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Compressed Air Energy Storage - WhatNext

Isothermal and Supercritical Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems

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Compressed-air energy storage technology involves storing energy as pressurized air, with the system’s capacity depending on the size of the storage vessel, the pressure at which the air is held, and the temperature. Different types of CAES exist, including diabatic, adiabatic, isothermal, supercritical, micro, and underwater. Isothermal CAES is one of the major CAES systems, …

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AI-Based Predictive Maintenance and Its Impact on the Efficiency of Wind Turbines

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During the lifetime of a wind turbine, operation and maintenance can account for up to 30% of the levelized costs per kWh generated. Turbine failure usually results in downtime of a week or more – resulting in respective downtime costs. Transporting spare parts is expensive as turbine fields are commonly located in remote areas, resulting …

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Solving the Energy Crisis and Plastic Pollution – Converting Waste Plastics into Biofuel for the Mobility Industry

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Plastic-to-Biofuel Innovations Chemical Recycling Plastic-to-Biofuel: Global plastic waste is a major issue. Plastic waste’s durability causes it to become trapped for centuries in landfills and oceans, thereby creating a serious environmental crisis. The inefficiency of recycling processes, high recycling costs, and a lack of incentives actively contribute to the active recycling of only 9% of …

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Challenges faced in power-to-heat sector coupling and how to optimize them

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Optimizing Power-to-Heat Sector Coupling Challenges faced in power-to-heat sector : In many scenarios within centralized power sectors, such as the waste of excess energy from data centers’ processor heat, high-temperature steam from thermal power plants, the waste stream of biofuels, heating of batteries, and other high energy density materials occurs. One possibility to reutilize this …

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AI-based wind power forecasting and its impact on maintenance scheduling optimization

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Wind Power Forecasting As the world shifts towards renewable energy sources, wind power has emerged as a leading player in the race to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. With the global wind power capacity reaching 664 gigawatts (GW) in 2020, the wind industry has seen unprecedented growth in the last few decades. Wind turbines …

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A Comparison of Solar Roadways to Conventional Asphalt Roads

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Solar Roadways to Conventional Asphalt Roads – Air pollution, which experts consider one of the most significant environmental health risks, causes approximately 4.2 million deaths worldwide each year due to serious illnesses. Mobility and transportation, particularly vehicles on the road, contribute significantly to these statistics by accounting for 8 million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions …

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Proton reduction for hydrogen production in artificial photosynthesis

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Hydrogen production in artificial photosynthesis In recent years, many studies have reported various heterogeneous and homogeneous molecular systems for hydrogen evolution based on transition metal complexes.  Many of these systems that sometimes exhibit high turnover (TON) and efficiency for hydrogen production only operate in organic or aqueous-organic media (5-50% H2O). Moreover, molecular systems working in pure …

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Biochemical activities impacting hydrogen storage in salt caverns

Biochemical activities impacting hydrogen storage in salt caverns

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Biochemical activities impacting hydrogen storage in salt caverns Hydrogen Storage In Salt Caverns – Microbes Hydrogen Storage in Salt Caverns – Microbes that inhabit the earth’s subsurface are vast in their diversity. Microorganisms may be found in vast quantities in as much as 104 and 108 per gram of rock. Hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and …

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Aluminium-air Batteries and Lithium-air Batteries for EVs: A Comparison

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Lithium-Air Batteries for EVs Lithium-air batteries (LABs) reduce oxygen from the air at the cathode and oxidises lithium metal at the anode to produce a current flow during discharge. The lithium-air battery can obtain oxygen from the air externally, removing the need for internal storage. This results in a higher energy density compared to that of …

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The Way Forward for Legacy Auto Manufacturers

The Way Forward for Legacy Auto Manufacturers

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The Way Forward for Legacy Auto Manufacturers Should legacy automakers cling to the past or take risks to exceed customer expectations. Many Legacy Auto Manufacturers call themselves innovators or pioneers. But below the surface of their fancy corporate statements and shiny marketing is a crawling approach. Stick to the past or take risks to amaze customers: …

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