News tagged with thermal storage
Researchers study salt's potential to store energy
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When the wind blows, it blows — sometimes to a fault. The same is true for the sun: It can beat down relentlessly, scorching everything — and everyone-beneath its intense rays.
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Prototype hydrogen storage tank maintains extended thermal endurance
Jun 04, 2008 |
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A cryogenic pressure vessel developed and installed in an experimental hybrid vehicle by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory research team can hold liquid hydrogen for six days without venting any of ...
Scientists Propose Thermal Memory to Store Data
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Most computers today store memory electronically, by maintaining a certain voltage. In contrast, a new kind of memory that stores data thermally, by maintaining temperature, is being investigated by researchers Lei Wang of ...
Toshiba to complete construction of carbon capture pilot plant
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has completed construction of a pilot plant to support development and validation of its carbon capture technology. Final commissioning testing prior to plant operation ...
U.S. to support some solar power research
May 01, 2008 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy says it will fund up to $60 million to support development of low-cost concentrating solar power, or CSP, technology.
Progress Toward New Storage Media: Switchable Nanostripes
Oct 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In this information age, increased storage capacity is a central challenge for science and technology. A team of German and Italian researchers has pursued this by exploring the concept of ...
GOES-14 (O) moving into on-orbit storage around the Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2009 |
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The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite named GOES-14, is being placed in on-orbit storage this month to await its call to duty.
Panasonic Develops High Energy Lithium-ion Battery Module with High Reliability
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Panasonic Corp. has developed a 1.5 kWh battery module from 18650-type (18 mm in diameter x 65 mm in length) lithium-ion battery cells, which are widely used in laptop computers, to provide energy storage ...
Nano-tip could play integral part in heat-assisted data storage devices
Jun 09, 2006 |
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Using a tip with a nano heat source that never touches the surface, scientists have shown how to heat a localized surface with no contact. The discovery could open the doors to heat-assisted data storage devices ...
Wet spring increases risk of barn fires caused by hot, moist hay
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This year's unusually wet spring and early summer has led many farmers to store hay that's wetter than normal, increasing the danger of barn fires, according to an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural ...
Engineers develop method to disperse chemically modified graphene in organic solvents
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 31, 2009 |
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A method for creating dispersed and chemically modified graphene sheets in a wide variety of organic solvents has been developed by a University of Texas at Austin engineering team led by Professor Rod Ruoff, opening the ...
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