Sentences with phrase «as an alternative fuel»

When consuming a low carbohydrate diet, the liver converts fats to ketones as an alternative fuel source for your brain heart and muscles.

By eating protein within one hour of waking, amino acids are provided which can be used as an alternative fuel for the body.

Natural gas has been used as an alternative fuel for the transportation sector since the 1930's.

At present, there are no general guidelines to assist commercial motor vehicle fleet managers who are considering hydrogen as an alternative fuel.

It is sent straight towards the liver where it is processed, releasing energy, much like glucose, and creates ketones, which can nourish the body as an alternative fuel source.

Here are a couple of them who looked at the potential of algae as an alternative fuel source.

To sustain life during times of scarcity, the body is thought to have developed the ability to utilize fat as an alternative fuel source.

It drives home the basic notion that while natural gas emits half as much carbon as coal, it still produces twice as much as alternative fuel sources.

This paper provides a brief overview the results of a two - year project undertaken to ascertain changes needed for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to enable the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuels in commercial motor vehicles.

Globally, the use of methanol as an alternative fuel has attracted interest because of its low production cost, renewable capacity, and good combustion - related properties (higher thermal efficiency, higher engine power, and lower regulated emissions).

Ketone bodies flow from the liver to extra-hepatic tissues (e.g., brain) for use as a fuel; this spares glucose metabolism via a mechanism similar to the sparing of glucose by oxidation of fatty acids as an alternative fuel.

although it wasn't until 2006 that ethanol blend E85 was classified by the US Department of Energy as an alternative fuel source.

If that is it, then taking large amounts of MCT oil or coconut oil should also work — that will generate ketones as an alternative fuel for the brain.

Provider of natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicle fleets in the United States and Canada, based on the number of stations operated and the amount of gasoline gallon equivalents of CNG and LNG delivered.

He said government will next week go to Parliament to seek approval for a Liquid Natural Gas contract as an alternative fuel for the country's plants, particularly those within the Tema enclave.

Abundant and clean to burn, hydrogen makes sense as an alternative fuel.

It is the ketone bodies that then act as an alternative fuel to glucose.

Strict compliance with this diet causes the liver to produce ketones which are used by the brain as an alternative fuel source.

The LPG option was introduced as an alternative fuel source on European models with the 2.0 L and 2.2 L engines, built by company Necam Koltec.

Indeed it might be argued that the problem of elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide could be easily reversed as soon as alternative fuel -LSB-...]

And Barney Foran, a 30 - year CSIRO veteran, cited a case in August when CSIRO managers told him they had fielded a call from the Prime Minister's Department suggesting he should say nothing critical about ethanol as an alternative fuel.

The use of compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternative fuel reduces vehicle emissions substantially.

They found that the by - product of the process, methanol, is useful as alternative fuel and as hydrogen storage.

Fuel and other flammable liquids are considered hazardous and, therefore, must be stored and disposed of properly, but many of them can be recycled or reused as alternative fuels.

Since that time, biodiesel remains popular as an alternative fuel source to curb rising gasoline prices.

That is why Congressman Lance voted for legislation that would invest in research and development of clean and renewable fuels like solar and wind power, as well as alternative fuels.

In the short term this would mean more people driving in rural areas since they have more money in their pockets to spend on the now more expensive gas, but in the long term, as alternative fuels become cheaper than gas, the effect of such a tax rebate should be minimal.

The diet triggers a metabolic state called ketosis, in which the body begins to generate acetone and ketone bodies to use as alternative fuels in place of glucose.

This reports reviews the existing Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations that pertain to fueling systems to determine if changes to those regulations are necessary to accommodate the introduction of gaseous and liquid hydrogen as alternative fuel in commercial vehicles.

The clash between Neste and Greenpeace highlights one of the key ideological debates over climate change: Business and politicians believe that a «technological» fix such as alternative fuels can solve the problem and also generate profits; many environmental groups believe the real solution to global warming lies in reducing consumption.

«Our research shows that as the heart fails, it loses its ability to burn fatty acids — the building blocks of fat — and instead starts using ketone bodies as an alternative fuel.

Changes to Consider in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and North American Standard Inspection Procedures to Accommodate Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel (2007)(PDF 97kb)

And 13 - year - olds Mitchell Haverty and Angus Fung talk about their research on algae as alternative fuel.

Globally, the use of methanol as an alternative fuel has attracted interest because of its low production cost, renewable capacity, and good combustion - related properties (higher thermal efficiency, higher engine power, and lower regulated emissions).

Therefore, ketone bodies flow from the liver to extra-hepatic tissues (e.g., brain) for use as a fuel; this spares glucose metabolism via a mechanism similar to the sparing of glucose by oxidation of fatty acids as an alternative fuel.

Methane is also the principal constituent of natural gas and, therefore, when captured, this waste product can be put to a productive use as fuel for the generation of electrical energy as an alternative fuel to natural gas, fuel oil, or coal.

Dr. George Cahill and his lab up in the Northeast learned that the brain could use ketones as an alternative fuel, and that's what happens when we're starving, that we switch over to using ketones after we use up our stores of glucose, and ketones can fuel our brain and other cells of other organs of our body.

Industrial Gas Turbine Combustion Performance Test of DME to use as an Alternative Fuel for Power Generation (April 2009)

Eating a very low - carbohydrate diet results in the production of ketones, which the body uses as an alternative fuel source; hence very low - carbohydrate diets (VLCKD) diets are called ketogenic.

The FAA has already approved at least one biofuel — ethanol — as an alternative fuel for two types of aircraft and engines, including the Piper Pawnee powered by Lycoming IO - 540 engines.

Coconut oil is particularly beneficial because it is metabolized in the liver and turned into ketones, which are then used as an alternative fuel source for the brain — rather than being stored as fat in the body.

But MCTs from coconut oil trigger the metabolism of ketones in the liver, which the brain of Alzheimer's patients easily accepts and uses as an alternative fuel.

Life Cycle Cost Analysis to Examine the Economical Feasibility of Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel (April 2009)