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while eliminating the equivalent carbon emissions produced by vehicles driving approximately 2, 750,000 miles per year. Additional total power production and carbon offset estimates for skyscraper
Dr. Scott Hammond, in collaboration with NREL Researchers, particularly Dr. Maikel van Hest, Dr. Dana C. Olson,
explained Dr. Maikel van Hest, Senior Scientist at NREL. t wonderful to contribute to breakthroughs such as this latest achievement, an important step in commercialization of their technology.
#Beer and Food Scraps Can Power Chevrolet Bi-fuel Impala Trash to fuel the stuff of the 1980s sci-fi comedy movie trilogy ack to the Futureis now a reality.
The 2015 Bi-fuel Chevrolet Impala not a tricked-out Delorean really can run on leftovers table scraps and oh yeah grains from brewing beer.
which is converted then into Compressed natural gas (CNG) one of two fuels that can power the 2015 Chevrolet Bi-fuel Impala.
and Oklahoma infrastructure in some states is scarce. o avoid feelings of range anxiety common in owners of CNG-only vehicles we made the Impala bi-fuel allowing our customers to drive on CNG when available and on gasoline
and there is no interruption in the vehicle performance. Operating on CNG can result in an average fuel savings of nearly $1. 13 per gasoline-gallon-equivalent based on a national average of $3. 24 per gallon of gasoline as reported by AAA
Also CNG vehicles typically have 20 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline-powered cars according to the California Air Resources Board.
and covered by GM three-year/36000-mile (whichever comes first) new vehicle limited bumper-to-bumper warranty
The Bi-fuel Impala is the only bifuel-capable sedan on the market to offer a factory warranty.
Founded in 1911 in Detroit Chevrolet is now one of the world largest car brands doing business in more than 140 countries and selling more than 4. 9 million cars and trucks a year.
Chevrolet provides customers with fuel efficient vehicles that feature spirited performance expressive design and high quality. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www. chevrolet. com. quasar is a Cleveland Ohio based renewable energy company that designs builds owns
and operates anaerobic digestion systems. quasar has thirteen operational anaerobic digestion facilities throughout the United states with several more under construction
Tittel says a smaller QEPAS device will be added this year to the mobile monitoring van currently carrying out a Rice university of Houston survey of pollutants in the city.
and can be used by existing vehicles and aircraft without modifications of their engines or of fuel infrastructure.
The hydrogen gas could power fuel cells in zero emissions vehicles. The battery sends an electric current through two electrodes that split liquid water into hydrogen and oxygen gas.
Automakers have considered long the hydrogen fuel cell a promising alternative to the gasoline engine. Fuel cell technology is essentially water splitting in reverse.
which powers the car. The only byproduct is water unlike gasoline combustion which emits carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas.
Most of these vehicles will run on fuel manufactured at large industrial plants that produce hydrogen by combining very hot steam and natural gas an energy-intensive process that releases carbon dioxide as a byproduct.
In 2015 American consumers will finally be able to purchase fuel cell cars from Toyota and other manufacturers.
Although touted as zero emissions vehicles most of the cars will run on hydrogen made from natural gas a fossil fuel that contributes to global warming.
That goal is achievable based on my most recent resultshe researchers also plan to develop a water splitter than runs on electricity produced by solar energy. ydrogen is an ideal fuel for powering vehicles buildings
Tittel says a smaller QEPAS device will be added this year to the mobile monitoring van currently carrying out a Rice university of Houston survey of pollutants in the city.
But NEIL also makes associations between these things to obtain common sense information that people just seem to know without ever saying##that cars often are found on roads that buildings tend to be vertical
or cars come in a variety of brands and models. And it begins to notice associations##that zebras tend to be found in savannahs for instance
##explained NASA Apollo 11 lunar landing vehicle manager Hubert Davis, a member of#the Solar High Study Group#of nine former NASA and Apollo program scientists and retired
and trucks, only to be discarded, thrown into landfills, and onto our streets. And most of our current bottles don degrade.
The project represents a breakthrough in the field of micro-aerial vehicles. It had previously been impossible to pack all the things needed to make a robot fly onto such a small structure and keep it lightweight.
and other devices pulled along behind tractors. Planters have changed radically since they were simple boxes that pushed seeds into the soil at fixed intervals.
Allows mechanical devices such as tractors to warn mechanics that a failure is likely to occur soon.
