Engr370/Energy technologies

This is a collaborative list of energy technologies by students in Engr370 Energy, Technology and Society:

Please use the following format^[1]:

* Energy technology - primary source of energy

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• Geothermal heat pump - heat

• Horizontal-axis wind turbines - wind

• Vertical-axis wind turbines - wind

• Darrieus wind turbine - wind

• Giromill - wind

• Savonius wind turbine - wind

• Twisted Savonius wind turbine - wind

• Wind belt - wind

• Tidal stream generator - wave

• Tidal barrage - wave

• Ocean Current power - Solar / Gravity / Chemical

• Biomass plant - biomass

• Hydrogen fuel cell - hydrogen

• Nuclear reactor - uranium

• Internal combustion engine - petroleum, coal, bio-fuel

• Solar water heating panels - solar

• Lead-acid battery - electricity

• Electromagnetic induction - magnetic flux

• Thermionic converters - heat

• Piezoelectricity - pressure

• Steam engine - boiling water

• Solar paint - solar

• Polycrystalline Photovoltaic - Solar

• Monocrystalline photovoltaics - solar

• Concentrated Solar Power(CSP) - solar

• Organic photovoltaics (OPV) - solar

• Francis turbine - water

• Pelton wheel - water

• Horizontal waterwheel - flowing water

• Undershot waterwheel - flowing water

• Breastshot waterwheel - flowing water

• Overshot waterwheel - flowing water

• Backshot waterwheel - flowing water

• Algal biomass - solar

• Ethanol - solar & fossil fuels

• Flywheel - storage

• Pumped water - storage

• Nuclear - atomic chain reactions from mined minerals

• Nuclear reprocessing - spent nuclear fuel

• Solar thermal - solar

• Geothermal - heat from the Earth's innards

• Cold fusion - dreams

• Biodiesel - varies, including recycled foods and biomass

• Tidal - water

• Wave - water

• Pedal/animal power - humans, hamsters, etc.

• Regenerative braking - energy re-capture

• Artificial photosynthesis - solar

• Methane - biomass, compost, animal waste, underwater vents

• Concentrated Solar Power(CSP) - solar

• Organic photovoltaics (OPV) - solar

• Salinity cell - Salinity differences where rivers meet the ocean.

• Nanoscopic Hydro (Nanohydro?) - water

• Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - ocean thermal differences

• An energy conversion system based on deep-sea pressure - deep ocean pressure

• Artificial Photosynthesis - solar

• Zero Point Energy (ZPE) - vacuum of space

• Mechanical Work Extraction from the Internal Energy in a Gas - atmosphere

• MotionPower™ - kinetic energy produced by moving cars, small trucks, and heavy commercial vehicles

• SolarWindow™ - solar

• Nanoparticles - surface to be painted

• Harnessing Lightning Power - electric differentials in atmosphere

• Earth Battery - earth

• Harnessing Energy from Convective Vortices - Atmospheric Circulation

• Bessler's Wheel - gravity

• Ion Engine - ions

• Nanowire - Embedded Fabrics Generate Electricity from Motion

• Harness energy generated by the Earth's rotation, occilation, or revolution

• Noble Gas Engine - Noble Gas Plasma Expansion or Plasmic Transition Process/ Chemical Energy

• Plasma Torch/Arc Pyrolysis - Thermal Energy

• Alpha Omega Galaxy Free-fall Generator (AOGFG) - Gravity

• MYT Combustion Engine - Combustion/Chemical-Thermal Energy (Raphial Morgodo's exponentially efficient engine/pump/compressor)

• Hydroxy Gas Generator - Electrolysis of Water

• MIT Nanotube Super Capacitor--- Battery Energy

• Permanent Magnet Generator--- Renewable Energy

• Turbosteamer--- BMW Engine

• Oscillating water columns (OWC)--- water

• Tidal mills--- water

• GEK Generator--- Biomass

• Passive Solar--- Solar

• Micro Hydro--- Hydropower

• Venturi Tidal Power--- Tidal

• Oscillating Hydrofoil--- Tidal

• Vertical Axis Tidal--- Tidal

• Terminator Device---Wave

• Attenuator--- Wave

• Point Absorber---Wave

• Overtopping device--- Wave

• Tidal Reef---Tidal

• Solar Furnace-- Solar

• Poo Powered Car (Methane Gas)--- Biomass

• Sewer gas destructor lamp - septic methane

• Rocket stove - biomass

• Compost water heater - microbial heat

• Parabolic solar cooker - concentrated solar thermal

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