Posted on 07/15/2011 10:34:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
I hope that it works, but will be skeptical until they market a real product.
If it shows real promise, the enviro-whackos will dream up some reason to ban it.
Unless your graphene storage device has run dry.
this story isn’t cutting edge the industry is way past this...
http://automotiveiq.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/brake-energy-recuperation-strategy-systems/
this is in active production on class 7-8 delivery trucks.
I think it’s Coke that hes a fleet of these.
How many times per mile do you hit your brakes coming across the flats vs how many inches do all your shock absorbers react to the bumps in the highway?
>>how many inches<
That would be a total of up and down measurements.
One of my vendors on the railcar R&D project had a brake shoe force measurement device that operates by scavenging vibration with a piezo-electric device to power the force sensor, a small PIC microcontroller and an ANT transceiver. My railcars use a Timken bearing generator that charges a 12 volt deep cycle battery to run a PC104 stack with a GPS, cellphone (1x-RTT) for internet access, 802.11b with OLSR mesh network and a CAN interface to control a network of data acquisition PIC devices. Energy scavenging is a viable way to operate these devices on freight rail cars.
So what happens if you have a gigantic graphene battery fully charged and you suddenly extract all the water?
I was aware that these type units were in R&D. Would it be possible to operate a refrigeration unit solely by scavenging vibration?
graphene. Thanks Red Badger.
And then there’s Giraphene which is my favorite animal.
Let’s convert our entire carbon-based political leadership into pure carbon!
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