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JANUARY 28, 2014

The Mercedes AMG PETRONAS (Petroliam Nasional Berhad) Formula One Team unveiled the F1 W05, its 2014 challenger, at the Circuito de Jerez in southern Spain. Select 2014 F1 powertrain regulation changes. A sole single-stage compressor and single-stage exhaust turbine are used for pressure charging. The PU106A Hybrid Power Unit.

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2014 Mercedes Fuel Powered 252

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MAY 6, 2013

2014 Sprinter. Since 2010, all Sprinters in the US have been powered by BlueTEC diesel engines, marking the first use of BlueTEC technology, with its selective catalytic reduction (SCR) exhaust aftertreatment system, in the commercial van market here. The two overhead camshafts actuate 16 intake and exhaust valves.

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Diesel 2014 Standards Exhaust 306

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MARCH 18, 2013

Cadillac announced details of a new Twin-Turbo V-6 engine and eight-speed transmission—firsts for the brand and signature features of the all-new 2014 Cadillac CTS midsize luxury sedan debuting next week at the New York Auto Show. The engine will also will be offered in the 2014 XTS large luxury sedan this fall. Click to enlarge.

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Cadillac 2014 Exhaust Fuel Economy 252

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

The newly unveiled 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 pickup trucks will deliver more power, more torque and improved fuel efficiency, partly due to a trio of all-new EcoTec3 engines designed specifically for the needs of full-size truck customers. A structural aluminum oil pan further stiffens the bottom of the block.

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Sierra Silverado 2014 Engine 218

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APRIL 22, 2014

The team presented two papers on the state of their work at the recent SAE 2014 World Congress in Detroit. Burned gas is scavenged out through exhaust valves mounted in the cylinder head of the combustion chamber; fresh air is brought in through the scavenging port at the side wall of the cylinder liner.

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Toyota Engine 2014 Gas-Electric 419

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JUNE 7, 2013

2014 Toyota Corolla LE Eco. Toyota unveiled the 2014 Toyota Corolla—the 11 th generation of the car. The 2014 Corolla is available in four distinct grades: L, LE, S, and the new LE Eco grade. The 2014 Corolla offers two 1.8-liter, Click to enlarge. liter, all-aluminum four-cylinder engines. The base 1.8-liter

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North America 2014 Toyota MPG 313

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The new 2014 Ford Fiesta on sale next year will be the first vehicle available in the United States with Ford’s 3-cylinder 1.0-liter A computer-controlled variable oil pump. A timing belt-in-oil for the primary cam drive system produces less noise (being sealed), and is maintenance-free. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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North America 2014 Ford America 236

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JULY 16, 2014

2014 Yaris Hybrid. Toyota’s refreshed 2014 Yaris for Europe offers a choice of four powertrains, including a thoroughly reworked 3-cylinder 1.0 In addition, the exhaust temperature is lower than that of conventional engines. Click to enlarge. mpg US), and CO 2 emissions reduced to 95 g/km in conjunction with a stop/start system.

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2014 Engine Toyota Hybrid 273

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MARCH 27, 2013

2014 Jeep Cherokee. Chrysler introduced the new 2014 Jeep Cherokee mid-size SUV at the New York International Auto Show. liter Tigershark MultiAir 2 I-4 engine is standard in the 2014 Jeep Cherokee. The 2014 Jeep Cherokee provides a choice of three 4x4 systems. Click to enlarge. The 16-valve, 2.4-liter 4x4 systems.

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Jeep 2014 MPG Chrysler 294

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NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Lux Research has investigated the trends of corporate financing of alternative fuels from oil majors, based on a non-exhaustive database of more than 1,000 deals and partnership engagements from 2000 through September, 2014. Less active oil majors in this space include ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips.

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Alternative Fuels Oil Chevron Fuel 225

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MARCH 18, 2014

liter EA288 diesel engine will power the 2015 Golf, Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Passat, and Jetta, all of which are set to arrive in dealer showrooms in the second half of 2014. The engineers integrated the oil and vacuum pump in one module; it is designed as a compact dual pump. Exhaust gas aftertreatment module close to engine.

