News tagged with diesel
Tiny heat engine may be world's smallest
(PhysOrg.com) -- Steam engines, combustion engines, and diesel engines are all different types of heat engines, which operate by converting heat energy into mechanical work. Although heat engines have existed ...
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Delphi gasoline-injection engine technique rivals hybrid's edge
(Phys.org) -- Running a diesel like engine on gasoline is something Delphi is doing in notable fashion. They claim they are on to a promising way to enjoy an engine that gives the vehicle owner high efficiency ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 21, 2012 |
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New synthetic biology technique boosts microbial production of diesel fuel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Significant boosts in the microbial production of clean, green and renewable biodiesel fuel has been achieved with the development of a new technique in synthetic biology by researchers with ...
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Link between air pollution and cyclone intensity in Arabian Sea
Pollution is making Arabian Sea cyclones more intense, according to a study in this week's issue of the journal Nature.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Cows may hold the key to greener fuels
Scientists in Scotland are turning to cows and the tiny organisms and enzymes found in their stomachs for a potential way to create industrial products such as biofuels from plant waste and plan to unveil their ideas at a ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Volkswagen's XL1 said to be world's most economical car
(PhysOrg.com) -- Volkswagen has unveiled its new, prototype super-efficient hybrid vehicle, the XL1, at this week's Qatar motor show. The car has been under development for a decade and Volkswagen claims it ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Advanced engine-control system reduces biodiesel fuel consumption and emissions
Researchers from Purdue University and Cummins Inc. have developed an advanced "closed-loop control" approach for preventing diesel engines from emitting greater amounts of smog-causing nitrogen oxides when ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Machine Converts CO2 into Gasoline, Diesel, and Jet Fuel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have built a machine that uses the sun's energy to convert carbon dioxide waste from power plants into transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel, ...
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Gasoline-diesel 'cocktail': A potent recipe for cleaner, more efficient engines
(PhysOrg.com) -- Diesel and gasoline fuel sources both bring unique assets and liabilities to powering internal combustion engines. But what if an engine could be programmed to harvest the best properties ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Volkswagen Passat sets world record for longest distance on one tank of clean diesel fuel
The world's most fuel-efficient couple has done it again. John and Helen Taylor were determined to break the record for the farthest distance traveled on a single tank of fuel. They decided to attempt the ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 11, 2012 |
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Researchers develop a new candidate for a cleaner, greener and renewable diesel fuel
(PhysOrg.com) -- A class of chemical compounds best known today for fragrance and flavor may one day provide the clean, green and renewable fuel with which truck and auto drivers fill their tanks. Researchers ...
Mar 14, 2012 |
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New uses for diesel by-products
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new catalytic process discovered by the Cardiff Catalysis Institute could unleash a range of useful new by-products from diesel fuel production.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Clearing a potential road block to bisabolane: Key enzyme structure identified
(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent discovery that bisabolane, a member of the terpene class of chemical compounds used in fragrances and flavorings, holds high promise as a biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel fuel ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Dust makes light work of vehicle emissions
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have identified a silver lining in the cloud of red dust that enveloped much of eastern Australia two years ago.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2011 |
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WWII shipwrecks could threaten US coast
On the evening of Feb. 2, 1942, an unarmed tanker with 66,000 barrels of crude oil on board was steaming in the Atlantic, about 90 miles off Ocean City, Md. Without warning, it was struck by German torpedoes. The attack set ...
Jul 17, 2011 |
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