Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2016

Researchers at Beijing University of Chemical Technology have developed a catalytic process for the selective conversion of ricinoleic acid methyl ester—derived from castor oil—into jet fuel. reported the hydro-processing of castor oil into bio-jet fuel for the first time. Recently, Liu et al.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Metabolix in collaboration with North Carolina State University. Develop a non-genetically modified, non-food feedstock, Camelina sativa , with significantly increased seed yield and oil content to maximize oil yields per acre, thereby enabling the widespread use of a currently underutilized non-food feedstock. Organizations.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

Researchers at Oklahoma State University are developing a novel natural Gas and Biomass to Liquids (GBTL) technology that will synergistically use biomass (e.g. Bio-oil produced from biomass fast pyrolysis technology can be converted into hydrocarbons; however, this process is challenging due to the instability of bio-oil.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

The conversion of oleic acid in the process was 100%, and the yield of heptadecane (C 17 H 36 , the main product) can reach 71% after 80 min at 350 °C. In the study, the team explored the effects of catalyst loading, reactant loading, and reaction temperature on the conversion of oleic acid and the yields of hydrocarbons and aromatics.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Avjet Biotech will sell stock and use the funds raised to reimburse the university for its investment in patent applications, as well as allocate development capital to create a continuous production model for the biofuel refining system. Step 2: deoxygenation. Click to enlarge. Hydrocarbon reforming.

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MARCH 17, 2017

million-gallon) nameplate capacity biodiesel production facility at the Sombra site, together with 25 acres of land, in June 2016. Renewable diesel and biodiesel are both produced from fats and oils. David Bressler, a researcher in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Alberta.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

In FY2017, IHI Group began, in partnership with Kobe University, the NEDO supported R&D project “Development of Production Technologies for Bio jet fuels / Pilot scale test on once through production process” to produce algae-based biofuel, using the hyper-growth Botryococcus braunii. IHI also began work with Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.

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JUNE 12, 2021

It is based on the project that was done from August 2013 to Jan 2016 to understand consumer preferences for the use of electric vehicles in terms of socio-economic variables such as gender, age, income, education and region. Insane Mode-How Elon Musk’s Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution to End the Age of Oil.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Researchers at Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, have developed a highly efficient homogeneous Ru-based catalyst system for the production of methanol (CH 3 OH) from CO 2 and H 2 in an ethereal solvent (initial turnover frequency = 70 h −1 at 145 °C). Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas.

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JULY 12, 2017

The award is from the FY 2017 Vehicle Technologies Program-Wide Funding Opportunity (DE-FOA-0001629) issued in December 2016. University of Maryland: College Park. Penn State University Park. University of Maryland: College Park. University of Pittsburgh. Cornell University. Wayne State University.

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JUNE 15, 2016

Methane monooxygenases (MMOs), found in methanotrophic bacteria, are selective catalysts for methane activation and conversion to methanol under mild conditions; however, these enzymes are not amenable to standard enzyme immobilization approaches. The enzymes retain up to 100% activity in the polymer construct. Craig D.

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APRIL 8, 2014

To achieve this first objective, DOE intends to pursue parallel strategies: Advance options for diverse energy resources and conversion devices for power. Conduct discovery-focused research to increase the understanding of matter, materials and their properties through partnerships with universities, national laboratories, and industry.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

Following a mandate by the USAF to use 50% of its fuel from cleaner and domestic sources by 2016, Accelergy is the first to provide 100% synthetic fuel that can meet the JP-8 standards. Camelina oil. Production from this facility will commence in the 3 rd quarter of this year. Groenewold, Director of the EERC.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Researchers at Nanjing Tech University in China have developed a new pathway for the production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels from lignocellulose. These routes usually deal with whole lignocellulose leading to upgradeable platforms such as bio-oil or syngas. —Zhu et al. 18, 2165-2174 doi: 10.1039/C5GC02414E.

