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Cheap and Efficient Thermoelectric Material Turns Waste Heat Into Eectricity

Mila Luleva — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:39:08 +0000

New thermoelectric material, tetrahedrite, a naturally occurring mineral, non-toxic and super efficient conductor that turns waste heat into power, goes on sale by Alphabet Energy. Converting heat into electricity has not gained much popularity, mainly because scientists have failed to find the right material that can conduct electricity without conducting heat. The few attempts that […]

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Waste Heat May Boost Power Plant Performance by 10%

Leigh Hutchens — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 05:29:04 +0000

Vehicle mileage might be increased by 5% and power plant industrial process performance may be increased by up to 10%, thanks to physicists at the University of Houston’s physics department and the Texas Center for Superconductivity. The physicists studied non-toxic materials, including tin telluride that had iridium added to it for waste heat recovery. Earlier […]

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Waste Heat Used to Capture Emitted Carbon Dioxide

Mila Luleva — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:58:23 +0000

An economical way to capture CO2 from the atmosphere using waste heat, was established by researchers at Rice University. This method is a break-through in CO2 capturing, because most conventional techniques are energy intensive and use up high-pressure steam, valuable for electricity production. The research published in the latest issue of the International Journal of […]

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Saltworks' New Desalination Technology Uses 70% Less Energy

Cristi — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:38:23 +0000

Saltworks Technologies reported that they can produce 1 cubic meter of fresh water using just 1kWh compared to 3.7kWh per cubic meter achievable using reverse osmosis.

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