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Lithium-Ion Battery Enhanced with Recycled Packing Peanuts – Purdue University

Benji Jerew — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:34:03 +0000

Purdue University researchers stumbled upon an even better electrode material than currently used in the lithium-ion battery, made even better because it involved recycled packing peanuts. If you’ve ever shopped online, especially for something delicate, you’ve probably received an oversized box, your item, and a bunch of starch-based or polystyrene-based packing peanuts. Now, because I […]

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New Aluminum Alloy Helps Generate Clean Water and Cheap Electricity

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:07:12 +0000

A new aluminum alloy could soon clean out water and at the same time generate electricity for afflicted areas. Purdue University researchers Jerry Woodall and Go Choi have been working on the alloy of aluminum, gallium, indium and tin that could split polluted or salt water into hydrogen and oxygen and then reunite them to generate electricity and pure water.

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$50 Motorcycle Retrofitted To Run on Solar Power

Mike Sandru — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 07:53:04 +0000

Tony Danger Coiro, a student at Purdue University, has recently created a zero-emission electric motorcycle that is powered by solar energy. The motorcycle, which initially cost about $50, is a transformed version of an old 1978 Suzuki.

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New Highly Efficient Heat Pumps to Reduce Heating Costs in Cold Regions Discovered

Mike Sandru — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:32:05 +0000

According to a new study, heat pumps are not so efficient in extremely cold climates, only being suited for moderate climates. These provide cooling in summer and heating in winter. Researchers at Purdue University have recently developed a new type of heat pump that allows residents in cold climates to halve their heating bills, due to its high efficiency.

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Hydrogen-Aided Solar Powered Biofuel Production Process Greatly Reduces Costs

Mike Sandru — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:26:00 +0000

A team of researchers at Purdue University found a new way to expand the biofuel industry by creating a concept for a new production process. Until today, one of the main obstacles has been the cost of transporting large quantities of heavy plant matter to centralized refineries. But thanks to the new process, this problem is now history.

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Ammonia Borane Hydrogen Storage Invented at Purdue

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:29:51 +0000

Purdue University chemical engineers have invented a method of storing hydrogen and releasing it safely without the need for high-pressure tanks, only by using the fuel cell's dissipated heat.

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NASA to Make Its Future Rocket Fuel From Water and Aluminum

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:46:47 +0000

At first, I found it surprising, but when I did some research and had a second though about it, I learned that when NASA or any other space agency launches a space ship, it consumes about 773 tons of ammonium perchlorate, and releases some 230 tons of hydrochloric acid immediately after launch.

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New Electronic Circuit Cooling System Offers Brighter Electric Car Perspectives

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:45:24 +0000

Researchers from Purdue University discovered precisely how fluid boils in capilary cooling sytems, and that by designing a system by using those rules they got a much more efficient heat transfer between the object to be cooled and the liquid.

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