News articles tagged with 'combustion'
Oxygen exchangers increase propene yield
— 23 Oct 2009 11:17 | HealthDutch researcher Jurriaan Beckers has shown that the yield of propene can be increased by adding cerium oxide during the production process. Propene is an important raw material for... — full story
Plants' response to fire tested
— 26 Sep 2009 10:51 | BiologyA team from the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) has developed a new method for identifying the flammability of plant species by using a device... — full story
Gasoline-diesel 'cocktail': A potent recipe for cleaner, more efficient engines
— 4 Aug 2009 08:08 | TechnologyDiesel and gasoline fuel sources both bring unique assets and liabilities to powering internal combustion engines. But what if an engine could be programmed to harvest the best properties... — full story
Bioelectricity promises more 'miles per acre' than ethanol
— 8 May 2009 05:10 | EnvironmentBiofuels such as ethanol offer an alternative to petroleum for powering our cars, but growing energy crops to produce them can compete with food crops for farmland, and clearing forests... — full story
New ORNL tool gets handle on cropland CO2 emissions
— 10 Feb 2009 00:10 | EnvironmentFor the first time, farmers have data that tracks at the county level on-site and off-site energy use and carbon dioxide emissions associated with growing crops in the United States... — full story
Researchers cooking up new gelled rocket fuels
— 25 Jan 2009 16:38 | TechnologyEngineers and food scientists are teaming up to develop a new type of gelled fuel the consistency of orange marmalade designed to improve the safety, performance and range of rockets... — full story
Researchers constrain the sources of climate- and health-afflicting soot pollution over South Asia
— 23 Jan 2009 21:26 | EnvironmentA gigantic brownish haze from various burning and combustion processes is blanketing India and surrounding land and oceans during the winter season. This soot-laden Brown Cloud is affecting... — full story
Simple device which uses electrical field could boost gas efficiency
— 7 Oct 2008 05:10 | TechnologyWith the high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel impacting costs for automobiles, trucks, buses and the overall economy, a Temple University physics professor has developed a simple device... — full story
Evidence that inexpensive device boosts fuel economy by up to 20 percent
— 6 Oct 2008 06:26 | TechnologyAmid sticker-shock fuel prices, researchers in Pennsylvania are reporting results of laboratory tests and road tests verifying that a simple, inexpensive device attached to a car engine's... — full story
Low-emission, high-performance engine for future hybrids
— 15 Sep 2008 18:21 | EnvironmentIn an advance toward introduction of an amazing new kind of internal combustion engine, researchers in China are reporting development and use of a new and more accurate computer model... — full story