Power and Electrical Engineering

This topic covers issues related to energy generation, conversion, transportation and consumption and how the industry is addressing the challenge of energy efficiency in general.

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Flywheel Energy Storage System as a Fully Automatic Charging Station

In the form of “FlyGrid”, a project team led by Graz University of Technoloy (TU Graz) presents the prototype of a flywheel storage system that can store electricity locally and…

Aluminium-ion batteries with improved storage capacity

Research team develops organic redox polymer as positive electrode material for aluminium-ion batteries. Aluminium-ion batteries are seen as a promising alternative to conventional batteries that use scarce and difficult-to-recycle raw…

Turning up the heat

Small change brings big gain in performance for solid-state battery electrolyte. Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists found that a small tweak created big performance improvements in a type of solid-state…

Zap Energy charts roadmap for measuring fusion gain

A new paper lays out scientific methods for measuring and calculating Q in a sheared-flow-stabilized Z pinch. In the race to develop fusion energy, each unique approach requires its own…

Functional 2D-enabled microchips become reality

The world’s first fully integrated and functional microchip based on exotic two-dimensional materials has been fabricated at KAUST. The breakthrough demonstrates the potential of 2D materials to expand the functionality…

Compensating for grid fluctuations with bivalent furnaces

Energy-flexible operation of pressure die-casting systems. Due to the high energy consumption of melting and holding furnaces, the price of the energy source represents a significant cost factor in the…

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