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Parker’s AC30 helps to mitigate flooding in caravan park pumping application
As residents of the United Kingdom there can be no escaping the floods that have affected our day-to-day lives over the past few years. The UK is experiencing harsher seasons and adverse weather conditions command consistent coverage in both print media and television. We’ve all seen the scenes of villages cut off from the outside world and swollen rivers that have burst their banks. The knock on effect this has for businesses cannot be und...
Reinvented process optimises mesopores for optical detection
Non-metallic mesoporous structures have already demonstrated potential for applications in gas storage, separation, catalysis, ion-exchange, sensing, polymerisation and drug delivery. Metal mesoporous films could have fascinating and useful optical properties as they are effectively the inverse of nanoparticle arrays.
Traction fuel cells reach investment point on hype curve
IDTechEx says that there is divided opinion on the future of traction fuel cells in EVs, though few continue to argue that they will power the majority of EVs. Nonetheless some manufacturers are very enthusiastic, and now could be the beginning of the end of the trough of disillusionment - the time to invest, as analysed in the IDTechEx report Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles 2015-2030: Land, Water, Air.
Motor's improved power-to-weight ratio suits atmospheric satellites
Newcastle University has been chosen by Boeing to develop an ultra-lightweightelectric motorfor an upper atmosphere electric aircraft. These spidery fixed-wing aircraft can have the wingspan of a jumbo jet but the weight of a small car. Such 'atmospheric satellites' are being designed to take 10,000lb payloads into atmospheric orbit at 65,000 ft.
Durable and Reliable Under All Conditions: What Makes Piezo Actuators Suitable for Industrial and Space Applications?
Piezo actuators convert electrical energy directly into mechanical energy and allow for motions with a resolution in the sub-nanometer range. They achieve travel up to approximately one millimeter and high dynamics with frequencies up to several thousand Hertz. There are no frictional parts to limit resolution, also no mechanical wear, as motion is based on crystalline solid state effects. Therefore, piezo actuators are the ideal drive solution f...
Consortium to develop zero-emission LCV
Intelligent Energy, the energy technology group, will lead a UK industry consortium that is to develop a new class of zero-emission, LCVs. By integrating fuel cell technology into BEVs, the consortium will deliver the capability to provide low carbon LCVs with significantly improved range and rapid refuelling.
Hybrid vehicle range extenders: goodbye pistons
Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx Hybrid vehicles are already big business from hybrid cars, buses and trucks to outdoor forklifts, even hybrid tugboats. Indeed, many hybrid aircraft will soon appear. An increasing majority of hybrid powertrains are series hybrids where the engine only charges the battery: it never drives the wheels. As explained in the IDTechEx report, Range Extenders for Electric Vehicles Land, Water & Air 2015-2025, th...
H20 + NaCl = mobile power on the go!
For anyone who cares about the ongoing impact that the consumption of fossil fuels is having on our environment - yet still needs a constantly charged power hungry smartphone - the JAQ charger from myFC looks to be the ideal solution.Widely talked about last week at MWC in Barcelona and due to be launched later this year, JAQ uses a slim 'power card' that contains water and salt.
TO suits thermoelectrically cooled 10Gb/s laser diodes
SCHOTT has expanded its design portfolio of TO packages for the 10Gb/s range to suit high-frequency, actively cooled applications. SCHOTT's latestTEC TO package enables the development of high-speed data transfer in the telecomms and datacomms markets and suits 10Gb/s laser diodes that require a ThermoElectric Cooler (TEC), enabling its application in middle to long distances.
The CO2 Permeability Problem
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is both a greenhouse gas and essential to life (photosynthesis). It is used to make drinks as well as in a huge range of industrial and commercial processes such as welding, oil production, electronics, paper making, steel manufacture, water treatment and even in the theatre. The problem is that it is also very good at getting into places you don't want it to be, and out of places you do. Not through leakage - but through bec...