Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have conducted a lifecycle analysis and net energy analysis (LCA/NEA) of a hypothetical large-scale solar-electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen. Taking IRENA’s REmap scenario as a reference, renewable hydrogen could deliver 5% of total final energy demand in 2050.

Solar 459

Solar Hydrogen Emissions Production 459

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2020

Researchers from Saudi Aramco and KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), with a colleague from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, assessed the effects of adopting 4 hybrid architectures on the life-cycle GHG emissions of a novel high-reactivity fuel in an advanced compression-ignition engine (GCI).

Gasoline 286

Gasoline Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Emissions 286

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Colorado State University has obtained a 5-year, $5-million grant from BP to study mechanisms involved with technology for oil recovery from “watered-out” wells. Understanding processes associated with extracting petroleum resources from rocks in watered-out wells is at the heart of these research efforts. Bill Bailey et al.

Colorado 252

Colorado Water Oil Universal 252

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2021

A team of scientists from six institutions, including Akihiro Moriyoshi, Emeritus Professor Hokkaido University, have found that the presence of Trace Quantities of Organic Matter (TQOM) in modern concrete structures and asphalt pavements drive the deterioration of these structures. CT scans showing cracks in damaged concrete. 0249761 ?.

Exhaust 391

Exhaust Diesel Water Maintenance 391

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2012

Demonstrating that the use of different time scales, reference dates, and statistical approaches can generate highly disparate results in climate reports, scientists at the University of Alaska Anchorage argue that careful use of these tools is critical for correctly interpreting and reporting climatic trends in Alaska and other polar regions.

Climate Change 231

Climate Change Climate Alaska 2009 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2022

Researchers from the City University of Hong Kong, Hunan University, Central South University in China and the University of Tennessee has discovered a new mechanism to increase the strength and the ductility of a high-entropy alloy. —Professor Yang. Li, Jia et al. 2200607119.

Universal 195

Universal Tennessee Insight Engine 195

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … a | The total numbers of reference devices that are estimated to be produced in the scenario between 2016 and 2050, together with the range in battery size for each type of reference device.

Supplies 281

Supplies Batteries Battery Sodium 281

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Layers of graphene separated by nanotube pillars of boron nitride (PGBN) may be a excellent material for on-board hydrogen storage in vehicles, according to a computational study by a pair of Rice University scientists. Bracketed numbers are literature references cited in the paper. Credit: ACS, Shayeganfar and Shahsavari (2016).

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Universal Hybrid 2016 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2012

Bitumen production from the Canadian oil sands provides a point of reference that could be used to observe and better manage the land and water impacts of a rapid transition to unconventional fuels, suggests Dr. Sarah Jordaan of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University.

Oil-Sands 231

Oil-Sands Water Oil Fuel 231

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

Credit: The University of Hong Kong. Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. By 2050, the global population is expected to soar to 9.7 billion, with 68% of the population living in urban areas.

Global 433

Global 2001 2018 Green 433

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2022

A team at the University of Madison-Wisconsin studied critical sooting equivalence ratios and subsequent particulate formation during spark-ignition combustion for blends of ethanol, isobutanol (2-methyl-1-propanol), and methylbutenol (2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol) with gasoline using premixed prevaporized (PMPV) fueling. 2022.124638.

Gasoline 333

Gasoline Wisconsin North America Fuel 333

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Purdue University researchers have developed a turbomachine expander that offers an efficient and safe strategy for heating and cooling. These devices are referred to as expansion work recovery devices. However, the device will be referred to as an expander herein for conciseness. Barta, Davide Ziviani, Eckhard A.

Waste 291

Waste International Energy Engine 291

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2019

New DNA analysis by a team from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the University of Arizona has revealed surprising genetic diversity in a bacterium that poses a persistent threat to the algae biofuels industry. Brown, Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Credit: Seth Steichen and Judith K. Steichen, S.

Arizona 281

Arizona Tucson Universal Green 281

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. New Oil Resources was co-founded by Catallo and Dr. Gary Miller.

Oil 199

Oil Gasoline Commercial Conversion 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2019

Researchers from the University at Buffalo (UB), with colleagues in the US and China, have provided pathophysiologic evidence of the effect of air pollution on cardiovascular disease in China. Atherosclerosis refers to the build-up of plaque, or fatty deposits, in the artery walls, which, over time, restricts blood flow through the arteries.

Pollution 320

Pollution Chinese China Universal 320

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

C-Zero’s technology, which was initially developed at the University of California, Santa Barbara, uses innovative thermocatalysis to split methane into hydrogen and solid carbon in a process known as methane pyrolysis. Resources. The catalyst plays a crucial role in this process. Srilatha, D. Bhagawan, S. Shiva Kumar, V.

Hydrogen 305

Hydrogen Gas Clean Cleaning 305

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2019

Long-term exposure to ambient ozone appears to accelerate arterial conditions that progress into cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to a new University at Buffalo study. Atherosclerosis refers to the build-up of plaque, or fatty deposits, in the artery walls, which, over time, restricts blood flow through the arteries.

Ozone 311

Ozone Los Angeles North Carolina New York City 311

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO 2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst. The researchers thus refer to the process as a “Tandem Mechanism”. H 2 ) on the catalytically active sites of Fe 3 O 4 , and subsequently by the FTS reactions (CO?+?H C n H m ?+?H

Convert 505

Convert Fuel CO2 Conversion 505

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2019

Researchers at MIT, with a colleague from Tsinghua University, have developed a safety envelope for Li-ion batteries in electric vehicles by using a high accuracy finite element model of a pouch cell to produce more than 2,500 simulations and subsequently analyzing the data with Machine Learning (ML) algorithms. —Li et al.

