electrical energy – Shamskm: A site to exchange knowledge and solutions

New Study Outlines ‘Water World’ Theory of Life’s Origins

By Guest PostApril 17, 2014Scienceabby arvanitidis, black smokers, cellular structure, earth, electrical energy, food growing system, forschungsprojek, Galaxy, hydroponics, hypothesis, kenji yamaguchi, kirgisistan, laurie barge, life, lost city, Mexico, mitochondria, molybdenum, moos, naryn syr darya, nelly horst, nir ohad, origin, ralf reski, sea floor, seema chandrasekharan, team bell1, technical interview, technical job

Life took root more than four billion years ago on our nascent Earth, a wetter and harsher place than now, bathed in sizzling ultraviolet rays. What started out as simple cells ultimately transformed into slime molds, frogs, elephants, humans and the rest of our planet’s living kingdoms. How did it all begin?

A new study from researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and the Icy Worlds team at NASA’s Astrobiology Institute, based at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., describes how electrical energy naturally produced at the sea floor might have given rise to life. While the scientists had already proposed this hypothesis — called “submarine alkaline hydrothermal emergence of life” — the new report assembles decades of field, laboratory and theoretical research into a grand, unified picture. (more…)

UCLA Engineering Researchers Use Electricity to Generate Alternative Fuel

By Guest PostApril 3, 2012Sciencecar, carbon dioxide, carbon source, chemical batteries, chemical energy, CO2, co2 fixation, dark reaction, electric vehicle, electrical energy, electricity, electro bioreactor, hydraulic pumping, hydrogen, isobutanol, james liao, liquid fuel, lithoautotrophic microorganism, photosynthesis, ralstonia eutropha h16, solar panels

Imagine being able to use electricity to power your car — even if it’s not an electric vehicle. Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time demonstrated a method for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel isobutanol using electricity.

Today, electrical energy generated by various methods is still difficult to store efficiently. Chemical batteries, hydraulic pumping and water splitting suffer from low energy-density storage or incompatibility with current transportation infrastructure. (more…)

JPL-Developed Clean Energy Technology Moves Forward

By Guest PostMay 30, 2011Environmentandrew kindler, caltech, darpa, defense advanced research projects agency, department of defense, direct methanol fuel cell technology, electric vehicles, electrical energy, erik brandon, fuel cell, george olah, gerald halpert, harvey frank, hydrogen gas, jet propulsion laboratory, los angeles, methanol fuel cell products, NASA, nobel laureate, pasadena, rao surampudi, stand alone power systems, surya prakash, university of southern california, us market, water and carbon dioxide

A team of scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., in partnership with the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, developed a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell technology for future Department of Defense and commercial applications. Recently, USC and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, which manages JPL for NASA, awarded a license to SFC Energy, Inc., the U.S. affiliate of SFC Energy AG. The non-exclusive license for the technology will facilitate the expansion of the company’s methanol fuel cell products into the U.S. market. (more…)

Tag Archives: electrical energy

New Study Outlines ‘Water World’ Theory of Life’s Origins

UCLA Engineering Researchers Use Electricity to Generate Alternative Fuel

JPL-Developed Clean Energy Technology Moves Forward