Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

Alberta Innovates has teamed up with Natural Resources (NRCan) and industry partners to take three clean oil sands technologies to commercial demonstration. This announcement is a result of NRCan’s Oil and Gas Clean Tech Program. The three industry partners, Cenovus Energy, Field Upgrading, and MEG Energy are investing $43.3

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Oil-Sands Oil Clean Cleaning 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Researchers from Tianjin University and the National Engineering Research Centre for Distillation Technology, Tianjin, China, report on the use of an ionic liquid (IL) with low viscosity to enhance bitumen recovery from oil sands by solvent extraction while reducing adverse impacts in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

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Oil-Sands Water Oil Sodium 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2013

Flowchart of Molten Sodium Upgrading process. An innovative oil-upgrading technology that can increase the economics of unconventional petroleum resources has been developed under a US Department of Energy-funded project. Source: Field Upgrading. Click to enlarge.

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Sodium Oil-Sands Oil Molten Salt 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

A variable displacement two-stage oil pump provides high oil pressure under high speed and load, but switches to a low-pressure mode for improved fuel economy during typical driving conditions. A large capacity oil cooler extends the oil change interval and ensures engine durability. Total displacement is 1,995 cc.

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Jeep 2018 Plug-in Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

The MSG process, under license from Idaho National Laboratory, uses a combination of molten sodium salts (sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide) to convert a carbon feedstock and water into hydrogen. Oil sands operators use Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) to produce hydrogen from natural gas.

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Molten Salt Hydrogen Oil-Sands Idaho 303

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Monique closes her EV’s fueling port and heads onto the highway with enough stored energy to drive 640 kilometers (400 miles). Nanoparticles add greatly to the energy density of the fuel of the flow battery, making it suitable for use in EVs. An example, she says, is the task of balancing energy flows in the power grid.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Li-ion 145