energy scavenger technology Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 17 May 2011 15:19:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 New Pyroelectric Device Transforms Heat into Electricity With 30% Efficiency https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scott-hunter-pyroelectri-20110517/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/scott-hunter-pyroelectri-20110517/#respond Tue, 17 May 2011 15:19:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18664 Thermoelectric devices transform waste heat into electricity and can one day provide increased efficiency for everything from small gadgets to power plants. Scott Hunter, working at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) hopes his new heat-recovering invention will scavenge lost heat with an efficiency of up to 30 percent.

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