Sentences with phrase «nitr50us oxide emissions»

Switching from coal to natural gas would reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by more than 90 percent and nitrogen oxide emissions by more than 60 percent.

And I'm going to see another technology in the U.S. that reduces nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel trucks by up to 50 % while preserving horsepower.

The charge will apply to vehicles that do not meet «Euro 4» standards for particulate matter and nitrogen oxide emissions.

In the 1970s, AOERP had concerns about the impact of sulphur oxide emissions and the resulting acid rain on lakes in the tar sands area in northeastern Alberta.

German engineering giant announces new technology it claims will cut nitrogen oxide emissions for diesel cars to a fraction of 2020 limits

In addition, eliminating synthetic pesticides and fertilizers in regenerative organic agricultural systems directly reduce GHG emissions that normally come from creating these synthetics and from higher methane and nitrous oxide emissions due to management.

For vegetable products, energy use often is the dominant contribution of carbon dioxide emissions, but nitrous oxide emissions related to nitrogen application and fabrication also may be significant.

It is an outdoor mountable unit which emits low nitrous oxide emissions which those who are environmentally conscious will appreciate.

«Research reveals how farmers could mitigate nitrous oxide emissions.»

A research of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has shown that the inclusion of agroindustrial by - products in pig feed can reduce the nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) of the slurry used as manures up to 65 %.

The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, brings together dozens of studies from across the globe that analyzed how nitrous oxide emissions increased based on different rates of fertilizer application.

The earthworm invasion of North America is increasing carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions from the soil.

Another measure, the federal Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, will require still more expensive controls on coal plants in the Midwest and South to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions that travel across state lines, creating ozone and fine particle pollution downwind.

«Enhanced nitrous oxide emissions found in field warming experiment in the Arctic.»

By the energy office's estimates, the island has also reduced nitrous oxide emissions by 41 percent, cut sulfuric oxide emissions by 71 percent, and eliminated more than its share of carbon dioxide emissions.

Historically, such emissions have included methane emissions from wetlands and nitrous oxide emissions from soil.

The team discovered that the human impact on biogenic methane and nitrous oxide emissions far outweighed the human impact on the terrestrial uptake of carbon dioxide, meaning that humans have caused the terrestrial biosphere to further contribute to warming.

Production of organic corn resulted in the greatest nitrous oxide emissions and represented about 8 % of total GHG emission; corn also had the highest carbon dioxide emissions per hectare.

By simulating how a highly volatile, low - soot fuel behaves in many engine designs, «We hope to retain the performance of diesel fuel with lower particulate matter and nitrogen oxide emissions,» said Roberto Torelli, an Argonne postdoctoral researcher on Som's team.

This suggests, he says, that nitrogen oxide emissions from transport and industry are increasing more rapidly than ammonia emissions from agriculture.

«A global assessment of marine nitrous oxide emissions is, however, difficult because we do not know exactly where and how much nitrous oxide is produced,» says marine chemist Damian L. Arévalo - Martínez from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.

This is up to a fifth of the estimated marine nitrous oxide emissions worldwide and significantly exceeds similar upwelling areas in other tropical oceans,» says Arévalo - Martínez.

A study commissioned by Iridium found that between the service's proposed start in 2017 and 2030, the technology should save airlines about $ 7 billion on fuel and cut carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by 35 million tonnes.

Until recently, scientists assumed that nitrous oxide emissions were negligible in colder climate regions like the Arctic and sub-Arctic.

The team confirmed the environmental benefits to introducing legumes and found that in such cropping systems, overall nitrous oxide emissions reduced by approximately 20 - 30 % and fertilizer use was down by 25 % to almost 40 % in some cases.

The combined hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxides emissions were also 76 per cent below the standard the European Commission plans to impose in 1996.

Heavy - duty vehicles, such as commercial trucks and buses, were found to be, by far, the largest contributor of emissions, accounting for 76 percent of the total excess nitrogen oxide emissions.

«Scientists uncover isotopic fingerprint of nitrous oxide emissions from Arctic tundra.»