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Diesel 2014 2015 Water 307

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AUGUST 6, 2013

Oliver Schmidt, General Manager, Energy and Environmental Office, Volkswagen Group of America confirmed that the new EA288 diesel engine will power the 2015 Golf, Beetle, Passat, Jetta, which are due in dealer showrooms in the second half of 2014. The new EA288 will eventually replace all the 2.0-liter Diesel Engines'

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Diesel America 2014 Exhaust 207

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Fiat is updating its 500L range for 2014 with two new turbocharged 120 hp (88 kW) engine options—the 1.6 A Start&Stop system is included, while the engine and transmission use low viscosity lubricant oil to minimize friction. MultiJet II turbodiesel and the 1.4 T-Jet gasoline—and a dual fuel LPG/gasoline variant of the 1.4

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Gasoline Diesel Engine 2014 218

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Among the many features of the new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee—introduced at the Detroit Auto Show—two in particular contribute to significantly improved fuel economy and driving performance: an optional new 3.0-liter 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Piston-cooling oil jets. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. New 8-speed.

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Jeep MPG 2014 Fuel Economy 231

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Additionally, LNG engines are tuned to either emit low nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions—at the cost of higher methane emissions in some cases—or to incorporate NO x reduction technologies such as exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) or selective catalytic reduction (SCR). Olmer et al. —Pavlenko et al. Credit: The ICCT.

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Mariner Climate Fuel Oil 427

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

Ford’s all-new 2014 Transit full-size van, which goes on sale late next year, will be offered with a new 3.2-liter 2014 Transit full-size van. Also included is a water-cooled high-performance electric-controlled exhaust gas recirculation valve that is better able to withstand coolant pressure drops. Ford’s 5-cylinder, 3.2-liter

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North America Diesel America Ford 343

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JULY 17, 2014

The electric biturbo system comprises a classic exhaust turbocharger (mono- or bi-turbo) working together with a supplemental, electric-powered compressor arranged in series and powered by a separate 48-volt electrical system. Note the position of the single exhaust gas turbocharger and the electrically driven compressor.

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Audi Volt Exhaust Production 338

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JUNE 20, 2014

The result of their work, presented in papers this spring at the SAE 2014 World Congress, the Vienna Motor Symposium, and the JSAE Annual Congress, is the new 1.3-liter To meet both performance and fuel consumption requirements, a 4-2-1 pipe exhaust manifold has been designed to reduce residual exhaust gas in combustion.

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Fuel Economy Economy Engine Toyota 278

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JUNE 26, 2014

liter EcoBoost engine ( earlier post ) was named 2014 International Engine of the Year for the third consecutive year. The engine’s compact, low-inertia turbocharger spins at up to 248,000 rpm—more than 4,000 times per second and almost twice the maximum rpm of the turbochargers powering 2014 Formula 1 race car engines.

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Engine Ford Green Gasoline-Electric 268

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

The 2014 Ram ProMaster will go on sale beginning in the 3 rd quarter 2013 and will join the smaller Ram Cargo Van as an additional van offering to compete with other full-size commercial vans. Ram Truck will develop a new large van for the North American market. a 5 years/100,000 mile powertrain warranty.

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Commercial Chrysler America 2013 252

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

The advanced design places the exhaust inside the engine’s V-shape while the air intake is positioned on the outside of the V. This segment-exclusive design naturally improves a variety of attributes: Shorter airflow from the exhaust system to the turbocharger sitting between the engine’s cylinder banks improves turbo responsiveness.

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Diesel Ford Powered Power 286

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AUGUST 7, 2015

Many oil companies had trimmed their budgets heading into 2015 to deal with lower oil prices. Now a prevailing sense that oil prices may stay lower for longer has hit the markets. In other words, oil traders are now feeling much gloomier about oil prices several years out than they were at the beginning of 2015.

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Oil Saudi Arabia Supplies Oil Prices 150

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

Mercedes-Benz has introduced the updated 2014 E-Class Sedan and Wagon, featuring an array of new driver assistance systems in addition to new fuel efficient engines. The engine also sees the world’s first use of the stratified lean burn process in combination with exhaust-gas turbocharging and external high-pressure exhaust gas recirculation.

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Gasoline Mercedes Engine 2014 231

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JULY 2, 2015

Fraunhofer researchers in Germany have developed a process for the conversion of CO-rich exhaust gases from steel plants into fuels and specialty chemicals. In addition to the exhaust gases, syngas—similar gas mixtures from home and industrial waste incineration—can also be used for the engineered process. Breitkreuz, K.,

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Exhaust Fuel Carbon Diesel 150

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

By 2014, the new V-6 is expected to account for more than a third of the powertrains in the vehicle line-up. Some parts, including the exhaust manifolds, will completely disappear by virtue of being cast directly into the cylinder head. Today, the engine line-up features 32 different left and right exhaust manifolds.

