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Arveni is a European company that has developed a system remote that is powered by the ambient energy the user applies to the buttons on the remote control. While the technology is still being proto-typed, we got an exclusive look at the world's only...
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One of Texas Instruments product lines is dedicated to ultra-low-power applications. At the heart of those applications is the MSP430 processor allowing engineers to design radio and other applications from harvested energy. Adrian Valenzuele, a Product...
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The EnerChip solid-state battery can be used to store energy from ambient sources, like vibration, solar and heat creating zero-power devices. Steven Grady, VP of Marketing for the Cymbet Corporation shows us a few examples of this technology in use....
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The EnerChip solid-state battery is a, “battery-on-a-chip” thin film battery that can provide back-up power ranging from a few hours to several weeks depending on the stand-by current requirements of the system. Steven Grady, VP of Marketing for the Cymbet...
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When it comes to solar energy, the power of the solar array is only as strong as the weakest-performing panel. And in real-world conditions, where shade is common from sources like trees, chimneys, power lines and even bird droppings, solar efficiency...
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Moog provides solutions for both hydraulic and electric blade pitch control. Blade pitch control is the system which monitors and adjusts the inclination angle of the blades and thus controls the rotation speed of the blades. At lower wind speeds, the...
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Modern wind turbines require delivery of power and signals to and from the rotating blades by a reliable rotary union assembly. Moog Components Group, a sister operating group of the Moog Industrial Group, provides a line of wind power (WP) products that...
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Engineering TV interviews John McDonald, CEO of EXRO Technologies, a clean energy company that has invented, designed, and prototyped the world's first Variable Input Electric Generator (VIEG, pronounced veej). Electrical generators are very efficient...
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Tom Bowker, CTO of Clean Energy Technologies, describes how their Axial Flux Permanent Magnet (AFPM) technology achieves better efficiencies in wind power generation and is able to produce more power at lower wind speeds due to coreless technology. Where...
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Greg Schulte, President of Bonfiglioli, talks about some of their gearboxes used in the latest state-of-the-art wind turbines to control such significant functions like yaw and pitch drives. Bonfiglioli's know-how in the power transmission industry...
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Chinese automaker BYD's E6 is an all-electric vehicle five-passenger family-oriented crossover vehicle. Featuring BYD's Fe battery technology, the range per charge is expected to be 249mi, without compromising on performance: claimed 0-60mph acceleration...
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Chinese automobile manufacturer BYD Auto's Henry Li walks us through the F6DM plug-in hybrid sedan's powertrain. BYD's Dual Mode (DM) Electric Vehicles combine a pure-electric mode with a hybrid drive system that incorporates a small gasoline...
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Denise Gray, GM's Director of Hybrid Energy Storage Systems Engineering, continues her discussion with Engineering TV, elaborating on efforts to optimize the Chevy Volt's lithium-ion battery, as well as possibilities for increasing the amount...
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In Part 1 of this Engineering TV interview, Denise Gray, GM's Director of Hybrid Energy Storage Systems Engineering, discusses the Chevy Volt's lithium-ion battery cells. The Volt's 16 kWh T-shaped lithium-ion battery, which is roughly 6 feet...
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GM is joining with the University of Michigan to create a new automotive advanced battery lab in Ann Arbor, Mich., and a specialized curriculum within U-M's College of Engineering to develop automotive battery engineers. Building on U-M’s leadership...