'Liquid Air on the Highway' - Report Launch Conference

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The focus of the conference will be to discuss the findings of the Liquid Air on the Highway report, to be published on 4 June by the University of Birmingham, Centre for Low Carbon Futures and the Liquid Air Energy Network.

Liquid air has been gaining significant momentum as an alternative energy vector for transport applications:

• The Dearman liquid air refrigeration engine will be in demonstration on a vehicle this Summer;
• A project to develop a second engine – a diesel-liquid air ‘heat hybrid’ capable of delivering nearly 25% fuel savings for buses and lorries - received a Government grant of nearly £2 million last week;
• Liquid air has been included in the latest roadmap from the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) looking at how the road transport industry can reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
• A nine month study, Liquid Air on the Highway, to be published on 4 June, has concluded ‘there is a strong financial, air-quality, energy security and carbon reduction case for developing liquid air-equipped commercial vehicles’.

The conference will hear how embracing liquid air technologies could:

• Reduce hauliers’ and bus operators’ diesel consumption by 20% to nearly 25% in different applications, while also reducing overall costs and emissions;
• Enable British cities and regions to significantly reduce NOx, PM and CO2 emissions without any additional subsidies or taxes;
• Bring jobs and investment to Britain.

Contributors to the nine-month study included leading industry, end users and academic experts.