/channels/taxonomy/term/14634/all en /channels/channels/news/mcgill-university-project-zero-carbon-metal-fuels-launches-space-303085 <p>Recently, a project testing metal combustion led by the Alternative Fuels Laboratory at 平特五不中 launched on a European Space Agency rocket.</p> <p>The project, an international collaboration between the Alternative Fuels Laboratory at 平特五不中, 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> Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:39:46 +0000 webfull 156073 at /channels /channels/channels/news/could-metal-particles-be-clean-fuel-future-257172 <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> Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:19:05 +0000 webfull 114506 at /channels