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ACEA
Meaning: European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, the organization of the major European (freight) car manufacturers.
Description: ACEA was established in 1991 and represents the common interests of the 13 car, truck and bus manufacturers at European level. ACEA members on behalf of the contacts with European lawmakers. The gentlemen's agreement that the European car manufacturers themselves targets for CO2 emissions proposed (140 g / km in 2008 and 120 g / km in 2012), is an example of the activities undertaken by ACEA. Headquartered in Brussels, since 1995 the organization has an office in Tokyo.
AdBlue
Meaning: Liquid used for retrieving nitrogen oxides from the exhaust by a special catalyst.
Description: AdBlue is a solution of demineralized water and 32.5 percent urea. For diesel vehicles (primarily trucks) with a known SCR catalyst (Selective Catalytic Reduction) is the solution into the hot exhaust gas injected. Then, about 90 percent of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in exhaust gas with the catalyst in a special AdBlue into the harmless nitrogen and water. AdBlue takes its name from its blue color and the fact that an additive (addition) is. AdBlue is stored in a separate reservoir and will periodically be replenished. It freezes at -11 ° C and is above 60 degrees apart.
Aerosols
Meaning: Particles that float in the air, also called fine particles.
Description: Aerosols (or particulate matter) are particles that float in the air, ranging from sand, sea salt, organic matter and soot into pieces tire and road surface. There are both naturally occurring particles, like particles that result from human activity. According to the government in the Netherlands alone there were many thousands of deaths caused by particulate matter. The Dutch government is quite in a fix with this particle, it consumes the greatest difficulty to the European guidelines for particulate matter concentrations to comply. On an annual basis it is not too bad, but there are places in the Netherlands where the permitted daily average considerably exceeded.
AFV
Meaning: Alternate Fuel Vehicle
Description: A vehicle powered by fuel other than gasoline or diesel. Examples of alternative fuels are electricity, hydrogen, and Compressed Natural Gas
Alcohol
Meaning: Colorless distillation product suitable for fuel use.
Description: The most famous alcohol is ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol), the alcohol in alcoholic beverages is, but also as a fuel to use. Alcohol can be obtained from vegetable raw material (eg sugar cane juice) to ferment. This allows up to 15 percent alcohol can be won, at higher concentrations to the yeasts die, they die if it were their own waste. However, in order to achieve higher rates (up to 96% ethanol and 4% water) must be distilled.
Battery
Meaning: Reservoir for electrical energy.
Description: Battery comes from 'accumulator' and is a storage medium for matter, energy or information. The automotive battery is a storage of electrical energy. Conventionally powered cars have now almost all have one or more 12-volt lead-acid batteries for the various power consumers. For electric cars and cars with a hybrid powertrain, the power of nickel-metal hydride batteries or lithium ion batteries and is working with several hundred volts of power. The advantage of this new battery technologies is that they are lighter and more compact for a comparable amount of electrical energy and they also tend to be maintenance free. The electrical system (lights, radio etc.) works for these cars often still with just 12 volts, and this can be done using a high voltage of the converter are reduced. All featured batteries work with a chemical transformation, where electricity is absorbed or released.
Biodiesel
Meaning: Animal or vegetable based fuels.
Description: Biodiesel is not vegetable oil, but vegetable-based diesel. Because of its biological basis is the CO2-neutral, because it deprived them no greenhouse gas from fossil fuels into the atmosphere is charged. The CO2 released is in fact rather removed from the atmosphere by the crops which biodiesel is made. The production of biodiesel is quite expensive and for growing agricultural crops is much required. Many diesel vehicles can run on biodiesel, but not the cleanest and most modern. But a glimmer of hope: it works better and better "clean" diesels suitable for a large gulp of biodiesel.