Intra-tractor communication can be used as a rudimentary arm swarmplatform. Scientifically viable in 2013; mainstream in 2016;
tractors or agbots can procedurally apply inputs at variable rates throughout the field. Scientifically viable in 2013;
In 2012, researchers at the Vienna University of Technology 3d printed a race car and cathedral smaller than a dust mite.
and show how and when to deploy delivery trucks to ensure immediate shipment an especially important factor in farmlands where the lack of paved roads can paralyze distribution.
and heavy rain can cause trucks to get stuck in mud. Coupling predictive analytics and modeling techniques with other sophisticated farming methods can prove to be quite beneficial
#Honda Smart home produces more energy than it uses Wouldn it be great if your house produced more energy than it consumed?
Panasonic Eco Ideas House, with solar, a fuel cell, battery backup and a plug-in Toyota prius, has stood long next to a company headquarters in Tokyo,
In Japan, Toyota is invested also heavily in green communities. Now it Honda turn. The automaker has made a splash with its vehicle-to-grid technology
but now it getting more serious with the Honda Smart home on the campus of the University of California at Davis
(whose researchers helped develop the property). The house (incorporating elements of Honda's Smart home System, below) is furnished fully,
and a UC-Davis employee is going to live in it for at least three years. The company broke ground on the house last year,
declaring it to be a"showplace for environmental innovation.""Honda Smart home The house design is pleasant enough,
but you won see its green features just by looking at it. Innovations include: A 9. 5-kilowatt solar array, backed up by a 10-kilowatt-hour lithium battery and a 10-kilowatt DC car charger.
The solar will generate more than enough energy to heat the house, supply the appliances, and power a Honda Fit electric car.
With direct DC fast charging, the Fit can be back on the road in two hours. Michael Koenig, Honda Smart home project leader, said that converting DC to AC wastes energy,
so this is a DC-based project. The Home energy management System (HEMS) optimizes the house microgrid, so that the Fit can charge during the low-demand nighttime,
UC Davislighting center worked with Honda on a system that mimics the natural circadian rhythms of day and night.
so Honda house is tomorrow dwelling today. Here's a video overview of the Honda Smart House,
and if you want to learn more, explore this infographic which goes into more detail about how the house works e
however, climbing prices and advances in deep-sea equipment such as remotely operated vehicles and flexible risers#pipes used to lift material#have revived interest."
Cindy Van Dover, director of the Duke university Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, North carolina, has worked on assessments of deep-sea mining impacts.
If all midsized carrier networks were to replace current radio amplifiers with Eta Devices technology he says the reduction in greenhouse gases would be equivalent to taking about 5 million cars off the road.
a small red box that is installed into all of a client drones. his is responsible for flying the vehicle in a safe, reliable manner,
customers use software to select third-party drone vehicles and components such as sensors, cameras, actuators, and communication devices configure settings,
Another UAV maker, Cyber Technology in Australia, is using the platform for drones responding to car crashes and other disasters,
It could also eliminate 10 trucks of wastewater shipping per day for Lagunitas. All in the design Increasingly, the beverage industry has employed anaerobic and aerobic wastewater treatment processes
#Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors The latest buzz in the information technology industry regards he Internet of thingsthe idea that vehicles, appliances, civil-engineering structures, manufacturing equipment,
Automakers have started introducing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles which only emit water when driven. But making hydrogen which mostly comes from natural gas requires electricity from conventional carbon dioxide-emitting power plants.
Scaling this research up in the future may mean that you could replace the gas in your cars and generators with hydrogen greener option,
ACS Nano pubs. acs. org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn500914 i
#Scientists craft atomically seamless thinnest-possible semiconductor junctions Scientists have developed what they believe is the thinnest-possible semiconductor,
so that they can travel safely through skies without hitting other vehicles. Google s driverless car program is an obvious touchstone for this project but it s a limited one.
Cars on roads travel in close proximity and only move in two dimensions. Aircraft operate in vast empty skies
Training a car to sense and avoid other cars#is simpler than doing the same for an aircraft.
Still Google s development and prior experience with cars is a strong sign that this work will continue and ultimately yield fruit.
Michael Toscano CEO of#the Association for Unmanned Vehicle systems International said thatit s worth noting that Google tested this technology in Australia first.
