Sentences with phrase «new combustion»

Better to put in new combustion turbines and use their waste heat to drive the old coal boilers.

But what does the increasing role of energy storage as peaker replacement mean for investments in new combustion turbine, or even combined cycle plants, and gas pipelines?

Improvements continue to be made in conventional PCC power station design and new combustion technologies are being developed.

Huber said it was likely the 3,000 MW figure was arrived at as «a fraction of the new combustion turbines in the IRP (Integrated Resource Plans) of the utilities».

Other programs that provide economic support for coal include federal and state tax breaks, the Rural Utilities Service loan guarantee program, research on new combustion technologies by the Department of Energy, and the Department of the Interior's coal leasing program.

The new 2.0 TFSI with 140 kW (190 hp) demonstrates the engine expertise of the brand — with a ground - breaking new combustion method.

This new combustion method does not merely use spark ignition to assist compression ignition, but delivers an all - encompassing combustion control system which includes control of in - cylinder temperature and pressure and control of the fuel injection's air - fuel mixture distribution density and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR).

The new combustion system developed with GM's proprietary computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis software features a higher compression ratio which helps improve fuel efficiency and has improved knock resistance.

GM proprietary computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis techniques were used to develop an all - new combustion system with a higher compression ratio.

The new combustion system features improved knock resistance and higher flowing intake and exhaust ports in the cylinder head which help increase efficiency, power, and torque.

Its «new combustion cycle,» Mazda says, generates the torque of a larger engine with the fuel efficiency of a smaller one.

The engine, which features a new combustion method, will be used for the first time in the next generation of the A4.

The engine, featuring a new combustion method based on the Miller cycle, will be used for the first time in the next generation of the A4.

In order for the fuel - air mixture to swirl sufficiently despite the short intake time, the combustion chambers, piston recesses, intake ducts and turbocharging of the new 2.0 TFSI are specially adapted to the new combustion method.

With this new combustion chamber shape and the precise control of direct injection, the compression ratio has been increased to 11.1:1 (up from 10.5:1 on the previous port - injected engine), yet the engine still operates on regular unleaded fuel.

The Jeep Grand Cherokee's available Flexible - fuel Vehicle (FFV) 4.7 - liter V - 8 engine incorporates electronic throttle control, two spark plugs per cylinder, increased compression ratio, improved cylinder - head port flow and a new combustion system.

Britain and France are talking about no new combustion - engine cars after 2040.

Higher valve lift, larger valves (8.5 mm intake and 8.1 mm exhaust), larger - diameter inlet ports, and new combustion - chamber shape improve gas flow and offer improved torque in midrange, for more engaging riding experience

This increase is due in part to a pair of plugs per cylinder, an increased compression ratio, an improved cylinder - head port flow, and a new combustion system.

Bentley overhauled the engine with a new combustion chamber, spark plug position, inlet ports, and fuel injectors, as well as revising the variable valve timing and turbocharger systems to help the V - 8 belt out an additional 25 hp and 59 lb - ft of torque.

As a result, this new combustion strategy requires detailed knowledge of fundamental mechanisms, including fuel spray and mixture preparation, detailed ignition chemistry mechanisms and concurrent numerical approaches to turbulence modeling and simultaneous reaction chemistry modeling.

Not exact matches

And with traditional automakers slow to cannibalize their combustion engine vehicles, he thinks it's going to be hard for them catch up to on electric, despite the production problems plaguing Tesla's new Model 3 sedan, its first vehicle aimed at the mass car - buying market.

Even if the ambitious targets of the world's biggest economies are met, and internal combustion engines give way to electric or other zero - emission vehicles by 2040, the total impact on global carbon dioxide emissions will be minimal, according to a new study released Tuesday.

The new cars may generate only about half the profits earned by equivalent combustion - engine autos, the company said last year.

After his engine failure at COTA, Alonso was expected to take on a few new bits and bobs, and a new internal combustion engine, turbocharger and MGU - H mean he's got a 20 - place penalty.

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Much less is known about the impact of environmental and psychological exposures, but some potential threats include: • Air pollution: A small study of 60 newborns in New York City found that expectant mothers» exposure to combustion - related urban air pollution — emissions from cars, trucks, residential heating, power generation and tobacco smoking — may alter the structure of chromosomes in their fetuses.

