Sentences with phrase «powering electric generators»

Tesla claimed to have accidentally caused an earthquake in New York City using a small steam - powered electric generator he'd invented — MythBusters debunked that idea.

From there its internal combustion engine powers an electric generator to extend the vehicle's range as needed.

The Volt operates as a pure battery electric vehicle until its plug - in battery capacity drops to a predetermined threshold from full charge, at which point its gasoline engine powers an electric generator to extend the vehicle's range.

Powering the ELR is a combination of pure electric drive and an efficient, range - extending 1.4 L gasoline - powered electric generator.

While the Chevrolet Volt plugs in, its drivetrain is different from the C - Max Energi in that it employs a gasoline engine that powers an electric generator, and the engine only occasionally sends power to the wheels.

When the battery's energy is low, the ELR seamlessly switches to a gasoline - powered electric generator to allow hundreds of additional driving miles.

Navarro's own piece, «Satellite,» utlizes bicycle parts, a human - powered electric generator, and electric energy to make comment on the show's premise.

Now it will be called the ELR and be part of GM's extended - range vehicles with its T - shaped lithium ion battery pack and gasoline - powered electric generator.

Not exact matches

Just build a sturdy wall, let a reservoir naturally fill up with water, and allow gravity to drive electric generators and power nearby towns and cities.

Power generator Pacific Energy has reported a 1 per cent fall in profit over the last financial year despite record earnings from its Kalgoorlie Power Systems and hydro - electric businesses.

Hydro - electric generators that supply about 70 % of Brazil's electricity were limited during the drought, sending spot power prices on Jan. 31, the peak of the Southern Hemisphere summer, to the maximum allowed by the government, or 822 reais ($ 362) per megawatt hour.

Wasserman - Schultz, D - Weston, said she will introduce a bill requiring that all nursing homes have generators and that electric utilities make nursing homes a top priority for power restoration after a storm.

The company's specialty products include motor boats, snowmobiles, golf carts and electric power generators.

Established in 1949, Atlas Copco Compressors Canada has leading positions in sales, service, and marketing of air and gas compressors, portable compressors, generators, mining and rock excavation equipment, construction tools, pneumatic and electric power tools, and assembly systems.

Because there's not enough natural gas to power the generators that are supposed to replace some of Indian Point's capacity, expect electric rates to go through the roof.

Yet another great electric tent heater ready for your powered campsite, work tent, or generator!

Michael Faraday built an electric motor in 1821 and a rudimentary generator a decade later — but half a century passed before electric power took off

Observations of the galaxy MCG -6-30-15 suggest that the spinning of its central black hole is producing power just like an electric generator.

The way reconnection disturbs terrestrial power grids is complex but, in essence, the process mimics what happens in electric generators, where a fluctuating magnetic field (usually a moving magnet) produces a current in a coil of wire, says Adam Szabo, director of NASA's Heliophysics Laboratory.

He believes it could also play a role in a future large - scale hydrogen generator, which would collect the energy from sunlight in huge fields and then run that electric current through water to produce vast amounts of hydrogen to meet, for example, the demand from a future fleet of hydrogen - powered vehicles.

For example, photonic crystals could funnel excess heat from a power plant's generator and release it over a much smaller band of frequencies to drive engines — such as those in electric - powered cars that can absorb energy only within a small range — much more efficiently.

Sam's focus is microelectric mechanical systems, and his name wound up on a paper called «Generating Electric Power With a MEMS Electroquasistatic Induction Turbine Generator» («a gas generator about an inch square and a quarter - inch thick,» Generator» («a gas generator about an inch square and a quarter - inch thick,» generator about an inch square and a quarter - inch thick,» he says).

All but two of the 440 or so commercial nuclear reactors operating are thermal, and most of them — including the 103 U.S. power reactors — employ water both to slow neutrons and to carry fission - created heat to the associated electric generators.

How effective the generator is directly affects how much wind can be converted into electric power.

There, Ocean Power's sinuous, 450 - foot - long cherry - red steel snake, called Pelamis after a sea snake, pumps 11,000 AC volts into a grid at the European Marine Energy Centre, an innovative test bed that can offer the sort of apples - to - apples performance measures of sea generators that investors and electric utilities crave.

