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Walk Like An Egyptian video, art by Cortez Visit his gallery at www.NativeAmericanArt.Bravehost.com
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This was going to be my entry for the X-Prize the crazy green but my upload did not finish in time.
We envision a new concept in energy storage - the ultra capacitor. We invite the next generation of inventors and engineers to construct an electrical energy storage device far more advanced, far more environmental, and far more affordable than we have seen yet in our lifetime. Part of the "WHAT'S YOUR CRAZY GREEN IDEA?" X PRIZE video contest, found here: http://www.youtube.com/group/crazygreenidea
Dr. Rod Ruoff discusses empowering ultracapacitors with chemically modified graphene materials
Native American Art and Music by Cortez
Contemporary Art by Cortez
Luciano Pavarotti Nessun Dorma Art by Cortez http://www.yessy.com/cortez/gallery.html Italian Text Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma! Tu pure, o, Principessa, nella tua fredda stanza, guardi le stelle che tremano d'amore e di speranza. Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me, il nome mio nessun saprà! No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò quando la luce splenderà! Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio che ti fa mia! (Il nome suo nessun saprà!... e noi dovrem, ahime, morir!) Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle! Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincerò! vincerò, vincerò! English Translation of "Nessun Dorma" Nobody shall sleep!... Nobody shall sleep! Even you, o Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with love and with hope. But my secret is hidden within me, my name no one shall know... No!...No!... On your mouth I will tell it when the light shines. And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!... (No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.) Vanish, o night! Set, stars! Set, stars! At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will win!
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...more energy capacity. Among future products Enable IPC is considering are carbon nanotube/quantum dot-based Li-air batteries and ultracapacitor/battery combination units. TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/22062/33999187 Listed...
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Green Car Congress
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/09/enable-ipc-acqu.html
Utilizing the latest bleeding-edge technology; neotoy presents the draft design for an AA form factor "battery" that combines multispectral Nanoantenna material and Super Capacitors to self-charge at all times. Don't get excited, this is just a virtual prototype, and will most likely never go into production. However it's important to note that the technology is available to construct such a battery right now. In fact, if you visit the official nano.gov site, you can even find a reference to the very concept employed in this demo. Still not convinced? Check out the links below: Nanoantennas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoantenna Solar Plastics http://www.nano.gov/html/facts/nanoapplicationsandproducts.html Super Capacitors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_capacitor Honda's Ultra-capacitor http://world.honda.com/FuelCell/FCX/ultracapacitor/ All that being said.. Keep in mind the first law of thermodynamics: "Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only change forms." Always ask yourself before moving forward; will the effect of this phase change on the environment and humanity be positive or negative? In the modern world, the millions of batteries produced every year pose a constant risk to ecological and human health. Nanotechnology is still an extremely nascent field of science. More research needs to be done- a lot more. Products like this simply should not be mass produced until a comprehensive risk assessment is complete.
With a new set of custom motor controllers, we were able to test some of the more interesting features of the Cap Kart. More info: http://web.mit.edu/first/kart In addition to its batteries, the kart has a 110F ultracapacitor, which ultimately will be charged by a simple regenerative braking circuit. Then, the driver can use this extra energy in the form of a boost by pressing a button on the steering wheel.
Magnetic Amplifier-Generator (Mag-Amp-Gen): Global Warming Cure Key to true Fuel-Less, non-plug-in, Solar supplemented Transport: Breakthrough! Shown is double barrel 3-phase coil pick-ups. a) In the first instance with 2 50w light-bulb loads (15v & 13v measured result on meters). b) Free-wheeling voltage: 64v tops & 50v tops. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The circuits difference is because one is 220 turns\per\coil; the higher one 300 turns\per\coil. The 12v battery you see is supplemented by a 500MAH plug-in - to simulate an 8" X 2' solar panels output. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thus, this experiment shows about double the Volt\Amp output, compared to input. Many improvements are possible: bigger mags.; more coils; less shaft resistance; and others. This arrangement can be MODULARIZED: four 3-phase barrels; 6; 8; and more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I strongly suspect that the Nisson Vehicle, "You-Tubed" as the "Magnetron" uses this in-motion generating system. Our concept shown here is more advanced than their's however - since ordinary flexible solar modules keep the "sinking battery unit" (passive stabilizing load) TOPPED UP continually while on the road! Thus, with compact Ultracapacitor ingress storage, one never needs ANY OUTSIDE charge or fuel of any kind! Perhaps in a small country like Japan, this is not too important - but with world-wide power outages and climate disasters now rampant, the way shown and described here is surely the way to go. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 12v - Xv (38v-70v) onboard generator amplifiers are very cheap also: magnets are about 1$, wire about the same, little DC 12v motors can be as low as 3$ - 20$ at the most. This means that these units can be built for under $100, and when used to sustain mag-drives in the wheels (at about the same price), the resulting vehicle - almost never wearing out, or needing fuel, can be marketed for under $5000, compared to a typical Fuel-Car price of $25,000 or more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Google-search "BioMod" (environment community) for various vehicle configurations, speeds, and loads. SolarVehicles.org also has examples and more vids.
