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Performance Evaluation & Development of Engine Oil with Re-Refined Base Oil for Automotive Applications2024-01-430211/05/2024
The focus on sustainability has encouraged innovation across industries with a growing emphasis on minimizing environmental impact. In the transportation sector, optimizing engine lubricants emerges as a crucial avenue for achieving sustainable performance as used engine oil is the primary lubricants waste stream. Re-Refined Base Oil (RRBO) presents a compelling solution, offering a sustainable alternative to virgin base oils. By reclaiming and reprocessing used oil, RRBO not only minimizes waste but also embodies the ideology of circularity, promoting resource efficiency and environmental conservation. This study presents the collaborative efforts between an Indian Automotive OEM and Lubricant Technology Partner towards the development of engine oil utilizing Re-Refined Base Oil (RRBO) for automotive applications. Specifically, two formulations were targeted: a 5W-30 A5/B5 oil for Bharat Stage IV passenger car usage and a 15W-40 CI4+ oil for Bharat Stage IV commercial vehicle
Tyagarajan, Sethuramalingam, Singh, Samsher, Bondre, Sushil, Thanapathy, Saravana Raja, Dalvi, Preshit
Technical Paper
Packaging and Processing: Life Sciences Industry Strives to Become More SustainableTBMG-5129408/01/2024
Sustainability remains a dominant trend in packaging and processing, continuing to attract the attention of the life sciences industry and inspire its new initiatives. Although pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers must prioritize patient safety and product protection, concerns about climate change, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, plastic waste, and pressure to move toward a circular economy are prompting a greater focus on improving the sustainability of their products and packaging
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Green Mobility and the Environment: A Dialogue among ResearchersR-57406/04/2024
Embark on a transformative journey with Professor Felice E. Corcione's groundbreaking book, where environmental consciousness meets cutting-edge technology in mobility. Delving deep into the intricate relationship between mobility and the environment, Corcione offers insightful analyses of pollutants and lays the groundwork for sustainable practices. At the heart of Corcione's narrative lies the transformative potential of hydrogen, drawing inspiration from celestial phenomena and scientific innovation. With a focus on hydrogen's energy density and versatile applications in fuel cells, Corcione presents innovative solutions for sustainable transportation without compromising performance. Join Corcione and colleagues as they discuss pressing environmental challenges and chart a course towards a greener future. This book is more than just a read—it's a call to action to embrace "green mobility" and contribute to a sustainable future. Join the expedition towards zero-emission
Corcione, Felice E.
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SAE BRIEFS w/Roberto Baldwin & Marc LeDuc WCX special edition1344203/20/2024
From software-defined vehicles to EV batteries and the circular economy, the automotive industry is in the midst of a profound shift. To understand and adapt effectively, a meeting of the minds is needed -- a place where engineers can discuss trending topics, solve problems, and build community. Enter North America's largest technical mobility event, the WCX World Congress Experience. It's the place for the brightest and best across all engineering disciplines, as well as the entire supply chain community, to come together to discuss how the mobility industry can move forward. For insight on this year's event, we sat down with Marc LeDuc, Content Development Manager, Engineering Events for SAE International, to discuss what attendees can expect from the more than 1,200 sessions spanning technology, consumer metrics, regulatory standards, sustainability, and much more. If you're ready to problem-solve with your peers, register now for WCX 2024 taking place April 16 - 18, 2024 in Detroit
Hineman, Marcie
Podcast
“Impact of Design Principles on End-of-Life and Recycling2024-26-016301/16/2024
Automotive industry is a major contributor to global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and waste generation. Not only do vehicles produce emissions during usage, but they also generate emissions during production phase and end of life disposal. There is an urgent need to address sustainability and circularity issues in this sector. This paper explores how circularity and CO2 reduction principles can be applied to design and production of automotive parts, with the aim of reducing the environmental impact of these components throughout their life cycle. Also, this paper highlights the impact of design principles on End-of-Life Management of vehicles. As Design decisions of Component impacts up to 80% of emissions [1], it is important to focus on this phase for major contribution in reduction of emissions. Various factors such as material selection, quantity and weight of materials used in parts, design for durability, aerodynamic characteristics, design strategies, design for recycling
Ali, Rifat Fahmida, Harel, Samarth, Shaikh, Taha, Chakraborty, Pinka
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An Experimental Approach Towards Sustainable Solution for Material Recycling of ELV Plastic Bumpers and EV Batteries2024-26-016401/16/2024
A general automotive car is majorly composed of high strength steel (6%), other steel (50%), Iron (15%), Plastics (7%), Aluminum (4%) and others (Rubber, Glass, Textile) about 18%. End-of-life vehicles (ELVs) are a significant source of waste and pollution in the automotive industry. Recycling ELVs, particularly their plastic components, Li-ion batteries, catalytic converters, and critical technology components such as alternators, semi-conductor chips, and high tensile strength steel can reduce their environmental impact and conserve valuable raw materials. The paper conducts a SWOT analysis and a life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate the long-term viability and potential of ELV recycling, environmental impact, and carbon footprint. This paper examines the current state and challenges of ELV recycling in India and proposes a sustainable recycling solution for waste bumpers that includes paint removal, modification, reprocessing & recovery of precious metals from xEV Li-ion batteries
