laboratory fuel test News
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Upcoming H2USA Workshop: Hydrogen Fueling Station Component Listings
H2USA will host an online workshop about hydrogen fueling station component listings on April 22 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. This workshop will focus on the need for components for hydrogen fueling stations to be listed by Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTLs). While there is a regulatory path forward for local code authorities to approve hydrogen stations without the ...
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EPA Refigures New Car Mile Per Gallon Estimates
WASHINGTON, DC, (ENS) - To provide American consumers with improved information when shopping for cars and trucks, EPA will apply new methods to determine the miles per gallon estimates that appear on new vehicle window stickers. EPA's new methods bring mile per gallon estimates closer to consumers' actual fuel use, by including factors such as high speeds, aggressive accelerations, air ...
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EPA Makes Fuel Economy Estimates Stick
(Washington, D.C.) - To provide American consumers with improved information when shopping for cars and trucks, EPA is issuing new methods to determine the miles per gallon (MPG) estimates that appear on new vehicle window stickers. The new standards will take effect for model year 2008 vehicles, which may be available for sale as soon as next month. 'EPA's new fuel economy sticker ensures ...
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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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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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NREL shows heavy duty hybrid trucks deliver on fuel economy
A performance evaluation of Class 8 hybrid electric tractor trailers compared with similar conventional vehicles by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) shows significant improvements in fuel economy. “During our 13-month study, the hybrid tractors demonstrated 13.7 percent higher fuel economy than the conventional tractors, resulting in ...
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Hydrogen-powered Fuel Cell Flies ScanEagle
Insitu Inc. announced today that its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) successfully completed its first hydrogen-powered fuel cell flight during a two-and-a-half-hour flight test. The hydrogen-powered fuel cell solution was implemented as a modular upgrade to the runway-independent, expeditionary Group 2 ScanEagle UAS. The collaboration between Insitu, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and ...
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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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ASTM D1655 - 11b standard specification for aviation turbine fuels
This specification covers purchases of aviation turbine fuel under contract and is intended primarily for use by purchasing agencies. This specification does not include all fuels satisfactory for reciprocating aviation turbine engines, but rather, defines the following specific types of aviation fuel for civil use: Jet A; and Jet A-1. The ...
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A comprehensive round up of advanced biofuels in US
In California, major announcements from Rentech, SG Biofuels and Bunge at Advanced Biofuels Markets in San Francisco. In contrast to the “five years away” and subsidy-driven discussions that framed advanced biofuels conversations just two years ago, CEOs are widely reporting that they expect their companies to reach commercial scale within 12-36 months, with costs in the $0.75 to ...
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