Fuel optimisation

In order to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and begin displacing fossil fuels, optimising... 

Hamelinck, C. Faaij, A. den Uil, H. Boerrigter, H., Production of FT transportation fuels from biomass technical options, process analysis and optimisation and development potential. Energy, the International Journal 2004,29(11), 1743-1771. 

Girardon J.-S., Constant-Griboval A., Gengembre L., Chemavskii P.A., and Khodakov A.Y. 2005. Optimisation of the pretreatment procedure in the design of cobalt silica supported Fischer Tropsch catalysts. Paper presented at the Gas-Fuel 05 Conference, Bruges, Belgium. 

The development and optimisation is described of a new curing system to replace lead-based compounds used in epichlorohydrin elastomers currently used in automotive applications. The system is based on 2,4,6-trimercapto-1,3,5-triazine and dialkyldithiophosphate, which is shown to produce a scorch-safe curing system and which confers excellent physical and ageing properties on epichlorohydrin rubbers. Trials are conducted in formulations for multilayer fuel hoses. 9 refs. 

However, the optimisation of an ICE is of high complexity and often characterised by counteracting effects, as a reduction in fuel consumption does not necessarily lead to an optimisation of pollutant emissions for instance, high thermodynamic efficiencies can only be achieved with high combustion temperatures, which in turn favours the formation of NO. ... 

To overcome those deficits of existing instruments, the MOREHyS (Model for Optimisation of Regional Hydrogen Supply) model was developed as a novel tool to assess the introduction of hydrogen as a vehicle fuel by means of an energy-system analysis.2 In the next section, the main features of the MOREHyS model are described. 

Prins, M.J., Ptasinski, K.J., Janssen, E.J.J.G. 2004. Exergetie optimisation of a production process of fiseher-Tropseh fuels from biomass, fuel Proe Teehnol 86 375-389. 

PEM fuel cells. R D will be concentrated on the optimisation of well known technologies as well as on new, promising technological concepts. The following investigation areas are foreseen in a time period of 5 years ... 

Clean hydrogen for refining heavy crude oils and optimising the production of synthetic fuels from hydrocarbon feedstock (coal, biomass...). 

Production for extraction of speciality chemicals directly from plants is likely to remain a niche operation, perhaps with biotechnology offering options to optimise individual plant yields and reduce land demands. However, development of both scientific understanding of plant metabolism and the technology available to exploit this, combined with environmental and fuel-security drivers facilitating production... 

Hamelinck, C.N., Faaij, A.P.C., Uil, H.D. and Boerrigter, H. (2004). Production of FT Transportation Fuels From Biomass Technical Options, Process Analysis and Optimisation, and Development Potential. Energy, 29, 1743-1771. 

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