By Dan Romanchik, on September 7th, 2009%
While mostly a PR piece designed to promote their gasolines, this Web article on fuel-economy testing is interesting. It starts, “Rigorously controlled test track trials are a massive improvement on open road measurements, but even they do not go far enough for BP. The company’s fuels and lubricants technologists demand even more controlled . . . → Read More: BP Discusses Fuel-Economy Testing
By Dan Romanchik, on January 15th, 2009%
From the January 13, 2009 issue of the NIST Tech Beat:
NIST Chemist Tom Bruno demonstrates sampling of biodiesel fuel for injection into a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, an instrument that separates and identifies the components of a mixture.
Credit: Ost, NIST
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a . . . → Read More: New NIST Method Accelerates Stability Testing of Soy-Based Biofuel
By Dan Romanchik, on April 24th, 2008%
SAE International is looking for experts in a couple of areas:
FlexRay. J2813—”FlexRay for Vehicle Applicatons” Task Force is looking for experts to help draft a document that will define the physical layer and portions of the data link layer. It will also address how these are to be tested. Contact Debbie Brooks, brook@sae.org.
Restraint systems. Experts are . . . → Read More: SAE Looking for Experts