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APRIL 26, 2022

GM is introducing a patented heat-pump in its Ultium-based EVs that captures and repurposes waste energy from the battery. Through the Ultium Platform’s energy recovery system, this waste energy can increase a vehicle’s range, reduce battery energy needed for heating, increase charging speed and even enable sportier driving.

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MAY 19, 2021

Washington State University researchers have developed an innovative way to convert waste polyethylene plastic to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and more cost-effective to reuse plastics. The maximum yields of the jet-fuel- and lubricant-range hydrocarbons were 60.8 wt %, respectively.

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DECEMBER 31, 2021

A team from McMaster University in Canada has published a comprehensive review of recent progress in low-temperature combustion (LTC), alternative fuels (AF), over-expansion Atkinson cycle, and waste heat recovery (WHR) techniques as applied to hybrid-specific engines. Modern Atkinson engines are mostly realized by VVT technology.

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JULY 22, 2020

Brazilian researchers have demonstrated a new chemical approach for producing biodiesel from domestic cooking oil waste by using lithium hydroxide mixed with either sodium hydroxides or potassium hydroxides as catalysts. Author Gilberto Maia de Brito said green engineering can yield solutions for a variety of problems at the same time.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

ElectraTherm, a leader in distributed, waste heat to power generation, is working with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Creare, and the US Naval Academy (USNA) to demonstrate gas turbine waste heat recovery as part of a Small Business Innovation Research project. —Roger Hill, Lead Project Engineer at Creare.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

regarding the supply of butadiene derived from plastic waste and biomass. Asahi Kasei continues to focus on technological developments for high-performance S-SBR products that enable further improvements to fuel efficiency and wear resistance, in order to meet requirements for increased driving range and mass production of electric vehicles.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

It has a range of more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) on a single charge using a battery that would fit even into a compact vehicle. VISION EQXX has seen the best minds from our R&D centers work together with engineers from our Formula 1 and Formula E programs. And the way we developed it is as revolutionary as the vehicle itself.

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JULY 18, 2022

A team from Central South University, Changsha, China and Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi’an, China, has proposed a mechanochemistry-based process to recover metals from waste cathode materials of LiCoO 2 (LCO) and LiFePO 4 (LFP) in spent Li-ion batteries (LIBs). —Jiang et al. of Li and 88.6% M H 2 SO 4.

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MAY 1, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), announced the publication of an independent study that finds ClearFlame’s technology could help fleet owners and other heavy-duty truck operators lower total costs while meeting sustainability goals sooner than currently available alternatives.

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MARCH 2, 2019

Shell will join a consortium comprising Air Liquide, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam in an effort to build Europe’s first advanced waste-to-chemicals facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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APRIL 23, 2014

A consortium led by the Dearman Engine Company has been awarded £1.86 The Dearman project is to deliver a production-feasible waste-heat recovery system for urban commercial vehicles, which offers life-cycle CO 2 savings of up to 40%; fuel savings of 25%, with the potential of up to almost 50%; and potential payback in less than three years.

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MAY 6, 2021

A report released this week highlights the most significant breakthroughs of the last year in the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) initiative, with details on findings that could translate into significant greenhouse gas (GHG) and tailpipe emissions reductions. Source: DOE.

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APRIL 17, 2024

Lucid Motors has updated the Air Grand Touring configuration to boast more accurate range ratings with the addition of a heat pump, as well as new technologies to increase charging speed. After cold weather was found to vastly affect battery performance, engineers across the industry looked for solutions.

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JUNE 2, 2022

The Abfallentsorgungs-Gesellschaft Ruhrgebiet mbH ( AGR ), a waste management company in Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has put a converted DAF CF 340 hydrogen fuel cell truck into operation as part of the EU-funded HECTOR (Hydrogen Waste Collection Vehicles in North West Europe) project.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

developer of the all-fuel, Cyclone external combustion engine, announced that its subsidiary Cyclone-WHE LLC and production partner Precision CNC LLC have signed a lease for a new manufacturing facility located in Lancaster, Ohio. The WHE is a self-starting Rankine cycle engine capable of using low to medium-temperature waste heat sources.

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MAY 2, 2019

The 2020 Range Rover is now available in the UK with a 3.0-liter liter in-line six-cylinder Ingenium gasoline engine in a Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV) powertrain designed to bring enhanced efficiency to the range with fuel economy of 9.3l/100km mpg US) and CO 2 emissions of 212g/km (NEDC equivalent combined).

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DECEMBER 17, 2022

conducted the first original equipment manufacturer test flight of an ultralong-range business jet powered by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Virent has also done engine testing that shows a SAK blend has lower particulate matter (PM) emissions than conventional jet fuels because it has different aromatic compounds.

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APRIL 9, 2019

In a paper being presented at WCX SAE World Congress Experience in Detroit this week, a team from MIT is proposing the use of a flex-fuel gasoline-alcohol engine approach for a series-hybrid powertrain for long-haul Class 8 trucks. Ethanol or methanol would be employed to increase knock resistance. —Daniel Cohn.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Jaguar Land Rover is expanding its Ingenium engine family with a new six-cylinder gasoline engine designed and engineered in-house, and manufactured at its £1-billion Engine Manufacturing Centre (EMC) in Wolverhampton, UK. —Nick Rogers, Executive Director Of Product Engineering.

