Sentences with phrase «store electrical energy»

I worked in several different types of power plants for about 30 years, and there is no «good» way to generate, transmit, distribute, or store electrical energy without offending somebody, without upsetting the environment, or without following the basic laws of physics.

For instance, it can store electrical energy in reserve if the navigation sees city driving ahead.

Finally, Mazda claims the engine uses capacitors to store electrical energy on deceleration, reducing the load on the alternator at other times and thus improving fuel economy.

Like batteries, ultracaps store electrical energy.

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.

In addition, when stretched to four times its original length, it maintains nearly 98 per cent of the initial ability to store electrical energy, even after 10,000 stretch - and - release cycles.

How fast it goes: The two fuel stacks (which provide 670 horsepower) are augmented by a supercapacitor that stores electrical energy conserved during breaking for another 201 horsepower, for a total of 871 horsepower.

The research is showing promise, and project co-ordinator, Dr. Emile Greenhalgh says the new material is revolutionary because «it does two things simultaneously — it carries a mechanical load and also stores electrical energy.»

«We're all very familiar with the concept of stored electrical energy.

A lithium - ion battery pack in the trunk stores electrical energy.

The motor is rated for 55 hp and 155 lb - ft of torque, and stores electrical energy in a trunk - mounted lithium - ion battery pack.

Your vehicle's battery supplies and stores electrical energy from the alternator when the vehicle's engine is running.

An added benefit of the stored electrical energy is that any appliance with a three - prong plug can be fitted into one of several 110 - volt, 20 - amp outlets housed in the vehicle.

The correct drive mode is automatically engaged for each part of the journey, as the car constantly calculates the best use of battery charge while storing electrical energy for sections where it is most needed.

With new «smart grid» technology, the plug - in hybrid vehicle could even deliver some of its stored electrical energy — sold at premium $ / KWH — back to the electric grid during hot afternoons, as it sits plugged - in, in the parking lot of one's employer.

Exide Technologies, a global manufacturer of stored electrical energy solutions and one of the world's largest producers of lead - acid batteries, commenced a Chapter 11 case before Judge Carey in the United States Bankruptcy Court...

Not exact matches

If consumers can economically produce, store, and swap electrical energy, they will not need the power grid.

Hydrostor's technology converts surplus electrical energy to underwater compressed air and stores it for use at peak times.

An electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using electrical energy stored in rechargeable batteries or another energy storage device.

A flywheel system would take the electrical energy and store it as mechanical energy.

Superconducting cables minimize energy loss, and power - to - gas systems store excess electrical generation as hydrogen or methane.

A capacitor is an electrical device that can store energy in the electric field between a pair of closely spaced conductors (called «plates»).

Using a simple alternator, six hours of pedaling can create and store enough electrical energy in batteries to light about six homes for 30 days (in areas where people use less electricity than in the U.S.).

By contrast, capacitors, which are common in electronics, are short - term stores of electrical energy that charge almost instantaneously but hold little energy.

When electrical power is not available, the rapid milk chiller can cool up to 500 liters of milk using only the thermal energy stored in the battery.

Therefore, it must be first generated (e.g., by electrolysis of water), then stored, to be finally used — ideally in fuel cells transforming chemical energy directly into electrical one.

Capacitors have the handy ability to store and release electrical energy very quickly — much more quickly than the batteries and fuel cells already being used in electric and hybrid - electric cars.

In the past, people seeking non-polluting independence from the grid — or simply living too far away to connect to it — have generally relied on costly and potentially hazardous electrical systems that use clusters of batteries to store energy generated by windmills or photovoltaic arrays.

Surplus energy can be stored for later use, but today's electrical grid has little storage capacity, so other measures are used to balance electricity supply and demand.

Electrical energy, by way of the circuit, is then stored in a capacitor or a battery until it's needed.

Its electrical energy, too, can be stored wirelessly in capacitors and batteries.

The local electric company performs that service far more efficiently when it burns fossil fuels in its big generators; the car stores only the residual electrical energy in its rechargeable batteries.

By first infusing the polymer with boric acid, the researchers quadrupled the supercapacitor's ability to store an electrical charge while greatly boosting its energy density.

The two - step process produces microsupercapacitors with four times the ability to store an electrical charge and five to 10 times the energy density of the earlier, boron - free version.

Unlike batteries, capacitors store energy «in an electrical field,» Schindall explains.

We can also store the leftover renewable energy in the form of compressed hydrogen for a later use when the electrical demand is higher, or as fuel for vehicles,» Serra adds.

«When needed, the battery can be discharged so that the stored chemical energy is effectively converted to electrical power.»

A cost - effective means of storing large amounts of electrical energy could solve this problem.

Additionally, the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis is focused on developing a comprehensive understanding of how chemical and electrical energy is stored and utilized for applications in the development of non-fossil fuel sources.

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.

In addition to his internationally recognized research efforts, Bullock is also focused on developing a comprehensive understanding of how chemical and electrical energy is stored and used for applications in the development of non-fossil fuel sources.

He was recognized for his contributions toward developing a comprehensive understanding of how chemical and electrical energy is stored and utilized for applications in the development of non-fossil fuel sources.

When scraps of steel and brass are anodized using a common household chemical and residential electrical current, the researchers found that the metal surfaces are restructured into nanometer - sized networks of metal oxide that can store and release energy when reacting with a water - based liquid electrolyte.

It is only after hacker cult figure Morpheus agrees to show Tom «how deep the rabbit hole goes» that Tom, and we, learn The Ugly Truth: the surface of the earth has been uninhabitable for centuries, and all humans are spending their lives in a virtual reality construct, while a complex network of machines uses the electrical energy and body heat from their real bodies, which are stored in individual pods, as a fuel source.

that a battery is a store of electrical energy.

Hydrogen is stored in a tank mounted down the centre of the car, with electrical energy transferred to an electric motor at the rear.

The turbocharger - mounted thermal energy recovery unit converts heat from the turbo into electrical energy that can either be stored in the battery or used as an immediate power booster.

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I much prefer this route over the PHEV which requires plugging into an electrical source, and requires a large battery to store that energy.

And rather than helping power the wheels directly, the stored energy is assigned to powering the car's electrical systems.