New research explores the source of unexpectedly high nitrous oxide emissions from such bare peat soils in Arctic tundra.

Many of his mistakes are big ones: he bungles the issues involving reserves and resources that are critical to his core argument about oil remaining cheap; he drastically misleads his readers about the extent to which sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from coal - burning have been reduced; he trivializes the climate - change risks from coals carbon dioxide emissions by suggesting we know the impacts will be worth only 0.64 cents per kilowatt - hour.

These advances are steppingstones toward realizing Flight Path 2050, the European Union's aggressive goal to reduce the aviation sector's nitrous oxide emissions by 90 percent, noise pollution by 65 percent and carbon dioxide emissions by 75 percent by 2050.

The policy document also set new targets for the closure of coal - fired heating systems as well as the installation of equipment to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions at power stations, steel mills and cement plants.

Last January was a prime example of what can happen during such measurements: the test candidate, a 2016 diesel Renault Mégane, already displayed high nitric oxide emissions at Empa's test rig.

A new heat - exchanger system to capture and recycle waste heat from oxy - fuel furnaces could cut process CO2 emissions by 30 % and nitrous oxide emissions by 90 %, as well enhancing thermal efficiency and significantly reducing operating costs.

Nitrous oxide emissions from a municipal landfill.

Carbon Budget and Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions Over the Growing Season in a Miscanthus sinensis Grassland in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan, Yo Toma, Fabian Fernandez, Syohei Sato, Miki Izumi, Ryusuke Hatano, Toshihiko Yamada, Aya Nishiwaki, German Bollero, J. Ryan Stewart, Global Change Biology - Bioenergy, DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01070.x, October 18, 2010.

Berkeley Lab received these competitive awards from ARPA - E's Rhizosphere Observations Optimizing Terrestrial Sequestration (ROOTS) program, which seeks to develop crops that take carbon out of the atmosphere and store it in soil — enabling a 50 percent increase in carbon deposition depth and accumulation while also reducing nitrous oxide emissions by 50 percent and increasing water productivity by 25 percent.

The British firm Emissions Analytics found smog - causing nitrogen - oxide emissions were four times higher than allowed.

The sales ban is part of a wider move to tackle air quality in the UK — a hot topic, particularly when it comes to nitrogen oxide emissions.

The Government estimates that nitrogen oxide emissions (bought sharply into focus by VW's diesel scandal) and poor air quality in general cost the economy # 2.7 billion in lost productivity each year, calling it «the largest risk to public health in the UK».

The EPA and California Air Resources Board approved a fix Volkswagen proposed that aims to curb excess nitrogen oxide emissions.

Every diesel Tiguan Allspace is outfitted with a twelve - litre AdBlue tank to help reduce nitrogen oxide emissions.

According to GM, the new Duramax turbo - diesel will boost efficiency by 25 percent, while cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 13 percent and nitrogen oxide emissions by 90 percent.

To reduce nitrogen oxide emissions, Mercedes - Benz first uses dual electrically controlled and cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) which, depending on engine operating conditions, redirects up to 40 % of the exhaust gases back into the cylinders.

Most of Volkswagen's diesel competitors opted for urea - injection, using an additive called AdBlue contained in a separate reservoir that helps to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions.

Nitrogen oxide emissions are eleven percent lower, while the experts have calculated a 54 percent difference in carbon monoxide emissions over the entire lifecycle in favour of the natural - gas drive.

Like most of today's clean diesels, nitrous oxide emissions are reduced by means of a Selective Catalyst Reduction after - treatment system, which uses urea - based Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) as a cleaning agent.

However, the diesel won't cross the pond in the same specification available in Europe, as the SkyActiv - D powerplant has to be tweaked to meet the more stringent U.S. regulations for nitrogen oxide emissions.

For the past ten years the plant has been operating without the level of emissions controls to limit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions as stipulated in the Clean Air Act.

Yet another way the corporation is reducing carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions to lower its carbon footprint.