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How to Use an Exhaust Heat Recovery System to Charge up your Phone

Michael Rush — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 11:27:34 +0000

Although the world is constantly moving towards cleaner and greener means of transportation, a complete transition to these kinds of transport is still years away. So in the meantime, here’s one small technological device that improves the efficiency of conventional engines everywhere. Modern versions of the internal combustion engine found in a typical motor vehicle […]

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Louisiana Professor Uses Piezoelectric Material and Carbon Nanotubes to Recover Lost Heat

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:53:49 +0000

A Louisiana Tech University professor, dr. Long Que, has designed and prototyped a composite material that converts heat into electricity by using simple physical mechanisms found in piezoelectric materials and carbon nanotubes.

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Save 40% of Water Heating Costs with EcoDrain

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:43:28 +0000

The idea behind this energy gadget is simple: every time you take a shower, or wash your hands and, generally, use hot water, you waste a lot of energy down the drain in the form of hot water. That energy is really a big waste, because a lot of energy is put into heating that water.

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VW Equipping Future Cars With Heat Recovery Systems

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:09:32 +0000

The International Thermoelectric Society website reported that Volkswagen showed a prototype vehicle equipped with a thermoelectric generator, recovering the dissipated heat energy and converting it into electricity. The prototype has been shown at the "Thermoelektrik - Eine Chance FÃƒÆ’¼r Die Atomobillindustrie?" meeting held in Berlin in October 2008.

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Your Home`s Excess Heat Could Get Recovered by New Cheap Machine

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:55:17 +0000

This article doesn't talk about huge producers of energy, or doesn't mention the use of any prime matter to create energy, but instead it focuses on recycled one. Ener-G-Rotors, a company based in Schenectady, NY, is developing a heat recycler that can work with lower quantities of heat, under 150°C, unlike those of the competitors, aimed only to the higher-class, industrial energy producing stations.

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Two 14MW Heat Recovery Systems Built in China

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:31:05 +0000

The Chinese company named "China Energy Recovery Inc" has completed the construction of two wasted heat recovery systems. Also, they announced they have signed two more contracts with foreign customers to build such heat recovery systems.

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