fuel analysis News
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Intelligent and Portable Fuel Analysis
Grabner Instruments, a subsidiary of AMETEK, Inc. has introduced a new portable and highly versatile FTIR spectrometer for the fully automatic measurement of gasoline, diesel and biofuel blends. The MINISCAN IRXpert is the first completely portable fuel analyzer that combines superior scanning range and resolution with the advantages of mid-IR and near-IR spectroscopy for highest measurement ...
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Emmett receives top national award from Women in Nuclear
Oak Ridge National Laboratory retired researcher Peggy Emmett is the recipient of the 2014 U.S. Women in Nuclear Leadership Award, the organization’s highest honor. The award caps a 51-year distinguished career for Emmett, who was recently recognized at a ceremony in Boston. The award is in recognition of a U.S. WIN member who has made significant contributions and demonstrated leadership ...
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MINISCAN IR VISION Top Performer in Portable Fuel Analysis
AMETEK Grabner Instruments Releases a new high-speed, compact, FTIR fuel analyzer for automatic and comprehensive measurement of gasoline, and jet and diesel fuels. Built on Grabner´s new Vision instrument platform, the MINISCAN IR Vision increases analysis speed by a factor of ten when compared to previous models. The MINISCAN IR Vision builds on Grabner’s more than 20 years of ...
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Japanese & South Korean Automakers to Commercialize Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles by 2015, Says Frost & Sullivan
Both Japanese and South Korean automakers are optimistic about commercializing fuel cell electric vehicles by 2015, says Frost & Sullivan. Mr. Vijayendra Rao, Research Manager at Frost & Sullivan Automotive & Transportation Practice, Asia Pacificsaid that in 2011, the market for fuel cell electric vehicles in Japanand South Koreais limited to concept cars or fuel cell electric ...
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Top 20 States For Total Consumer Pocketbook Savings From Higher Federal Fuel Economy Standards to Be Announced
New fuel economy standards announced by the Obama administration to require automakers to achieve a fleet fuel economy average of 54.5 miles per gallon (MPG) by 2025 will save Americans billions of dollars at the gas pump and slash the nation's dependence on oil by billions of gallons of gasoline, according to a new analysis being released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the ...
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Green telematics - a simple solution to lowering emissions and enhancing fuel efficiency in Europe and North America, says Frost & Sullivan
Although emissions from new vehicles have decreased by 13 per cent in the last decade, old cars continue to be heavy polluters. A strategy must therefore be framed that not only focuses on new cars and vehicle technology, but also encompasses the overall reduction of CO2 emission from all vehicles. Green telematics effectively provides a cost-effective and simple solution to this challenge. Fleet ...
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Ember Study: Half of the World is Past a Peak in Fossil Power
Half of the world’s economies are already five years past a peak in power generation from fossil fuels, new analysis from energy think tank Ember shows. Emissions from these 107 power sectors, representing 38% of global electricity demand, have fallen by almost 20% in the last decade. The vast majority (78) of these economies have displaced fossil fuels from their power sectors through clean ...
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Effects of Biodiesel Feedstocks on Infrared Blend Measurements Featured in New White Paper
A new White Paper published by Wilks Enterprise addresses the common concern among biodiesel blenders and distributors as to whether or not biodiesel made from different feedstocks such as soy, waste vegetable oil or palm oil will affect the blend measurement. The data presented in the White Paper, as well as the chemistry, shows that infrared measurements offer a reliable analytical technique ...
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Blend ratio of synthetic jet fuel blend analysis determined in under a minute with portable IR spectrometer
With the price of oil on a roller coaster ride and the desire to reduce dependence on foreign oil, the airline industry and military are currently investigating ways to supplement the fuel supply with synthetic jet fuel. To date, synthetic jet fuel is made mostly from coal which is a plentiful source in the US. Research is also underway to produce synthetic fuel from biomass to further improve ...
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SwRI launches International Alternative Fuel Technology Center
Southwest Research Institute launched a collaborative effort to assist our clients to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and to address governmental mandates for alternative fuel production and tightened emissions standards. SwRI’s new International Alternative Fuel Technology Center (IAFTC) will maximize the Institute’s decades-long expertise in ...
