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Scientists use waste coffee for fuel storage
Scientists at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, have developed a simple process to treat waste coffee grounds to allow them to store methane. The simple soak and heating process develops a carbon capture material with the additional environmental benefits of recycling a waste product.
Nanowires boost solar fuel cell efficiency
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and FOM Foundation have presented a very promising prototype of a solar cell that produces fuel rather than electricity in the Nature Communications journal. The Gallium Phosphide (GaP) enables the solar cell to produce hydrogen gas, a clean fuel, from liquid water.
Solar fuel generating device sets record
Researchers at Monash University have designed a solar fuel generating device that has established arecord in energy efficiency for the production of solar fuels. The device can produce hydrogen fuel at 22% energy efficiency, breaking the previous record of 18%. Lead researcher Professor Leone Spiccia, School of Chemistry, Monash explained that the process of hydrolysis generates hydrogen and oxygen by passing an electric current through water.
Controlled atmosphere furnaces highlighted at The Battery Show
BTU International has announced that it will highlight its controlled atmosphere furnaces in Booth 1649 at The Battery Show, scheduled to take place 15th - 17th September, 2015 in Novi, MI. BTU’s controlled atmosphere furnaces are available with temperature ranges up to 1800°C and various process atmospheres including hydrogen, nitrogen and argon. Excellent atmosphere purity is achieved through the use of BTU’s patented gas barrie...
Tools aid hydrogen-powered racing car development
IAR Systems is proud to announce that its world-leading development tools have helped Forze, a student foundation at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, to develop their hydrogen-powered racing cars. Thanks to its strong code optimisations and easy-to-use interface, IAR Embedded Workbench has helped the team to accelerate the development cycle and to get their cars into production faster.
Technique could enable environmentally friendly fuel cells
Researchers at UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute have developed a dramatically advanced tool for analysing how chemicals called nanocatalysts convert chemical reactions into electricity.
The era of practical fusion power may be approaching
It’s an old joke that many fusion scientists have grown tired of hearing: Practical nuclear fusion power plants are just 30 years away - and always will be.But now, finally, the joke may no longer be true: Advances in magnet technology have enabled researchers at MIT to propose a new design for a practical compact tokamak fusion reactor - and it’s one that might be realized in as little as a decade, they say.
From Big Ben to the Big Apple in under an hour
After a four year wait, French behemoth Airbus has received approval for a patent to develop an "ultra-rapid air vehicle and related method of aerial locomotion" - a supersonic plane combining a rocket engine, turbojets and ramjets, that could fly from London to New York in under an hour. Inviting comparison with its Anglo-French predecessor, the patented design has been called "Concorde Mark 2" and "Son of Concorde", but has the power to leave i...
Milestone hit with hydrogen fuelled vans
ULEMCo has reached an important milestone for use of hydrogen fuel in its fleet of test vehicles. Sixteen standard Ford Transits, adapted to run on dual hydrogen/diesel, have clocked up over 20,000 miles (over 32,000km) using hydrogen fuel. The vehicles achieved ultra-low emissions of 59g CO2 per kilometre, compared with 234g/km for the standard vehicles, equivalent to a saving of almost 6t of CO2 emissions for the UK to date. The figures are bas...
NTC sensor elements measures temperatures to 650°C
Designed for measuring temperatures up to 650°C, TDK has released an NTC sensor element offering high-precision measurement with a temperature tolerance of about ±1° at 200°C. The device is based on a high-temperature ceramic sensor element that is connected to a metallised aluminium oxide rod and then glass-encapsulated.