Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2009

Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) led off a day-long symposium on advances in CO 2 conversion and utilization being held at the 238 th American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting, which began today in Washington, DC. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Robert Dorner. The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

While Ni metal catalyzes the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) exclusively under CO 2 RR conditions, Ni single atomic sites present a high CO selectivity of 95% under an overpotential of 550 mV in water, and an excellent stability over 20 hours’ continuous electrolysis. The current density can be scaled up to more than 50 mA cm?2

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Fraunhofer’s POWERPASTE releases hydrogen on contact with water. Specific energies and energy densities including conversion losses. Refueling would be simple; riders merely have to replace an empty cartridge with a new one and then refill a tank with water. It has a hydrogen capacity of about 10 mass-% (i.e. 10 kg POWERPASTE ?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2014

Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) have discovered a new photocatalyst, Sn 3 O 4 , which facilitates the production of hydrogen fuel from water, using sunlight as an energy source. Sn 3 O 4 has great potential as an abundant, cheap, and environmentally benign solar-energy conversion catalyst.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Like seawater, the MoP catalyst material is widely available, and therefore, cheap. The research team started with the MoP combination because of its affinity for activating, or separating, water molecules. While MoP 2 released hydrogen atoms from the water molecules, MoP converted the hydrogen atoms to hydrogen gas molecules.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2014

volts versus the reversible hydrogen electrode) in CO-saturated alkaline water. For the Nature study, Kanan and Li built an electrochemical cell: two electrodes placed in water saturated with carbon monoxide gas. The challenge was to find a cathode that would reduce carbon monoxide to ethanol instead of reducing water to hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Instead of using H 2 , direct conversion of CO 2 with CH 4 (dry reforming of methane, DRM) to liquid fuels and chemicals (e.g. Moreover, it is a cheap carbon source which can increase the atom utilization of CO 2 hydrogenation due to the stoichiometric ratio of C and O atoms, as well as reducing the formation of water. …

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

A team led by Professor Jae Sung Lee at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), with colleagues at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), have developed a new pathway for the direct conversion of CO 2 to liquid transportation fuels by reaction with renewable hydrogen produced by solar water splitting.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2014

The cost of electrofuels—fuels produced by catalyst-based systems for light capture, water electrolysis, and catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to liquid fuels—remains far away from viable, according to a new analysis by Lux Research. Production costs per barrel of oil equivalent. Source: Lux Research.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2012

Illustration of non-catalytic biodiesel conversion Credit: ACS, Kwon et al. conversion efficiency to FAME (fatty acid methyl ester) within 1 minute in a temperature range of 350–500 °C. Biodiesel conversion at various temperatures (a) and various volumetric ratios of MeOH to oil at 380 °C (b). Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

A team of researchers from the University of Houston and the California Institute of Technology has developed an active and durable earth-abundant transition metal dichalcogenide-based hybrid catalyst for water-splitting that exhibits high hydrogen evolution activity approaching the state-of-the-art platinum catalysts. —Zhou et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

The complete Blue World system includes the fuel cell stack, the methanol reformer, heat-exchanger, power conversion units and a set of power and operation controllers, and balance of plant. Methanol reforming converts a mix of methanol and water into a hydrogen-rich gas. The MEA is one of the core components in a fuel cell stack.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Two chemists at Brown University have streamlined the conversion of waste vegetable oil (WVO) into biodiesel, eliminating the need for corrosive chemicals to perform the reactions. Current techniques for the conversion of waste vegetable oil to biodiesel take time, are costly and are inefficient. WVO to Biodiesel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2015

Currently, renewable hydrogen may be produced from water by electrolysis with either low efficiency alkaline electrolyzers that suffer 50–65% losses, or by more efficient acidic electrolyzers using expensive rare platinum group metal catalysts (Pt). 2 , equivalent to ~10% solar photoelectrical conversion efficiency. 100 mA cm ?2

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Hybrid conversion of glucose into UPA-6,6. Replacing conventional high-pressure hydrogenation by direct ECH promoted a seamless flow between the processes, allowing the use of the broth water, salts, and impurities as electrolyte and hydrogen source. Their study is published in the 12 Feb. Suastegui et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2013

The hybrid material effectively catalyzes the conversion of liquid water to hydrogen gas while remaining stable in an acidic environment. One key step is splitting water (water electrolysis). Source: BNL. Click to enlarge. But these two approaches had not yet been tried together.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are potentially the most efficient technology for direct conversion of hydrocarbons to electricity. Our cell could make for a straightforward, robust overall system that uses cheap stainless steel to make interconnectors. Structure and performance of an intermediate-temperature fuel cell. Chen et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2014

The two main components—the electrochemical conversion hardware through which the fluids are flowed (which sets the peak power capacity) and the chemical storage tanks (which set the energy capacity)—may be independently sized. The quinones are dissolved in water, which prevents them from catching fire. —Michael J.

