Sentences with phrase «through turbines»

The solar pyramid works by drawing in air, heating it with solar energy and moving it through turbines to generate electricty.

Much of the water flowing through the turbines at Niagara Falls originates from Canadian watersheds.

When demand increases or generation declines, the water is allowed back down through the turbines to generate more electricity.

Since many of these fish are protected under the Endangered Species Act, as much water as possible is brought through the turbines to generate electricity, avoiding contact with air.

Even big reservoirs can't help meet energy demand if they have no water to move through their turbines.

Hydropower is also in the mix of solutions, Loutan said, because it can generally respond instantly to changing energy demand simply by releasing water through turbines.

Methane is produced by the trees and plants which have been submerged by the dam waters and is released when the water passes through the turbines of hydro - electric power stations.

Tidal energy is a global, large resource that can be exploited through tidal barrages, which take advantage of the ebb - and - flow of the tides to release water through turbines, and exploitation of tidal currents, where there are many technologies still in development.

Making use of off - peak energy prices to pump water to an upper reservoir at Highbury Quarry, water will flow back down through turbines to generate power when prices are high.

This methane can be emitted to the atmosphere in several ways: either as bubbles or by diffusion through the surface of the reservoir itself, or it can be emitted as the water is drawn from deep in the reservoir to pass through the turbines or spillways.

It is one of the few hydro - power stations in Australia to include pumped hydro in which water is pumped from the lower Jounama Pondage to the upper Talbingo Reservoir when electricity is plentiful and cheap, so that it can flow back down through the turbines to generate more electricity at times of higher demand.

«You get clean energy through turbines and a good habitat for eagles, and it also benefits the cattle ranchers.»

At the same time, a water inlet valve is opened so water can flow through the turbines and into the tank.

The key to the invention is the creation of an empty chamber on the seabed into which water can flow, generating electrical power as it passes through turbines.

When energy is needed, the water is released to flow through turbines, generating electricity.

For Arua, he determined that its eight small rivers were ideal for run - of - river systems, in which water flows through turbines.

They divert part of a stream through turbines before returning it to the stream downriver.

They would fly at 1,000 feet to 5,000 feet, converting wind to energy through a turbine and running the energy down to earth via a tether line.

Factors at play include the specific path of a fish, the amount of water going through a turbine, the design of the turbine, the depth of water where the fish usually lives, and the physiology of the fish itself.

This fluid is then pumped through a heat exchanger, where it is vaporized and sent through a turbine before being recycled back into the system.

At high tide, the operator opens valves to admit water, which generates energy as it flows through the turbine to fill the tank.

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Thanks to their variable turbine geometry, the full flow of exhaust gas always passes through the turbine, so the chargers respond slickly — even at low engine speeds — and operate very efficiently.

An orange line of swings weaves through the Turbine Hall.

Three of the chutes depart from each of Tate Modern's main gallery levels (Levels 3, 4 and 5) and two chutes depart from each side of the walkway or bridge (Level 2) that cuts through the Turbine Hall.

The work was comprised of a large crack in the ground stretching through the Turbine Hall - «a subterranean chasm that stretches the length of the space.»

A heat pipe can move heat to the depths required to produce power at a rate of about 75 meters / sec, through a turbine that converts about 7.5 percent of the heat to work and then into a condenser, where the heat is dispersed.

(Do the physics on how much energy it takes to compress air to a very high energy density, how much you lose in heating the air and how much of that heat is lost in the storage itself, how much you use when air rushes through a turbine like water, but unlike water running down hill whose speed / pressure stays the same, the compressed air loses force continually.

The open cycle consists of the following steps: (i) flash evaporation of a fraction of the warm seawater by reduction of pressure below the saturation value corresponding to its temperature (ii) expansion of the vapor through a turbine to generate power; (iii) heat transfer to the cold seawater thermal sink resulting in condensation of the working fluid; and (iv) compression of the non-condensable gases (air released from the seawater streams at the low operating pressure) to pressures required to discharge them from the system.

Most often the wood waste is burned to heat water and create steam, which flows through a turbine to produce electricity.

Jim reasons that by increasing the «solidity» of a wind turbine, all of the air moving through the turbine area will be tapped for power.

The heating of the fluid causes it to expand through a turbine or a piston, which produces mechanical power.

After passing through the turbine, the steam is condensed and returned to the boiler to be heated once again.

The company's wave - power system acts as a sort of hydraulic pump that converts the vertical motion of waves into pressurized sea water, which in turn drives a piston that forces sea water through a turbine.

Libby calculates that at a wind speed of 14m / second a particular turbine will generate 2MW of electricity while the total power available in the air passing through the turbine is 8.5 MW (giving an efficiency of about 24 %, very similar to that of coal - fired power stations).

The wave system is based on a hydraulic power take - off system, using a double function piston pump to transform the energy from the wave into water pressure that is then sent through a turbine, thus generating electricity.

Not exact matches

These incinerators were able to recover energy through burning waste, using the released heat to boil water, and using the steam produced to power turbines that generate electricity.

American companies and their Washington backers contend that Chinese companies have stolen secrets to help build up businesses in areas like wind turbines, often through hacking.

Through a partnership with Eneco UK, the 20 - turbine wind farm, located just south of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, will generate electricity equivalent to -LSB-...]

Block Island today will formally throw the switch on a first - time connection to the New England energy grid through a new cable to the mainland, and begin receiving power from the country's first five offshore wind turbines.

The New York State Department of Transportation will be transporting «super loads» of wind turbine parts through southern Western New York beginning Tuesday.

And then there's Owen's vision of an «energy island», generating work and prosperity through the use of nuclear, windmills and marine turbines, is making real progress.

He boasts of pushing through 5p plastic bag charges, but he should have stopped the banning of land - based wind turbines.

The NPP is demanding an inquiry after a Norwegian newspaper revealed that government through the Power Ministry signed a dubious agreement with an alleged Dubai based fraudster Umar Farooq Zahoor in the process of procuring the gas turbines.

The turbine will pass through Pompey and Tully in Onondaga County; Preble, Homer (Thursday) and the city of Cortland in Cortland County; and the city of Ithaca in Tompkins County (Saturday)

On a blustery, overcast day last week, the blades of the 156 - foot wind turbine just west of the grapevines at Pindar Vineyards cut through the air with a quiet whooshing noise.

Those suburban turbines began turning in earnest on January 20, providing 35 million kilowatt - hours of electricity to Beijing through July, or roughly 300,000 kilowatt - hours a day.

Even in a 20 - mile - an - hour wind, the turbines can move through the air in excess of 100 miles an hour.

Despite all the metals and raw materials that go into making solar cells and wind turbines, these sources of low - carbon renewable electrify will have a low climate and environmental impact through 2050

Some fish spill harmlessly over the top, while others pass through pipes or other structures designed to route fish around the dam or steer them clear of the energy - producing turbines.