Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2011

Researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) have developed a new high-yield process for recycling waste crankcase oil into gasoline-like fuel based on microwave pyrolysis—i.e., It provides a new use for a waste material that’s too-often disposed of improperly, with harm to the environment.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

Scientists of Ural Federal University and the Institute of Metallurgy of the Ural Branch of RAS (Russian Academy of Sciences) have developed and successfully tested the technology of joint non-waste processing of electric furnace and ladle slag to obtain pig iron and Portland cement clinker. —Oleg Sheshukov, lead author.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight new projects to further advanced coal research under the University Coal Research Program. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. DOE Share: $300,000).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2021

million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) FE-FOA 0002397 , University Turbines Systems Research (UTSR) — Focus on Hydrogen Fuels. The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced $6.4

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The practice serves as a guardian of the environment, combating the harmful effects of both abandoned vehicles and the production of new ones. The Art of Dismantling and Depollution: Next, we delve into dismantling and de-pollution, where hazardous materials are carefully purged. Non-compliance is a path best avoided.

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Innovation News Network

APRIL 22, 2024

University of Birmingham research has identified that toxic chemicals can be absorbed through skin contact with microplastics. The post Microplastics transfer toxic chemicals through skin appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The study, which was carried out by University of Toronto Scarborough Environmental Chemistry professor Frank Wania and his PhD candidate Abha Parajulee, is published as an open access paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Accounting for evaporative emissions (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

Researchers from Nihon University in Japan have reported widespread global contamination of sea sand and sea water with the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) and said that the BPA probably originated from a surprising source: hard plastic trash discarded in the oceans and the epoxy plastic paint used to seal the hulls of ships.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

A team of atmospheric scientists and environmental engineers from Harvard University and Tsinghua University in Beijing have continuously measured atmospheric CO 2 and carbon monoxide (CO) levels in rural Miyun, about 100 km northeast of Beijing, since November 2004. She completed her Ph.D. Munger, J. McElroy, M. Nielsen, C.

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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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Green Car Congress

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. Stony Brook University seeks to improve vehicle fuel economy with a thermoelectric generator that would capture energy previously lost through heat exhaust. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2015

In September, Dearman presented an analysis showing that the 1 million transport refrigeration units currently on European streets have the equivalent impact on air pollution as up to 56 million diesel cars. They are unregulated, use out-dated, fossil-fueled technology and are disproportionately polluting. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Ambient or low grade waste heat is used as an energy source with the cryogen providing both the working fluid and heat sink. We aspire to offer systems which are not only cleaner, but that are also cheaper and perform better than polluting diesel alternatives. We are another step closer to achieving that goal.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

the criteria pollutants and CO 2 that emerge with the exhaust from the tailpipe. As reported earlier here ( earlier post ) a recent literature review by a team from the University of Edinburgh (Timmers et al. EVs have no exhaust emissions and reduced non-exhaust pollutants as well as low electricity generation associated emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

The awards recognize pioneering chemical technologies developed by leading researchers and industrial innovators who are making significant contributions to pollution prevention in the United States. Furthermore, the Bio-BDO fermentation process operates near ambient pressure and temperature, thus providing a safer working environment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

A new cost-benefit analysis of biofuels policies by economists Harry de Gorter and David Just at Cornell University has concluded that government mandates for biofuels “ are clearly superior to all other policies, with few tradeoffs arising. biofuel policies that attempt to curb CO 2 without directly cutting energy use are clearly wasteful.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

Inventorying criteria air pollutants showed that vehicle non-operational components often dominate total emissions. Life-cycle criteria air pollutant emissions are between 1.1 Future work should also focus on environmental effects not quantified herein, such as the use of water, generation of waste water, and toxic emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Cornell University. Stanford University. The Ohio State University.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 12, 2009