Baviskar, Ajay, Khera, Pankaj, Telgote, Ashish, Dhuria, Himanshu, Sharma, Amit
Technical Paper
Austempered Ductile Iron, Green Design Alternative for Circular Economy2023-28-013411/10/2023
In the current scenario, manufacturing of heavier products generates colossal waste, generates more CO2 emission, and negatively affects the environment. Customers not only pay higher product costs but also higher operational costs. This in turn demands the need for more recycling. Advanced high strength materials are a key solution to applications demanding higher strength, stiffness, durability & wear requirement, whereas low density materials like aluminium and magnesium won’t be a sustainable choice. With more and more battery electric & fuel cell vehicles, “light weighting” is a key priority. Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) has a great advantage of superior mechanical properties compared to conventional ductile iron, aluminium alloys and even some steel forgings. Typically, ADI is used for high wear applications, whereas this paper will demonstrate the potential of using ADI for Structural applications. To display ADI’s potential on “light weight design”, an example of ‘Front
Nalawade, Dinkar, Arcot, Pramaan, Khajure, Rahul
Technical Paper
EDITORIAL: Smart engineering for sustainability23TOFHP10_0410/01/2023
Sustainability extends beyond just decarbonization. A term popping up more and more in executive and engineering-focused presentations is “circular economy,” referring to a closed-loop production cycle that seeks to minimize resource inputs and reduce or eliminate waste and emissions. Case in point: Rob Zemenchik, CNH Industrial's Sr. Manager for Product Sustainability, said at the SAE COMVEC conference in September that the company specifically seeks projects that deliver on circularity in the product life-cycle. CNH Industrial's roadmap to hit its 2030 and 2050 climate targets includes more than 150 specific projects, ranging from powertrains to hydraulics, he said. One of the “early success stories” is its work with British company Bennaman on an on-farm liquid fugitive biomethane production process
Gehm, Ryan
Magazine Article
Second-Life of Electric Vehicle Batteries from a Circular Economy Perspective: A Review and Future Direction2023-24-015108/28/2023
The second-life use of batteries from electric vehicles (EV) represents an excellent and cost-effective option for energy storage applications, including the control of fluctuations in energy supply and demand or in combination with solar photovoltaic and wind turbine. Indeed, these batteries are normally replaced from EV use before the end of their service life, when they still have 70-80% of the original capacity. Depending on the cell chemistry and the specific design, such batteries can still be employed in less stressful applications than the automotive one, including commercial, residential, and industrial applications. With the aim to promote the transition to a circular closed-loop economy for spent traction batteries, this study consists in a systematic literature review of available options for reusing EV batteries as a storage system in a factory environment, highlighting benefits and critical aspects
De Luca, Cristina, Silvestri, Luca, Forcina, Antonio, Silvestri, Cecilia, Bella, Gino
Technical Paper
SAE TOMORROW TODAY: Supporting a Circular Economy for EV Batteries1340607/25/2023
When it comes to sustainability, the term "circular economy" refers to a process in which products are used again and again, thus reducing finite raw material consumption and curbing CO2 emissions. In transportation, the need to achieve circularity for EV batteries is particularly acute. According to recent studies, the projected demand for lithium will increase sixfold by 2030. This surge requires new engineering practices that reuse and recycle EV battery materials all the way upstream--and that's where SAE comes in. In the latest episode of Sustainable Mobility Briefs, Frank Menchaca, President, Sustainable Mobility Solutions at SAE International, discusses the importance of a circular economy for EV batteries and how SAE is designing engineering practices that will support the transition from gasoline power to electricity
Hineman, Marcie
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EDITORIAL: Engineering the ‘sustainability thing23AUTD05_0805/01/2023
Sustainable and sustainability are words that are fast becoming industry vernacular. They're woven into executive speeches, press releases, marketing, and engineers' messaging. That's because a gospel of sustainable practices is spreading fast among the leading automotive OEMs and their supply base. And as such a paradigm-setting trend deserves, we're focusing on it in this month's Automotive Engineering. “Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs,” is one definition of the term. In my view, sustainability is analogous to efficiency - of the product, of manufacturing and of human resources - the equitable treatment of employees and the community. At its heart is a circular economy that's not just about EVs and climate change
Brooke, Lindsay
Magazine Article
Battery Storage: Business Models, Market, and RegulationPD772312
Business Modelling: In this course, you will receive a general introduction to business modelling in a more general sense, focusing on the energy sector. Global clean energy policies: This course will delve into key international agreements such as the Paris Agreement, as well as other influential global policies that aim to address the pressing challenges of climate change. By examining these policies, we will explore how they contribute to the transition towards a circular economy and the reduction of global carbon emissions. Cost assessment of battery-based storage solutions: In this course, you will learn how to evaluate the economic feasibility of an energy storage system by determining the costs of the project. You will be introduced to different cost concepts, such as the cost of acquisition and installation of the equipment included in the storage solution, costs associated with operation and maintenance, and costs that are incurred at the end of a battery’s life. You will also
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