Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

CONCERTO projects demonstrate the potential of solar energy

The projects of the EU initiative CONCERTO already illustrate how ideas presented at the trade fair can be put into practice. In the scope of the CONCERTO 58…

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U of M discovery to improve efficiencies in fuel, chemical and pharmaceutical industries

University of Minnesota engineering researchers are leading an international team that has made a major breakthrough in developing a catalyst used during…

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Mesquite Biomass Delivery Costs for Bioenergy Explored

AgriLife Research scientists from the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Service center at Vernon, Dr. Seong Park, economist; Dr. Jim Ansley, range…

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Nano-Sandwich Technique Enhances Solar Cell Efficiency

“We were able to create solar cells using a ‘nanoscale sandwich’ design with an ultra-thin ‘active’ layer,” says Dr. Linyou Cao, an assistant professor of…

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Optimal Design Strategies for Photovoltaic Plants

Such power plants have to be customized in line with the given terrain, weather conditions, customer requirements, and the types of solar modules to be used in…

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Transformers Powered by Vegetable Oil: A Greener Solution

As reported in the current issue of the magazine Pictures of the Future, the “vegetable-oil transformers” are safer and more environmentally friendly than…

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Modeling Biofuel Fitness for the Sea

With fossil fuels a limited resource largely controlled by other nations, the U.S. Navy—the largest user of diesel fuel in the country—understandably is…

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Solar Nanowire Array May Increase Percentage of Sun’s Frequencies Available for Energy Conversion

Researchers creating electricity through photovoltaics want to convert as many of the sun’s wavelengths as possible to achieve maximum efficiency. Otherwise,…

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Microelectronics: Two at a time

Semiconductor chip makers first began the production of three-dimensional (3D) transistors in 2011. Engineers can pack more 3D transistors onto a single chip…

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Everyone Knows It's Windy . . .

The data come from a six-ton buoy that was deployed at three locations in the lake: two points near the Muskegon shoreline and about 35 miles off shore. Loaded…

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Ionic liquid improves speed and efficiency of hydrogen-producing catalyst

The design of a nature-inspired material that can make energy-storing hydrogen gas has gone holistic. Usually, tweaking the design of this particular catalyst…

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Organic Solar Cells Advance: Nature-Inspired Energy Solutions

At the atomic level, organic solar cells function like the feuding families in Romeo and Juliet. There’s a strong natural attraction between the positive and…

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'No-sleep energy bugs' drain smartphone batteries

“These energy bugs are a silent battery killer,” said Y. Charlie Hu, a Purdue University professor of electrical and computer engineering. “A fully charged…

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GE’s New High-Speed CT System Boosts 3D Inspection Efficiency

By incorporating much of the technology which has been proven by GE in the healthcare sector over four decades, the new CT system is up to 200 times faster…

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Radiation-Resistant Circuits from Mechanical Parts

The researchers showed the devices kept working despite intense ionizing radiation and heat by dipping them for two hours into the core of the University of…

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A 'dirt cheap' magnetic field sensor from 'plastic paint'

University of Utah physicists developed an inexpensive, highly accurate magnetic field sensor for scientific and possibly consumer uses based on a “spintronic”…

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