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Hydraulic ram – History

In 1772 John Whitehurst of Cheshire in the United Kingdom invented a manually controlled precursor of the hydraulic ram called the “pulsation engine”. The first one he installed, in 1772 at Oulton, Cheshire, raised water to a height of 16 ft (4.9 m). He installed another in an Irish property in 1783. He did not [...]

Carbon neutrality – Pledges

Being carbon neutral is increasingly seen as good corporate or state social responsibility and a growing list of corporations, cities and states are announcing dates for when they intend to become fully neutral. Companies and organizations Some corporate examples include Dell, Google, HSBC, ING Group, PepsiCo, and Tesco., Under the leadership of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, [...]

Power station – Thermal power stations

In thermal power stations, mechanical power is produced by a heat engine that transforms thermal energy, often from combustion of a fuel, into rotational energy. Most thermal power stations produce steam, and these are sometimes called steam power stations. Not all thermal energy can be transformed into mechanical power, according to the second law of [...]

Rectenna – Introduction

rectenna is a rectifying antenna, a special type of antenna that is used to directly convert microwave energy into DC electricity. Its elements are usually arranged in a multi element phased array with a mesh pattern reflector element to make it directional. A simple rectenna can be constructed from a Schottky diode placed between antenna [...]

Glossary of fuel cell terms – E

* – ACRONYMS Effluent : Effluent is an outflowing of water from a natural body of water, or from a man-made structure. Electrical Balance of Plant : Electrical Balance of Plant (EBOP) ,the user interface panel, control equipment, and converting the fuel cell DC power to AC power. Electricity : Electricity is a general term [...]

Jack Tafari – From ‘Out of the Doorways’ to Dignity Village

Dignity Village began as a group of tents pitched in a leaf-composting yard in 2001. It has evolved since into a ‘green’ eco-friendly village housing 60 formerly homeless people in a safe and secure environment. The tents are gone, replaced by a variety of ‘not to code’ buildings. In April 2003, in partnership with the [...]

Energy policy of Australia – Federal Government

Institutions The responsible governmental agencies for energy policy are the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), the Ministerial Council on Energy (MCE), the Ministerial Council on Mineral and Petroleum Resources (MCMPR), the Commonwealth Department of Resources; Energy and Tourism (DRET), the Department of Environment and Heritage (DEH), the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO), the Department of Transport [...]

Alternative fuel vehicle – Single fuel source

Air engine The air engine is an emission-free piston engine that uses compressed air as a source of energy. The first compressed air car was invented by a French engineer named Guy Nègre. The expansion of compressed air may be used to drive the pistons in a modified piston engine. Efficiency of operation is gained [...]

Micro combined heat and power – Introduction

In the majority of energy applications, energy is required in multiple forms. These energy forms typically include some combination of: heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, mechanical energy and electric power. Often, these additional forms of energy are produced by a heat engine, running on a source of high-temperature heat. A heat engine can never have [...]

Field Day (amateur radio) – Emergency preparedness

Field Day stresses emergency preparedness. Frequently, entire radio clubs get involved and assemble a portable radio station in a field or park. Some might use quickly deployable portable antennas while other might erect more elaborate radio masts and towers supporting several antennas. Generators or solar power provide electricity to amateur radio transceivers, which may be [...]

Energy policy of India – Introduction

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Energy policy of India, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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