Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
The Norwegian shipping industry is teaming up to develop battery-powered ships. The first four hybrid vessels will start to sail in 2013/14. Electricity stored in batteries on board ships is another opportunity in the future energy mix and another technology race has started.
Green Car Congress
MAY 9, 2014
A new approach to electronic power converters, PPSA has a 100% indirect power transfer compared to direct power transfer from conventional power converters. All the energy runs through, and is temporarily stored in, a high-frequency AC link consisting of an inductor and capacitor. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
JULY 25, 2012
In addition, the system can efficiently distribute electricity, including power generated by residential photovoltaic systems (solar panels), to the EV and to the home through the coordination of the HEMS. The two main features of the new system are as follows: Quick recharging function using a HEMS storage battery.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 10, 2013
Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Using a new metric—“Energy Stored on Invested, ESOI”—they concluded that batteries were the worst performers, while compressed air energy storage (CAES) performed the best, followed by pumped hydro storage (PHS). Click to enlarge. A new study by Charles J. Barnhart and Sally M.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2013
As solar and wind’s combined contributions to an electrical grid approach 20%, energy storage systems must be available to smooth out the peaks and valleys of this intermittent power—storing excess energy and discharging when input drops. Batteries Power Generation Smart Grid' Energy Environ.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 16, 2013
Laminar flow batteries—which rely on diffusion to separate reactants—eliminate the need for an ion-exchange membrane. In such a device, two liquids are pumped through a channel, undergoing electrochemical reactions between two electrodes to store or release energy. Membrane-less hydrogen bromine flow battery.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 19, 2015
The hybrid super sports concept car made its debut at the 2010 Geneva International Motor Show, and was launched on the market as a limited series in late 2013. To realize the most benefits of the large spread between power and fuel consumption, Porsche developers defined a total of five operating modes.
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