Mar
4
Harvest Energy from Earth’s Infrared Emissions
March 4, 2014 | Leave a Comment
Physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) envision a device that would harvest energy from Earth’s infrared emissions into outer space. The idea is essentially new, even as we live live on an enormous natural nuclear fission reactor in the earth’s core. In the midst of a very cold winter the […]
Apr
19
A Better Cheaper Thermoelectric Material
April 19, 2012 | 2 Comments
Purdue University assistant professor of chemical engineering Yue Wu leads a team developing a technique that uses nanotechnology to harvest energy from hot pipes or engine components. The team has coated glass fibers with a new thermoelectric material they developed. When thermoelectric materials are heated on one side electrons flow to the cooler side, generating […]