HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Smart Lightning Sensors for Aircraft
New structural health monitoring sensors can cover a selective area of the aircraft surface, providing both mitigation and damage sensing.
Polymer Enhances Metal-Air Battery Catalyst Performance
The catalytic performance of a perovskite oxide-polypyrrole complex was deemed comparable to that of pricier platinum.
Waste Gas Powers Biorefinery
The Power Oxidizers with the Dresser-Rand KG2 turbine are rated to provide a combination of up to 3.5 MW of electricity and over 26,000 pounds of steam/hr from two PowerStation units.
Solar-Storage Peaker Plant for Kaua'i
The largest solar-plus-utility-scale-battery system in the state of Hawai?i is planned to generate 11% of Kaua?i's electricity.
Open Source Marine Energy Design Tool
The software package identifies optimal layouts, specific components, and logistics procedures for selected wave or tidal energy converters/locations.
Harvard Unveils Metallic Hydrogen Research
Researchers at Harvard University announced they have fulfilled a scientific dream—converting hydrogen into a solid metal. If true, this achievement could be a new source of electric power, among other applications.
Proving the Reliability of a Greener Power Grid
The potential for renewable energy plants to provide the frequency regulation response services of conventional generation facilities was tested.
Modeling Tools Help Optimize Bus Routes
The debut of wireless charging buses in Stockholm, Sweden included introduction of a model to propose optimal locations for installing chargers on the bus network.
L-com Debuts Premium M12 Cable Assemblies for Harsh Environments
The cable assemblies are available with connector options that include D-coded, 4-position male M12, 4-position female M12 and standard RJ45 combinations.
Process to Improve Data Storage Efficiency
Researchers developed a process that may reduce the energy required for big data and cloud memory storage.
Flexible Supercapacitor May Enable Phone Charging in Seconds
Researchers have developed a process for making flexible supercapacitors that can be recharged more than 30,000 times without degrading.
Fluorescent Dye Can Stockpile Energy
A fluorescent liquid dye, BODIPY, has stored and transferred energy in a rechargeable liquid battery.
Engineer's Guide to Boiler Tube Inspections
Coupled with diligent in-service observations, appropriate and opportune inspections are essential to identify boiler component damages, mitigate failures and maximize availability.
Engineer's Guide to Corrosion: Part 3
This final part of our series on corrosion examines corrosion issues, and includes a discussion of methods of control.
IEEE Releases 2017 National Electrical Safety Code
The updates address new industry insulator ratings, arc-rated clothing and equipment, Aeolian vibration, and more.
Magnetic Material Could Boost Data Storage Capacity
To continue to meet data storage needs, smaller and faster devices are needed that require either new storage technology or new magnetic materials.
Enabling Smart Grids with the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is the network of physical devices that enables a power grid to achieve the ideals of a smart grid.
Wireless Power Transfer: A Key Technology for EV Adoption
Wireless power transfer through magnetic induction is seen as a promising approach to ease range anxiety issues.
Heat Recovery Steam Generators: Vulnerable to Failure
Pressure part failures of tubes, headers and connecting piping represent some of the greatest reliability threats.
Preventing a Cybersecurity Nightmare
Unmanaged user accounts in industrial environments present significant cybersecurity risks.