News tagged with waste heat recovery
Start-up company aims to harness the full potential of producing electricity from waste heat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Matt Scullin co-founded Alphabet Energy just one year ago, but already the CEO has ambitions of turning the San Francisco-based start-up company into the "Intel of waste heat." By harnessing ...
The future of electricity may be found in environmentally-friendly, thermoelectric cells
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation are funding research that may result in a military turbine aircraft that for the first time ever will produce its own electricity from exhaust ...
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Oct 14, 2009 |
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Researchers map the city's heat
Steel the traditional industry for which the UK city of Sheffield is so well known could help provide a green alternative for heating the city's homes and businesses, alongside other renewable energy sources.
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May 13, 2012 |
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Aircraft of the future could capture and re-use some of their own
Tomorrow's aircraft could contribute to their power needs by harnessing energy from the wheel rotation of their landing gear to generate electricity.
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Feb 23, 2012 |
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New integrated building model may improve fish farming operations
Today's "locavore" movement with its emphasis on eating more locally-produced food is a natural fit for fruits and vegetables in nearly every region, but few entrepreneurs have dared to apply the concept to ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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No future without scarce metals
It is not just in laptop computers, mobile telephones and LED screens that scarce metals are to be found but also in solar cells, batteries for mobile technologies and many other similar applications. The ...
Jan 31, 2012 |
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India army offers 'glacier toilet' in hi-tech sell-off
Developed for troops serving on glaciers high in the Himalayas, the non-flushing "bio-digester" toilet made by India's top defence research body is now being offered to companies and poorer states.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Technologies for the city of tomorrow -- Morgenstadt
A city that obtains its power from renewable resources, where electric cars move quietly along the streets and which emits almost no carbon dioxide - German federal minister Mrs. Schavan and the president of Fraunhofer, Hans-Jorg ...
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Nov 07, 2011 |
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New standard specification may facilitate use of additives that trigger biodegradation of oil-based plastics in landfill
(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite efforts to encourage the recycling of plastic water bottles, milk jugs and similar containers, a majority of the plastic packaging produced each year in the United States ends up in ...
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Biden calls for new clean energy policy for US
(AP) -- The United States can't lead the world in the 21st century with its current energy policy, Vice President Joe Biden told alternative technology supporters Tuesday at a clean energy summit in Las Vegas.
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Aug 30, 2011 |
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Raiders of the lost amp
Energy harvesting is a process that captures energy that would otherwise be lost as heat, light, sound, vibration or motion. It can use this captured energy to improve the efficiency of existing systems or even to power new ...
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Estimating landfill gas potential
Research suggests that landfill gas-recovery projects should be implemented quickly if the maximum amount of methane gas is to be retrieved from organic waste in as short as time as possible, according to a study published ...
May 26, 2011 |
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