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Operating generators in parallel improves fuel economy as well as reliability of the power supply. Operating generators in parallel has the following benefits - • creates a larger power supply • the number of generators operating can be chosen according to the load demand • if a single generator fails the system can continue operating with other units Real power shar...

Denios has had storage and test rooms for lithium-ion batteries in its product range for years. In cooperation with Tesvolt, the concept for complete solutions with battery storage units of different power and capacity in a fire protection housing was developed. The enclosure is a double-frame construction according to fire protection standard REI 90 or REI 120: The abbr...

People who live in cold climates and drive electric cars know the lithium-ion batteries in their car don’t work as well in freezing temperatures. They don’t charge as fast and they don’t go as far. It’s a problem, but Argonne National Laboratory says it may have the answer. In a blog post, the scientists at Argonne say that in today’s lithium-ion batteries, the liquid e...

Electric trains are commonplace in commuter rail systems, but they have yet to make an impact on the freight shipping business. That is beginning to change. The latest development on the rail electrification front involves the St. Louis, Missouri, company Intramotev, which aims to push diesel fuel out of the locomotive picture with a fleet of battery-electric autonomous ...

It’s hard to imagine a battery without metal, especially given the rise of lithium-ion batteries. But that is exactly what a researcher from Louisiana State University Mechanical Engineering (LSU ME) is hoping to develop. Thanks to a Board of Regents grant, LSU ME Associate Professor Ying Wang is working on a non-metal rechargeable battery in hopes of replacing lithium b...

While semiconductor technology has helped to improve the design of many products, one area the technology has not touched is speakers, which mostly still rely on traditional voice coil technology. While voice coil technology is inexpensive and easy to build, it is subject to slow transient response and inaccurate reproduction, as well as reliability issues from moisture ...

Two units of the modular system were moved to a position about 1.5 kilometers from shore. Plans are to expand the »Sun'Sète« project to a total of 25 units and 300 kilowatts of power with a covered area of 0.5 hectares. The energy will be transmitted to the port facilities through an underwater cable. SolarinBlue specifies dimensions of 12 by 9 meters at 3.5 meters heigh...

The companies say that through this supply and purchase agreement Microvast will offer MV-C Gen 4 HpCO high-energy lithium-ion battery packs for “Powered by REE” EV platforms. The supplier is expected to provide proprietary battery technology and cell chemistry to fulfil REE’s power, density, charging time, and cycle life requirements. The newly developed MV-C Gen 4 bat...

When Hurricane Ian made landfall just west of Fort Myers, Florida, on September 28, 2022, as a historic Category 4 storm, it quickly became the most destructive hurricane to strike Florida since 1935. With high winds of 120 mph and gusts up to 160 mph, Ian caused widespread damage across western and central Florida. The cities of Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, and Lake Plac...

In Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, nine cascading »Picea« systems with a total capacity of 13,500 kilowatt hours supply a building with six residential units. The electricity is produced by a 180 kW PV system installed on the roof. Since the process heat generated is used in the building, the overall utilization rate is 90 percent, according to HPS. The Picea system, which is no...

The pavilion is designed to offer visitors »a spectacular experience of color and light. « A small room is also equipped with infrared heating powered by electricity from the solar roof. Michiel Raaphorst of V8 Architects describes the idea behind the pavilion: »Energy currently gets harvested in a techno-functional manner. We want to find a way to make the energy of the...

One of the obstacles to undersea exploration has been the high cost to power cameras, involving either tethering the camera to a research vessel or sending a ship to recharge its batteries. In an attempt to resolve this problem, MIT researchers have developed a battery-free, wireless underwater camera that is reportedly far more energy-efficient than other undersea camer...

General Motors is in a major quest to bolster its battery capacity to meet electric vehicle demands. To help attain this goal, the automaker announced last week a joint research development agreement with OneD Battery Sciences to leverage their silicon nanotechnology for its Ultium battery cells, to improve energy density for longer range and reduced cost. The collabora...

Tokyo, Japan (June 2, 2022)―TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION ("Toyota") and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings, Inc. ("Woven Planet"), have developed a working prototype of its portable hydrogen cartridge. This cartridge design will facilitate the everyday transport and supply of hydrogen energy to power a broad range of daily life applications in and outside of the home. Toy...

Designed for demanding medical applications, the PJMA series is suitable for Body Floating (BF) applications and complies with 2MOPP (IN/OUT) and 1MOPP (OUT/FG) safety requirements. Based on a robust platform, the units’ design has been optimized to offer a very good price/performance ratio for medical applications requiring a high-quality power solution. The PJMA series...

With many purposes and uses, slip rings are now in almost any device with stationary and rotary components. How slip rings work in hydraulic systems In hydraulic systems, slip rings help transmit fluid in the most demanding applications where continuous rotation is required. They connect fixed and rotary hydraulic pipelines and provide 360° motion without interference....