While the FAA clearly wants drones to sense and avoid other aircraft its been slow to implement changes
it is an innovative new concept for an unmanned vehicle (UAV) from NASA's Langley Research center in Hampton, Virginia.
Meanwhile, sending humans around in trucks or dangling them in climbing harnesses can be slow and risky.
#Now, a car powered by whisky residue LONDON: Scientists in Scotland have become the first in the world to produce biofuel capable of powering cars from residues of the whisky industry.
Edinburgh-based Celtic Renewables plans to build a production facility in central Scotland after manufacturing the first samples of biobutanol from by-products of whisky fermentation.
and will help power modes of transport that cannot be electrified in the future such as heavy trucks or even aircraft.
#Now, a car powered by whisky residue LONDON: Scientists in Scotland have become the first in the world to produce biofuel capable of powering cars from residues of the whisky industry.
Edinburgh-based Celtic Renewables plans to build a production facility in central Scotland after manufacturing the first samples of biobutanol from by-products of whisky fermentation.
and will help power modes of transport that cannot be electrified in the future such as heavy trucks or even aircraft.
The company is a worldwide leader in the manufacurting and retailing of graphene and other advanced materials, with clients such as NASA, Ford motor, Apple, Samsung, Harvard and Stanford.
One estimate puts the cost at#5, 000 (£3, 700) per seat for a Brussels to Sydney one-way trip.
In Europe, Steelant team tested their 300-seat design, albeit a 1: 120 scale model, at speeds of Mach 8 within a wind tunnel.
which makes the vehicle again smaller, Steelant says. The Jaxa project has studied the potential market for hypersonic airliners travelling at Mach 5 and found a 100-passenger aircraft flying two round trips per day is realistic based on market research.
according to research by Airbus and the Japan Aircraft Development Corporation. he estimated ticket price for Tokyo to Los angeles is the same as that of an existing first-class seat,
Michiel Dusselier, Pieter Van Woude, Annelies Dewaele, Pierre Jacobs, and Berts Sels. Published: July 3, 2015:
FOM workgroup leader prof. dr. Bart van Wees and his Phd student Ludo Cornelissen, both from the University of Groningen and FOM workgroup leader dr. Rembert
J. Cornelissen, J. Liu, R. A. Duine, J. Ben Youssef and B. J. van Wees, Long distance transport of magnon spin information in a magnetic
#Eco-friendly 3d printed supercar Kevin Czinger of Divergent Microfactories has spent most of his career in the automotive industry.
or how few tailpipe emissions the modern car has, the business of car manufacturing is destroying the environment."
"3d printing of metal radically changes that. By looking at 3d printing not for that overall structure
According to Czinger, 3d printing transforms everything by changing the way the structural components of cars are fabricated.
Currently cars are pieced together on long assembly lines inside large factories that use massive amounts of energy.
Even the most fuel efficient car has a large carbon footprint before ever leaving the plant. Czinger and his team's approach was to take the large plant out of the equation.
the entire vehicle only weighs 1400 pounds (635kg), giving it twice the weight to horsepower ratio of a Bugatti Veyron.
The Blade is fitted with a 700 horse power engine that runs on natural gas, reducing its carbon footprint even further.
Balzer says designing an eco-friendly speed demon supercar as their first prototype was intentional.""We focused a lot on the aesthetics of this car
because it is very important to capture the people's imaginations, especially when we are talking about the core enabling technologies,
The core enabling technology, the ability to print out car components that can be assembled easily,
is what Kevin Czinger hopes will revolutionize car manufacturing. He says electric cars are a step in the right direction,
but alone they won't be enough to curb greenhouse emissions given the projected rise in demand for cars globally
unless the way they are manufactured changes.""By constructing a car this way it has less than one third of the environmental
and health impact than the 85 hours all electric car for example has added, "he. Czinger and Balzer are starting small
but they believe their new 3d printing method for car manufacturing will have a huge impact on how the cars of the future are built t
#This new technology converts sea water into drinking water in minutes Purifying dirty water is a notoriously difficult and expensive process-even in California, financial pressures affect
#Discovery may be breakthrough for hydrogen cars The team's new findings, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help speed the widespread arrival of the hydrogen-powered vehicles in a way that is inexpensive
and has extremely low carbon emissions.""This means we have demonstrated the most important step toward a hydrogen economy--producing distributed and affordable green hydrogen from local biomass resources,
Distribution of the hydrogen to users of fuel cell vehicles is another key challenge. Rollin's model increased reaction rates by threefold, decreasing the required facility size to about the size of a gas station,
enzymatic reactions such as those being used in this system generate high-purity hydrogen, perfect for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
"We believe this exciting technology has the potential to enable the widespread use of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles around the world
Massachusetts institute of technology, the brain trust from which CEI was hatched believes using Gan in data servers, electric vehicle inverters
may soon be found in supercapacitors used in electromagnetic propulsion, electric vehicles, defibrillators and other instant quick-discharge devices.
