Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Heavy-duty electric trucks can help improve the work environment for drivers and construction workers thanks to low noise level and zero exhaust emissions during operation. —Lars Mårtensson, Director Environment and Innovation, Volvo Trucks. —Roger Alm, President Volvo Trucks.

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Volvo Transportation Concept Electric 195

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Powered by two MTU 8V4000M55RN natural gas engines from Rolls-Royce and designed for use on inland waterways, the push boat is more cost-effective to operate, and produces less pollutants and climate-unfriendly exhaust gases than vessels with conventional propulsion systems.

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Water Power Powered Mariner 195

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2012

In a study of non-metal miners in the US, federal government scientists report that heavy exposure to diesel exhaust increased risk of death from lung cancer. For never-smokers, risk of lung cancer death increased with increasing diesel exhaust exposure. effect of diesel exhaust exposure on lung cancer mortality in.

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Exhaust Diesel 2012 Los Angeles 273

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2012

A study by a team of researchers in the UK has estimated the contributions of brake dust, tire dust, and resuspended dust to non-exhaust traffic particles as. As a result, these non-exhaust emissions make up a similar proportion of the airborne particulate matter (PM) resulting from vehicle use as exhaust emissions.

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Exhaust United Kingdom Emissions London 252

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2018

The working environment improves too as a result of the low noise level and vibration-free operation. The new Volvo FE Electric will be offered in several variants for different types of transport assignment. —Claes Nilsson, President Volvo Trucks.

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Volvo Electrical Electric 2019 253

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Researchers have used a novel near-infrared light imaging technique to capture the first cross-sectional images of carbon dioxide in the exhaust plume of a commercial jet engine. The researchers used their new chemical species tomography setup to capture the first images of carbon dioxide exhaust from a commercial aircraft engine.

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Commercial Engine Emissions CO2 259

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2021

While transportation is responsible for a quarter of global emissions, buses and diesel buses in particular play an outsized role in producing emissions that negatively impact the climate and environment. As people movers, they present these problems daily and up close to places where populations are most concentrated.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2022

Previous noise-level measurements had indicated that disturbance from low-frequency noise in indoor environments was present in the residential area. The proportion who felt exhausted once or twice a week declined from 49 to 39 percent—that is, down to the same proportion as in the reference group.

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Electric Electrical 2019 Environment 459

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Researchers from the Center for Energy and Processes (CEP), MINES ParisTec, and Renault are exploring the non-catalytic reforming of diesel fuel with diesel engine exhaust gas (i.e. An alternative to the catalytic exhaust gas reforming of diesel fuel method is presented in this paper and consists of using an NTP torch.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2012

The transient results illustrate the gradual formation of the nucleation mode particles with continuous increase in exhaust temperatures. Diesel particulate filters (DPF) and urea-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) exhaust after-treatment systems thus have emerged as feasible strategies to meet the 2010 USEPA regulations.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2009

TESIS DYNAware and IAV Automotive Engineering presented the second generation of the thermodynamic real-time simulation software DYNA4 Engine Themos. All engine model versions are integrated in a simulation environment with driveline and driver models, so that typical driving cycles can be simulated realistically and then analyzed.

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Engine Exhaust Environment Gas 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Current practice typically requires collection of an air sample using specialized equipment, transport of the sample to the lab, and time-consuming analysis using expensive equipment to identify and quantify the pollutants present in the environment.

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Virginia Pollution Transportation Exhaust 207

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The exhaust gas can reach temperatures greater than 900 °C, whereas the turbine upper functional limit is 850 °C. Considering that TIGERS is expected to harvest energy from the exhaust gas it is essential that it not only lives in this harsh environment it must also produce work with no impact on vehicle performance or fuel efficiency.

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Congress Hybrid Exhaust Gas-Electric 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2021

The trend towards smaller engine cores with smaller mass flow rates in the core stream, presents new opportunities for emissions control. The emissions produced by the gas turbine would be fed into an emissions-control system, broadly similar to those in diesel vehicles, which would clean the exhaust before ejecting it into the atmosphere.

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MIT Emissions Hybrid Gas-Electric 268

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2010

The two leading technologies for NO x reduction in the oxygen-rich environment are ammonia selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and a lean NO x trap (LNT). Because NO 2 constitutes less than 10% of NO x in the diesel engine-out exhaust, an oxidation catalyst is required to increase the NO 2 fraction. Similarly, a La 0.9 Science Vol.

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Exhaust Diesel GM Conversion 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Volvo LIGHTS is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment – particularly in disadvantaged communities. —Claes Nilsson, President of Volvo Trucks.

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North America Volvo All-Electric America 268

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment.

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Carbon Gas-Electric Grid Gas 333

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2013

Schaeffler presented a new concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The disconnect clutch system includes continuous monitoring of driving conditions and the drive train environment to ensure lightning fast switches to AWD mode if required. Click to enlarge. Stop-start system components.

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North America America Concept Future 231

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2016

A range of aftertreatment technology options are available to automakers seeking to achieve compliance with the impending EU Real Driving Emissions (RDE) regulations, according to the results of a Ricardo research project presented recently at the SIA Powertrain international conference and exhibition in Rouen, France. Click to enlarge.

