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Students Break Land Speed Record With Cheese-Byproduct Biofuel

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Call it “The little engine that curd.” Students at Utah State University have broken a land speed record in a car fueled by the waste that remains from cheese making. The student built car, known as the Aggie A-Salt Streamliner, was running on a student…
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New lightweight aluminum piston enables further downsizing of gasoline engines

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Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed a lightweight, high-strength aluminium piston that enables engine manufacturers to increase the power density and efficiency of boosted, direct injected gasoline engines. The Advanced Elastoval II piston enters…
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In the next 10 years, cars will feature safety, comfort and efficiency technology

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In the next 10 years or so, cars will feature safety, comfort and efficiency technology that seems far-fetched today. EV charging Electric vehicles will be more popular, but we won’t be plugging them in to charge the battery. Charging will be wireless;…
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Optimizing engine parameters for renewable diesel can reduce PM and NOx both by more than 25%

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A team of researchers in Finland reports that by adjusting engine parameters for the use of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) renewable diesel fuel across a range of loads (50%, 75%, and 100%), particulate matter and NO x emissions can both be reduced…
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Students Break Land Speed Record With Cheese-Byproduct Biofuel

New lightweight aluminum piston enables further downsizing of gasoline engines

In the next 10 years, cars will feature safety, comfort and efficiency technology

Optimizing engine parameters for renewable diesel can reduce PM and NOx both by more than 25%