Report of the Fuel research board on their scheme of research and on the establishment of a fuel research station.

Signed: George Bellby, director of fuel research.

Solar energy and nonfossil fuel research : a directory of projects related to agriculture /

Description based on: 1980.

How consistent are drivers in their driving? A driver training perspective

The value and effectiveness of driver training as a means of improving driver behaviour and road safety continues to fuel research and societal debates. Knowledge about what are the characteristics of safe driving that need to be learnt is extensive. Research has shown that young drivers are over represented in crash statistics. The encouraging fact is that novice drivers have shown improvement in road scanning pattern after training. This paper presents a driver behaviour study conducted on a closed circuit track. A group of experienced and novice drivers performed repeated multiple manoeuvres (i.e. turn, overtake and lane change) under identical conditions Variables related to the driver, vehicle and environment were recorded in a research vehicle equipped with multiple in-vehicle sensors such as GPS accelerometers, vision processing, eye tracker and laser scanner. Each group exhibited consistently a set of driving pattern characterising a particular group. Behaviour such as the indicator usage before lane change, following distance while performing a manoeuvre were among the consistent observed behaviour differentiating novice from experienced drivers. This paper will highlight the results of our study and emphasize the need for effective driver training programs focusing on young and novice drivers.

The shear mode of multilayer graphene

The quest for materials capable of realizing the next generation of electronic and photonic devices continues to fuel research on the electronic, optical and vibrational properties of graphene. Few-layer graphene (FLG) flakes with less than ten layers each show a distinctive band structure. Thus, there is an increasing interest in the physics and applications of FLGs. Raman spectroscopy is one of the most useful and versatile tools to probe graphene samples. Here, we uncover the interlayer shear mode of FLGs, ranging from bilayer graphene (BLG) to bulk graphite, and suggest that the corresponding Raman peak measures the interlayer coupling. This peak scales from ∼43cm -1 in bulk graphite to ∼31cm -1 in BLG. Its low energy makes it sensitive to near-Dirac point quasiparticles. Similar shear modes are expected in all layered materials, providing a direct probe of interlayer interactions. © 2012 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.

Módulo experimental para determinação da octanagem de combústiveis

Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal demonstrar uma nova metodologia que utilizará um motor automotivo adaptado a um módulo experimental onde será possível realizar-se medições da intensidade de detonação, e a partir desses valores determinar a octanagem dos combustíveis ensaiados, sendo este um método que oferece uma nova alternativa de baixo custo se comparado aos métodos tradicionais que utilizam motores CFR (Co-operative Fuel Research) fabricados pela Waukesha para determinação da octanagem dos combustíveis. O módulo experimental é composto por um motor automotivo acoplado a um freio eletromagnético e por sensores instalados em pontos estratégicos do motor que informam, em tempo real, os valores dos parâmetros de funcionamento do mesmo. A octanagem, para ser medida, a exemplo do que ocorre nos motores CFR, depende da ocorrência de detonação que é provocada durante a realização dos ensaios para que o valor de sua intensidade e o valor dos demais parâmetros de funcionamento do motor neste instante possam ser registrados. Para que pudesse ocorrer detonação em baixa rotação fez-se necessário à alteração do volume da câmera de combustão do motor utilizado, a fim de aumentar sua taxa de compressão e favorecer o aparecimento do fenômeno Durante a realização dos ensaios, no módulo experimental, utilizaram-se dois computadores para monitorar os parâmetros de funcionamento do motor e armazenar as informações adquiridas a partir da placa de aquisição de dados que transforma os sinais analógicos dos sensores em informações digitais, as quais serão utilizadas nos cálculos e na construção de gráficos para análise dos resultados do experimento. Após realizar-se os ensaios utilizando-se combustíveis de referência com diferentes valores de octanagem, foi possível determinar a exatidão dos resultados obtidos pelo método proposto comparando-os com os valores obtidos no motor CFR, sendo que o módulo experimental permitiu medir os valores de octanagens com uma incerteza de ± 1,66 octanas em um intervalo de confiança de 95,45%.

Industrial Development and the Innovation System of the Ethanol Sector in Brazil

The purpose of this paper is to analyze innovations and the innovation system and its dynamics in the ethanol sector in the State of Sao Paulo. More specifically, this paper focuses on the development process in the sector, the public policies taken to promote the sector, and the organizations and key players involved in these policies and their responses to unforeseeable changes in economic, social and technological environments. To this end, this paper takes an historical perspective and reviews data on the cultivation of sugar cane, the production of ethanol, and on sugar cane yields as indicators of the innovations achieved in the sector. The geographical distribution of these indicators is also examined. Next, several cases in Piracicaba and Campinas in the State of Sao Paulo are presented; these give us a more concrete idea of the processes involved in innovation and technology transfer. Based on these observations, the ethanol cluster and the innovation system of the State of Sao Paulo are discussed from the viewpoint of the flowchart approach to industrial cluster policy.

Fossil Energy Program report : 1 October 1976-30 September 1977.

"DOE/ET-0060(78)."

Test procedures and general information in current use in the development and utilization of aviation, motor, and automotive Diesel fuels,

Includes bibliographies.

The steaming of Wigan Arley coal in vertical gas retorts.

At head of title: Department of scientific and industrial research. Fuel research board ...

Preliminary experiments in the low-temperature carbonisation of coal in vertical retorts.

Mode of access: Internet.

The water gas process: a study of the carbon and thermal balances,

At head of title: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Fuel Research.

The action of solvents on coal.

"Publications of the department": p. 215-216.

A study of the tars and oils produced from coal.

Mode of access: Internet.

Carbonisation of coal in continuous vertical retorts:

Mode of access: Internet.