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Used Car of the Day: 1994 Isuzu Trooper

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Today we bring you an off-road-ready, oil-burning 1994 Isuzu Trooper. liter turbodiesel engine, five-speed manual transmission, and new-ish tires. If this sort of thing interests you, perhaps you can buy this Kansas-based rig and connect the speedo and tach. This one has a 3.1-liter Seems like a simple fix, at least.

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Nextchem and Saola Energy partner to deliver renewable diesel technology

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NextChem, an Italian renewable energy technology company, is partnering with Kansas-based Saola Energy to support the production of renewable diesel from vegetable oils and residual fats. Companies handling waste oils and residual fats will have access to new opportunities in the market for second-generation renewable fuels.

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Seaboard Energy selects Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology to produce renewable diesel

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Seaboard Energy has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex hydroprocessing fuel technology to produce renewable diesel from tallow and soybean oil. The 6,500 barrels-per-day renewable diesel unit is currently under construction at Seaboard Energy’s site in Hugoton, Kansas, and is scheduled for operation at the end of 2021.

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IC Bus adds purpose-built propane school bus offering; PSI 8.8-liter propane engine and Allison transmission

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liter LP propane engine for the 2015 school year. Purpose-built for the school bus industry, the CE Series with PSI propane engine is designed to provide diesel-like performance with higher torque at lower engine speeds. liter engine. liter engine is engineered to deliver the highest torque at the lowest speed.

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Researchers modify camelina to produce highest levels yet in transgenic plant oil of novel lipid acetyl-TAG; biofuel and industrial use

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As reported in a paper in Plant Biotechnology Journal , this successful metabolic engineering and subsequent field production of the modified camelina crop marked the highest accumulation of the unusual oil achieved so far in transgenic plants. hydroxyl, epoxy, etc.).

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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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The RII Track-2 awards support research while also requiring award recipients to invest in developing a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce—particularly of early-career faculty researchers. University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Description.

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Ford to offer new 5-cylinder 3.2L diesel in Transit van in North America next year

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The new diesel engine, Ford’s second in North America, has already been applied in the global Ford Ranger truck sold in world markets (3.2 The new Power Stroke Diesel will be the only five-cylinder diesel engine available in a commercial van in North America. liter EcoBoost gasoline engine. Duratorq TDCi 200).