speed, dual-clutch transmission.

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Hyundai Diesel Concept Hybrid 210

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MARCH 10, 2012

60% rubber polymers; 20?35% 20% mineral oils such as extender oils/ softeners. Highly aromatic (HA) oils used as extender oils or softeners in the tire-manufacturing process have concentrations of PAHs ranging between 10 to 30%. Automobile tire rubber in general consists of approximately 40?60%

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Environment Automobile Exhaust Oil 353

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MARCH 21, 2011

The joint venture would market and sell lubricants employing Amyris’s synthetic renewable base oils derived from Biofene. Amyris would facilitate access to a supply of its proprietary synthetic renewable base oils and formulations for a range of lubricant products using those base oils. Amyris, Inc., and US Venture, Inc.,

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Renewable Oil Brazil Polymer 199

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

Three pathways to SPK: FT (left); hydrogenated oil (center); ATJ (right). ASTM has already approved two synthetic fuel pathways—gas-to-liquids and hydroprocessed oils—for the production of synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) for aviation use. —Patrick Gruber, Gevo CEO. Source: Gevo. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Oil Hydrogen Alternative Fuels 319

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

International oil and gas major Total and renewable fuels and chemicals company Amyris, Inc. Total and Amyris have agreed to expand their ongoing research and development collaboration to accelerate the deployment of Biofene (renewable farnesene) and develop renewable diesel based on this molecule produced from plant sugars.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Amyris’s sugar cane-derived Biofene forms the basis for a wide range of products varying from specialty products such as cosmetics, perfumes, detergents and industrial lubricants, to transportation fuels such as diesel and jet fuel. In addition, it maintains excellent flexibility, even at low temperatures. Kuraray was established in 1926.

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Polymer Oil Commercial 2016 150

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Scientists led by a team at Caltech and BP, and in collaboration with researchers at UCLA, ETH Zürich, and China’s Nanjing University, have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all sulfur compounds (down to ~2 ppm) from gas and diesel fuel. —Toutov et al.

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Fuel Diesel Pollution Carbon 150

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are developing a small-scale demonstration reactor that will process 40 tons of wood waste per year from the university into replacements for diesel fuel and gasoline. At this filling station the diesel/CyclOx mixture will initially be available for a selected test group.

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Waste Universal 2008 Diesel 218

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JANUARY 18, 2014

Temperature Combustion (LTC), (2) Dilute Gasoline Combustion, and (3) Clean Diesel Combustion. Technologies that enable LTC operation with either gasoline or diesel fuel, including control methodologies and technologies, especially for mixed?mode cost titanium structures; polymer?metal The following are sample topic areas.

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Carbon Fiber Engine Battery Powered Fuel 252

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JUNE 16, 2011

Resulting products include No Compromise renewable ingredients in cosmetics, flavors and fragrances, polymers, lubricants and consumer products, and also as No Compromise renewable diesel and jet fuel. Amyris uses its industrial synthetic biology platform to convert plant sugars into a variety of hydrocarbon molecules. Earlier post.).

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Asia Market Global Singapore 186

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JUNE 4, 2012

Edeniq’s OilPlus corn oil extraction process is also being deployed at one Flint Hills plant and plans call for two others. OilPlus combines mechanical and chemical treatments to improve corn oil recovery. Edeniq is installing Cellunators at the first of four Flint Hills plants.

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JULY 10, 2015

Algal biomass can be converted to advanced biofuels that offer promising alternatives to petroleum-based diesel and jet fuels. Additionally, algae can be used to make a range of other valuable bioproducts, such as industrial chemicals, bio-based polymers, and proteins. Duke University will receive up to $5.2

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San Diego Colorado Hawaii Universal 150

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AUGUST 1, 2020

Decontamination of Non-recyclable MSW and Preprocessing for Conversion to Diesel. ASU’s Polymer-enhanced Cyanobacterial Bioproductivity (AUDACity). Alkaline Carbon Capture and Expression-Streamlined Spirulina Cultivated in Air for Reliable Bioproducts, Oil, and Nutrition. AMP Robotics. Gas Technology Institute. UHV Technologies.

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