Sentences with phrase «on waste heat»

There is good reason to focus on waste heat as an energy source — there is a lot of it.
His challenge now is to persuade venture capitalists, energy executives and at least one community to back the construction of a full - scale vortex engine, capable of producing a power - packed funnel cloud that stretches kilometres into the atmosphere and runs on waste heat, ideally from a power plant.
Solid - oxide cells are high - temperature devices, which lend themselves to bottoming - cycle engines running on the waste heat in FC operation.
Douglas Wise # 331 — That's very interesting information about the new generation (4th) of nuclear power, which can run on waste heat.
Run on waste heat, this commercial facility is the first of its kind in the world, extracting CO2 from the air and piping it to a greenhouse farm to grow veggies.
It was a balancing act, though, as the rovers rely in part on waste heat from electrical systems to keep warm: Conserve too much power and the rovers would freeze.

Not exact matches

The Sidewalk Labs proposal in the competitive bid for the project floated all kinds of technological dreams: a thermal energy grid that would be carbon neutral, sensors that separate waste from recycling, modular buildings that convert from retail to housing, monitors that track noise and pollution, self - driving transit shuttles, shared - ride taxibots, adaptive traffic lights, delivery robots, heated bike paths and sidewalks that melt snow on their own.
i can't waste a thing in my garden and have found that this method of roasting in the oven [or on the bbq if it's a hot day and you don't want to heat up your house] and then pureeing is the best!
Announcing the terms of reference, Littleproud said this week: «The review will consider stocking density on ships, bedding and animal waste management, ventilation and heat stress risk.
It is time that Pace starts taking heat for wasting resources on bad players, but feel free to blame Fox for not being able to shine @ # $ %.
I agree with you the players need some heat to perform to theor abilities and stop wasting created opportunities to kill games and or hold onto leads and i agree they need some heat to kick em in the arse to prevent them from under performing against milan but milan isnt city or chelsea but we need to beat them to get far in competition but i do nt think the players missing chances this year is whole heartey down to the manager and we need to finish out the year strong but with cazorla comong back and strengthening some spots in off season and now praying we finally have jack back this squad looks dangerous next year and wenger will have a good year with arsenal next year cazorla and another player will take time off xhaka and or put more pressure on him to perform but we have had success in recent seasons barley missing out on top four last year with highest points to ever miss out yes they need heat to perform strong rest of year but it is not wengers time to go yet be needs another season and if these two years are falling off we have done better than are rivals in are tough years
Still, you need to know how long foods cook on the grill because opening and closing it to check will waste heat and slow down the cooking process, which defeats the whole purpose of this appliance.
One in ten UK households are living in fuel poverty, one in five of which are pensioners; and at least # 1 for every # 4 spent on heating UK homes is wasted due to poor insulation.
The company's website describes the benefits to brewers, wineries and distillers, stating all three can use the organic - material byproducts of the brewing and distilling process to heat their facilities, thus saving money on both energy and waste disposal.
The vented glass lids let you check on your cooking progress without wasting heat or moisture.
Glass lids let you keep an eye on what you're cooking without wasting heat and moisture.
For example, at the Oserian flower farm on Lake Naivasha, roses are now grown with geothermal waste heat to save energy.
Circuits based on quantum packets of heat rather than electric charges could enable computers to use waste heat — which is currently just shed to keep a processor from overheating — to perform useful computations and store information, the researchers suggest in an upcoming Physical Review Letters.
However, if humanity manages to thrive despite the immense challenges we face, and keeps on using more and more power, waste heat will become a huge problem in the future.
On the contrary, preliminary modelling by Mark Flanner of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, suggests that waste heat would cause large industrialised regions to warm by between 0.4 °C and 0.9 °C by 2100, in agreement with Chaisson's estimates (Geophysical Research Letters, vol 36, p L02801).
Another innovative proposal, to tap into waste heat created by the ferries that run back and forth between the island and the mainland, got shot down on practical grounds: Ensuring a fail - safe backup in case a ferry failed to show up would have been prohibitively expensive.
On a gas stovetop, make sure the flame is fully below the cookware; likewise, on an electric stovetop, make sure the pan or kettle completely covers the heating element to minimize wasted heaOn a gas stovetop, make sure the flame is fully below the cookware; likewise, on an electric stovetop, make sure the pan or kettle completely covers the heating element to minimize wasted heaon an electric stovetop, make sure the pan or kettle completely covers the heating element to minimize wasted heat.
Hydrogen fuel cells, which expel only water and heat as waste, are an appealing way to generate clean electricity, but the present technology relies on expensive platinum catalysts.
Without modern sanitation, life would be nightmarish — human and animal waste would fester on the streets along with garbage and food scraps, producing a stench so foul that you'd want to keep your windows closed even in the sweltering heat of summer (for the moment, envision lacking the luxury of air conditioning).
Fusion generators are expected to operate for 12 months before needing costly maintenance, putting additional strain on internal parts including plasma facing components (PFCs) in the divertor — the region that exhausts waste heat coming from the plasma.
All the millions of lifeforms on Earth seek energy and food while generating waste heat and materials.
