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DECEMBER 7, 2021

E-fuels are made by combining green hydrogen with CO 2 to produce liquid fuel that can be similar to gasoline or diesel used in conventional engines (as well as kerosene used in aviation). However, said T&E, particle pollution was far from eliminated. The emissions were compared to the standard E10 EU gasoline.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

Air pollution is the world’s leading environmental risk factor, and causes more than nine million deaths per year. New research published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows air pollution may play a role in the development of cardiometabolic diseases, such as diabetes.

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, suggests that carbon capture technologies are inefficient and increase air pollution. However, this research finds that it reduces only a small fraction of carbon emissions, and it usually increases air pollution. A study by Mark Z.

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JUNE 10, 2021

That insight could also help the car industry make cleaner combustion engines. high-temperature combustion processes and carbon-rich circumstellar environments portray a similar complexity as hydrocarbon-rich atmospheres of planets and their moons. They believe that the finding could one day lead to cleaner combustion engines.

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MAY 27, 2020

Honda) to resolve clean-air violations related to the sale of small off-road engines in California. The violations involved small off-road engines used in generators and lawn and garden equipment. The California Air Resources Board has reached a settlement of $1,927,800 with American Honda Motor Co.,

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), successfully completed an on-road demonstration of its proprietary technology that enables a heavy-duty truck diesel engine to operate on low-carbon and carbon-negative fuels, including 100% renewable plant-based fuels.

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OCTOBER 20, 2018

A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that deaths related to air pollution in the US were nearly halved between 1990 and 2010. This study demonstrates that those changes have had a real impact with fewer people dying each year due to exposure to outdoor air pollution.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

The $461,000-project, titled “Heterogeneous Aging Mechanisms of Combustion and Biomass Burning Emissions,” will focus on how gases, such as ozone, react with pollutants emitted from power plants and forest fires. Guzman and his students will study how these pollutants are transformed on surfaces by oxidizing atmospheric gases.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

According to Agah, a renowned researcher in chip-scale gas chromatography and Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation Faculty Fellow, the development of effective strategies for reducing occupational exposure to pollutants requires accurate, time-resolved measurement of exposure. —Linsey Marr, the Charles P.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2017

A new study, led by a team from The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York, has found that in 2010, about 2.7 Environment International. Recent research has suggested that exposure to air pollution could also be a risk factor. The open-access study is published in the journal. Malley et al.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

Traffic is a major source of harmful pollutants; daily peak exposures tend to occur near roadways or while traveling—or being stuck—on them. Their paper is published in Atmospheric Environment. That gave them rare, real-world look at pollutant exposure. Earlier post.). the least.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Running cars on e-fuels, which have been touted as a way to prolong the life of the internal combustion engine, will not alleviate air pollution problems.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

In 2019, CARB testing revealed several small off-road engine (SORE) products did not meet CARB evaporative emission standards. These standards control the amount of raw fuel that is allowed to evaporate from these engines, which are typically used in lawn and garden equipment such as lawn mowers and pressure washers.

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JULY 11, 2018

A “well-to-wheel” life cycle assessment (LCA) by a team from synthetic fuels producer Greyrock ( earlier post ), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has determined the potential reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutant emissions from the use of synthetic fuels directly converted from flare gas. Tan, E.C.D.,

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EV Obssesion

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Originally published by Transport & Environment By Sam Hargreaves, Communications Officer Carmakers are lining up this week to show off their latest electric models at Munich’s international motor show, but, behind all the talk of sustainability, engine-driven SUVs are the fastest growing car segment.

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MAY 21, 2020

On the opening day of the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Notice of Violation: VW diesel engines with 1.6 In many countries, the EA 189 engines manufactured by the VW group had to be retrofitted with software or hardware updates. Company boss Martin Winterkorn resigned.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

The following teams selected for the REMEDY program will work to directly address the more than 50,000 engines, 300,000 flares, and 250 mine shafts that are producing methane emissions. Natural Gas Engines. This would simultaneously reduce methane emissions and improve engine efficiency. Selection amount: $3,257,089).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 8, 2022

Environment ministers should support phase-out deadline for polluting cars and vans — with no exceptions. Originally published on Transport & Environment.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Aqua Metals has successfully recovered high-purity nickel from lithium battery black mass using its proprietary Li AquaRefining process, utilizing electricity, and without a polluting smelter or the significant chemical waste typical in recycling. —Ben Taecker, Chief Engineering and Operations Officer at Aqua Metals.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The mode of travel you take on your daily work commute can make a big difference in your exposure to air pollution, according to a new study by researchers at the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Boxplot of average PM 2.5 , BC, UFP, and LDSA [lung deposited surface area] concentrations for each commute mode.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As of September 2022, new cars must meet EU limits on NO x emissions under real driving conditions to comply with air pollution limits, the European Parliament has voted. The EU is the first region in the world to use real driving emissions (RDE) tests to measure such pollutants emitted by vehicles while driven on the road.

