Power and Electrical Engineering

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Low Cost Hydro-Power System for the Rural Community

Martin AnyiFaculty of EngineeringSupplying electricity to the remote and scattered rural communities in Malaysia is almost impossible due to their remoteness…

ORNL study shows hybrid effect on power distribution

A recent Oak Ridge National Laboratory study, featured in the current issue of the ORNL Review examined how an expected increase in ownership of hybrid…

INL-led team achieves nuclear fuel performance milestone

David Petti, Sc.D., and technical director for the INL research, says the team used reverse engineering methods to help turn the fuel test failures from the…

On measuring the wind

Experience has shown that the accurate power generation estimation based on wind speed is a challenging task. For large new turbine models, conventional met…

Unique locks on microchips could reduce hardware piracy

Computer engineers at the University of Michigan and Rice University have devised a comprehensive way to head off this costly infringement: Each chip would…

Colourful idea sparks renewable electricity from paint

Dr Dave Worsley, a Reader in the Materials Research Centre at the University’s School of Engineering, is investigating ways of painting solar cells onto the…

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