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Groundfridge uses insulation, not electricity, to stay cool

Inhabitat - Innovation

The Groundfridge refrigerated cellar by Dutch designer Studio Floris Schoonderbeek cools using natural insulation and a battery-powered ventilation system.

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Lucid’s cell specialist, battery immersion cooling and more (Today’s webinar schedule)

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Thursday, April 20th, 2023 Session Topics : 60-minute Feature Presentations: 10:30 AM EDT Accelerating Electric Drive Engineering With An Integrated Multiphysics Design Workflow 11:45 AM EDT Enabling Superior Mobility Experiences With TE’s Data Connectivity Portfolio 1:00 PM EDT Battery Cell Qualification for EVs 30-Minute Presentations: 8:00 AM EDT (..)

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Ensuring safe and reliable lithium-ion battery performance

Charged

The demand for electric vehicles continues to increase, with EV sales growing faster than any other major category of automobile. Also, poor thermal management reduces the electronic components’ efficiency because excessive heat increases electrical resistance and lowers the power and energy of the EV. What is Battery Safety?

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Vanner begins serial production of liquid-cooled converter for EVs with SiC solid-state switching

Charged

Power conversion specialist Vanner has started serial production of a liquid-cooled converter with silicon carbide (SiC) solid-state switching for hybrid, battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles. kW, 300 A, 600 VDC to 24 VDC air-cooled converter. It is liquid-cooled to minimize the footprint, and is IP67-rated.

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Wabtec and Roy Hill to introduce battery-electric heavy-haul freight locomotive

Charged

US locomotive and railcar manufacturer Wabtec and Roy Hill, an Australian iron ore mining company, recently debuted the FLXdrive battery locomotive at Wabtec’s Pennsylvania design and development center. After final battery installation and track testing, it will be delivered to Roy Hill facilities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

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Liquid air: A cool option for energy storage?

Envirotec Magazine

Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) uses electricity to cool air until it liquefies, so it can be stored until an opportune moment arrives when it can be brought back to a gaseous state and used for power generation. Like other energy storage solutions, the idea of liquid air energy storage is to balance out electricity supply and demand.

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Geothermal cooling demonstrated at transport hub in Madrid, Spain

ThinkGeoEnergy

A combination of geothermal energy and solar power have provided sustainable cooling and air-conditioning to the Moncloa Transport Hub in Madrid, Spain. This has been the outcome of the “Hybridization of geothermal energy with flow batteries for the air conditioning of zero-energy tertiary buildings (GEOBATT)” project.

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