Lithium Ion 332

Lithium Ion MIT Li-ion Batteries 332

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2011

On the order of 1 billion 40 kWh Li-based EV batteries could be built with the currently estimated reserve base of lithium, according to a recent study by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley. resource constraints, they found. Resource potential. —Wadia et al.

Ni-Li 268

Ni-Li Li-ion Energy Storage Batteries 268

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

GCxN provides promising early-stage cleantech startups with resources to accelerate product commercialization while de-risking investment. GCxN startups are referred by the program’s network partners—more than 60 cross-industry cleantech incubators, accelerators and universities—before undergoing in-depth review by Shell and NREL.

Power 170

Power Powered Energy Storage Lithium Ion 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2018

Researchers at the School of Science at IUPUI (Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis) identified the compound in the seed oil of the Orychophragmus violaceus , which is produced in a manner unlike any other fatty acid. Lubricant performance testing was conducted on steel surfaces at the University of North Texas.

Oil 218

Oil Nebraska Indianapolis Universal 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2021

Researchers from Oregon State University College of Engineering, with colleagues from Cornell University and the Argonne National Laboratory, have used advanced experimental tools to provide a clearer understanding of an electrochemical catalytic process that’s cleaner and more sustainable than deriving hydrogen from natural gas.

Insight 186

Insight Oregon Hydrogen Water 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

A team at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), with colleagues at Tsinghua University and Brown University, have developed a means to regain the strain-hardening ability of high-strength metals by incorporating of extrinsic nanofillers at grain boundaries. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal NANO Letters.

Universal 191

Universal China 2018 Affordable 191

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2015

Researchers at the University of Tehran (Iran), with colleagues at Isfahan University of Technology and Iran University of Science and Technology, are proposing a new intelligent control strategy for the energy management of hybrid powertrains based on the driving cycle type. 9 1169-1188 doi: 10.1177/0954407014556116.

Iran 150

Iran Hybrid Automobile Universal 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut, Storrs have now analyzed detonation formation in hydrogen/methane air mixtures, quantifying the effect of non-thermal reactions on the mechanism of detonation. 2022.112277.

Hydrogen 273

Hydrogen Engine Connecticut Fuel 273

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick (UK) have developed a method to assess the maximum current for commercial 18650 Li-ion batteries, using novel instrumentation methods enabling in operando measurements. times higher than the manufacturer-stated maximum. 2018.01.076.

Lithium Ion 284

Lithium Ion Commercial Li-ion Charging 284

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2020

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg studied the construction of an 8km stretch of road in detail and calculated how much emissions can be reduced now and until 2045, looking at everything from materials choice, production technology, supply chains and transport. Karlsson et al.

Emissions 243

Emissions Sweden Climate Waste 243

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2021

A study by researchers at RWTH Aachen University in Germany has found that synthetic dimethoxymethane (DMM) is not only a promising fuel or blend component because of its outstanding combustion characteristics, but that it could be very attractive from a production point of view as well. The results showed that the non-oxidative (i.e.,

Fuel 255

Fuel Diesel Renewable Hydrogen 255

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2021

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a nanometric graphite-like anode for sodium ion (Na + storage), formed by stacked graphene sheets functionalized only on one side, termed Janus graphene. The estimated sodium storage up to C 6.9 Na is comparable to graphite for standard lithium ion batteries.

Sodium 493

Sodium Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries 493

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2019

Imec also announced that it has started to upscale the materials and processes in a pilot line for fabrication of solid-state pouch cells at the EnergyVille Campus in Genk (Belgium) and is set-up in collaboration with the University of Hasselt. The different curves refer to different loadings.

Li-ion 297

Li-ion Energy Batteries Battery 297

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2023

Bos, an associate professor at Michigan Technological University (MTU), with assistance from his PhD student, Zach Jeffries. The objective of these tests was to evaluate the range, accuracy, and precision of eight automotive-grade lidars using a survey-grade lidar as a reference. The tests during the first year were led by Dr Jeremy P.

Standards 284

Standards Range Florida Light 284

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2018

A study led by environmental health scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health examined the release of vapors from gasoline station vent pipes, and found benzene emissions were 10 times higher than estimates used in setback regulations that determine how close schools, playgrounds, and parks can be to the facilities.

Gasoline 365

Gasoline New York City Pollution Gas 365

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2019

A team of researchers at George Washington University led by Prof. In the figure "ton" refers to metric tonne and CNT, carbon nanotube. Resources. B) Carbon mitigation with CNT-Al. Licht et al. 2019.100023.

Carbon 249

Carbon Emissions Washington CO2 249

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2017

Now, researchers at Kumamoto University in Japan, led by Professor Masato Machida, have developed a new composite material—a CeO 2 -grafted MnFeO y (CeO 2 /MnFeO y ) as a substitute for the conventional CeO 2 material in three-way catalysts. wt% Pd/A2O3, and the reference catalyst was a mixture of 1 wt% Rh/CeO 2 and Pd/A 2 O 3.

Convert 170

Convert Conversion Exhaust Gasoline 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

A team from the University of Wollongong (Australia) and the University of Technology, Sydney reported the successful synthesis by a simple hydrothermal approach of high-capacity WS 2 (tungsten disulfide)@graphene nanocomposite anodes for sodium-ion batteries. Their paper is published in the RSC journal Chemical Communications.

Sodium 231

Sodium Batteries Battery Australia 231

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2018

a tech startup spun out from Kyoto University, are partnering to develop a next-generation power semiconductor device expected to reduce the energy loss, cost, size and weight of inverters used in electrified vehicles (EVs). Ga 2 O 3 and demonstrated an 86% reduction in on-state loss compared to a SiC reference SBD. ?-Ga

Power 150

Power Powered Vehicles 2017 150