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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. The process uses cheap and earth-abundant catalytic materials.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2022

Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, researchers from UC Berkeley, Texas A&M and Stanford have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks. The energy savings come from not having to heat the substance to high temperatures.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

The aim of the UK work was to study the conversion of cellulose into hydrogen by means of the photoreforming reaction, using cellulose as the sacrificial agent. Hydrogen evolution from photocatalytic reforming of grass and comparison with photocatalytic reforming of cellulose and photocatalytic water-splitting.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2015

has developed a new type of aluminum-air battery which can be recharged by refilling with salt or fresh water and which uses a modified structure to ensure longer battery lifetime. In addition, aluminum is the most recycled metal in the world and is economically cheap. Click to enlarge. Fuji Pigment Co. Earlier post.). A, or more.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2016

CO 2 , CO and syngas cause global warming, but represent an abundant and cheap source of carbon. just using water, H 2 , CO 2 and sunlight. Global Bioenergies has set the diversification of feedstocks usable in its isobutene process as its new R&D frontier. Earlier post.) This goal is part of Audi’s e-fuels strategy. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Electricity is a cheap entity—not a commodity, but is its fundamentally very cheap. maintain a system as well as maintain and recover and investment on it that is fundamentally very cheap. You really have to package together something that allows you.to Vehicles will come into a twilight zone at an unusual intersection.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The point is, these boats aren’t cheap but they’re certainly getting closer to the budget of the kind of folks with boat money. For example, one major update on the Bowrider 1 is the conversion of the boat’s bow into a spacious seating area offering more relaxed riding.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The B2 (a cousin to the B1 wagon) hasn’t been completely killed off and in 2023 the company said “engineers are once again working on developing the SUV and pickup” The B2 wasn’t looking like being cheap despite the simplicity of its aluminium body. It wants to expand that know-how with EV versions of the Toyota Hilux.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 3, 2024

BikeOn electric bike conversion kit The BikeOn conversion kit is one of the most highly engineered kits I’ve seen for converting a standard pedal bike into an e-bike. The battery fits in a water bottle holder, and adds just 3.3 This kit is not cheap, priced at US $1,246 without a battery or US $1,599 with a battery.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

One of the longest sidewalks in the world, La Rambla meanders along the shimmering estuary Ro de la Plata, past beaches, wine bars and purple-blossomed jacaranda trees, statues and sculptures, soccer matches and friends engrossed in conversations over cups of yerba mat. Women sat on a grassy knoll, their young children toddling about.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

I dont think we spoke a word over the next minutes, the idea of any conversation quickly sacrificed to the food in front of us. It is also home to a large population of expat retirees, drawn by the temperate climate, the relatively cheap living costs and the ubiquity of English-speaking tradespeople and taxi drivers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. And oil only seems cheap. Cash for Conversions” will start by fixing many of our 100 million trucks, vans, and buses. When they’re mass-produced, conversions will cost under $10-$15,000.

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Green Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

It starts at $2,199 for the 500W variant and offers good value if you’re just feeling the waters when it comes to electric motorbikes. This item is sure to start up a conversation. It isn’t cheap, but it could be a much better way to get to work than the metro and it’s way cheaper than using Uber over the course of the year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Reply ↓ ↑ report 6 CaramelZappa 3:20AM (4/23/2009) Yea, you COULD convert a lotus for $10k but the conversion wouldnt be terribly satisfying. link] This guy has a very nice looking conversion, he managed to do it for about 25k. I also think it will be cheap, which is why I think someone will buy the group. Its a Lotus.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

So, the used batteries are almost arbitrarily cheap since an arbitrarily large fraction of their cost of production can be loaded on their use in transportation. EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that. Powered by Blogrunner Latest From Green Inc.

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Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2023

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. And so now, we’re seeing very cheap pieces of very effective silicon that you put right with a camera. And it’s really cheap.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term. Nonetheless, hydrogen fuel cell cars are, like pure battery powered cars, classed as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight. In EV’s they do need replacing in about 5 yrs if done right.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Remember its PURE D.C.

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