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The International Fight over EFuels, Internal Combustion’s Would-Be Savior
Efuels, synthetic gasolines made from captured carbon dioxide and renewable energy (usually wind and solar power) are“ a valuable part of the solution” said...
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The Electrofuels That Reduce Amazon’s Fleet Emissions
Amazon has a goal of having 50% of its shipments being made net-zero carbon by 2030. In 2021, more than 100 million packages were delivered to customers with zero-emissions vehicles...
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Neste Targets Hard-To-Electrify Vehicles for Renewable Diesel
Commercial vehicles run under a wide range of operating conditions and duty cycles – not all are well-suited for battery-electric propulsion, particularly in the near term....
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Renewable Propane, Ultra-Low NOx Engines Set Standards for Propane Autogas Innovations
The future of trucking is looking even greener. Not only are companies forced to contend with new government regulations to meet lower emissions and...
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AVIC Subsidiary Continental Aerospace Will Power the Upcoming Diamond DA50, Expands into Electric Propulsion
Continental Aerospace Technologies (Continental) of Mobile Alabama – a subsidiary of Beijing-based Aviation Industry Corporation...
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SAE International Releases New Process for Measuring Aerosols in Aircraft Exhaust
SAE International, based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, has published a new recommended practice for assessing the amount of nonvolatile particulate matter (nvPM)...
Technology Report Manned Systems
New Four-Chamber Rotary Engine Could Supplant Wankel and Piston Engines for UAV Applications
The Wankel rotary engine has been an ideal choice for many owners and operators of small, propeller-driven aircraft. Compared to conventional...
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Boeing Wins $2.9B for 18 KC-46A Military Tanker Aircraft Based on 767 Jet Airliner
Boeing [NYSE:BA] in Everett, Wash., won a $2.9 billion U.S. Air Force contract to deliver 18 additional KC-46A tanker aircraft, spares, support equipment,...
Articles Electronics & Computers
Surviving the Challenge of Thermal Design in Aerospace Electronics
The aerospace sector places some uniquely challenging demands on electronics designers. For a start, the environments that the electronics are exposed to are much harsher than...
News Green Design & Manufacturing
Rolls-Royce Starts Lean-Burn Combustion Engine Icing Tests
In March, a new demonstrator engine by Rolls-Royce, featuring a cutting-edge lean-burn and low-emissions combustion system for future jet engine programs, began icing tests at the...
News Unmanned Systems
X Marks the Spot
LiquidPiston Inc., an advanced internal combustion engine (ICE) technology company, has reimagined combustion engines with a new platform that can run on multiple fuels, including diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline. This...
Application Briefs Defense
F-16 Upgrades
SaftLevallois-Peret, France+33 1 58 63 16 00www.saftbatteries.com Saft was recently selected by Aero Vodochody Aerospace, a leading designer and manufacturer of military and civilian aircraft, for engine starting and emergency...
Articles Test & Measurement
Simulating and Analyzing Flow for an Air-to-Air Refueling System
Long-range bombers may have missions halfway around the world. Fighter jets may have to stay in the air longer than their relatively small fuel tanks will allow, or may find they...
Articles Energy
Zero-Emissions Electric Aircraft: Theory vs Reality
Many different electrically propelled aircraft have been or are soon to be flying. Recently a zero-emissions electric aircraft, Solar Impulse, flew around the world with zero fuel. However,...
Application Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Fusible-Core Polymer
Egmond Plastic Alkmaar, The Netherlands +31-72-5614644 www.egmondplastic.nl Fuel housings for aerospace applications have very complex inner geometries which are not moldable using conventional injection technology....
Articles Propulsion
Flying on Vegetation
Fuel is expensive for airlines. According to sources interviewed for this article, fuel accounts for 30 to 50% of operating costs, depending on the size of the aircraft. And fuel prices remain volatile.
Application Briefs Aerospace
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Engine
Schiebel Technology, Inc. Manassas, VA (540) 351-1736 www.schiebel.net Schiebel recently conducted the successful first flight of a heavy-fuel-powered CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS (Unmanned Air System). After extensive...
Briefs Test & Measurement
Small-Scale Combustion-Chamber Testing Facility
A small-scale combustion-chamber testing facility has been designed and partly built for use in evaluating advanced combustor designs for future gas turbine engines. The specific model combustor...
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