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"Energy independence has to be our nation's first and highest priority. We must be determined to achieve this within the next 25 years i.e. by the year 2030." – Abdul Kalam, 2005

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Power from Cow dung - DIY - AF

            We just tried to run a SI engine using 100% Bio-gas which was obtained from the Anaerobic digestion of cow dung.              Cow dung gas is 55-65% methane, 30-35% carbon dioxide, with some hydrogen, nitrogen and other traces. Its heating value is...
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Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Fuelcell on Airbus - New Technology

Hydrogen fuel cells are nowhere near powerful enough to replace a commercial aircraft's engines, but that doesn't mean they can't help make air travel cleaner and more efficient. Airbus plans flight tests of a fuel-cell system that could reduce fuel consumption by as much as 15 percent simply by powering an aircraft's nonpropulsion...
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Thursday, 2 August 2012

High-Performance Air-Breathing Batteries - New Technology

Sri Narayan (above), professor of chemistry at USC                    As California moves toward more renewable energy, solar- and wind-power plants will need an effective way of storing large amounts of energy for use during clouding and calm days.          ...
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Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Make Ethanol at home - New Technology

             People were making ethanol at home long before there were cars. They called it moonshine. With gas prices going through the roof  and everyone worried about global warming , a California company is betting people will jump at the chance to use the same technology to turn sugar into...
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Saturday, 23 June 2012

A liter of light - DIY

We have lightbulbs made from glowing metal filaments, fluorescent gas, and LED diodes. And now we have one made of water. There is also a virtually unlimited supply since the "bulb" is composed of nothing more than one-liter plastic bottle, water, and bleach. The simple technology can be installed in less than an hour, lasts for five...
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Monday, 18 June 2012

Car run on human waste -AF -New technology

"The Bio-Bug" The Bio-Bug has been converted by a team of British engineers to be powered by biogas, which is produced from human waste at sewage works across the country. They believe the car is a viable alternative to electric vehicles. Excrement flushed down the lavatories of just 70 homes is enough to power the car...
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Wind and solar powered Electric Car -New technology

The conventional electric car finds the difficulty of charging it after few kilometers but the wind and solar powered car helps to eliminate this drawback as this car has the facility to be charged on board due to wind and solar energy. Taking into account air resistance, the design of the car is such that maximum aspects...
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