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JULY 16, 2019

Tests have demonstrated that a residential combined heat and power (CHP) engine developed as an Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)-backed venture through the Generators for Small Electrical and Thermal Systems (GENSETS) program ( earlier post ) offers at least a 20% improvement in efficiency over the current leading alternatives.

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JUNE 23, 2016

Ricardo is exploring the value proposition for applications of its novel split-cycle combustion engine ( earlier post ). Ricardo, in collaboration with the University of Brighton, has been developing the split-cycle engine with an eye toward improving the thermal efficiency of heavy-duty engines. Gurr (2016). Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

Their paper was presented at the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2012 Fall Technical Conference by Marcello Canova, assistant professor at OSU; lead author was Philipp Skarke, from the University of Stuttgart Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering. —Skarke et al.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

Reaction Engines has joined the Project Fresson consortium ( earlier post ) led by Cranfield Aerospace (CAeS). —Rob Marsh, Project Fresson Chief Engineer. —Rob Marsh, Project Fresson Chief Engineer.

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JULY 5, 2016

Recycling Technologies is industrializing a process—originally developed at the University of Warwick (UK)—to convert residual plastic waste into a low-sulfur hydrocarbon compound called Plaxx. Plaxx is created from residual mixed plastic waste that is not amenable to direct recycling and would otherwise go to landfill.

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APRIL 3, 2014

Start-up Enogia and IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) are forming a strategic partnership for the joint development and marketing of a range of Rankine technologies to convert heat into electricity. Created in 2009, Enogia specializes in ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) systems converting waste heat into electricity.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Williams Advanced Engineering is displaying an innovative lightweight EV platform concept, named the FW-EVX, at this year’s Low Carbon Vehicle Show, Millbrook, UK, 6-7 September. With the intent of maximizing vehicle efficiency, Williams Advanced Engineering reimagined how electric cars are designed and constructed.

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JULY 28, 2023

Ballard Power Systems received an order for additional fuel cell engines from Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). These eighteen, 200 kW fuel cell engines (3.6 Over the past two years, Ballard has supplied CPKC with 20 fuel cell engines for use in three different types of locomotives, with combined fuel cell power of 4MW.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

mi) or so of range. In addition, the usable range of the high-voltage battery has increased. The engineers have also made improvements to cooling. The standard heat pump harnesses waste heat from the high-voltage battery to keep the interior warm. The recuperation system contributes to up to 30% of overall range.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

Cyclone Power Technologies says that it has achieved positive results from performance tests recently conducted on its award winning Waste Heat Engine (WHE), and expects the final stage of testing prior to on-site beta installation to begin in July. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 11, 2017

The world’s first ME-GIE ethane-combusting two-stroke engine has been delivered from MAN Diesel & Turbo licensee Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., GIE is the first engine in a series of three. The engine top section of a 6-cylinder ME-GIE engine. MES) in Japan. The Mitsui-MAN B&W 7G50ME-C9.5-GIE

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

waste oils with high FFAs have not been a viable feedstock option. Eversa can work with a broad range of fatty materials as feedstock, but initial focus has been on used cooking oil, DDGS corn oil and fatty acid distillates. A small number of plants have been producing biodiesel from waste oils using existing technologies.

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MARCH 18, 2016

The four-year projet ORCNext , aimed at developing knowledge and design tools for next generation of Organic Rankine Cycles (ORCs), has concluded that waste heat recovery efficiency can be increased by 20 to 25% through appropriate cycle selection, efficient expanders, appropriate control and less oversizing of the heat exchangers.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In the new strategic collaboration, DSM Engineering Materials will start replacing a significant portion of the fossil feedstock used to date in the manufacture of its high performance polymers portfolio with feedstock produced from recycled waste plastics and/or 100% bio-based hydrocarbons.

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JUNE 24, 2015

Alphabet Energy, founded in 2009 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, announced the availability of its thermoelectric generator PowerModule as a standalone product, available to meet the specific application needs of a range of industries, including transportation. —saving 52,500 liters of diesel fuel per year, per engine.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

SK innovation, one of the world’s leading energy and petrochemical companies, and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, are working together to develop a new process technology for the production of 1,3 butadiene, a platform chemical used in many high growth industries globally.

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JUNE 10, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation provided new details on their enhanced heat pump system, deployed in Hyundai and Kia’s global electric vehicle (EV) line-up to maximize their all-electric driving range in low temperatures. The technology was first introduced in 2014 on the first-generation Kia Soul EV.

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JULY 3, 2009

Cyclone Power Technologies has achieved positive results from performance tests recently conducted on its Waste Heat Engine (WHE) ( earlier post ), and expects the final stage of testing prior to on-site beta installation to begin in July. The WHE is derivative of Cyclone’s external combustion Green Revolution Engine.

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