Fuel and air compressed in the center of a linear assembly react and push outward, towards the opposite ends of the assembly, driving magnets on either side of the chamber through conducting copper coils, generating electricity. Mainspring calls its machine a linear generator, because it converts linear motion into electricity. The Menlo Park, Calif., company, which was founded in 2010 by three Stanford grads, is producing a machine that generates 230 to 430 kilowatts using almost any kind of fuel, including ammonia, hydrogen, biogas, or natural gas. One of the most interesting energy startups that you’ve never heard of (unless you are a diligent reader of Spectrum) is Mainspring Energy. Technicians assembled a linear generator at Mainspring Energy’s Menlo Park, Calif., facility. This New Breed of Generator Can Run on Almost Any Fuel And yet more air conditioning exacerbates the very problem-climate change-that is driving the need for more air conditioning. Gradient ComfortĪ world growing warmer will inevitably need more air conditioning, to keep people not just comfortable but alive in the hottest regions. Heat Pumps-The Well-Tempered Future of A/CsĪ window-mounted air-conditioning system includes an electric heat pump for heating. Here are the 10 most popular AI articles that Spectrum published in 2023, ranked by the amount of time people spent reading them.ġ. Number two? A real corker, and the answer to the question, what generates electricity but isn’t a dynamo or a fuel cell? But atop the list are a couple of surprises. Energy storage and nuclear fusion-two reliable crowd pleasers when the crowd you’re talking about is readers of IEEE Spectrum-are well represented among our most widely read energy stories of 2023.
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