To help make ideas about energy more concrete, for example, the new unit will use a variety of analogies from more familiar physical systems (e.g., combustion and charging a cellphone battery) to help students understand those same energy - releasing and energy - requiring chemical reactions and energy transfer when they occur in living organisms (e.g., cellular respiration, creating a charge across a membrane in mitochondria and nerve cells) where the reactions are more complex and difficult to observe.

However, CO2 can only be stored if it has been separated as pure as possible — just as it is with the new CLC combustion method.

The culprit: fumes from nitrogen - rich fertilizers and animal waste combine in the air with combustion emissions to form solid particles, which constitute a major source of disease and death, according to the new study.

The good news is if combustion emissions decline in coming decades, as most projections say, fine - particle pollution will go down even if fertilizer use doubles as expected, according to the new study published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.

«It's one of the clearest examples of how humans are actually changing the intensity of storm processes on Earth through the emission of particulates from combustion,» said Joel Thornton, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle and lead author of the new study in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.

Expensive batteries and limited recharging stations are the big impediments to making EVs cost - competitive with non-hybrid internal combustion vehicles, but new electricity pricing and distribution models may help break the logjam

Concerns about global warming and oil's imminent demise have caused scientists and policy - makers to look for solutions in both the future and the past: to new technologies such as nuclear fusion, multijunction photovoltaics, and fuel cells — and to traditional energy sources such as water power, wind power, and (sustainable) biomass cultivation (coupled with clean and energy - efficient combustion).

Since the new method to make DAG does not release a significant amount of heat, the potential explosion and combustion hazards are minimized.

A third study of simulations by Som and Argonne postdoctoral researcher Pinaki Pal, identifies the conditions at which new fuel formulations can thrive under low temperature combustion, leading to reduced emissions and higher efficiency.

A new data logger developed by Fraunhofer researchers simultaneously collects data from vehicles with combustion engines, electric drives, external sensors, and location data, and permits the development of new hybrid and electric vehicles.

The planet quickly feels the burn from the lasting effects of fossil fuel combustion, new research shows.

The Chevrolet Volt, which GM plans to introduce in two years (reportedly at a mid - $ 30,000 base price), is a new breed of gasoline - electric hybrid, cars powered by a battery - powered electric motor that can be recharged on the road with an internal combustion engine.

The new plug pumps several hundred watts of power into the mixture to start combustion, compared to tens of watts from a conventional plug, and is made of an alloy of tungsten, nickel and iron, tough enough to survive the powerful spark.

The Northwestern development could lead to new thermoelectric devices with potential applications in the automobile industry, glass - and brick - making factories, refineries, coal - and gas - fired power plants, and places where large combustion engines operate continuously (such as in large ships and tankers).

Those electric cars — combined with improvements in the fuel efficiency of existing internal combustion engines, new hybrid power trains and even fuel - cell vehicles — could begin to reduce the roughly $ 1 billion a day the U.S. spends on imported oil.

Background Chemicals can undergo many different reactions, such as synthesis reactions that create new substances, or combustion reactions, in which a substance usually reacts with oxygen and generates energy in the form of heat.

Professor Ken Naitoh of Waseda University's Faculty of Science and Engineering (Department of Applied Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, School of Fundamental Science and Engineering) and his associates have discovered a revolutionary energy conversion principle (new compressive combustion principle) able to yield stand - alone engines with double or higher the thermal efficiency potential of conventional engines, independent of their size.

These new trucks — which employ a diesel combustion engine along with a hydraulic high - pressure accumulator that stores energy captured during braking — get 35 percent better fuel economy and generate as much as 30 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions as compared to the non-hybrid diesel - powered vehicles they are replacing.

If the effectiveness of this principle can be confirmed through combustion tests, it will not only open up the doors to new lightweight, high - performance aerospace vehicles, but would also lead to prospects of next - generation, high - performance engines for automobiles.

In 1996, when climate research was more certain about the link between fossil fuel combustion and climate change than during the time of Shaw's memo, Exxon's new chairman and chief executive Lee Raymond said in a speech in Detroit: «Currently, the scientific evidence is inconclusive as to whether human activities are having a significant effect on the global climate.»

New floating devices allow this multipurpose air - water microrobot to stabilize on the water's surface before an internal combustion system ignites to propel it back into the air.

Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium - term regulatory requirements (e.g., in the 2020 timeframe) by reducing the average fuel consumption of its new vehicles using a combination of three primary measures: optimizing its combustion engines for greater efficiency; developing alternative drive... Read more →

Results: The newest catalytic converters in diesel engines blast away a pollutant from combustion with the help of ammonia.