Sentences with phrase «like fuel cells»

If you like fuel cells, you can construct a pretty good case for them: hydrogen is really just a storage medium for energy, you could say, the same way batteries or gasoline hold energy.

The plant will also produce hydrogen on a commercial scale, for applications like fuel cells.

Some other technologies, like fuel cells and small wind turbines, have access to similar tax credits through 2016.

The nanoplatelets feature enough edge to make them suitable as catalysts for applications like fuel cells.

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

«The question about renewables is, Will it be like fuel cells a few years ago, or fiber optics?

So, people playing with hydrology in the patenting affairs, like fuel cell technology, are ignoring an advanced hydrology from text books.

Not exact matches

Battery - powered cars offered by the likes of Tesla are gaining traction faster than fuel cell vehicles backed by Hyundai and Toyota Motor Corp..

This summer, it's piloting a fuel - cell unit that stores energy chemically but can convert it back into electricity on demand without wearing out, like batteries do.

But like many other, overly optimistic hydrogen - based fuel entrepreneurs, Dean, whose company made a specialized membrane that was to be used in the fuel - cell modules, watched the ground open beneath his feet as the commercial take - up proved to be far slower than anyone anticipated.

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 cluster partially funded events like the Regional Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forum and the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology OEM Summit.

Given Canada's expertise in areas like clean transportation, renewable energy, waste and water treatment technologies, and fuel cells, Prime Minister Trudeau will have a strong foundation from which he can promote Canadian clean tech know - how.

... Novel technologies for recycling wastewater [like microbial fuel cells].

While the combination therapies block off the principal pathway that cancer cells use to fuel their growth, the cells come to bypass this blockade and, like vehicles on a detour route, make use of additional pathways to continue growing and spreading.

Both PEM fuel cells and SOFCs, like batteries, have two electrodes separated by an ion - conducting electrolyte.

Insulin - like growth factor promotes cell division and growth, while insulin shunts fuel consumed either into immediate energy use or into storage for a later time.

But while fuel - cell vehicles are pushing the technological frontier, they drive like any traditional internal combustion engine vehicle, with a 300 - mile range and a refueling time of less than five minutes.

Indeed, the perfect solution already exists: a carbon - free fuel cell that strips combustible hydrogen from a molecule like water or alcohol and yields only water when it is burned.

Thermal fluids are used to alleviate wear on components and tools and for machining operations like stamping and drilling, medical therapy and diagnosis, biopharmaceuticals, air conditioning, fuel cells, power transmission systems, solar cells, micro - and nanoelectronic mechanical systems and cooling systems for everything from engines to nuclear reactors.

Actually, she says, it's more of a trickle, and her fuel cell isn't exactly miniature: It would take a 20 - square - inch sheet of enzymes to power something like a cell phone.

But fuel cell advocates point out that given the space available in a car frame and the laws of thermodynamics, today's batteries can only provide a limited driving range — 40 miles (65 kilometers) for GM's own Chevrolet Volt — before requiring a recharge, such as by the gasoline motor in a full hybrid like the Toyota Prius.

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.

In healthy cells constant growth can overwhelm cellular factories like the ER, leading to cell stress and death, but cancer cells manage to keep their factories running at high capacity to fuel non-stop growth.

Indeed fuel cells much like Bloom's are already set to be installed in thousands of homes this year.

With the discovery, the material that the researchers call «metal oxide - laser induced graphene» (MO - LIG) becomes a new candidate to replace expensive metals like platinum in catalytic fuel - cell applications in which oxygen and hydrogen are converted to water and electricity.

Many of the artificial methods of making hydrogen and oxygen from water require materials that are too expensive, require too much energy or break down too quickly in real - world conditions, like the acidic electrolytes in fuel cells.

Materials like this can be used for fuel cell electrodes, with far lower costs than the current ones.

Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed a new materials recipe for a battery - like hydrogen fuel cell that shields the nanocrystals from oxygen, moisture, and contaminants while pushing its performance forward in key areas.

The Materials Project, a Google - like database of material properties aimed at accelerating innovation, has released an enormous trove of data to the public, giving scientists working on fuel cells, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, and a host of other advanced materials a powerful tool to explore new research avenues.

White blood cell count: Immune labs, like white blood cell count, look for underlying low - grade infections that can fuel inflammation.

The safer option is to opt for a more natural alternative like L - Carnitine, which effectively encourages the body to shuttle fat into the cells to use as fuel.

It doesn't matter at all if they come from grains and carbohydrates (which raise the blood sugar, get stored as fat and wreak havoc on the body) or proteins (which are needed for important functions like cell repair) or fats (which are a much more dense and effective source of fuel).

Every drop of this DNA «rocket fuel» contains more than 5 billion identical cells of energy that feeds your mitochondria like nothing you have experienced before.

One thing that makes coconut oil unique is that it contains medium - chain triglyceride oil or MCT oil, and MCTs are like super fuel for your cells.

Cutting out irritants like sugar and booze and fueling your cells with whole fresh foods, sweat, and extra sleep, even if you stay local and keep working, is powerful.

Of those 159 participants, virtually all were found to have heightened levels of adiponectin, a hormone that is intended to be helpful by helping the body use insulin in the delivery of fuels like glucose to cells throughout the body.

And those taking very high doses (like 40g) could also fuel cancer cells.

I have a physician friend into integrative health who shared an interesting perspective regarding the mitochondria cells not getting proper sulfur protein (among other nutrients) on a vegan diet in order to properly fuel themselves and fight off diseases like Barrett's.

People like Dr. Fred Hatfield, who want to remove their cells of glucose and fuel them with ketone bodies instead, eat what's known as a ketogenic diet.

What this means is that it travels through the gastrointestinal tract — from mouth to colon — without breaking down and becoming fuel for the cells throughout your system, like other foods do.

Like EVs, fuel cells are relatively silent in operation and occupants are more likely to notice other squeaks and hums, so Honda deployed a host of insulation and noise - absorption materials including a multi-layered floor carpet and resonators around the wheel rims.

Like the fact that GM built the world's first hydrogen fuel - cell vehicle in 1966 out of a van.

As part of its plan to offer 31 «eco-friendly» vehicles by 2020, the new Nexo fuel cell crossover seems like a rather bold step forward, especially for our market.

The Scion iA certainly looks unconventional, as if the swoopiness of Mazda's styling vocabulary had been combined with a Ford grille to create an angry form of undersea life, kind of like the Toyota Mirai fuel - cell vehicle.

It seems like the new Tucson is taking its fair share of design cues from the new Tucson Fuel Cell, which arrived in California last May.

Skip to the front of the car and you'll see what looks like a conventional engine, but is actually a combined electric motor and transmission, voltage control unit, fuel cell stack, electric air compressor, and power control unit.

Asked what GM will look like in 2020, he says the company is «poised to be one of the, if not the, world's strongest players,» singling out what he says is GM's engineering leadership in such advanced technologies as fuel cells and lithium - ion batteries.

Like all other fuel - cell vehicles, the Tucson operates by mixing hydrogen with oxygen in a small fuel cell that contains special catalyzing materials.

The Next - Generation fuel cell vehicle shows what future driving will look like and lets customers experience it with innovative convenience features like Remote Parking, Blind Spot View Monitor and autonomous driving capabilities.