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This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. Production of Renewable Diesel, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Gasoline, and Marine Fuel from Lignocellulosic Biomass at Dramatically Improved Yield, Efficiency, and Cost”, $2,000,000. Comstock Inc.,

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Canada-based Forge Hydrocarbons Corporation, a spin-off from the University of Alberta ( earlier post ), has received a US$4-million from Lockheed Martin under the Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) Policy. This turns the acids into hydrocarbons that are separated into various fuels, including gasoline and diesel.

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JUNE 26, 2020

However, HFOs are banned in the national waters of many countries. In addition, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is seeking to ban HFO use in Arctic waters. IDEALFUEL seeks to develop methods to convert woody residual and waste materials such as sawdust and wood chips into renewable marine fuels.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Among the awards is support for a Syracuse University (with BorgWarner of Ithaca) project to prepare, inject and combust supercritical (SC) diesel fuel. Salt Point) is working on a diesel additive that would increase fuel efficiency by reducing engine friction. Earlier post.). The NYSERDA funding will leverage $7.5

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

million demonstration plant at Whyalla, South Australia (on the north-western coast of Spencer Gulf, northwest of Adelaide) will produce 30,000 liters of green crude a year using the company’s trademarked technology called Green2Black—a suite of advanced harvesting, extraction and sub-critical water reactor technologies.

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APRIL 9, 2019

In this approach the engine would provide comparable (or possibly greater) efficiency than a diesel engine while also providing around 90% lower NO x emissions than present cleanest diesel engine vehicles. Ethanol or methanol would be employed to increase knock resistance. —Daniel Cohn.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. Another plus for nuclear-propelled ships is easy access to an endless supply of cooling water.

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DECEMBER 25, 2014

EEB is produced from organic waste, including (and initially) sewage treatment bio-solids—the leftover, dirt-like organic material that remains after a community’s wastewater is treated. Testing showed that blending EEB with diesel significantly reduces soot emissions, similar to how ethanol reduces emissions when blended with gasoline.

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JANUARY 27, 2012

Researchers at the Cardiff Catalysis Institute (Cardiff University, UK) have found a potential catalytic route for upgrading by-products resulting from the production of sulfur-free diesel from natural gas and biomass. At higher temperatures, the reaction formed water and decene, which is used in the production of detergents.

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MAY 31, 2017

Researchers at Loughborough University in the UK have developed a novel system that enhances SCR operation to further reduce NO x emissions and improve diesel engine efficiency. Currently almost all new diesel vehicles are fitted with a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system to try and remove NO x produced by combustion.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Amyris received the Small Business award for its renewable hydrocarbon farnesane for use as diesel and jet fuel. Farnesene is a building block hydrocarbon that can be converted into a renewable, drop-in replacement for petroleum diesel without certain drawbacks of first-generation biofuels. coli bacteria and Saccharomyces (e.g.

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MAY 10, 2024

While solar and wind provide carbon-free electricity or H 2 through water splitting, they lack the ability to directly produce carbon-based fuels and chemicals without additional carbon sources. Bioethanol, can be derived from various sources such as sugar, corn, wheat, agricultural wastes, molasses, macroalgae, microalgae, and seaweed.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Scientists from the University of Birmingham launched a major research project to investigate how “clean cold” could help to achieve almost all of the United Nations’ (UN) global Sustainable Development Goals. Ambient or low grade waste heat is used as an energy source with the cryogen providing both the working fluid and heat sink.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

A University of Maine chemical engineer and his research team have developed a new process—thermal deoxygenation (TDO)—to transform biomass, including forest residues, municipal solid waste, grasses, and construction wastes, into a hydrocarbon fuel oil. This produces a reaction resulting in a dark amber-colored oil.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013

A team at the University of Kansas has demonstrated the feasibility of an integrated wastewater algae-to-biocrude process using hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) that can sustainably cultivate algal biomass for biofuel production. HTL uses subcritical water as the chemical driving force to convert biomass to a carbon-rich biocrude.

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JULY 8, 2014

has received US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval for the issuance of D4 RINs upon the importation into the US of biodiesel produced from waste fats and oils (WFO). esters and nearly no monoglycerides, water or other contaminants. esters and nearly no monoglycerides, water or other contaminants. Earlier post.).

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JULY 1, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four research and development projects designed to bring next-generation biofuels on line faster and to drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels from biomass. University of Oklahoma (up to $4 million). University of Oklahoma (up to $4 million).

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APRIL 25, 2011

Avjet Biotech will sell stock and use the funds raised to reimburse the university for its investment in patent applications, as well as allocate development capital to create a continuous production model for the biofuel refining system. Water is removed from the free fatty acid (FFA) stream prior to the next processing step: deoxygenation.

