Operators can
convert electrical energy into stored chemical energy in hydrogen by using electricity for electrolysis, which splits water into oxygen and hydrogen.
The mission of the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis is to develop a comprehensive understanding of molecular electrocatalysts that efficiently
convert electrical energy into chemical bonds in fuels, or the reverse, convert chemical energy from fuels into electrical energy.
Conventional systems simply send the braking electric power to resistors on the train, which
convert the electrical energy to heat, which is then released into the air.
Using transducers, uBeam's device, which is not yet on the market,
converts electrical energy into ultrasound waves and then back into electrical energy.
The new process, which the researchers have called «acoustowetting,» works on a chip made of lithium niobate — a piezoelectric material capable of
converting electrical energy into mechanical pressure.
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).
The American instrument is an acoustic transducer, which
converts electrical energy into sound waves.
That avoids the power loss from
converting electrical energy to chemical, then back.
Not exact matches
Hydrostor's technology
converts surplus
electrical energy to underwater compressed air and stores it for use at peak times.
Standard x-ray systems have one detector containing individual elements called diodes, which
convert the level of detected x-ray
energy into an
electrical signal that's sent back to the machine's on - board computer.
The inner ear is lined with approximately 30,000 sensitive hair cells that
convert sound
energy into
electrical signals that travel to the brain.
This is the necessary time, for the quantum chamber absorbs solar
energy and start a quantum generation process, which is simply
converted to
electrical energy on demand.
This mechanical
energy could would then be
converted back to
electrical energy when the train is ready to leave the station again.
A typical solar cell has a silicon semiconductor that absorbs sunlight directly and
converts it into
electrical energy.
«If we are able to
convert light, which is electromagnetic
energy, into motion, or
convert motion into
electrical energy, then we have the potential to make molecular devices much smaller,» he said.
In some cases, special atomic arrangements enable them to
convert mechanical
energy into
electrical energy.
But solar panels use photodiodes, too,
converting light
energy into
electrical energy.
Researchers have tried for decades to harvest some of this lost
energy and
convert it into
electrical power.
The team's newly designed flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator directly stimulated a living rat's heart using
electrical energy converted from the small body movements of the rat.
The hydrogen can then be
converted into
electrical energy for inflight use.
Using a resistor to
convert electrical charge to alternating current, Krupenkin was able to harvest
electrical energy from drops of either mercury or galinstan, a gallium - based alloy as they were moved along these channels and over the electrodes.
The generator
converts the mechanical
energy generated by the blades into usable
electrical power.
Under working conditions the hydrogel - modified fuel cell is able to
convert chemical
energy from hydrogen into
electrical energy over several weeks, while in absence of the hydrogel, the hydrogenase is deactivated within seconds.
Another student conceived the idea of a flooring material that would
convert kinetic
energy from rowdy football fans in the stands of the University of Maryland's stadium into
electrical energy to power the lights on the field.
«For a photovoltaic material, obviously absorbing light is the first part and
converting that solar
energy into
electrical energy is the second part,» said Ames Laboratory scientist Emily Smith.
That process worked with a finger swipe or a light pressing motion to activate the devices —
converting mechanical
energy to
electrical energy.
Wind farms, on the other hand, are examples of wind turbines that
convert wind
energy into
electrical energy.
In his search for solar cells, dubbed the Clean
Energy Project, Aspuru - Guzik is screening molecules for a host of properties involved in converting sunlight into electrical e
Energy Project, Aspuru - Guzik is screening molecules for a host of properties involved in
converting sunlight into
electrical energyenergy.
Instead of wind, tidal flows turn the turbine,
converting the kinetic
energy of moving seawater into
electrical energy.
The pixels
converted the light into
electrical energy which activated neurons within the retina.
Baughman and his colleagues have been developing substances that serve as artificial muscles (by
converting chemical
energy into
electrical energy) that may someday be able to move prosthetic limbs and robot parts.
Fuel cells
convert chemical
energy into
electrical energy using hydrogen and oxygen — with water as the only product.
Many farmshave already developed methods of
converting the billions of tons of animal waste produced each year intomethane for
electrical and heat
energy; beginning in March, 1,200 households inCalifornia will be powered by cow manure.
The company claims that its design can
convert more than 2 per cent of the applied
electrical energy into light — more than double the 0.8 per cent reported by Akasaki.
Their work has implications for the development of novel electronic devices, such as photo sensors that
convert light into
electrical energy.
«We confirmed that if the mechanical
energy is entirely
converted into
electrical energy, the
energy generated by the daily motion of an arm can sufficiently cover the
energy consumption of a smart watch and even the stand - by
energy consumption of a smart phone.»
«When needed, the battery can be discharged so that the stored chemical
energy is effectively
converted to
electrical power.»
The team used the key properties of zinc oxide, a material that when squashed or stretched creates a voltage by
converting energy from motion into
electrical energy, in the form of nanorods.
They note that the ammonia liquid stream can
convert the thermal
energy to
electrical energy in the battery.
As the pack bounces, it periodically runs a toothed rack across a gear attached to small generator on the fixed frame (see picture), thus
converting the mechanical
energy of walking into
electrical energy.
Now, researchers have found a way to harness this property to create tubular structures of diphenylalanine that have the ability to
convert thermal
energy into
electrical energy, also called a pyroelectric effect.
Solar cells work by directly
converting the sun's rays into
electrical energy.
The researchers were surprised to find that the removal of Onecut1 also had an impact on photoreceptor cells, the rods and cones that absorb light in the retina and
convert that
energy to an
electrical impulse eventually conveyed to the brain.
This flexibility enables the hydrogen in materials to be readily
converted between different forms — a property that can be exploited to store
electrical energy as chemical
energy to be released later when needed.
Thermoelectric materials can
convert heat
energy into an
electrical signal or use
electrical energy to cool a material.
At the same time, catalysts
convert excess
electrical energy produced via renewable
energy resources, such as solar and wind, into chemical
energy, making it easy to store the
energy for future use.
The project, which invites an investigation of solar and alternative
energy, uses a small and inexpensive robotic bug to let students see, hands - on, how a solar panel works to
convert certain kinds of light
energy to
electrical energy.
At
electrical breakdown, the
energies in the surging electrons were thousands of times greater than 10 — 19 MeV, so during the flood, bremsstrahlung radiation released a sea of neutrons throughout the crust.83 Subterranean water absorbed many of these neutrons,
converting normal hydrogen (1H) into heavy hydrogen (2H, called deuterium) and normal oxygen (16O) into 18O.
This study, which appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, answers important questions about how the chemical
energy in the hydrogen would be
converted into
electrical energy.
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