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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In trials, GE’s sodium metal halide Durathon batteries ( earlier post ) have successfully powered GE Mining’s Scoop, an underground vehicle that transports mining materials, at Coal River Energy, LLC in Alum Creek, West Virginia. Sodium-metal halide cell basic chemistry. —Carl Estep, maintenance manager at Coal River Energy, LLC.

Lead Acid 199

Lead Acid Power Powered Sodium 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

Almost all locomotives used today are powered by electricity, either generated onboard through a diesel engine or provided through a connection to the electric grid (third rails or overhead lines). Hybrid locomotives are an emerging alternative to these approaches that utilized stored energy from batteries.

2020 218

2020 2011 Hybrid Lead Acid 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

They include the desire to increase the driving range of more modestly priced electric cars from 150 to well over 500 km, and the need to lower the cost and provide maintenance-free technologies for grid applications. When the electrodes are externally connected, redox reactions proceed in tandem at both electrodes to deliver energy.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Ni-Li Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

Each connecting rod journal on the crankshaft carries two forged, cracked connecting rods. The exhaust valves, which are subject to high thermal loads, are hollow and sodium-cooled. Four overhead camshafts operate the 32 valves via low-maintenance, low-friction cam followers.

Mercedes 225

Mercedes Fuel Engine Exhaust 225