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JUNE 13, 2009

University of California, Davis researchers will receive $2.8 But excess nitrogen is emitted from soils, seeps into groundwater and runs off into surface waters. But excess nitrogen is emitted from soils, seeps into groundwater and runs off into surface waters. Wastes from cattle, chickens and other livestock include nitrogen.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

These university-industry partnerships will receive more than C$16 million (US$16.4 Partners: Simon Fraser University and Future Vehicle Technologies Inc. This project builds on an existing collaboration between Simon Fraser University and Future Vehicle Technologies Inc. million) in total project support. This includes C$6.5

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AUGUST 17, 2011

times as energy intensive as conventional diesel (bottom). times as energy intensive to produce as conventional diesel, which restricts the current financial and environmental feasibility of algae production, according to a new life cycle analysis by a team from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford.

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JULY 20, 2009

Renewable Energy Institute International (REII), Toledo’s Red Lion Bio-Energy , the University of Toledo, Midwest Terminals/Port of Toledo, SolarTurbines/Caterpillar, and other partners are working to build a biomass-to-liquids demonstration plant in South Toledo, Ohio.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Virent Energy Systems is receiving one of five 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards (Small Business Award) for its BioForming process—a water-based, catalytic method to make gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel from the sugar, starch, or cellulose of plants that requires little external energy other than the plant biomass.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to cities. Julia Steinberger, University of Klagenfurt.

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MAY 26, 2015

using just water, H 2 , CO 2 and sunlight. This proprietary novel gas fermentation technology converts the carbon monoxide-containing waste gases emitted by blast furnace, coke oven and BOF (basic oxygen furnace) operations into low-cost ethanol and high-value chemicals. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Separately, Diversified Energy Corporation and North Carolina State University, as part of a team led by Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, received one of the 37 ARPA-E awards. Earlier post.) The 24-month, $5.2M Earlier post.). The 24-month, $5.2M Earlier post.).

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JUNE 23, 2011

Neste Oil is continuing its research into the potential for using algae oil as a feedstock for producing NExBTL renewable diesel by taking part in two research projects starting this summer to test various methods for growing algae in outdoor conditions. Earlier post.). Algae projects.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

The AECD to which Horn refers is distinct from the hidden software “defeat device” in the four-cylinder diesels from model years 2009-2015 that could recognize whether a vehicle was being operated in a test laboratory or on the road. diesel engine. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

The process also uses less than half the water per gallon than required for the production of gasoline from conventional crude, and about one-third to one-quarter of the water per gallon required for the production of gasoline from oil sands oil, Bolson said. gallons of water are required to produce one gallon of corn ethanol.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The switched reluctance (SR) motor-based SpeedStart and TIGERS technology are being incorporated into the recently announced Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain project known as ADEPT. Earlier post.) The management of the project is being handled by Ricardo.

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APRIL 18, 2022

To put it another way, instead of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen with electricity, these two components are joined to make water and electricity The electricity is then utilized to power the car’s drive train, leaving just water as a waste product. Green Hydrogen & Its Production.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The Energy Commission also approved almost $16 million in research grants to help develop the next generation of energy efficient technologies for commercial and residential buildings; $11 million for projects to convert feedstock and waste into biofuels; and about $900,000 for natural gas innovations.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by Dr. James Dumesic, have developed a process to convert aqueous solutions of ?-valerolactone Additionally, the yield of high molecular weight alkenes from GVL would benefit from the development of water-tolerant oligomerization catalysts. Credit: Bond et al., Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2022

That’s what John Hennessy, Stanford professor (and former president) and chairman of Alphabet , told attendees at the Stanford Global Energy Forum , held in-person this month on the Stanford University campus. With this technology, Jaramillo said, “we can double the range of today’s hydrogen-fueled trucks to diesel level.”

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The study led by a team from the University of Leicester (UK) suggested that 86 Mg CO 2 -eq ha -1 yr -1 (over 50 years) or 100 Mg CO 2 -eq ha -1 yr -1 (over 25 years) represent the best available estimates of typical emissions from peat decomposition in palm plantations. fertilization, land use history) or regional geographical variations.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Unfortunately, most vehicles of any kind have little or no insulation to prevent the gain or loss of heat from the cabin and, worse, the copious amounts of glass and metal comprising the vehicle body make an efficient collector (or radiator) of heat, bearing more than a passing resemblance to a solar thermal panel for heating water.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Second, while hydrogen can be otherwise produced through the electrolysis of water, this process requires huge amounts of clean and fresh water – a vital and highly valuable commodity of life that can’t be wasted.

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