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The SPO solution will enable the company to quickly and easily assess the impact of any change in either the plant design or its requirements HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SKODA JS, an engineering provider for the nuclear sector in the Czech Republic and abroad, has purchased Intergraph® SmartPlant Enterprise for Owner Operators (SPO) to better execute significant engineering projects. The specific solutions include SPO Core and the Requirement Management and...
HOUSTON, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2013, CenterPointEnergy will add 35 natural gas vehicles to its fleet across Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. Additionally, the company expects to provide natural gas service to at least 17 new compressed natural gas fueling stations built in the company's service territory. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020930/CNPLOGO) "Vehicles powered by affordable, clean, safe and domestic natural gas can...
Manufacturing plants' production of hydrogen meets growing global demands HAMILTON, N.J., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- According to a recent study by TechNavio, global demand for hydrogen is forecast to grow at a healthy 6.84% CAGR through 2016. The growth is driven in part by the growing global need for cleaner fuels. Plentiful, low-cost natural gas supplies which are one of the primary feedstocks used to produce hydrogen, are also contributing to the market's growth in some...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Engineers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have announced the successful testing of an all-solid lithium-sulfur battery with about four times the energy density of today’s lithium-ion batteries. Energy density is defined as the amount of energy stored in a system per unit of volume. "Our approach is a complete change from the current battery concept of two electrodes joined by a liquid electrolyte, which has been used...
DUBLIN, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3p3vw2/batteries_and) has announced the addition of the "Batteries and Supercapacitors for the Smart Grid - 2013" [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3p3vw2/batteries_and ] report to their offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) Energy storage is a vital component of the Smart Grids that are currently being built around...
New battery fuel gauge and charger chipsets with MaxLife(TM) technology allow consumers to charge faster without degrading the battery DALLAS, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced two power management chipsets with TI's patented new MaxLife(TM) fast-charge technology, which allows consumers to charge single-cell Li-Ion batteries faster and experience longer battery life. The bq27530 and bq27531 fuel gauge circuits,...
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The GridWise® Alliance, the leading coalition advocating for the modernization of the nation's electric system, today released a report outlining a series of recommendations to help alleviate the effects of large scale events on the nation's electric system. The recommendations are the direct result of a workshop convened following Superstorm Sandy during which representatives from 20 electric utilities from across the U.S., along...
HOUSTON, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYMX) ("SES"), a global energy and gasification technology company, has developed a novel technology approach for integrating its gasification technology with renewable waste resources and natural gas technology to cleanly and cost effectively produce high-value "green chemicals" on a large scale. The new approach grows out of the findings of an engineering study, announced on January 15, which was...
GUELPH, Ontario, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its solar modules CS6P-P series (60 cells, polycrystalline ) and its monocrystalline MWT cell modules, ELPS CS6P-MM series (60 MWT cells, monocrystalline) have all passed Fraunhofer ISE's PID test in accordance with the draft IEC62804 (System Voltage Durability Qualification Test for Crystalline...
Leading EV Charging Service Provider Expands Awareness on the Company and Electric Vehicle Industry Via Social Media MIAMI BEACH, Fla., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCQB: CCGI) ("CarCharging"), a nationwide provider of convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging services, announces that in an effort to communicate effectively with shareholders and EV drivers, and maintain all compliance with SEC Regulation FD, the company will utilize the online websites and...
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The prominent feature that allows for the existence of life on Earth is the Sun. Radiation from our closest star provides heat and energy to our planet, driving biological processes and providing the necessary conditions for liquid water to naturally exist. But our Sun is only but one star in this vast Universe. And as it turns out, most stars are quite different than the one that illuminates our day. For this reason, scientists have, for hundreds of years, attempted to study the other...
The Antarctic Sea Urchin (Sterechinus neumayeri), is a species of sea urchin in the family Echinidae. It is found in the Antarctic Ocean living on the seafloor. It is common around the circumpolar waters, including the Balleny Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Terra Nova Bay, and Victoria Land. It is found at depths of about 820 feet. The colors of this species range from bright red to dull purple and can grow to 2 inches in diameter. The test (shell) is globular with...
The bolometer, invented in 1878 by Samuel Pierpont Langley, measures the energy of incident electromagnetic radiation. It consists of an absorptive element connected to a heat sink through a thermal link. The absortive element raises its temperature above that of the heat sink when radiation impinges on it. The higher the energy the higher the temperature rises. Old bolometers used metals while newer ones used semiconductors and superconductors as the absorptive elements. Bolometers can...
A gas stove is a cooking device which uses natural gas, propane, butane, Liquefied petroleum gas or other flammable gas as a fuel source. Since the gas pipe network was slow to develop, the success of the gas stove on a commercial level took some time to happen. Gas stoves were invented as early as the 1820's as isolated experiments but it was not until the 1880's that manufactured stoves were sold commercially. The first stoves were large and bulky, but over time they were reduced to fit...
A Vortex (plural: vortices) is a spinning, often turbulent, mass of flowing fluid. Any spiral movement with a closed streamline is considered vortex flow. The speed and rate of rotation of a vortex is always greatest at the center, with progressively decreasing speed away from the center. The fluid pressure is lowest in the center of the vortex, and rises further from the center (Bernoulli's Principle). The core of a vortex is sometimes visible due to a plume of water vapor caused by...