When using KAIST's TE generator (with a size of 10 cm x 10 cm) for a wearable wristband device, it will produce around 40 mW electric power based on the temperature difference of 31 °F between human skin and the surrounding air.

Lithium - ion technologies make up a large part of the proceedings because energy storage is a crucial enabling technology for clean energy systems, such as powering electric vehicles and smoothing out electricity from wind and solar generators.

When the EPA asked in a 2009 Federal Register notice for suggestions on how to improve the system, companies from electric power generators to auto manufacturers argued for the status quo, saying emission factors were sometimes their only data option.

Recent observations of the galaxy MCG -6-30-15 suggest thatthe spinning of its central black hole inside a huge magnetic field produces power just like an electric generator.

And, in 1990, Plant Vogtle in Georgia lost all externally supplied electric power — just like Fukushima Daiichi's reactors — when a truck backed into a transmission line and the backup diesel generator failed, forcing it to rely on its last power source: batteries with an eight - hour life.

Medical device manufacturers need reliable electricity and a lot of it, Gottlieb said, so some firms might not transition from their generators even after the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority comes back online.

In raw numbers, here's what the electric power industry's abandonment of coal looks like: This year, 24 coal - fired electricity generators at 14 power plants in 11 states are expected to shut down, followed by another 22 coal generators in 2018, according to

When electric power was out due to Hurricane Isabel [in September 2003], Ocracoke had its generators running, providing its own power to the residents during part of every day.

The Chevy Volt the electric car with a gasoline - powered generator to alleviate range anxiety.

The engine continues providing the power to spin the generator, which in turn supplies the drive motor with electric current.

Other key components include an electric air - conditioning compressor, integrated starter generator, regenerative braking, a 30 kW electric motor, and a hybrid power control unit.

EV Drive mode uses only the two electric motors to power the crossover, while Series Hybrid mode allows the gas engine and battery pack to act as a generator and provide additional power to the electric motors and Parallel Hybrid mode where the car primarily uses the 2.0 - liter gas engine with the electric motors only coming into the picture when extra power is needed.

Two electric motors are housed up front to separately drive each front wheel, while a rear - mounted electric motor supplements the V - 6's power and can function as a generator to charge the lithium - ion battery pack.

In a special off - road mode, the gas engine drives the front electric motor as a generator to power the rear motor and turn all four wheels.

This adds a further # 3k to their respective prices, while the petrol - powered generator onboard these models makes them subject to a VED charge of # 130 a year, whereas the all - electric i3 versions are exempt from road tax.

A second electric motor functions as a generator to convert power from a 2.0 - liter four - cylinder into electricity for range far beyond the battery's 10 to 15 miles.

A turbocharged 1.5 - liter inline - three engine develops 170 hp and drives the rear wheels by way of a six - speed automatic transmission, while a separate 131 - hp electric motor generator draws power from a lithium - ion battery pack and feeds the front wheels through a two - speed transmission.

The black COG is connected to the crankshaft of the engine with a belt just like the compressor of the air conditioner, and runs off of the engine power, think of it as a electric generator for the car.

As well as the 1.8 - litre, 97bhp engine there are two electric motors, one used mainly as a generator for the hybrid battery but also as the starter motor, the other providing electric power for brief low - speed running, acceleration boost and reversing.

Now that series electric hybrid vehicles are beginning to emerge in commercial applications (first seen in buses and soon in the Chevrolet Volt), the concept of an electrically - powered vehicle that uses an on - board turbine generator seems like a practical idea.

The turbine burns diesel fuel to drive the generator, which in turn charges up a 28kWh battery pack that supplies power to the electric motors.

Those motors are powered by an electric flywheel generator, which is charged up by regenerative braking each time the driver slows.

At full throttle in sport mode, the combined power output of the gas engine / generator and the battery are enough to fully power the two electric motors.

Yes, for the individual owner it maybe does, but that at the cost of the rest of the world, because electric energy still comes mostly from coal / oil / nuclear power generators for one, with correspondent pollution and infrastructure load.

As for the hybrid model, it pairs a 3.5 - liter V6 with two high - torque electric drive motor - generators, producing a combined system power of 308 hp.