Biodiesel
A renewable fuel produced from agricultural resources such as vegetable oils. In the United States, most biodiesel is made from soybean oil; however canola oil, sunflower oil, recycled cooking oils, and animal fats are also used.
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) - Law that appropriates funds to federal and state loan programs to either rebuild diesel-powered vehicle engines to more stringent emission standards or install emission reduction systems, ...
DIESEL VS. GASOLINE (Environmental Article #123)
VIN WAS THE DIESEL ENGINE OF THE PLOT VEHICLE
Is Diesel's Performance Superior Overall
to That of Gasoline Power?
Diesel Engine: A type of internal combustion engine that uses low-volatility petroleum fuel and fuel injectors and initiates combustion using compression ignition (as opposed to spark ignition that is used with gasoline engines).
Biodiesel (A):
Biodiesel is a domestic, renewable fuel for diesel engines derived from natural oils like soybean oil.
D diesel fuel
Definition (english only)
Heavy oil residue used as fuel for certain types of diesel engines.
Biodiesel as an Alternative Fuel
Biodiesel is an alternative fuel based on vegetable oils or animal fats, even those recycled after restaurants have used them for cooking.
Diesel non-volatile mineral fuel with a high flash point used in compression ignition engines, as invented by Dr Rudolf Diesel in 1895, originally running on peanut oil.
Biodiesel
A type of fuel made by combining animal fat or vegetable oil with alcohol; biodiesel can be directly substituted for diesel), or be used as an additive.
Bioenergy ...
Burning natural gas produces less carbon dioxide than gasoline or diesel, and burning hydrogen produces no carbon dioxide at all! ...
Black Carbon - Emitted during the burning of coal, diesel fuel, natural gas and biomass and is part of the composition of soot.
In general, lighter refined petroleum products such as diesel and gasoline are more likely to mix in the water column and are more toxic to marine life, but tend evaporate relatively quickly and do not persist long in the environment.
A hybrid has an electric motor and a petrol or diesel (or biofuel) combustion engine. Excess heat from the engine and/or from braking is used to recharge the electric motor while the vehicle is moving.
clean fuel - fuels which have lower emissions than conventional gasoline and diesel. Refers to alternative fuels as well as to reformulated gasoline and diesel.
cleanup - treatment, remediation, or destruction of contaminated material.
Small solid or liquid particles, especially those in the emission gases of incinerators, boilers, industrial furnaces or in exhaust from diesel and gasoline engines.
MHDDV- Medium Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle
MOBILE5A- Mobile Source Emission Factor Model
MOE- Margin Of Exposure
MOS- Margin of Safety
MP- Manufacturing-use Product; Melting Point
MPCA- Microbial Pest Control Agent
MPI- Maximum Permitted Intake ...
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) - A substitute for gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuels. CNG is considered to be an environmentally 'clean' alternative.
Fuels which are generally less greenhouse intensive than petrol and diesel, e.g. ethanol and compressed natural gas (CNG)
Anaerobic
Not requiring air or oxygen, used in reference to decomposition processes that occur in the absence of oxygen ...
Eco-bus - a bus which uses a combination of diesel and electric power.
Ecube - a wax cube which mimics food in a fridge to save it energy. More info on ecubes here.
Particulates are produced by many sources, including burning of diesel fuels by trucks and buses, incineration of garbage, mixing and application of fertilizers and pesticides, road construction, industrial processes such as steel making, ...
Alternative Fuels- Substitutes for traditional liquid, oil-derived motor vehicle fuels like gasoline and diesel. Includes mixtures of alcohol-based fuels with gasoline, methanol, ethanol, compressed natural gas, and others.
Substitutes for traditional liquid, oil-derived motor vehicle fuels like gasoline and diesel. Includes mixtures of alcohol-based fuels with gasoline, methanol, ethanol, compressed natural gas, and others.
biomass fuels = taking grains, oilseeds, etc. and turning it into ethanol, biodiesel, biogas, etc ...
Examples include soot consisting of tiny black particles, which absorb all visible light; and nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant mostly from diesel and gasoline engines, that absorbs blue light resulting in air with a brown tint.
Particulates - very small particles of debris found in some of the air pollution - are one of the main causes of health problems. In towns and cities, these are released mainly by diesel engines from cars and trucks.
Cars guzzle fuel, but they use much less if people drive them gently and keep below speed limits. Big SUVs make about six times their own weight in CO2 each year. A small efficient diesel car covering the same distance not only uses much less fuel; ...
alternative fuels Substitutes, such as methanol, ethanol, or compressed natural gas, for traditional liquid, oil-derived motor vehicle fuels like gasoline and diesel.
altitude-control valve ...
renewable resource that is produced from biomass, a recently living element such as animals, plantlife or wood. It can provide energy from unexpected sources, such as the gas from landfills. One of the biggest potential forms of biofuel is biodiesel, ...
Various other strategies include development of new technologies, wind power, nuclear power, renewable energy, biodiesel, electric cars (and hybrids), and fuel cells, Energy conservation, carbon taxes and carbon sequestration schemes.
Following clean-up to remove any impurities such as tars, synthesis gas (syngas) can be used to synthesize organic molecules such as synthetic natural gas (SNG - methane (CH4)) or liquid biofuels such as synthetic diesel (via Fischer-Tropsch ...
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