Nov
9
He’s Back!
November 9, 2011 | 3 Comments
The grid failed due to wet snow and high winds last night about 12:55am. So no post was made. But what was written is now on the server to load tonight. We’re pretty busy here without the grid feeding 7500 volts to the transformer. An 8 hp 4000 watt gasoline generator is powering this writing […]
Nov
8
Getting Every Last Drop
November 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The Reservoir-on-a-Chip (ROC) is a novel miniaturization approach to study oil recovery in a microfluidic device, mimicking the pore structure in an etched silicon substrate of a naturally occurring oil-bearing reservoir rock. University of Alberta researchers have developed ROC as a way to replicate oil trapping rock layers and show energy producers the best way […]
Nov
7
Hybrid Design Comes to Power Plants
November 7, 2011 | 1 Comment
Prof. Avi Kribus of Tel Aviv University’s School of Mechanical Engineering and its innovative new Renewable Energy Center is applying the term “hybrid” to power plants. Prof. Kribus has developed a new technology that combines the use of conventional fuel with the lower pressures and temperatures of steam produced by solar thermal power, allowing plants […]
Nov
4
Thorium Fueled Nuclear Plant to be Built
November 4, 2011 | 5 Comments
The Guardian in the UK is reporting that India has started the process of building the world’s newest thorium fueled prototype nuclear power plant. As prototypes go, this is a big one with a proposed rating at 300MW or about 30% of a customary 1GW uranium fueled station. This commitment deserves congratulations. Finally thorium has […]
Nov
3
Close to the Maximum Solar Collector
November 3, 2011 | 3 Comments
Koray Aydin, a new assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the McCormick School at Northwestern University, has developed a new material that absorbs a wide range of wavelengths and could lead to more efficient and less expensive solar technology. The paper published in Nature Communications entitled, ‘Broadband Polarization-Independent Resonant Light Absorption Using […]
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