«What really surprised us was how just changing the solvent from water to methanol while using the same temperature and pressure resulted in reactivity almost 4 orders of magnitude slower and with
significantly less efficiency,» added Shaw.
Not exact matches
Results showed that participants with GWI performed
significantly slower and
less accurately than matched healthy veterans, and their
efficiency decreased with increasing task difficulty.
As previously tested in the S63 limousine, that's 40bhp more than the CL 63 model it directly replaces, and thanks to improvements in
efficiency, it produces
significantly less CO2 at 237g / km.
For some, fuel economy is just as important as power these days so Audi has addressed that niche with a combination of technologies from the Audi modular
efficiency platform, including a recuperation system, that allows the engine to consume
significantly less fuel on average than its direct competitors.
If the U.S. were instead to use that natural gas to generate electricity as part of a portfolio with renewable sources of electricity, the analysis shows that «if the entire vehicle fleet were converted to electric vehicles and high
efficiency natural gas combined - cycle power plants were used to generate all the additional electricity required, the increase in natural gas demand would be
significantly less» than if the entire fleet was burning natural gas in its combustion engines — roughly a decrease in natural gas usage of 19 billion cubic feet per day.
That's because, while the technical
efficiency of vehicles, buildings and industry increased
significantly over the past seven years, the structural adjustment of the economy from manufacturing (more energy - intensive) to service sector activity (
less energy - intensive) was slower than during the 1990 - 2005 period.