Sentences with phrase «capture mechanical energy»

An atmospheric vortex engine (AVE) uses a controlled vortex to capture mechanical energy produced when heat is carried upward by convection in the atmosphere.

An Atmospheric Vortex Engine (AVE) uses an artificial vortex to capture mechanical energy produced when heat is carried upward by convection in the atmosphere.

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The researchers discovered the high - tech material can act as a microphone (by capturing the vibrations from sound, or mechanical energy, and converting it to electrical energy) as well as a loudspeaker (by operating the opposite way: converting electrical energy to mechanical energy).

Aside from their surreal melding of mechanical and organic subjects, DiBenedetto's paintings and drawings capture furtive, elastic energies; they seem to threaten to burst from their frames.

If even a very small fraction of the total energy stored in the latent heat of water vapor or from the heat of tropical ocean waters could be captured and converted into mechanical energy, we would be able to meet a large portion of our present and future energy needs.