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MAY 16, 2016

Ford began working with several companies, suppliers and universities in 2013 to find applications for captured CO 2. Plastic manufacturing accounts for nearly 4% of the world’s oil use, according to British Plastic Federation. Among these companies is Novomer. —Peter Shepard, Novomer chief business officer.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Second, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a rule on the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) that would provide financing to increase the conversion of biomass to bioenergy. And we want to get up 10 commercial demonstration projects, get those up and running by 2016. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

The production costs for most chemicals via microbial fermentation are currently high compared to oil-derived products primarily because of operating costs associated with feedstock and feedstock processing. One way to mitigate high feedstock cost is to maximize conversion into the bioproduct of interest. Jones, Alan G.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder projects the emission impacts of the widespread introduction of inexpensive and efficient electric vehicles into the US light duty vehicle (LDV) sector. output of mining or importing technologies) to conversion or process technologies (e.g.,

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Every time there is a conversion of energy from one form to another there are efficiency losses – a concept known as ‘energy vector transition’. In essence this mandates a complete billion dollar replication of the oil industry’s distribution network. Again, the hydrogen pathway represents a stupid energy pathway.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2016

A team from The University of Manchester and East China University has developed a process for the direct hydrodeoxygenation of raw woods into liquid alkanes with mass yields up to 28.1 wt% Parker, Xue Han, Sihai Yang & Yanqin Wang (2016) “Direct hydrodeoxygenation of raw woody biomass into liquid alkanes”.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

Today, the automotive industry faces three challenges regarding environmental and energy issues: finding a viable alternative energy source as a replacement for oil; reducing CO 2 emissions; and. Currently, oil remains the main source of automotive fuel; however, further research and development of alternative energies may bring change.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

After the initial transition period, revenues go into a Universal Refund that will increase until all revenues not spent to reduce the deficit are refunded directly to consumers. Decreasing Dependence on Foreign Oil. Significant tax incentives encourage the conversion of trucks and heavy-duty fleets to natural gas vehicles.

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JUNE 20, 2017

reported a breakthrough in their joint research ( earlier post ) into advanced biofuels involving the modification of an algae strain that more than doubled its oil content without significantly inhibiting the strain’s growth. Slower growth has been an adverse effect of previous attempts to increase algae oil production volume.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2015

The winners are Professor Patrick Cappillino, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Professor Yogesh (Yogi) Surendranath, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Professor David Go, University of Notre Dame. Patrick Cappillino, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Dr. David Go, University of Notre Dame. Description.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2018

Typically the steam cracking of ethane has a conversion rate of 70%, with ethylene yields of about 50%. Ethylene production is energy-intensive and uses steam-cracking—the most energy-consuming single process in chemical industry. The NDP was carried out at 400 °C whereas the steam cracking was performed at 850 °C. Ding et al.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

The FCC catalyst particles are used in oil refineries to “crack” large molecules that are left after distillation of crude oil into smaller molecules, such as gasoline. —co-lead researcher Florian Meirer, assistant professor of inorganic chemistry and catalysis at Utrecht University. Yijin Liu, Florian Meirer, Courtney M.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have demonstrated a new solar process for the one-step, gas-phase conversion of CO 2 and H 2 O to C 5+ liquid hydrocarbons and O 2 by operating the photocatalytic reaction at elevated temperatures and pressures. Welch Foundation. Wilaiwan Chanmanee, Mohammad Fakrul Islam, Brian H.

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JULY 17, 2015

Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis. Table of Contents. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. Conversely, high coating thicknesses for the electrodes produce a high energy density. Audi e-tron quattro concept SUV. The Audi Q5 HFC (Hybrid Fuel Cell) followed in 2009. Audi A4 Avant g-tron.

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Cars That Think

MAY 23, 2023

The first time it was committed to print is a 2016 paper by this guy called Arnold De Loof , a researcher out in Europe. This was work from Denis Jabaudon at the University of Geneva, and they were looking at how neurons actually differentiate. Adee: Well, so Michael Levin is a professor at Tufts University.

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MAY 23, 2023

Enraged that upper-class students were given priority to enroll in a computer-science elective at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey , Paras decided to crash the registration website so that no one could enroll. In May 2016, Paras reached out to Josiah White. But they usually just gripe. Paras Jha was an exception.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In July, Trump reportedly asked oil and gas CEOs for a $1 billion campaign donation in exchange for scrapping EV policies, halting wind energy expansion, and derailing other clean-energy policies that the industry opposes. The oil industry was reportedly not as excited about this as the campaign had anticipated. businesses.

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