Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

University of Michigan

Hiroko Ohtani

Kevin Richard John Ellwood

David Karl Bidner

Phillip Bonkoski

Arup Kumar Gangopadhyay

Johannes W Schwank

Mathew John Fast

Adarsh Bhat

Maithri Venkat

An automotive axle includes a housing including gears and a bath lubricating the gears, the bath including gear oil and about 0.1 to 5 wt. % secondary alcohol ethoxylate based on total weight of the bath such that during automotive operation at temperatures less than a threshold, reverse micelles form to trap air bubbles in the bath, emulsifying the bath, and at temperatures greater than the threshold, the reverse micelles dissipate.

Vehicular gear system friction reduction

Methods for desorbing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from beaded activated carbon (BAC) that is loaded with VOCs, during the VOC abatement process using the fluidized carbon bead system include transferring the loaded BAC in an adsorber to a desorber, where a stream of organic solvent passes over the BAC to dissolve at least a portion of the adsorbed VOCs into the organic solvent to regenerate BAC. The regenerated BAC is returned to the adsorber. The organic solvent containing dissolved VOCs may be transferred to a distiller to separate the organic solvents from the dissolved VOCs and may be reused as the organic solvent in the desorber.

Recovery of adsorption capacity of beaded activated carbon using gas-phase organic solvents

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