article thumbnail

Freescale Introduces Advanced Meter Reference Design Built on Optimized Microcontroller Technology; Engineered for Smart Grid Applications

Green Car Congress

Freescale is introducing a turnkey metering reference design built upon an advanced microcontroller (MCU) customized for the electrical metering market at the Metering Europe Conference and Exhibition, Oct. The reference design contains necessary hardware and software to make development of smart meters quick and easy.

Design 186
article thumbnail

Study links deterioration of concrete and asphalt to trace quantities of organic matter; diesel exhaust, windshield washer fluids

Green Car Congress

These deteriorated structures are unsafe for their intended purposes; rapid deterioration reduces the expected lifespan of structures, thereby increasing the costs for maintenance or replacement. GBS, GHY, TMS, MS TSS and GR refer to different types of aggregates in the mortar. CT scans showing cracks in damaged concrete.

Exhaust 391
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

ARPA-E to award $27M for advanced nuclear reactor systems operational technology: GEMINA

Green Car Congress

GEMINA’s goal is to reduce fixed operations and maintenance (O&M) costs from ~13 $/MWh in the current fleet to ~2 $/MWh in the advanced fleet. These GEMINA teams are working to develop tools for the advanced reactors of tomorrow to improve operations and lower maintenance costs by designing more autonomous, and efficient processes.

article thumbnail

7 Maintenance Tips To Extend the Life of Your Diesel Truck

Clean Fleet Report

7 Maintenance Tips To Extend the Life of Your Diesel Truck. But like all vehicles, a little bit of maintenance is required to keep diesel trucks running at their peak performance. Here are seven maintenance tips that will extend the life of your diesel truck: Change Your Engine Oil Regularly. Ford F-150 Diesel.

article thumbnail

Murata and Michelin co-develop embeddable RFID module for tires

Green Car Congress

This simple yet elegant technology delivers low-cost and easy tire traceability throughout its entire lifespan, enabling the management of inventory logistics, aftermarket maintenance, and recycling operations. RFID refers to several technology and frequency ranges.

article thumbnail

BMW Group and Microsoft launch Open Manufacturing Platform

Green Car Congress

Built on the Microsoft Azure Industrial IoT cloud platform, the OMP is intended to provide community members with a reference architecture with open-sourced components based on open industrial standards as well as an open data model. reference architecture, leveraging the industrial interoperability standard OPC UA.

BMW 306
article thumbnail

DOE to provide funding to advance performance of marine and hydrokinetic systems

Green Car Congress

Besides optimizing energy capture, control system advancements could increase availability through optimizing system load, or application of predictive methods to enable preventive maintenance and/or prognostic health management. Next-Gen Power Take-Off (PTO). Optimized Structures.

Mariner 236