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OCTOBER 3, 2010

A team from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Colorado School of Mines has measured gas phase and particle-associated non-regulated pollutant emissions from a heavy-duty engine operating both with and without a catalyzed DPF and operating on biodiesel fuel. L Cummins ISB, heavy-duty diesel engine.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 21, 2022

Engineers and technologists can and should play major roles in creating a greener planet, creating tools that address environmental degradation. The climate crisis is also having a severe effect on the planet, which is being battered by pollution, deforestation, and soil degradation. Deforestation is contributing to climate change.

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JULY 23, 2017

A new study, part of the Atlanta Commuter Exposures (ACE) Study, has assessed on-roadway in-cabin particulate pollution (PM 2.5 ) collected from scripted rush hour commutes on highways and on non-highway side streets. Most traffic pollution sensors are placed on the ground alongside the road and take continuous samples for a 24-hour period.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Boxes represent pollution reading locations during that window. Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have built a portable pollution sensors that transmit transmit their air quality readings to smart phones, allowing users to monitor air quality in real time. Nikzad et al. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 22, 2022

Non-road vehicles, including agricultural and construction equipment, rail, marine and aviation, are a major source of pollution, emitting more carbon pollution than any other sector of the US economy. Creating Cleaner Non-Road Engines.

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APRIL 28, 2015

A trio of recently published studies from a team of University of Toronto engineers has found that air pollution could be spreading up to three times farther than thought, contributing to varying levels of air quality across cities. We used to think that living near a major road meant that you lived near a lot of air pollution.

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Green Authority

MARCH 30, 2023

This groundbreaking facility in North Paris will accommodate a range of fields and create a collaborative environment for developing their natural air purifier, the Neo P1. Lionel Mora, co-founder and CEO of NeoPlants, emphasized the company’s mission to curb air pollution, starting inside the home.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This is a sponsored article brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. A challenge for New York City's efforts to reduce the negative impacts of street-level flooding and noise pollution has been how to measure these issues effectively. We realized that there were little to no quantitative or real-time flood data available.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The transformative technology will make the inspection process far safer and more cost effective, while also protecting subsea environments from disaster. Toxic and corrosive fluids leaked from a damaged pipe can lead to devastating environmental pollution. When larger spills happen, pipelines are often the culprit.

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MARCH 7, 2018

The project will build and install diesel-fueled two-stroke compression-ignition Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engines into Class 8 demonstration trucks that will be road-road ready in 2019 and operate in fleet service in California in 2020. This program will demonstrate the first diesel engine to comply with the state standard.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

What’s the Most Environmental Thing To Do When a Car’s Engine Dies Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk® The engine is fried on my old Honda Civic. Venice, CA Civics will last, but they do have a finite lifespan Studies show that the typical combustion engine has a lifetime expectation of about 200,000 miles.

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MARCH 3, 2021

The replacement of a diesel bus with an e-bus leads to an average reduction of the CO 2 emissions in the environment of 60.7 The transport running on electricity is safer for the city ecology than cars using an internal combustion engine. —Maksim Liksutov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport. tons a year. thousand tons.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

liters) natural gas engine, based on Scania’s well-proven inline 6-cylinder, 13-liter engine. The Euro 6 engine works according to the Otto principle with spark plugs and complete combustion and delivers 410 hp (302 kW) @ 1,900 rpm with 2,000 N·m torque @ 1,100–1,400 rpm—well in line with diesel engines of a similar size.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. Select Engines. dCi engines. Specific engine-mapping aimed at reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. liter engine. dCi 130 engine. The current 1.5

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JANUARY 8, 2023

Emissions from automobile exhaust systems have decreased in recent years due to the introduction of cleaner fuels and new control technologies on internal combustion engines, as well as increases in numbers of hybrid and electric vehicles. 10 ) of urban air, a fraction known to be enriched with non-tailpipe constituents.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Professor Barbara Maher, from Lancaster Environment Centre, and colleagues (from Oxford, Glasgow, Manchester and Mexico City) used spectroscopic analysis to identify the particles as magnetite. Particles smaller than 200 nm are small enough to enter the brain directly through the olfactory nerve after breathing air pollution through the nose.

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