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EPA to change diesel tests to thwart VW-like cheating
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans sweeping changes to the way it tests for diesel emissions after getting duped by clandestine software in Volkswagen cars for seven years. Chris Grundler, head of the EPA's office of transportation and air quality, indicated the agency would add on-road testing to its regimen. VW's sophisticated software allowed its cars to pass tests in the lab and ...
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IR METHOD FOR CONTROL OF FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER CONTENT IN THE LABORATORY OF FUEL STORAGE IN OMAN
Lumex Instruments solution provides reliable control of FAME content starting from the lowest concentration level of 0.05 % (V/V). A simple and convenient module of quantitative analysis integrated into the software SpectraLUM allows getting the result of FAME content immediately in percentage by volume and without additional operations. Mina Petroleum controls FAME content several times a month, ...
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Oxidation stability: 893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat with new StabNet software launched
The Biodiesel Rancimat has become the preferred instrument for determining the oxidation stability of biodiesel and biodiesel blends according to EN 14112 and EN 15751. Metrohm now launches the 893 Professional Biodiesel Rancimat, the latest generation of this widely popular instrument including the completely new StabNet software. One of the most important new features of the 893 Professional ...
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Most extensive evaluation of ethanol vehicles and fuels ever – final report hot off the press
The European BEST project - Bioethanol for Sustainable Transport – has tested and evaluated ethanol vehicles and fuels during four years in eight countries, including China and Brazil. The brand new report shows that ethanol vehicles work well, have rapidly taken market share and make a significant contribution to saving the climate. Project coordinator Gustaf Landahl, City of Stockholm, ...
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New CRMs for the testing of diesel/biodiesel mixtures (B7) released
The JRC released two new Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) for automotive diesel fuel containing 7 % biodiesel, so-called 'diesel (B7)'. These CRMs will support fuel producers and fuel testing laboratories in assuring the quality of their measurements, thus improving trust in the regulatory compliance of this product on the market. In recent years quality requirements of automotive diesel fuel ...
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ASTM D6890 - 11a Standard Test Method for Determination of Ignition Delay and Derived Cetane Number (DCN) of Diesel Fuel Oils by Combustion in a Constant Volume Chamber
The ID and DCN values determined by this test method can provide a measure of the ignition characteristics of diesel fuel oil in compression ignition engines. This test can be used by engine manufacturers, petroleum refiners and marketers, and in commerce as a specification aid to relate or match fuels and engines. The ...
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ASTM D6890 - 11b Standard Test Method for Determination of Ignition Delay and Derived Cetane Number (DCN) of Diesel Fuel Oils by Combustion in a Constant Volume Chamber
The ID and DCN values determined by this test method can provide a measure of the ignition characteristics of diesel fuel oil in compression ignition engines. This test can be used by engine manufacturers, petroleum refiners and marketers, and in commerce as a specification aid to relate or match ...
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American Power Group Inc. Signs Agreements for Launch of Its EPA Intermediate Age Heavy-Duty Vehicle Conversion Initiative
GreenMan Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: GMTI) announced that its American Power Group, Inc. (APG) subsidiary has signed agreements with Valley Truck Parts (Valley Truck) and the University of Houston Texas Diesel Testing and Research Center (UH-TDTRC) for required testing to commence dual fuel upgrades of intermediate useful life (IUL) heavy-duty engines in the United States. The testing will be ...
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Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable diesel receives certification in Germany
Neste Oil Corporation Press release25 November 2010 at 3 pm (EET)Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable diesel receives certification in GermanyNeste Oil has received an ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) certificate for the NExBTL renewable diesel produced at the company's Porvoo refinery in Finland. The certificate confirms that NExBTL diesel produced from certified raw ...
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Neste Oil to trial 100% biofuel
Neste Oil CorporationPress Release26 April 2010 at 12 am (EET)Neste Oil to trial 100% biofuelNeste Oil has begun trials of Neste Green 100 diesel produced from 100% renewable raw materials and free of any fossil oil components in cars in Finland. "This is the first time anywhere that a premium renewable diesel fuel will be tested across a range of different cars," says Neste Oil's Executive Vice ...
