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Excess Human Body Heat Used to Keep Buildings Warm

Mircea Sandru — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:00:16 +0000

Already being used in many places around the world, the idea of using human body heat to keep buildings warm during cold seasons gains popularity very fast. After many studies engineers concluded that excess body heat could slash carbon emissions in urban areas by one third, if collected and used properly. You may have noticed […]

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Georgios Vatistas Reinventing 40 Times More Efficient Heat Exchanger

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:15:34 +0000

Heat exchangers are being used in everything from refrigerators, air conditioning units to car heaters. However, they have had limitations in what their efficiency is concerned. Not anymore – reinventing the wheel, Georgios Vatistas improved the heat exchanger and made it some 40 times more efficient than the traditional model. This could mean huge energy […]

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Geothermal Efficiency Boosted Up to 30% by Newly Discovered Liquid

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:12:06 +0000

Scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA, announce they developed a new type of heat extracting liquid that could absorb much better the heat coming from the hot water in the geothermal wells.

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Scientists Making Hydrogen Efficiently from Water Steam

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:03:08 +0000

Trying to make hydrogen a viable fuel, economically and energetically, a team of researchers from Idaho National Laboratory splits water steam into hydrogen and oxygen using electrolysis, but from steam, and at a high temperature.

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