It is our vision for the future that such plants in the urban area are served by tank vehicles
"Tittel said smaller QEPAS device will be added this year to the mobile monitoring van currently carrying out a Rice university of Houston survey of pollutants in the city.
The latest buzz in the information technology industry regards he Internet of thingsthe idea that vehicles, appliances, civil-engineering structures, manufacturing equipment,
which is used for everything from tires to hot-melt adhesives. Genencor pegs the market for isoprene at 11 billion pounds by the year 2012.
Genencor has teamed up with Goodyear to create concept tires using Bioisoprene. From a chemical standpoint, we are making the same chemical,
It will take some time for these tires to actually hit the commercial market. Genencor and Goodyear are in the process of building a small-scale facility to really validate the process
and ensure that Bioisoprene doesn't in some way change the performance of Goodyear tires. Yes what they are doing could be good for the environment,
For an idea of the impact, consider that approximately 50 percent of consumer tires are made from polymers
as the company looks toward guaranteeing a cost-effective supply of the raw materials for its tires for many years to come e
but in the future you may see it on your TV or in your car. I called Bayer Monday at his office in Green Island, NY.
Chief scientist and cofounder Gavin Mcintyre just won a half a million dollar proposal to adopt this same platform for automobile interior trim parts and cushions.
Towards that goal, we've driven our Street view cars throughout the Tohoku region again over the past months.
and dodge security to enter no-go exclusion zones. Several media outlets, including TIME have documented also cities within the exclusion zone.
It can also be used for a variety of other purposes such as powering natural-gas vehicles heating homes and making fertilizer.
pajamas, toothbrushes, tires, shoes, car seats, air filtration systems and even your clothes. Abbey Liebman 0 created a dress using conductive cotton threads capable of charging an iphone.
of which will be enough to fuel 145,000 cars annually. At a recent ceremony that hailed the plant opening,
but local officials noticed it was more important step in pushing California closer to its 2020 clean energy goals. lectricity (to power cars)
said Jim Mckinney, a project manager for CEC Alternative and Renewable fuel and Vehicle technology Program. Mckinney added that the ethanol produced at this plant results in the lowest carbon-emitting ethanol currently refined at an industrial scale throughout California.
#lastic bucklinghoneycomb structures bounce right back from major impacts The concept of impact resistance likely brings to mind vehicle airbags, trampolines, helmets, kneepads,
Leiden University student Florijn dreamed of alleablecar bumpers at that time. magine a car bumper that you can program for instance
#Air2nitrous device claimed to cut vehicle exhaust emissions by 90 percent Driving an electric car that gives off no emissions is one of the best ways to reduce your personal transport carbon footprint.
As air from the atmosphere passes through the vehicle air filter, it then passes unobstructed through the converter ring located in the air intake duct.
Vehicle and machinery operators trying A2n out are reporting fuel savings of six to 20 percent
a job that can be done by any mechanic to any internal combustion engine, with the benefits of the installation being immediate.
including long haul transportation and trucking, agriculture (tractors), mining and off-road vehicles, motorcycles, diesel trains, generators, container ships and aircraft, among others.
It is hoping to have the same impact as the catalytic converter, which was introduced in 1975 to reduce emissions
A2n has passed already California emissions standards on vehicles with and without catalytic converters. The device was shown recently at the Earth day Fair organized by the American Chamber of commerce in Shanghai on April 22,
which can vary from a 100cc scooter to a Super Panamax ship p
#"Nemo's Garden"grows terrestrial crops underwater The stand for the region of Liguria at the Milan 2015 Expo features a project as bizarre-sounding as it is intriguing:
paving the way for new types of unmanned vehicles that could one day carry people.
and earlier this month, the prototype was displayed at the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International's 2015 conference, in Atlanta.
like RFID tags that currently transmit identifying info on everything from cattle to car parts,
#Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors The latest buzz in the information technology industry regards he Internet of thingsthe idea that vehicles, appliances, civil-engineering structures, manufacturing equipment,
satellite or tractor, has become a precise, noninvasive and more affordable tool to check how crops are doing.
