Tag Archives: combustion

Fuel Savings with Aerodynamic Add-ons Underneath

2011-2-20 – 8:23 am

Adoption by major haulers encourage independent shippers to take similar steps.

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SOS from the Copenhagen, Sir

2009-12-18 – 12:19 pm

Unaddressed: Not discussed or considered

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Technologies for Improving Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy

2009-9-21 – 5:59 pm

The study, by avoiding consideration of ‘research’ technologies (because their effectiveness and/or costs are presently only known with greater levels of uncertainty), was decidedly biased toward the dominant ICE (Internal Combustion Engine).

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At Frankfurt 2009 Ford Gets Down

2009-9-19 – 2:00 pm

A Ford Focus could meet even more stringent standards for carbon emissions being considered by the European Union.

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Stockton, Fresno, Visalia, Tulare, Turlock, Hanford, Modesto, Bakersfield, and Merced

2009-6-6 – 10:06 am

“Famous battles of his-story?”
Well, yes, during the water wars in the early part of the millennium, named after metropolitan areas in the San Joaquin Valley.

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Air Pollution Endangers Lives of Six in Ten Americans

2009-5-2 – 9:21 am

The American Lung Association identifies the biggest sources of unhealthy air pollution: coal-fired electric power plants, diesel engines and ocean-going vessels. Save Your Lungs, Save the Planet

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Maxwell Ultracapacitor Modules for Diesel Hybrid Buses

2009-4-24 – 11:08 am

DaimlerChrysler has extensive experience with diesel-electric serial hybrid buses, but it may be Chinese manufacturers that will sieze the market. Much still depends upon viable energy storage.

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Vapor Compression Distillation

2008-10-21 – 6:38 am

Vapor Compression Distillation can removes butanol from the fermentation steep using one-fourth the energy required for typical separation techniques.

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A Healthier Ride to School

2008-10-3 – 12:17 pm

Disesel pollution inside the bus is unhealthy. One could make it healthier and at the same time save fuel cost if decent batteries were available at a reasonable price.

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Siemens SISHIP Eco Prop

2008-9-26 – 8:26 am

A cruise ship, and now even a smaller work boat, can be operated in 4 different modes.

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