Aman Tripathi

6 days ago | interestingengineering.com | Aman Tripathi

Engineers with the 3D model of the top of the toroidal field coil. Michael Livingston / PPPLEngineers at the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) are employing a novel, cost-effective strategy to prepare for the assembly of a critical component in their cutting-edge fusion energy device.

1 week ago | interestingengineering.com | Aman Tripathi

Norwegian researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking new membrane technology for hydrogen fuel cells. “A new membrane technology – so light and thin that it makes an A4 sheet of paper feel like thick cardboard – has been created in the hydrogen laboratory,” said the researchers in a press release. This innovation, emerging from the hydrogen laboratory at SINTEF, promises to drastically reduce the cost and environmental impact of fuel cells and accelerate their competitiveness with electric motors.

1 week ago | interestingengineering.com | Aman Tripathi

FSG system provides a sustainable, eco-friendly, and economical way to heat water by using fine sand to store thermal energy. (Representational image)brazzo/iStockResearchers from India’s National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra and the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) Gurugram have created a prototype solar geyser system that uses ordinary sand to store heat, driving down energy costs to an impressive $0.0233 per kilowatt-hour.

1 week ago | interestingengineering.com | Aman Tripathi

Elevated electrolyte temperatures notably boosted the bismuth-vanadate electrode's activity. (Representational image)jeremyiswild/iStockResearchers have successfully demonstrated that optimizing the temperature of the electrolyte surrounding photoelectrodes can boost hydrogen production by a remarkable 40%. “This work provides insights on the effect of operating temperature on solar water splitting,” said the research team from the Department of Energy in a press release.

1 week ago | interestingengineering.com | Aman Tripathi

Researchers have reported new progress in developing a liquid uranium-fueled rocket engine, a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket (CNTR). “The Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket (CNTR) is a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) concept designed to heat propellant directly by the reactor fuel,” explained the researchers in a new study.