If you live in the city of Exxon/Mobil – I mean, Torrance, it will seem like an alternative universe full of knowledgeable, hard-working, committed, productive people in stark contrast to their mirror opposites on the Torrance Environmental Commission. The biggest attribute of this glorious South Bay is our environment.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Taking the bus instead of a car on your daily commute offers a boost to the environment, as more people on buses means fewer cars on the road and less emissions. Well, now a consortium brought together by low carbon experts at the University of East Anglia has launched the first bus in the UK to run on biomethane gas.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

Researchers from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven have devised an all-gas-phase photo-electrochemical cell (PEC) that produces hydrogen gas from contaminated gas. The PEC system works most efficiently with organic pollutants in inert carrier gas. —Verbruggen et al. Verbruggen et al. Click to enlarge. 201601806.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

Professor Robert Cervero, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California-Berkeley. Professor Sebastian Thrun, Stanford University. Cities account for 2% of the world’s area and yet they account for 75% of the resources and 75% of the waste ,” said Cervero. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica. Still, Prof.

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APRIL 3, 2009

The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. SCOPE is part of the International Council for Science. The methodology used by Searchinger et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The first phase of this $32-million refinery is slated to be operating within a year of funding, producing 5 million gallons a year of biodiesel made from waste vegetable oils obtained from restaurants and commercial food producers, and animal fats obtained from rendering operations. CNG is much less polluting than conventional diesel.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Diesel generators emit harmful pollutants and are expensive to operate, especially in the aftermath of a devastating storm, when fuel is scarce. This detailed simulation is thus validating the operation of the orchestrator in a safe and controllable virtual environment.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention sponsors the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards in partnership with the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute and other members of the chemical community including industry, trade associations, academic institutions, and other government agencies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2009

The authors are members of the Organic Traffic Control Collaborative (OTC 2 ), a joint project between the two universities. The presence of networks of intelligent systems in our environment opens fascinating application areas but, at the same time, bears the problem of their controllability. —Holger Prothman. —OTC 2.

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Green Charging

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

We do not want to waste money on cheap, low-quality commodities. As a result, there has been an increase in air pollution. The automobile industry is investing in protecting the environment. They utilise clean energy and help to reduce noise pollution. This type is widely becoming accepted as the universal charger type.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Take, for example, the tens of thousands of fossil-fueled ships that chug across the ocean, spewing plumes of pollutants that contribute to acid rain, ozone depletion, respiratory ailments, and global warming. Sources of CCN include aerosols like dust, pollen, soot, and even bacteria, along with man-made pollution from factories and ships.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

Not so fast, exclaim researchers at Stanford University, who state that charging EVs during the day is actually cheaper, better for the grid, and healthier for the environment. EVs will/will not create more pollution than they eliminate. EVs will/will not cause massive unemployment among autoworkers. Join the crowd.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

Recent publications have also focused on how global trade flows of REEs influence scarcity and the possibility of recovering REEs from the bottom ash of municipal solid waste incinerators. Elements such as dysprosium and holmium are added when the magnet is required to operate in a high temperature environment. —Sprecher et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2013

A team of University of Michigan researchers has been awarded a $2-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to identify and to test naturally diverse groups of green algae that can be grown together to create a high-yield, environmentally sustainable and cost-effective system to produce next-generation biofuels.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2013

A team of researchers led by James Dumesic and George Huber, both now at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have demonstrated how C 5 sugars derived from hemicellulose can be converted into a high-quality petroleum refinery feedstock via a four-step catalytic process. Energy Environ. Source: Olcay et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2011

Because it is very difficult to remove lignin using existing enzymes, this process requires preprocessing with sulfuric acid at high temperatures, which in turn requires preprocessing and treatment of waste liquids and the consumption of large amounts of energy, Moriya says. Makoto Watanabe at Tsukuba University.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 2, 2009

Bonnie Reiss, Pegasus Capital Advisors and University of California Regent (c) 2009 Joe Galliani. Not only for the environment, but also for national defense. He’s dealing with the Port of Long Beach which along with its neighbor the Port of Los Angeles are the largest stationary source of air pollution in Southern California.

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