waste heat recovery Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:00:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Cool Energy’s Low-Temperature Stirling Engine Recovers Waste Heat as Electricity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cool-energys-low-temperature-stirling-engine-recovers-waste-heat-as-electricity-20121125/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cool-energys-low-temperature-stirling-engine-recovers-waste-heat-as-electricity-20121125/#respond Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:00:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28754 The SolarHeart®Engine is the new Stirling engine developed by Cool Energy that converts low-temperature (100oC to 300oC) heat energy to electrical power output ranging from 3 kW to 20 kW, making it suitable for solar thermal electric, biomass power, and waste heat recovery applications. As a participant at the Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit’s Defense […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cool-energys-low-temperature-stirling-engine-recovers-waste-heat-as-electricity-20121125/feed/ 0 28754 New Multiferroic Alloy Magnetizes When Heated, Transforms Waste Heat Into Electricity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/minnesota-multiferroic-thermoelectric-alloy-20110627/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/minnesota-multiferroic-thermoelectric-alloy-20110627/#respond Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:25:30 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19252 A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota has discovered a new alloy that can transform heat into electricity. The approach is new and uses a coil to transform the magnetic field generated by the alloy.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/minnesota-multiferroic-thermoelectric-alloy-20110627/feed/ 0 19252 Panasonic Revives The Stirling Engine For 10 kW Waste Heat Recovery System https://www.greenoptimistic.com/panasonic-stirling-engine-20100518/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/panasonic-stirling-engine-20100518/#respond Tue, 18 May 2010 16:17:14 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7653 estir Co., an in-company venture of Panasonic led by Teruyuki Akazawa, thought that it would make a good business reusing the otherwise wasted heat from Panasonic's plants, and reimplemented Stirling engines, seeking to make them more efficient than ever.

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