Turbocharging the switch to efficient engines
Predicting capricious pre-ignition combustion events could enable automakers to build powerful yet more efficient engines.
Engineering
Mar 28, 2019
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Engineers develop fast method to convert algae to biocrude
Biofuel experts have long sought a more economically-viable way to turn algae into biocrude oil to power vehicles, ships and even jets. University of Utah researchers believe they have found an answer. They have developed ...
Biotechnology
Mar 4, 2019
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Researchers synthesize renewable oils for use in lubricants
Engine gears, plane thrusters, refrigerator compressors, wind turbines—the list of important industrial machinery, agricultural equipment, transportation vessels, and home applications that depend on lubricants might be ...
Materials Science
Feb 4, 2019
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Testing an undersea robot that can detect and map oil spills
In late September 2018, MBARI engineers demonstrated a new use for MBARI's long-range autonomous underwater vehicles (LRAUVs)—detecting and tracking oil spills. Working with the US Coast Guard and collaborators at Woods ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2018
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How do you prolong the useful life of lubricants?
Wind turbines towering hundreds of feet over many landscapes herald a future of endless, clean energy.
Materials Science
Aug 22, 2018
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Modeling research identifies potentially profitable bioproducts
Imagine a new and improved biorefinery, one that produces advanced biofuels as environmentally sustainable as they are economically viable. In the biorefinery of the future, every step of the pipeline is optimized, almost ...
Biotechnology
Aug 1, 2018
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Tests on oil recycled from tyres finds a cleaner diesel blend
Old tyres can be completely recycled into lower emission diesel engine oil, instead of being dumped in dangerous, highly flammable stockpiles that become breeding grounds for malaria and dengue-carrying mosquitoes.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 29, 2016
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Fuel made from recycled plastic could power ship engines
New research will test whether Plaxx, a fuel made from mixed plastic waste, can be used as an alternative to crude derived fuels in industrial and marine engines.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 28, 2016
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Olive oil waste used to produce molecules with myriad uses in chemical and food industries
A team of researchers from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Granada has successfully used various olive industry waste products to produce surface active agents. More specifically, they have produced ...
Materials Science
Jul 15, 2016
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Nanostructures grown on fabric can mop up oil spills
Oil spills at sea, on the land and in your own kitchen could one day easily be mopped up with a new multipurpose fabric covered with semi-conducting nanostructures, developed by a team of researchers from QUT, CSIRO and RMIT.
Materials Science
Apr 18, 2016
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