It notes that "thermoacoustic prime movers" were used for the conversion of heat to sound, while a piezoelectric equipment was utilized to convert sound into electricity. Orest Symko, University of Utah physics ...
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have fabricated a novel device that could dramatically boost the conversion of heat into electricity. If perfected, the technology could help recoup some of the heat energy that is wasted in the U.S. at a rate of ...
A growing area of research called solid-state thermoelectrics aims to capture waste heat inside specially designed materials to generate power. Researchers from Ohio State University have figured out a way to adapt the use of quantum mechanical effect, which can convert heat into electricity, in a ...
The Score project, led by The University of Nottingham, is developing a bio-mass burning cooking stove which also converts heat into acoustic energy and then into electricity, all in one unit. The £2 million Score project (Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity) brings together ...
Researchers have found a way to convert heat energy into electricity with a nontoxic material. The material is mostly iron which is extremely cheap given its relative abundance. A generator based on this material could power small devices such as remote sensors or wearable devices...
Researchers at the University of Sussex and the University of Brighton have presented their recent work on thermoelectric capture, using highly conductive graphene sheets, which aims to improve technologies that capture and convert heat into electricity and tackle the barriers standing before these methods...
for us to tap into it, with vast stores of geothermal energy lying beneathAustralia, theUnited Statesand plenty of other areas. Now researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Sanoh Industrial have developed a new type of battery cell that can directly convert heat energy into electricity. ...
after the sun sets, the molten salt pump sends the molten salt to the heat exchanger to exchange heat with the water, generating steam and driving the steam turbine. Therefore, the light thermal power station with energy storage can generate electricity stably like a thermal power unit at night...
The Spark works via an embedded thermoelectric chip that converts heat to electricity. The greater the difference in temperature on the two sides of the chip, the more electricity is created. A heat probe extended into a fire transfers heat to one side of the chip. A reservoir filled with ...
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new design for harvesting body heat and converting it into electricity for use in wearable electronics. The experimental prototypes are lightweight, conform ...