Solar energy developer Prospect14 announced today that it has partnered with a group of energy investors and operators to launch Ampliform, “a joint venture that will originate, develop, build, operate and optimize utility-scale solar and solar + storage projects in the United States.” Ampliform is starting with more than 3 GW of early- and mid-stage projects under deve...

The project is a first step in the collaboration and lays the foundation for a larger demonstration project at the Dutch offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust West (HKW). RWE is tendering for this project, and has included SolarDuck into its bid with a highly innovative combination of offshore floating solar with integrated storage solutions. Unique Offshore Floating Solar...

Not so long ago many economic experts were writing off Taiwan. Some of the island’s strongest companies had decamped to heavyweight mainland China, wages had stalled, annual growth was flagging, and its population was ageing rapidly. Taiwan’s heyday as a so-called Asian tiger – when it was held up as a showcase for rapid economic development (together with South Korea, S...

While the world is facing a semiconductor shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the German plant was inaugurated on Monday, June 7, and will produce chips on 300 mm wafers. During a virtual opening ceremony, German Chancellor Angela Merkel emphasized the importance for Germany and Europe to keep up with the competition in the semiconductor sector. She said: “We are no...

Hydrogen, the universe’s most abundant element, is said to be the perfect fuel to replace oil as it does not emit greenhouse emissions. As a matter of fact, Europe is currently massively investing in hydrogen. Last June, Germany announced a massive plan worth 9 billion euros over ten years. Shortly after France confirmed a 2 billion-euro plan for the next two years. At...

Vortex Bladeless has designed a technology that is an alternative and innovative way to turn wind energy into power without the need for giant turbine blades that can be an eyesore on the environment. The start-up was founded in 2014 to properly focus on developing a new kind of wind turbine that oscillates instead of rotating with blades. The company filed a patent for ...

INSIGHTS| China’s Road to 2025 (8/8) – ELECTRICITY – With its “Made in China 2025” strategy unveiled in mid-2015, China has set itself the goal of becoming the world’s leading economic power. In this context, DirectIndustry magazine is partnering with intelligence consultancy DCA to offer our readers key information about this industrial strategy. Jean-François Dufour, C...

Twenty live streams and lectures: This is how the industrial transformation is working today Herborn, 10 March 2021 - The demand for digital solutions in industry is continuously increasing. What companies need are faster and more flexible solutions that offer clear efficiency effects. Added value is provided by things that work today and solve problems technically, eco...

Every two weeks, Jean-François Dufour, CEO of DCA, will decipher one of the objectives of the “Made in China 2025” plan including semiconductors, machine tools, electric vehicles, railways, and telecom. September 15 marks the end of a transitory period, after which Washington will exert control over the sale of any electronic component containing US technology to Chin...

iello UPS expands its connectivity solutions by adding a new accessory in the PROFINET field: MultiCOM 421 is compatible with all UPS units equipped with communication slots and is an accessory that allows you to connect the UPS to a PROFINET-IO network. The PROFINET (Process Field Net) communication protocol was born as an evolution of Profibus (Process Field Bus) and ...

SEMICON Southeast Asia is the ideal place to discover the technologies and trends that are driving advances in microelectronics to electronics manufacturing. Various products from INNOVACERA are widely used in the semiconductor industry. So INNOVACERA has joined the SEMICON Southeast Asia exhibition. Due to the effecting of COVID 19, the SEMICON Southeast Asia exhibit...

A Queen's University Belfast researcher has developed a low cost technique to convert left over barley from alcohol breweries into carbon, which could be used as a renewable fuel for homes in winter, charcoal for summer barbecues, or water filters in developing countries. Breweries in the EU throw out around 3.4 million tons of unspent grain every year, weighing the e...

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Under the bonnet is a revolutionary new type of battery which, unlike those used in conventional electric cars, can also power buses, huge lorries and even aircraft. What's more, it's far simpler and cheaper to make than the batteries currently in use in millions of electric vehicles around the world – and, unlike them, it can easily be recycled. This might sound like...

Algodue Rogowski coils can be used in a number of cases where traditional current transducer is not the adequate solution. They also grant a stable measurement from low currents to hundreds of kA ALGODUE ROGOWSKI COIL APPLICATIONS Measuring devices, lab instrumentation Power monitoring & control systems DC ripple measurement Harmonics and transients monitoring Ve...

The company Georg Schlegel has been awarded with the "German Innovation Award" for the first time. The manufacturer of pushbuttons, switches and control panels for machines and systems has been awarded for their "outstanding innovative performance" in their development of a serial testing device for emergency-stops. The award is being granted by an independend jury of th...

The epidemic situation gradually stabilized. Several heavyweight industry customers visited our company one after another. Meng Zhaotang, general manager of Haimu Technology and Liu Lei, manager of the sales department, received and discussed with the customers all the recent cooperation projects and long-term cooperation directions. Exchange specific opinions and ideas ...