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Easy-to-use portable infrared analyzers measure biodiesel and ethanol blend levels in under one minute
As more countries are looking at reducing foreign oil dependence and using cleaner burning fuels, the amount of ethanol and biodiesel blended into petroleum based fuel is increasing rapidly. Wilks Enterprise has just published a new application data sheet describing a simple method for measuring biofuels blend ratios. With the development of biofuels programs, there is an growing need for ...
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Biorefinery Development à la Bio4Energy Focus of Umeå Renewable Energy Conference
The Umeå Renewable Energy Meeting—which is in fact an annual conference, held in northern Sweden and traditionally attended mostly by researchers and industry representatives from Europe and the Americas—this year will give an overview of the latest research on biorefinery processes based on woody feedstock or organic waste. This UREM 2015 approach à la Bio4Energy was ...
By Bio4Energy
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Microlise Data to Help Energy Technologies Institute Understand Real World Truck Efficiency
Anonymised Microlise fuel performance data, forming part of the 7 billion miles tracked in the UK over the last year, is to be used in a new £100k eight month research project commissioned by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). The project is being delivered by Element Energy, a Cambridge-based energy consultancy, which will carry out data analysis to understand driving patterns and ...
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Analysis: Americans Will Save Over $44 Billion at the Pump, Sharply Reduce Carbon Pollution Under Higher MPG Standards
A new analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), which are both members of the Go60MPG.org coalition, shows that new fuel economy standards announced by the Obama administration to require automakers to achieve a fleet fuel economy average of 54.5 miles per gallon (MPG) and emit 163 grams of carbon dioxide per mile by 2025 will: Save ...
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Why I’m backing Fuel Cells
Viewpoint from Dr Robert Trezona Technology Director at the Carbon Trust In my role at the Carbon Trust, I have been working for a number of years to accelerate hydrogen powered fuel-cell electric vehicles to market. Our analyses suggest that this less fashionable technology is likely to make the largest ultimate contribution to reducing carbon and other emissions from road vehicles. While ...
By Carbon Trust
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WIH Resource Group launches Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV) group on LinkedIn
WIH Resource Group announces the development of the Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFV) Group on LinkedIn. The Group was created in response to what WIH Resource Group sees as negative consequences of the United States ever-increasing dependence on foreign oil. In addition, WIH Resource Group believes strongly that the air quality benefits of the use of alternative fueled vehicles, in both personal ...
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Honeywell and Safran to Create Joint Venture to Launch New Green Aircraft Taxiing System
PARIS, June 19, 2011 - Honeywell (NYSE:HON) and French aerospace leader Safran (NYSE Euronext Paris: SAF) (Paris:SAF) have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture company to deliver an innovative new electric green taxiing system for new and existing aircraft. Honeywell and Safran expect it to be installed on new aircraft and retrofitted on to existing planes, beginning in ...
By Honeywell
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Models help assess biofuels` sustainability
Many agricultural products can be converted into feedstocks for alternative fuel. Now analysis from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) suggests that they can be used this way without reducing the nation's food supply, soil production capacity or environmental quality. ARS scientists are collaborating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (ERS), the U.S. ...
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Major Growth of Clean Energy Limited the Rise in Global Emissions in 2023
Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose less strongly in 2023 than the year before even as total energy demand growth accelerated, new IEA analysis shows, with continued expansion of solar PV, wind, nuclear power and electric cars helping the world avoid greater use of fossil fuels. Without clean energy technologies, the global increase in CO2 emissions in the last five years ...
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Ceres investor network lauds economic benefits of northeast clean fuels standard
Ceres President Mindy Lubber and two leading investors issued public statements today on the proposed Clean Fuels Standard for 11 Northeast states and the early release of NESCAUM’s economic analysis showing clear economic benefits stemming from a Clean Fuels Standard (CFS). The analysis modeled the impacts of a regional CFS that would achieve a 10 percent reduction in the carbon intensity ...
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