Green Car Congress
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. Click to enlarge.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the nuclear energy firm TerraPower plans to retrofit an existing coal plant with a sodium fast reactor. In West Virginia, once coal’s citadel, the state government eliminated its old ban on nuclear power plants. However, there is one project that has made some headway.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 28, 2011
This includes research on appropriate anodes, cathodes, and electrolytes for magnesium (Mg)-, sodium (Na)-, and lithium (Li)-based batteries and novel transition metal oxide- and nitride-based supercapacitor electrode materials. Sodium is another element that is less expensive than lithium. Earlier post.) Novel cathodes and anodes.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 19, 2015
West Virginia University Research Corporation. Oscillating Linear Engine and Alternator West Virginia University Research Corporation, along with its research partners, will develop a generator for CHP systems based on a crankless, linear, free-piston internal combustion engine that drives a permanent magnet linear electric generator.
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