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Light Diesel Price Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Alternative fuels have the potential to support the environment- and climate-friendly developments in air transport. At present, global air traffic contributes towards almost 5% of global warming. In addition, supplementary exhaust measurements are performed on the ground after each flight.

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Fuel Emissions Alternative Fuels Design 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Individual drive mode: individual customization of the drive, transmission, AMG DYNAMICS, chassis, steering and exhaust system. In order to be able to incorporate the changing market and customer requirements into future products, the final specification of engine and performance values is still open at the present time.

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Mercedes Hybrid Batteries Battery 448

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The company presented its first results at the annual ASME ICEF (Internal Combustion Engine Fall) conference in Chicago. Using the pressure from the exhaust gas from the active cylinders, the ‘idle’ cylinders could be expanded to extract more work out of the engine during partial load operation.

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Fuel San Jose 2019 Engine 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2019

These magnetic nanospheres are abundant in urban airborne PM, and are released from a wide range of PM sources, including transport (road exhaust and brake-wear, rail and metro), metal processing and power generation plants. annual air quality standard of 12 ?

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Pollution Mexico Standards Exhaust 236

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2017

Reported in the journal Atmospheric Environment , the study found that levels of some forms of harmful particulate matter inside car cabins are twice as high as previously believed. Exhaust composition, however, changes rapidly enough for drivers to experience different conditions inside their vehicles than these roadside sensors.

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Pollution Atlanta Cars Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2014

Enhanced range of high voltage connection systems to meet the robust requirements of commercial vehicles: Delphi will show a new range of high voltage connectors and accessories that has been developed to handle high vibrations in harsh environments. Delphi presented its first generation Tech Truck at IAA in 2012.

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Gas Fuel Exhaust Diesel 231

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2013

The presence of oxygen in the fuel has the potential to lower the exhaust particle number concentration in diesel engines, they concluded. Despite these benefits, particulates and NO x emitted from diesel engines are of major concern for the environment. The accumulation mode ranges in size from about 50 nm to 500 nm. 2013.05.013.

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Diesel Exhaust Engine Emissions 252

Baua Electric

MAY 2, 2024

Italy’s Texa, which is a key player in the areas of design, industrialisation, and production of diagnostic tools, vehicle tele-diagnostic devices, and exhaust gas analysers for cars, two-wheelers, trucks, and agricultural vehicles, has introduced its latest diagnostic tool – Texa TXT Bharat – in the Indian market.

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Texas India Commercial Vehicles 40

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This has resulted in the current court battle between the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs and the environmental law NGO ClientEarth. The UK and several other European member states consistently breach the EU air quality limit value for ambient concentrations of NO 2. The average NO 2 emission in the new study was 2.5

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Diesel Emissions London Pollution 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Under the direction of Daniel Shantz, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and the Entergy Chair of Clean Energy Engineering, the lab members and SACHEM scientists will collaborate to improve the performance of the zeolite SSZ-39 in the selective catalytic reduction of NO x in automotive exhaust. —Moliner et al.

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2012 Emissions 2017 Convert 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2017

The Federal and state governments also expect the manufacturers to use self-financed competitive measures to provide incentives for the change of pre-Euro-5 diesel vehicles to vehicles with the latest exhaust gas aftertreatment or electric vehicles. The German KBA will also test exhaust emissions even with approved vehicles.

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Diesel Emissions Pollution Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

At the IAA, MAN (part of the Volkswagen Group) presented a concept diesel-electric parallel hybrid version of its long-haul TGX truck. Common Rail injection reduces the generation of particles, while exhaust-gas recirculation (EGR) reduces NO x. This improves the exhaust gas values across a wide speed range. Click to enlarge.

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Diesel Concept Hybrid Gas-Electric 322

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2016

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the regulatory authority for international shipping, decided to implement a global sulfur cap of 0.50% m/m (mass/mass) (5,000 ppm) on fuel oil starting 1 January 2020 during its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 70 th session in London.

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Oil 2020 Puerto Rico Virgin Islands 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

By shortening the bore pitch compared to the present engine models and reducing the thickness of the cylinder block and camshaft, engine weight is reduced by 15% and fuel efficiency is improved by 10%. By downsizing from the present 2.2L By downsizing from the present 2.2L class engine. Diesel engine. class diesel engine.

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Honda Plug-in Hybrid Engine 246

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

Electric school bus fleets with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities are cost-effective with today’s technology, and could save schools money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving public health, according to a new study by a team at the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE).

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Fleet Electric Electrical Climate Change 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

The remaining two-thirds are lost as waste heat going into the environment through the car’s exhaust emissions and through the radiator. Use of the thermal energy contained in the car’s exhaust gas also offers major saving and comfort potentials.

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BMW Fuel Exhaust CO2 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The NOV is based on vehicle emission testing performed by the EPA’s National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, CARB’s Haagen-Smit Laboratory, and Environment Canada’s River Road Laboratory. This yields higher levels of NO x from the engine and reduced exhaust temperatures.

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EPA 2016 2014 Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

It has not yet been determined in what level the new compounds might be present, and no health standards now exist for them. The compounds were identified in laboratory experiments that mimic the type of conditions which might be found from the combustion and exhaust in cars and trucks, or the grilling of meat over a flame.

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