Sentences with phrase «converting electric energy»

Surface acoustic wave devices transmit a high - frequency signal by converting electric energy to acoustic energy.

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UPS said in early November the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will provide $ 500,000 to develop a system for converting UPS's New York fleet from diesel to electric.

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.

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

The heat energy is converted to electric energy using traditional industrial equipment.

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a fabric that converts kinetic energy into electric power, in cooperation with the Swedish School of Textiles in Borås and the research institute Swerea IVF.

The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize advanced energy technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars, advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.

At the same time, an electric field aligned along the current is responsible for converting magnetic into kinetic energy, firing out particles like a slingshot.

That is in part because you waste less making the electricity and also because electric engines convert as much as 75 percent of available energy into forward motion, compared with the 20 percent energy conversion rate of gasoline engines.

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

In terms of consumer applications, high - purity graphene could also be a great option to build efficient thermoelectric devices that convert heat into electric current (and vice versa) with little energy loss — for instance, creating lightweight circuitry woven into clothes that turns body heat into charge for our smartphones.

Semiconductors are nowadays the most prominent materials to convert solar light into usable electric energy.

Braking: Like all hybrids and electric vehicles, the Volt uses regenerative braking to convert unwanted momentum to electrical energy.

The electric motor is also more efficient, now converting 96 percent (versus 94.6 percent efficiency of the 2005 Civic Hybrid IMA motor) of the available electricity into motive energy in assist mode.

Beginning with September 2011, BlueEFFICIENCY models of Viano and Vito include a new generator management system converts part of the kinetic energy produced into electric energy, which is then stored in the battery.

A brilliant new hybrid system has been produced with an electric turbocharger allowing the internal combustion engine to store energy converted from heat.

While the car is on the move, the electric drive itself contributes to a favourable energy balance through recuperation, by converting kinetic energy into electric current in deceleration mode and during braking and feeding this energy into the battery.

This contrasts with conventional braking systems, where the excess kinetic energy is converted to unwanted and wasted heat by friction in the brakes, or with dynamic brakes, where energy is recovered by using electric motors as generators but is immediately dissipated as heat in resistors.

Regenerative braking uses the electric motor to harvest kinetic energy while braking, converting it to electrical energy that is used to recharge the high voltage battery.

Under braking, the electric motor converts kinetic energy into electricity for storage in the battery pack.

In practical use, this advanced hybrid technology impresses with low consumption and emission figures, but high performance: the electric motor is able to replace or support the combustion engine and makes use of energy generated while braking by converting it into electric energy, storing it and reusing it.

Modern HEVs make use of efficiency - improving technologies such as regenerative braking, which converts the vehicle's kinetic energy into electric energy to charge the battery, rather than wasting it as heat energy as conventional brakes do.

The regenerative braking system efficiently converts kinetic energy to electricity during deceleration, stores it in capacitors and then uses it to power the vehicle's electric equipment, thereby reducing load on the engine and saving fuel.

For the first time, the turbocharger of the internal combustion engine is linked to an electrical machine, which makes it possible to convert the thermal energy of the exhaust gas flow into electric energy — for instance, when the boost pressure limit has been reached.

When the Insight is coasting or its brakes are applied, and the vehicle is in gear, its electric - assist motor becomes a generator, converting forward momentum into electrical energy, instead of wasting it as heat during conventional braking (vented front disc / rear drum brakes are still the main means of braking).

This sequence relieves the combustion engine from the task of converting some of its fuel energy into electric current, and thus enables the engine to provide more power directly to the rear wheels.

There's a new regenerative braking system on offer too, which converts kinetic energy to electricity and stores it in capacitors which can then be used to power the car's electrics, thus saving load on the engine and reducing fuel consumption.

While the car is on the move, the system converts kinetic energy into electric current in deceleration mode and during braking, feeding this energy into the lithium - ion battery, which is located underfloor.

Most of these vehicles are equipped with a regenerative braking system that converts kinetic energy generating during braking to electric power, helping to recharge the battery.

While the car is on the move, the electric drive itself converts kinetic energy into electric current in deceleration mode and during braking and feeding this energy into the battery.

The BAS system also features regenerative braking that turns the electric motor into a generator to capture kinetic energy from braking and convert it into electricity to recharge the battery.

This converts kinetic energy otherwise wasted as heat in the brake system into electric power saved for subsequent use.

During deceleration the recuperation system converts the kinetic energy to electric power, which is buffered in the battery.

- Using regenerative braking in this DC - based grid, just like in hybrid and electric cars: the energy can be efficiently converted back to electric energy when slowing down or stopping industrial drives or robots.

The thermal electric generator then converts the wasted heat into useful electrical energy to help power auxiliary systems.

He just makes an assertion that electric cars will be run from solar panels, and like most of us who do not know how to convert sun energy to electric energy, (and most of us don't care,) he ignores the energy input from the sun.

The electric energy that wind turbines and solar panels produce will be converted into kinetic energy in an electric car with an efficiency of > 80 %.

Please try harder to understand what I am trying to say: An electric vehicle is 5 x as efficient in converting electricity into kinetic energy than a petrol car is in converting the thermal energy in petrol.

All that rubbing of your backpack straps on your shoulders may now be put to good use, thanks to straps made of piezoelectric fabric that can convert the friction on your shoulders to electric energy.

I don't expect everyone in the USA to know that energy does not convert the same in both directions, heat to electric and electic to heat.

[Another advantage of electric... or hybrid... cars is the ability to easily recapture some of the energy of motion when braking the car and convert it into electricity that you can then use to run it.]

The integrated «smart grid» electrical power network may be needed to make wind farm power available in the right places, but it will also perpetuate the most wasteful practice known to man which is the system of central power plants that throw away up to twice the heat energy as they manage to get converted into electric energy.

Why do you ignore gas turbine generators powered by hydrogen to recover the energy stored in the hydrogen and convert it to electric power?

For more than five decades, fuel cells have been heralded for their potential as a costefficient, environmentally friendly means to convert readily available chemical energy into electric energy.

An electric generator inside the wind turbine then converts this mechanical energy into electrical energy.

We show that converting existing vehicles — especially certain heavy pickups, SUVs and vans — into plug - in hybrids or all - electric vehicles can avert some of scrappage's unintended market consequences, while saving lots of energy.

Wind energy: Kinetic energy present in wind motion that can be converted to mechanical energy for driving pumps, mills, and electric power generators.

To give an idea of what this means: the most optimistic estimation of Europe's total potential for pumped hydro - power energy storage is 80 TWh [35], while converting all 250 million passenger cars in Europe to electric drives with a 30 kWh battery would result in a total energy storage of 7.5 TWh.

Eligible activities under the Mid-South module include: 1) removal of rice straw from the field after harvest, 2) early drainage at the end of the growing season, 3) intermittent flooding during the growing season, and 4) increased water and / or energy use efficiency, achieved through measures including but not limited to: convert contour levees to precision or zero grade; use of side inlet / poly piping systems; use of more efficient diesel pumps; switch from diesel to electric pumps; use of soil moisture sensors to tailor flood to water needs.

Converting an additional 2.5 % of the medium duty fleet to electric vehicles will help the region meet its clean energy goals.