/channels/news_feeds/all/term/zero-carbon/rss en /channels/channels/news/mcgill-university-project-zero-carbon-metal-fuels-launches-space-303085 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Recently, a project testing metal combustion led by the Alternative Fuels Laboratory at Â鶹AV launched on a European Space Agency rocket.</p> <p>The project, an international collaboration between the Alternative Fuels Laboratory at Â鶹AV, the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, and Airbus Defence and Space, aims to improve scientific understanding of metal flames, laying the groundwork for a new type of green engine that burns iron powder, with only rust as a by-product.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/perwaves_release.jpg?itok=SpB6zIQj" width="160" height="213" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:39:46 +0000 webfull 156073 at /channels /channels/channels/news/could-metal-particles-be-clean-fuel-future-257172 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="/newsroom/files/newsroom/bergthorson1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/bergthorson1.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Can you imagine a future where your car is fueled by iron powder instead of gasoline?</p> <p>Metal powders, produced using clean primary energy sources, could provide a more viable long-term replacement for fossil fuels than other widely discussed alternatives, such as hydrogen, biofuels or batteries, according to a study in the Dec. 15 issue of the journal <em>Applied Energy</em>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:19:05 +0000 webfull 114506 at /channels