Sentences with phrase «cell powered electric»

Mercedes - Benz presented the new B - Class F - CELL, its first (limited) series production fuel - cell powered electric vehicle available in the US (earlier post), at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

However, hydrogen fuel cell powered electric vehicles suffer from a refueling problem.

The fuel cell powers the electric motors and charges the batteries, and the batteries help to meet the peak power demands - such as when accelerating under load.

Not exact matches

They include ECD's low - cost cell for solar power; «rewritable» compact discs and DVDs; an instant - start, regenerative fuel cell currently in development; and a rechargeable nickel - hydride battery for powering hybrid - electric vehicles, which ECD is producing in a joint venture with Texaco.

And other carmakers like Toyota Motor and Honda are investing heavily in eco-friendly cars; however, they are betting big that the vehicles will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells, rather than rechargeable electric batteries.

The restoration of the site also includes the installation of a combination of on - site renewable energy generating systems, such as power generating photovoltaic cells, a bio-fuelled steam - generating boiler and 6kW hydro - electric water wheel.

This rechargeable battery churns out charge even at — 70 ° Celsius, a temperature where the typical lithium - ion batteries that power many of today's cell phones, electric cars and other devices don't work.

Before electric cars started gaining traction five years ago, lithium - ion batteries were good primarily for powering laptops and cell phones for a few hours.

Developers Phinergy and Alcoa envision the design as a range extender for electric vehicles, providing more than 1,000 miles of range on a charge, or as an emergency power solution, since the cells have a theoretically infinite shelf life.

This new type of power source is modeled after rows of cells called electrocytes in the electric organ that runs along an electric eel's body.

The electrical current can also be channeled to form hydrogen gas through the addition of electric power from a small photovoltaic cell that absorbs the excess light.

Energy - converting devices like fuel cells being developed to power some types of electric vehicles rely on platinum's catalytic properties to transform

He envisions a system that uses electric power generated during the day by solar cells to separate water using his new electrode.

Saab's combustion - control engine has leapfrogged the manufacturers still studying fuel cells, methanol fuels, and electrics by reinventing an ordinary internal - combustion gasoline power plant that recycles unburned components of its exhaust.

Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are turning to extremely tiny tubes and rods to boost power and durability in lithium - ion batteries, the energy sources for cell phones, laptops, and electric vehicles.

Stokes and other industry observers also expect even larger, megawatt - size distributed power units that are composed of modular 250 - kilowatt stacks to hit the market within two to three years, having recently watched large multinational corporations such as General Electric and Rolls Royce sign supply deals with SOFC cell - and stack - makers.

The scenarios focused on 10 to 20 years in the future, when battery and fuel cell vehicles are expected to be in much wider use, and when solar power and electrolyzers are cost competitive with the electric grid.

Solar cells, 62,120 of them, distributed over the surface of the wing, soak up the sun's rays, providing up to 32 kilowatts of direct - current electricity to power electric motors, computers, and other systems on the aircraft.

As an example of the aqueous zinc battery's power and safety, Fei Wang, a jointly appointed postdoctoral associate at UMD's Clark School and ARL, and first author of the paper, cites the numerous battery fire incidents in cell phones, laptops and electric cars highlighted in recent media coverage.

In the Energy Technology journal, researchers from KIT now present sunglasses with colored, semitransparent solar cells applied onto lenses that supply a microprocessor and two displays with electric power.

According to Colsmann, another field of application is the integration of solar cells into buildings: Since the glass facades of high - rise buildings must often be shaded, it is an obvious option to use organic solar modules for transforming the absorbed light into electric power.

Ultimately, hybrid vehicles and electric cars — whether powered by batteries or fuel cells — will deliver even more environmental rewards.

Compounds dubbed «redox mediators» then act like wires, transporting electric charge from these enzymes to electrodes that lead from the fuel cell to whatever device it is powering.

The batteries will extend the range of electric vehicles and plug - in hybrid electric vehicles, and provide more power with fewer charges to personal electronics like cell phones and laptops.

A collaboration led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has observed an unexpected phenomenon in lithium - ion batteries — the most common type of battery used to power cell phones and electric cars.

These Solar Glasses with lens - fitted semitransparent organic solar cells supply two sensors and electronics in the temples with electric power.

Professor Edwards added: «Instead of burning fossil fuels, leading to CO2, we use them to generate hydrogen, which with fuel cells produces electric power and pure water.

As a zero - emission fuel, the hydrogen can be recombined with oxygen to produce electric power on demand, such as onboard a fuel - cell vehicle.

