The Development of Low Temperature Three-Way Catalysts for High Efficiency Gasoline Engines of the Future

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 583-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Theis ◽  
Andrew Getsoian ◽  
Christine Lambert
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3617
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Medyńska-Juraszek ◽  
Agnieszka Latawiec ◽  
Jolanta Królczyk ◽  
Adam Bogacz ◽  
Dorota Kawałko ◽  
...  

Biochar application is reported as a method for improving physical and chemical soil properties, with a still questionable impact on the crop yields and quality. Plant productivity can be affected by biochar properties and soil conditions. High efficiency of biochar application was reported many times for plant cultivation in tropical and arid climates; however, the knowledge of how the biochar affects soils in temperate climate zones exhibiting different properties is still limited. Therefore, a three-year-long field experiment was conducted on a loamy Haplic Luvisol, a common arable soil in Central Europe, to extend the laboratory-scale experiments on biochar effectiveness. A low-temperature pinewood biochar was applied at the rate of 50 t h−1, and maize was selected as a tested crop. Biochar application did not significantly impact the chemical soil properties and fertility of tested soil. However, biochar improved soil physical properties and water retention, reducing plant water stress during hot dry summers, and thus resulting in better maize growth and higher yields. Limited influence of the low-temperature biochar on soil properties suggests the crucial importance of biochar-production technology and biochar properties on the effectiveness and validity of its application in agriculture.


Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 591
Author(s):  
Keke Song ◽  
Xiaoping Zou ◽  
Huiyin Zhang ◽  
Chunqian Zhang ◽  
Jin Cheng ◽  
...  

The electron transport layer (ETL) is critical to carrier extraction for perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Moreover, the morphology and surface condition of the ETL could influence the topography of the perovskite layer. ZnO, TiO2, and SnO2 were widely investigated as ETL materials. However, TiO2 requires a sintering process under high temperature and ZnO has the trouble of chemical instability. SnO2 possesses the advantages of low-temperature fabrication and high conductivity, which is critical to the performance of PSCs prepared under low temperature. Here, we optimized the morphology and property of SnO2 by modulating the concentration of a SnO2 colloidal dispersion solution. When adjusting the concentration of SnO2 colloidal dispersion solution to 5 wt.% (in water), SnO2 film indicated better performance and the perovskite film has a large grain size and smooth surface. Based on high efficiency (16.82%), the device keeps a low hysteresis index (0.23).


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 1701683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randi Azmi ◽  
Wisnu Tantyo Hadmojo ◽  
Septy Sinaga ◽  
Chang-Lyoul Lee ◽  
Sung Cheol Yoon ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Meshkini Far ◽  
Olena V. Ischenko ◽  
Alla G. Dyachenko ◽  
Oleksandr Bieda ◽  
Snezhana V. Gaidai ◽  
...  

Here, we report, for the first time, on the catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to methane at atmospheric pressure. For the preparation of hydrogenation catalysts based on Ni and Fe metals, a convenient method is developed. According to this method, low-temperature reduction of the co-precipitated Ni and Fe oxides with hydrogen gives the effective and selective bimetallic Ni[Formula: see text]Fe[Formula: see text], Ni[Formula: see text]Fe[Formula: see text] and Ni[Formula: see text]Fe[Formula: see text] catalysts. At the temperature range of 300–400[Formula: see text]C, they exhibit a high efficiency of CH4 production with respect to monometallic Ni and Fe catalysts. The results imply a synergistic effect between Ni and Fe which caused the superior activity of the Ni[Formula: see text]Fe[Formula: see text] catalyst conversing [Formula: see text]% of CO2 into CH4 at 350[Formula: see text]C. To adapt the Ni–Fe catalysts in the industry, the effect of two different carriers on the efficiency of the alumina-supported Ni[Formula: see text]Fe[Formula: see text] catalyst was investigated. It is found that the Ni[Formula: see text]Fe[Formula: see text]/[Formula: see text]-Al2O3 catalyst effectively conversed CO2 giving 100% methane yield already at 275[Formula: see text]C.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanling Zhao ◽  
Huanqing Zhang

Background: Bearing testing machine is the key equipment for bearing design, theoretical research and improvement, and it plays an important role in the performance of bearing life, fatigue, vibration and working temperature. With the requirements of aerospace, military equipment, automobile manufacturing and other industrial fields of the bearing are becoming higher and higher. There is an urgent need for high-precision and high-efficiency bearing testing machines to monitor and analyze the performance of bearings. Objective: By analyzing the recent patents, the characteristics and existing problems of the current bearing testing machine are summarized to provide references for the development of bearing test equipment in the future. Methods: This paper reviews various representative patents related to the third generation bearing testing machines. Results: Although the structure of bearing testing machines is different, the main problems in the structure and design principle of bearing testing machine have been summarized and analyzed, and the development of trend and direction of the future bearing testing machine have been discussed. Conclusion: Bearing testing machines for health monitoring of bearing life cycle is of great significance. The current bearing testing machine has basically achieved the monitoring and analysis However, due to the emergence of new types of bearings, further improvement is still needed. With the development of testing technology towards intelligent and big data-driven direction, bearing testing machine is moving towards the type of cloud computing and large-scale testing.


2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (51) ◽  
pp. 16672-16677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin Khivantsev ◽  
Nicholas R. Jaegers ◽  
Libor Kovarik ◽  
Jonathan C. Hanson ◽  
Franklin (Feng) Tao ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihteaz M. Hossain ◽  
Damien Hudry ◽  
Florian Mathies ◽  
Tobias Abzieher ◽  
Somayeh Moghadamzadeh ◽  
...  

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