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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The project aims at developing more compact and more powerful GaN-based energy converters which are used, for example, in information and communication technology and solar inverter technology. Low energy consumption and high output powers are the core requirements for modern power converter systems.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

Porter Machinery Company; Honeywell Aerospace; Montana Tech of The University of Montana; and TechSolve, Inc.). University of Pittsburgh (Acutec Precision Machining Inc.; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh (ExOne and Magnesium Elektron Powders). Development of a Low-Cost Lens® Engine.

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JULY 29, 2014

The energy is drawn from the flywheel and converted back into electricity to power the traction motor, which helps accelerate the bus back up to speed, generating fuel savings of more than 20% at a significantly lower cost and weight (60 kg, 132 lbs) than battery hybrid alternatives. In April, GKN and its partners received a £7.6-million

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JUNE 1, 2015

Stanford University scientists have created a new ultrahigh surface area three-dimensional porous graphitic carbon material that significantly boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies. As a result, extensive purification is needed to achieve high-quality supercapacitor-grade AC, which substantially increases the cost.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. NC State University. Engineering E. of Georgia).

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

A team led by Dr. Michael Grätzel at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland has developed a highly efficient and low-cost water-splitting cell combining an advanced perovskite tandem solar cell and a bi-functional Earth-abundant catalyst. Currently, perovskite instability limits the cell lifetime.)

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The Department of Energy is working with industry, universities, national laboratories, and other groups to develop technologies capable of harnessing these resources to generate environmentally sustainable, cost-competitive power. The DEG will generate electricity without the need for rotors or other moving parts.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) at the Bourns College of Engineering have received two grants to further explore a steam hydrogasification process they developed to convert waste into fuels. diesel, gasoline, jet) at low cost.

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AUGUST 7, 2022

In partnership with key universities, four companies—Bluecity, GEKOT Inc., Additionally, UM partners will be able to build new applications on top of Bluecity’s standard solution, including sharing real-time traffic data with connected vehicles.

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APRIL 30, 2009

A collaboration led by the UK’s Cranfield University has developed a retrofit plug-in hybrid conversion system for a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle. The ADDZEV consortium includes: Cranfield University. University of Oxford. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). The approximately 4.8

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MAY 9, 2018

Researchers at the University of Exeter (UK) have developed a novel p-type LaFeO 3 photoelectrode using an inexpensive and scalable spray pyrolysis method. The greatest challenge is to develop a suitable technology for large scale and cost effective solar fuel production to compete with fossil fuel.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

CIRCUITS project teams will accelerate the development and deployment of a new class of efficient, lightweight, and reliable power converters, based on wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. data center energy consumption and operating cost while creating a high-volume commercial market for SiC-based power converters.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

These devices are critical to infrastructure because all electronics—from laptops to electric motors—rely on them to control or converted electrical energy from a high voltage to low a voltage in order to properly operate. High Quality, Low-Cost GaN Single Crystal Substrates for High Power Devices.

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MARCH 5, 2013

A team of researchers at MIT has described a framework for efficiently coupling the power output of a series-connected string of single-band-gap solar cells to an electrochemical process that produces storable fuels. The original demonstration leaf in 2011 had low efficiencies, converting less than 4.7% Source: Winkler et al.

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JANUARY 4, 2020

Low-Cost Retrofit Kit for Integral Reciprocating Compressors to Reduce Emissions and Enhance Efficiency. The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit.

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JANUARY 30, 2022

The proposed Lunar Crater Radio Telescope would turn a crater on the far side of the moon into a massive dish-shaped antenna to survey the universe, accumulating massive amounts of data that need to be sent back to Earth for analysis. If that comes to pass, lunar denizens. will need to stay in touch with Earth. Italian aerospace company.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

BREAKERS projects include: Drexel University, Ultra-Efficient Intelligent MVDC Hybrid Circuit Breaker – $4,413,913. Drexel University aims to design a significantly more efficient, fast, low-cost, compact, and reliable circuit breaker for medium-voltage direct-current (MVDC) power system.

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APRIL 20, 2016

Researchers at Tsinghua University have compared the performance of two different powertrains for fuel cell hybrid buses. The fuel cell stack is connected in parallel to the battery system via a DC/DC converter. Powertrain A—with the centralized IM—is low cost and easier to install in a conventional vehicle.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

University of Maryland. The University of Maryland is developing a highly efficient and cost-effective hybrid-electric turbogenerator suitable for powering narrow body aircraft such as the B737. University of Louisiana at Lafayette. University of California, San Diego. Fuceltech Inc.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Known as the Affordable Add-on Zero Emissions Vehicle (ADDZEV), the technology that has been developed demonstrates how it may be possible to convert much of the UK vehicle fleet into hybrid vehicles. Developed to reduce the carbon emissions of inner-city driving, the ADDZEV system was perfected utilising a standard Vauxhall Combo van.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The idea here is that you can connect your EV to the power grid and flow power from your EV to the Grid. Simulation of the vehicle to a grid-connected system at a private charging station and finding how to flatten the load curve. And my project topic is matrix converter bidirectional contactless charger for EV.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The manufacturing sector converts raw materials, components, and parts into finished goods that meet market needs and expectations. wireless communication), and very low installation and maintenance cost.

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JUNE 25, 2010

e-Traction, a European integrator of low-floor fleet buses, handed over the first of two e-Busz electric drive buses—featuring a third-generation wheel hub motor—to the Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET), Rotterdam’s public transportation authority, in a ceremony last week under the Erasmus Bridge in downtown Rotterdam. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Sanctuary ] Ayato Kanada, an assistant professor at Kyushu University in Japan, wrote in to share "the world's simplest omnidirectional mobile robot." The stator converts its thrust force and torque into longitudinal and meridian motions of the torus wheel, respectively, making the torus work as an omnidirectional wheel on a plane.

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JULY 11, 2014

Bringing together nanoscience, neuroscience, and supercomputing, IBM and university partners have developed an end-to-end ecosystem including a novel non-von Neumann architecture, a new programming language, as well as applications. The circuit consisted of a 2-stage amplifier and a down converter operating at 4.3 III-V technologies.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Microsoft Flight Simulator: A History youtube.com A passion for flight Bruce Artwick studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, yet he found time to pursue a dream many teenagers think about but few fulfill: He learned to fly. New versions landed on best-seller charts. The Blackshark.ai

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APRIL 28, 2022

Usually, the closest that robots can get to nature is by connecting a bunch of chonky discrete actuators together, which sometimes results in similar functionality but with far less efficiency and elegance. Pikul from the University of Pennsylvania, is published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. What are you working on next?

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Researchers at the University of Waterloo (Canada) and the General Motors Global Research and Development Center have developed a novel, economical flash heat treatment (FHT) for fabricated silicon-based Li-ion electrodes to boost the performance and cycle capability of Li-ion batteries. Credit: ACS, Hassan et al. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 2, 2023

make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. Peripherals were connected to serial ports in a daisy-chain configuration with the Apple bus network. A graduate of Stanford University with a master’s degree in business ad­ministration, Ms. in Cupertino, Calif.,

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Southwest Research Institute and The University of Texas at San Antonio (USTA) are collaborating to combine two catalytic processes into a single reactor, with the overall goal of recycling carbon from COCO 2 2 to produce low-cost hydrocarbon fuels.

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JULY 17, 2015

Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis. Table of Contents. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

I’ve written several posts about these exact topics: Firefly Energy: [link] True cost to own of EVs (especially read through the comments on this one: [link] — Nick Chambers 3. April 10, 2009 11:21 am Link Kaare- Lithium Ion batteries do not contain lead (unless it is in solder connections) and do not contain acid.

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