Power and Electrical Engineering

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Elastocaloric cooling – Refrigerator cools by flexing artificial muscles

There is room for just one small bottle in the world’s first refrigerator that is cooled with artificial muscles made of nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy. But the mini-prototype that the…

Helmet with vibration sensor for excavator drivers

Fraunhofer researchers have developed a helmet with an integrated acceleration sensor for drivers of construction vehicles. The helmet sensor measures harmful vibrations that affect the body. A software analyzes the…

A breath of fresh air for vertical wind turbines

To enable more wind turbines to be built in Switzerland, scientists are optimising vertical models that are more compact and quieter than conventional alternatives. One of the major challenges of…

Roll embossing

New system revolutionizes production of bipolar plates. Climate-friendly fuel cell systems, which are set to power machines such as vehicles in the future, are still rare and expensive these days….

A tandem approach for better solar cells

Perovskite-based solar cells were first proved in 2009 to have excellent light-absorbing properties of methylammonium lead bromide and methylammonium lead iodide, collectively referred to as lead halide perovskites or, more…

New multi-sensor system for water analysis

With groundbreaking developments in the field of chemical sensor technology, the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS is setting new standards in the assessment of water quality for humans and…

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