{"id":13312,"date":"2020-01-31T09:52:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T08:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/epfl-scientists-invent-emission-free-trucks\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:39:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:39:57","slug":"epfl-scientists-invent-emission-free-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/epfl-scientists-invent-emission-free-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"EPFL scientists invent emission-free trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Researchers at EPFL Valais Wallis have patented a new technology that could cut trucks\u2019 CO2 emissions by almost 90%.<\/h4>\n<p>Climate change fueled by human-caused emissions is one of the greatest challenges the world faces today. Transport is a major polluter, responsible for nearly 30% of Europe\u2019s total CO2 emissions. Scientists at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epfl.ch\/about\/campus\/valais-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPFL Valais Wallis<\/a> have come up with a promising solution to reduce CO2 emissions from commercial transport.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/actu.epfl.ch\/news\/capturing-co2-from-trucks-and-reducing-their-emiss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project<\/a>, coordinated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epfl.ch\/labs\/ipese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering group<\/a> at EPFL\u2019s School of Engineering, involves capturing CO2 within the exhaust system, converting it into a liquid and storing it on the vehicle. The liquid CO2 is then delivered to a service station, where it is turned into conventional fuel using renewable energy. Only 10% of the CO2 emissions cannot be recycled through the process, and the researchers propose to offset that using biomass.<\/p>\n<p>This system could work with all trucks, buses and even boats, and with any type of fuel. Unlike electric or hydrogen-based solutions, it can be retrofitted to existing trucks in order to neutralize their impact in terms of carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>The patented concept is the subject of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fenrg.2019.00143\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paper<\/a> published in Frontiers in Energy Research. The industrialization and the commercialization of the new technology are next on the agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at EPFL Valais Wallis have patented a new technology that could cut trucks\u2019 CO2 emissions by almost 90%. Climate change fueled by human-caused emissions is one of the greatest challenges the world faces today. Transport is a major polluter, responsible for nearly 30% of Europe\u2019s total CO2 emissions. 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