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As co-founder and CTO of\u00a0ClearFlame Engine Technologies,\u00a0Julie Blumreiter \u201908 is taking\u00a0 the dirty out of the diesel engine and setting a new standard for sustainability in the transportation sector.<\/p>\n

Ideal for heavy-duty industries like hauling, construction, and agriculture, diesel-fueled vehicles are critical to the global economy; more than 99% of all semitrucks are powered by diesel engines. The trade-off is that diesel fuel is a major source of harmful pollutants like nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n

Blumreiter\u2019s team has reengineered the standard diesel engine to run on decarbonized and clean-burning alternative fuels like ethanol. Blumreiter says that a key feature of the technology is that it\u2019s suited to retrofitting; with just a little modification, manufacturers can easily integrate the ClearFlame solution into their existing production process.<\/p>\n

The result is the same high-performance diesel engine, but with near-zero emissions. \u201cWe\u2019re taking an unconventional approach to cleaning up transportation,\u201d says Blumreiter. \u201cOur low-cost technology can help policymakers and regulators meet even the most aggressive emissions reduction goals this next decade and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Blumreiter, a mechanical engineer<\/a>, leads ClearFlame\u2019s prototyping and testing efforts. She began developing the low-carbon engine technology as a PhD student in Stanford University\u2019s Advanced Energy Systems Lab. In 2016, she and her labmate B.J. Johnson founded ClearFlame.<\/p>\n

Since then, the startup has secured more than $3 million in grant funding and $5 million in venture funding to push the technology toward commercialization. The company was part of the first cohort of the elite Chain Reaction Innovations program at Argonne National Laboratory. And this year, it began integrating the technology into its first semitruck prototype, which will soon begin on-road testing.<\/p>\n

A self-proclaimed \u201ctender-hearted engineer,\u201d Blumreiter says she\u2019s found a way to merge her research prowess with her desire to make life \u2014 and the planet \u2014 better.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d go back and forth between deeply technical engineering research and volunteer work where I could help someone in need. I\u2019ve brought my interests together as an engineer focused on energy solutions who can work in diverse geographies and economies,\u201d she says. \u201cMy motivation is to expand energy access across the globe while simultaneously lowering emissions that threaten our environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As co-founder and CTO of\u00a0ClearFlame Engine Technologies,\u00a0Julie Blumreiter \u201908 is taking\u00a0 the dirty out of the diesel engine and setting a new standard for sustainability in the transportation sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","issue-winter-2022"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCleaning Up Transportation - JHU Engineering Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2022\/01\/cleaning-up-transportation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cleaning Up Transportation - 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