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Chrysler Engine Fuel Exhaust 225

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JULY 22, 2011

In the Permian Basin, approximately one additional barrel of oil can be recovered for each 6,000 cubic feet (6 Mcf) of compressed CO 2 injected into the oil field. TCEP will begin delivering CO 2 to Whiting when the plant commences operations in late 2014 or early 2015; construction is scheduled to begin at the end of this year.

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Coal Texas Oil CO2 186

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

Haldor Topsøe A/S has won the Danish Engineering Product Award 2014 (in Danish Ingeniørens Produktpris 2014) for its new ECO-Jet solution. Particulate filter systems are developed for diesel engine exhaust with a relatively low sulfur and ash content.

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Emissions Exhaust Fuel Powered 186

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MAY 12, 2012

The Directorate for Engineering is now seeking proposals (NSF 12-559) for awards totalling up to $12 million for FY 2012, 2013, and 2014, pending availability of funds. Within the US alone, almost 12 million barrels of oil are consumed per day in ground transportation vehicles that are powered by the internal combustion engine (ICE).

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Fuel Economy Engine Economy Fuel 240

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JULY 18, 2014

The fifth generation of the GM small block engine family launched with the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 trucks, and features the same cam-in-block architecture and 4.400-inch bore centers (the distance between the centers of each cylinder) that were born with the original small block in 1955. EcoTec3 V-8.

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GMC Chevrolet 2015 Yukon 210

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JULY 9, 2012

MHI) will begin developing UEC-LSGi: low-speed, dual-fuel, marine diesel engines capable of using not only conventional heavy oil but also natural gas for their fuel. The price of heavy oil used as fuel for low-speed, 2-stroke marine diesel is expected to rise in the future. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

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Mariner Mitsubishi Gas Diesel 218

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JUNE 8, 2019

This means that the turbocharger and the exhaust manifold are now positioned at the rear, on the side of the firewall when viewed from behind. Furthermore, the new arrangement allows much improved air ducting with shorter distances and fewer diversions - both on the intake and exhaust side. Turbocharger. All-aluminum crankcase.

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Mercedes Exhaust Oil-Sands Engine 277

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JANUARY 2, 2014

as a source for oleaginous microorganisms or enzymes supporting the digestion of raw sugars for the production of oil to be used as feedstock for biodiesel. In a paper in the journal Fuel , they note that the yield of ant oil is 16% dry weight and contains most of the fatty acids also found in other biomass resources. Bowling, James B.

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Oil Mississippi South America Exhaust 225

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APRIL 10, 2014

In a paper presented at the SAE 2014 World Congress, Toyota researchers described their work on an optimized combustion concept for turbocharged gasoline direct-injection engines that leverages optimized intake ports, dog dish-type curved pistons with a lip, and a fan injection spray to minimize flow disturbance and intensify in-cylinder flow.).

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Gasoline Toyota Engine Fuel 273

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JULY 22, 2014

Due to the extensive lightweighting in the new F-150 ( earlier post ), this will improve the power-to-weight ratio of the 2015 truck by 15% over the 2014 5.0-liter All-new aluminum cylinder heads feature water-cooled integrated exhaust manifolds. Variable displacement oil pump reduces internal engine friction to improve fuel economy.

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F-150 Ford 2015 Exhaust 199

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MAY 14, 2013

The conventional hybrid offers up to 37% fuel savings compared to a diesel version and 40-50% lower exhaust emissions. Volvo Buses expect to be able to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by up to 90% by using biodiesel instead of standard, fossil diesel oil in the combustion engine.

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Plug-in Volvo Plug Hybrid 281

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MARCH 19, 2014

GM developed the new engines for the company’s global vehicle portfolio; the engines will power many of the company’s highest-volume small cars and compact crossovers, including the next-generation Chevrolet Cruze specifically tailored for China, which launches in 2014 as a 2015 model. Efficiency-enhancing oiling system.

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Engine GM Oil-Sands Oil 261

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JUNE 24, 2014

The new engine is capable of operation on LNG and/or bunker C oil and will power the first of two 3,100-teu container ships ordered by TOTE, the American marine transportation company. The TOTE ME-GI engine will primarily operate on LNG, which is currently more competitively priced than bunker-C oil.

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Puerto Rico Engine San Diego Fuel 218