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ASTM D7484 - 11 Standard Test Method for evaluation of automotive engine oils for valve-train wear performance in Cummins ISB medium-duty diesel engine
This test method was developed to assess the performance of a heavy-duty engine oil in controlling engine wear under operating conditions selected to accelerate soot production and valve-train wear in a turbocharged and aftercooled four-cycle diesel engine with sliding tappet followers equipped with exhaust gas recirculation hardware. The design of the engine used ...
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Neste Oil again voted one of the world`s `hottest` bioenergy companies
Neste Oil CorporationPress release2 November 2012 13:00 a.m. (EET) Neste Oil again voted one of the world's 'hottest' bioenergy companies Biofuels Digest, one of the leading online news media in the bioenergy field, has again listed the world's 'hottest' companies in the industry, this time for 2012-2013, and ranked Neste Oil 21st as of the end of October this year. This was a further step up ...
By Neste
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Genset Testing Room
TOP ONE Power’s Genset Testing Room: if you’d like to, we welcome our customers to monitor the testing of our diesel generators in a separate ...
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Neste Oil`s renewable diesel to be put to the test again on the Nürburgring circuit
Neste Oil Corporation Press Release16 May 2012 at 3.15 p.m. (EET) Neste Oil's renewable diesel to be put to the test again on the Nürburgring circuit The performance of Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable diesel is to be put to the test again under grueling competition conditions at the Nürburgring circuit in Germany this May. Three teams will use Diesel regenerativ, produced from 100% ...
By Neste
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ASTM D975 - 11b Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils
This specification covers seven grades of diesel fuel oils suitable for various types of diesel engines. These grades are: Grade No. 1-D S15; Grade No. 1-D S500; Grade No. 1-D S5000; Grade No. 2-D S15; Grade No. 2-D S500; Grade No. 2-D S5000; and Grade No. 4-D. The requirements specified for diesel fuel oils shall be determined in accordance with the following test methods: flash point; cloud ...
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New Flexotherm™ Heated Products Gaining Traction with Major OEMs
Neptech, Inc. just announced a new line of Flexotherm™ Heated Lines offering industry-leading quality, durability and value. Building on its core strength in the electrically heated products category, they’ve now added a new smoke meter line that is compatible with virtually any opacity monitor on the market. After successful prototype testing with a leading diesel engine ...
By Neptech Inc.
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Waste-based microbial oil set to become a raw material for renewable diesel
Neste Oil Corporation Press release21 September 2010 at 1 pm (EET)Waste-based microbial oil set to become a raw material for renewable dieselNeste Oil has applied for patents to cover technology developed to produce microbial oil from waste and residues with the help of various yeasts and molds for use as a feedstock for its NExBTL renewable diesel. Research work started with the Aalto University ...
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Linde Partners with CONSOL Energy to Test Its Hybrid Diesel-LNG Solution Providing Cleaner, Less Expensive Power for Drilling Rigs
Linde North America today announced that its solution for using liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel power-generating diesel engines (gensets) is getting good grades during testing in southwest Pennsylvania. Linde North America is a member of The Linde Group, a world –leading gases and engineering company. The test is being conducted by CONSOL Energy’s gas ...
By Linde Group
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Boeing Conducts World`s First Flight with `Green Diesel` as Aviation Biofuel
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has completed the world's first flight using "green diesel," a sustainable biofuel that is widely available and used in ground transportation. The company powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test airplane yesterday with a blend of 15 percent green diesel and 85 percent petroleum jet fuel in the left engine. "Green diesel offers a tremendous opportunity to make sustainable ...
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GreenMan Subsidiary Signs Agreement With Paper Transport, Inc. to Test Compressed Natural Gas/Diesel Dual Fuel Upgrade on Fleet Delivery Trucks
GreenMan Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: GMTI) announced today that its American Power Group, Inc. subsidiary ("APG") has signed an EPA Test Vehicle Exemption agreement with Paper Transport Inc. to launch an over-the-road test of APG's dual fuel system. The EPA exemption will allow APG to gather critical performance and emissions data on a pre-dual fuel and post-dual fuel basis to support recently ...
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