Lithium - ion batteries — similar to what powers your laptop or cell phone — satisfy both requirements, making them a big step up from the nickel - metal hydride cells used in gas - electric hybrids like the Toyota Prius.

«That's why we are concentrating on building high - technology combustion engine cars, hybrid cars, as well as electric cars powered either by batteries or fuel cells.

Now Iceland says it is more likely that its future vehicle fleet will combine fuel cell vehicles with battery - powered electrics, which suits Daimler just fine.

The carmaker realized that if its vision of battery - powered electric vehicles gaining mass appeal in tandem with fuel cell electrics was to come true, it needed to so something about the lack of hydrogen infrastructure.

Electricity produced by a fuel cell by combining hydrogen and oxygen powered an electric motor to turn the two - seat test glider's propeller and enabled it to fly for roughly 20 minutes at 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) at about 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) above sea level.

Those electric cars — combined with improvements in the fuel efficiency of existing internal combustion engines, new hybrid power trains and even fuel - cell vehicles — could begin to reduce the roughly $ 1 billion a day the U.S. spends on imported oil.

Unlike battery - powered electric vehicles, fuel - cell powered ones have a long cruising range — up to 650 kilometers per tank (the fuel is usually compressed hydrogen gas); a hydrogen fuel refill only takes about three minutes.

As high power density devices, fuel cells can convert chemical energy directly into electric power very efficiently and environmentally friendly.

By 1997 it hopes to produce cells at a cost of $ 2 per watt of electric power produced.

Though recent research had demonstrated the potential of some protonic ceramic fuel cells to offer environmentally sustainable and cost - effective electric power generation, those cells» high electrolyte conductivities failed to produce anticipated power outputs.

Hydrogen - powered fuel cells are regarded as a clean alternative to conventional combustion engines, as, aside from electric energy, the only substance produced during operation is water.

Electric vehicles, powered by hydrogen fuel cells, provide the demanded driving range and low environmental impact.

Posted on 29 December 2009 in Electric (Battery), Emissions, Fuel Cells, Fuels, Hybrids, LCFS, Plug - ins, Power Generation Permalink Comments (36)

Today, these batteries are used to power both small and large devices, from cell phones to hybrid - electric cars.

While algae - powered fuel cells are unlikely to generate enough electricity to power a grid system, they may be particularly useful in areas such as rural Africa, where sunlight is in abundance but there is no existing electric grid system.

The electromagnetic fields we encounter daily come from every day things such as power lines, radar and microwave towers, television and computer screens, motors, fluorescent lights, microwave ovens, cell phones, electric blankets, house wiring and hundreds of other common electrical devices.

In fact, when we lost our electric power a couple weeks ago, the home phone didn't even work but the cell phones did.

, published on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/quando-recursos-minerais-se-esgotarao-648952.shtml >, based on information from the US Geological Survey, the US government agency responsible for geological research that crossed information on the annual consumption, mineral reserves available on the planet and its predictable extinction: 1) Platinum (use in surgical materials)-- Extinction by 2049; 2) Silver (use in the manufacture of mirrors and cutlery)-- Extinction in 2016; 3) Copper (use in wire and cable and air conditioning ducts)-- Extinction in 2027; 4) Antimony (use in remote controls and other materials to increase strength)-- Extinction 2020; 5) Lithium (use in cell phone batteries, laptops and video games)-- Extinction in 2053; 6) Phosphorus (use in agricultural fertilizers)-- Extinction in 2149; 7) Uranium (use for electric power generation)-- Extinction in 2026; 8) Indian (use in smartphones and tablets touch screen screens)-- Extinction in 2020; 9) Tantalum (use in cameras lenses)-- Extinction in 2027; 10) Nickel (use in metal alloy coating, electronics such as cell phones)-- Extinction in 2064; 11) Tin (use in coating metal alloys, such as those used in the soft drink cans)-- Extinction 2024; 12) Lead (use in car batteries and trucks and welds and bearings)-- Extinction in 2015; 13) Gold (use as jewelry and computer microchips)-- Extinction in 2043; 14) Zinc (use to cover alloys, preventing rust that destroy objects like coins)-- Extinction in 2041.

A solar cell or a battery bank can both substitute the electric grid since either one can power the smartphone plus the pico, the projector, and the speaker.

The fundamental technology involved in battery cells, electric motors and the power electronics will be used in our upcoming plug - in hybrid models,» BMW member of the board for development Herbert Diess said in a statement.

Discover the impressive plug - in hybrid, electric and hydrogen fuel cell - powered vehicles.

The fuel cell converts hydrogen into electricity to power the high - torque electric motor.