Kansas State University Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:40:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 “Active Air Control” Improves Emissions and Fuel Economy in Larger Engines https://www.greenoptimistic.com/active-air-control-improves-emissions-fuel-economy-larger-engines-20140214/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/active-air-control-improves-emissions-fuel-economy-larger-engines-20140214/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2014 15:40:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45926 An internal combustion engine (ICE) is essentially an air pump. The more efficient the air flows through the air pump (ICE), the better power and fuel economy the ICE can deliver. The ICE is a complex high-speed ballet of mechanical parts, designed to extract as much usable power from a spritz of gasoline in each […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/active-air-control-improves-emissions-fuel-economy-larger-engines-20140214/feed/ 0 45926 Rechargeable Batteries Revolutionized with Layered Nanomaterials https://www.greenoptimistic.com/layered-nanomaterials-rechargeable-battery-20130116/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/layered-nanomaterials-rechargeable-battery-20130116/#respond Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:25:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31573 Kansas State University assistant professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering Gurpreet Singh and his team of engineers have discovered more efficient and less expensive methods for creating nanomaterials that can be used for lithium-ion batteries. Singh believes that understanding lithium interaction with single-, double-, and multiple-layer-thick materials will provide clues to the best way to […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/layered-nanomaterials-rechargeable-battery-20130116/feed/ 0 31573 Ocean-Based Algae Production System Could Revolutionize the Biofuel Industry https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ocean-based-algae-production-system-could-revolutionize-the-biofuel-industry-20091104/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ocean-based-algae-production-system-could-revolutionize-the-biofuel-industry-20091104/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:17:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5202 Two Kansas State University Engineers have designed a new algae production system that could reduce the cost of biodiesel and help the U.S. Government to change from fossil fuel dependency to a renewable power source.

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