In the recent experiments, researchers manipulated the plasma within EAST so that it exhausted its waste heat on the upper of the two divertors within the tokamak.
The results, demonstrated by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and collaborators on China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) found that lithium powder can eliminate instabilities known as edge - localized modes (ELMs) when used to coat a tungsten plasma - facing component called the «divertor» — the unit that exhausts waste heat and particles from plasma that fuels fusion reactions.
Scott's widescreen compositions capture the expansiveness of the heat - soaked Southwest plains; however, with the exception of a stunning Joan of Arc - inspired ending, Scott's gift for slick visual splendor is wasted on a run - of - the - mill Bonnie and Clyde - ish tale posing as profound social statement.
Ask students to speak with school Operations or Facilities workers to gather information on topics such as the temperature or timing that determines the use of air conditioners, times when heating might be wasted in the school, etc..
The cabin can also be heated or cooled while the car is charging so that less energy is wasted on the climate control once underway.
There is water cooling as electrical systems run hot too, and on the Soul EV there's a heat pump system that recovers waste heat from the coolant to the cabin climate control system.
And though you may feel it's a waste of money not reading a book you don't get on with, that's like not opening the windows when the weather turns warm for fear of wasting the central heating.
On the main floor you'll find a spacious and tastefully designed living room that opens up onto the terrace with sliding glass doors, perfect for taking a break from the heat without wasting the day.
Some of those elements include: - Light - colored roofing that reflects heat and saves energy; - 70 percent ENERGY STAR ® certified appliances including refrigerators, TVs, computers and kitchen equipment; - Water - efficient toilets and aerated bathroom faucets; - 10 percent of the building materials used contain recycled content; - «On Demand» ventilation that provides fresh air for occupied spaces without wasting energy on unoccupied areas of the property; - LED lighting - controls that turn off the lights; - Incorporates high - tech daylight sensors to reduce electrical lighting with natural sunlight and - Uses renewable energy sources such as solar or winOn Demand» ventilation that provides fresh air for occupied spaces without wasting energy on unoccupied areas of the property; - LED lighting - controls that turn off the lights; - Incorporates high - tech daylight sensors to reduce electrical lighting with natural sunlight and - Uses renewable energy sources such as solar or winon unoccupied areas of the property; - LED lighting - controls that turn off the lights; - Incorporates high - tech daylight sensors to reduce electrical lighting with natural sunlight and - Uses renewable energy sources such as solar or wind.
Naturally, though, because a large number of smartphone gamers have no taste and seemingly hate up - front purchases but are happy to waste small fortunes on IAP, New New Super Mario Bros. hits number one on Google Play and makes it into the «most grossing» section of the iOS App Store, staying put until the heat death of the universe, occasionally troubled only by follow - up Nintendo hits Fruit - Swap Zelda, artillery game Angry Kirby, and one - thumb side - on iCopter knock - off F - Zero Mobile.
Rather than an «exhibition» being an instance of putting something «on view» or «made visible,» it gains an oblique function as a generator of wasted heat — a property that is felt on the surface of the skin by replacing the lights coming from above with heat coming from below.
My oh my, all this heated verbiage wasted on an ignorant, stupid troll.
We've covered examples and low - tech tips on how to do this before, and now Spanish industrial designer Fabio Molinas takes this low - tech approach further by combining the waste heat of a conventional fridge with time - honoured tradition of using of clay to cool down perishables.
Wiewed from the perspective of thermodynamics, energy - in / work accomplished / biomass supported / waste heat - out, it is a realistic constraint on the world.
For most of us, energy was something we rarely thought of beyond light bulbs or residential heating; instead, we tended to focus on solid waste reduction, sustainable food systems or reducing pollution.
Reduced local taxes and reduced stamp duty on dwellings that are insulated to the best standards would also help to combat the waste of fuel for heating.
However, there's another method of producing your own electricity, which is using a thermoelectric generator that runs on «waste» heat that would normally just fly up the chimney and escape.
A trial of the system on a military base showed that tents used for nighttime training were being heated all day too, wasting a lot of energy and money.
In the same tone as the last post regarding atmospheric contaminants, have to wonder whether an era of widespread constant combustion across the globe, and all the waste heat from that combustion, would have any effect on the global mean temperature.
Using nuclear heat to gasify waste and sequestering the CO2 fraction is going to be more sustainable than anything running on coal.
The findings come at a time when coal is on track to surpass oil as the world's top energy source and 2.8 billion people rely on wood, crop waste, dung, and other biomass to cook and heat their homes.
UNEP is supporting countries and their partners to fast track action on this challenge through the PCFV and other programmes such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition — which works to reduce short - lived climate pollutants such as black carbon in a number of key sectors, including transport, agriculture, waste, household cooking and heating, and brick production.
It is producing electricity with a 200 kW generator while recovering the waste heat to both heat the digester and reduce the use of oil - fired water heating required on the farm.
I am on a cistern with hauled water that I pay for (also in CO) and it does take some time for the heated water from my propane on - demand heater to reach the source, wasting that cold water.
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