#Nanogenerator harvests power from rolling tires A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and a collaborator from China have developed a nanogenerator that harvests energy from a car's rolling tire friction.
the nanogenerator ultimately could provide automobile manufacturers a new way to squeeze greater efficiency out of their vehicles.
which is the first of its kind, in a paper published May 6, 2015, in the journal Nano Energy("Single-electrode triboelectric nanogenerator for scavenging friction energy from rolling tires").
Xudong Wang has developed a new way to harvest energy from rolling tires. The nanogenerator relies on the triboelectric effect to harness energy from the changing electric potential between the pavement and a vehicle's wheels.
The triboelectric effect is the electric charge that results from the contact or rubbing together of two dissimilar objects.
"The friction between the tire and the ground consumes about 10 percent of a vehicle's fuel,
"The nanogenerator relies on an electrode integrated into a segment of the tire. When this part of the tire surface comes into contact with the ground,
the friction between those two surfaces ultimately produces an electrical charge-a type of contact electrification known as the triboelectric effect.
During initial trials, Wang and his colleagues used a toy car with LED LIGHTS to demonstrate the concept.
They attached an electrode to the wheels of the car, and as it rolled across the ground,
"The researchers also determined that the amount of energy harnessed is directly related to the weight of a car,
Therefore the amount of energy saved can vary depending on the vehicle -but Wang estimates about a 10-percent increase in the average vehicle's gas mileage given 50-percent friction energy conversion efficiency."
"There's big potential with this type of energy, "Wang says.""I think the impact could be huge."
Fibers are everywhere from your underwear, pajamas, toothbrushes, tires, shoes, car seats, air filtration systems and even your clothes.
the project backers claim theyl be able to deliver produce rom farm to fork in under four hours and all without the usual environmental impact of truck-based food transportation across England motorways.
Metallic honeycombs are used already as catalytic convertors of exhaust gas in cars. They are characterized by a high thermal conductivity and mechanical robustness with a low pressure loss during alternating operation modes.
and production of future vehicles and military gear to improve safety. Array"Whether you're serving our country in uniform, playing in a big game,
#New nanogenerators collect friction energy from rolling tires Team of engineers from University of Wisconsin-Madison and a collaborator from China have developed a new nanogenerator that is able to generate power from friction created by rolling
tires of the car. As with a big part of today automotive technological innovations, it is aimed at efficiency.
In the future such technology could help harvest otherwise wasted energy to squeeze just that extra bit of efficiency out of cars and other vehicles.
The nanogenerator harvests the wasted tire friction energy by relying on the triboelectric effect. It is the electric charge that results from the contact or rubbing together of two dissimilar objects.
The generator harnesses energy from the changing electric potential between the pavement and a vehicle wheels.
which is a major goal in today automotive industry. Professor Xudong Wang, one of the authors of the study, noted that he friction between the tire
and the ground consumes about 10%of a vehicle fueland, since that energy is wasted simply,
f we can convert that energy, it could give us very good improvement in fuel efficiency Improving fuel efficiency would benefit everyone it would help automotive industry meet new strict regulations for emissions,
make traveling just that little bit cheaper and would improve energy efficiency which would benefit environmental causes as well.
The technology is depending on an electrode integrated into a segment of the tire. When it comes into contact with the ground,
The segment should not cause any disadvantages to the handling and performance of the car.
team used a toy car with LED LIGHTS. Engineers attached an electrode to the tires of the toy car
and watched the LED LIGHTS as the car was rolling forward and they flashed on and off as electrodes came with contact with the surface.
The friction was strong enough for the electrodes to harvest enough energy to power the lights,
Engineers also determined that the amount of energy harnessed is directly related to the weight of a car
It means that different vehicles would waste different amounts of energy and different percentage of it could be saved using this method.
As cars are supposed to be greener and greener, everyone involved will have to look for new innovative ways to improve efficiency.
ibers are everywhere from your underwear, pajamas, toothbrushes, tires, shoes, car seats, air filtration systems and even your clothes. bbey Liebman 0 created a dress using conductive cotton threads capable of charging an iphone.
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