This is the first test drive of the Cap Kart, a unique electric go-kart with capacitive regeneration and boost mode. To see more about this project, visit: http://web.mit.edu/first/kart We lost our field controller, which is the equivalent to loosing a transmission, but were still able to drive in "low gear." It was a good test of the custom DC motor controller and data acquisition system. Once the field controller is repaired, testing with the ultracapacitor can begin.
Native American Praise for the Goddess, "Walela" ..Apache Honoring Song Art by Cortez http://www.yessy.com/cortez/gallery.html
Native American Plains Indians Sundance and Grass Dance Songs With Art by Cortez of New Mexico View Cortez's Gallery at: http://www.yessy.com/cortez/gallery.html
Native American Art, Music and Stomp Dance by Cortez. View Cortez's gallery at, http://www.yessy.com/cortez/gallery.html
The PPPM makes quick work of a mountain of smoothie ingredients (more than a liter when blended). The 500 Watt blender, powered by the 1,000 Watt inverter, drains the 58 Farad Ultracapacitor down to 11 Volts in about 5 seconds, even with help from the PPPM. The rider averages an easy 75 Watts throughout the movie. Total pedaling time needed to generate the smoothie energy - about 45 delicious seconds. A fit rider, pedaling hard, could power a smoothie cart turning out a half-liter smoothie every 30 seconds or so. Mmmmmmmmmmm. Other tasty Pedal Generator videos at http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen.html
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...percent. EEStor said this puts it on the path toward meeting its goals for energy storage. The company expects its ceramic ultracapacitor, which it said uses no hazardous materials, to have a charging time of 3 to 6 minutes, with a discharge rate of only 0.02...
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Cleantech.com
http://media.cleantech.com/3174/eestors-weir-speaks-about-ultracapacitor-milestone
Introduction to the "Split-Pi" UDIO Series Power Controller from Green Energy Technologies. This video includes examples of regenerative motor control and Ultracapacitor energy storage with the UDIO6025L
Native American Spiritual Art by Cortez View his gallery at: http://www.yessy.com/cortez/gallery.html Artist's Statement Just as the planets turn in rhythm, art is the expression of life. Art is powerful and fills our lives with beauty and expression. Art is my calling! I focus on the power of color and form relationships in my work. I like my images to feel spiritual, bold and alive, and I do this through the expression of feeling colors that create exciting and vibrant statements. I love to create deep emotion, feeling and atmosphere in all my paintings. Thank you for your interest in my work! Biography Cortez (R Kirk) was born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1951. His work is mostly representative of abstract, impressionistic form in terms of color, rendering and composition. His work is noted for his natural, spiritual portrayal of Native American and Southwestern genres. View his YouTube video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKO1gxM7aIM
When the ultracapacitor is full of ions, the potential is reversed and the ions are flushed out as a waste. This process uses no additional salts and therefore is more environmentally friendly than resin type exchange systems.
Because of enormous production of heat in previous setup (breaking contacts simple can't withstand it) scaled down schematic to 6V battery, made mechanical switch running independently from 1.5V battery (on this scale it's easy to adjust and maintain), and connected to 7.2V electric motor instead of bulb. Main source of back emf - heavy coil of one side of transformer. Good news is - the system runs about 3 hrs without voltage drop (compare to instant voltage decline if running without coil). Actually what's going on here - back emf spikes of hi-voltage fired back to battery and slowing down process of chemical sulfitation what keeps the battery charged. Wondering if it will work with bank of good ultracapacitors instead (or in parallel) with battery.
Seventeen Student Teams from the Nation's Top Schools Design "Green" Hybrid-Powered Vehicles; University of Wisconsin and Ohio State University Finish Second and Third Seventeen engineering teams from the nation's top universities were challenged by the Department of Energy in a groundbreaking four-year competition called Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility. Mississippi State University took top honors, followed by Wisconsin University in second and Ohio State University in third. The University of Waterloo came in fourth, in fifth place was the University of Tulsa and Pennsylvania State University ranked sixth. The teams had to re-engineer a Chevy Equinox crossover using a range of hybrid, plug-in or fuel cell propulsion systems to increase energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact. The Mississippi State team designed a through-the-road parallel hybrid electric vehicle powered by a 1.9L GM direct injection turbo diesel engine fueled by bio diesel (B20). It achieved a 38 percent increase in fuel economy over the production vehicle on a modified urban test cycle. Additional highlights of the Challenge X vehicles include: - Plug-in Hybrid - The University of California at Davis is the only team to use plug-in hybrid technology for the energy source for its Challenge X vehicle. - Biodiesel Fuel Source - Twelve teams used biodiesel fuel (B20). - Hydrogen Fuel Cell - The University of Waterloo has a dedicated hydrogen fuel cell for its primary propulsion source, and as a result, its vehicle emits zero emissions from the tailpipe. - Hydrogen Fuel Source - Pennsylvania State University, Texas Tech University and the University of Tulsa used hydrogen as a supplementary or secondary propulsion source. Penn State injected hydrogen into its vehicle's diesel engine as an emissions abatement strategy. - Belt Alternator/Starter Technology - Five teams, including Ohio State University and Virginia Tech, used belt alternator/starter technology for an electric performance assist in their vehicles. - Ultracapacitors - West Virginia University and the University of Akron used ultracapacitors to source high levels of power for short periods of time and recapture energy from braking. Produced for General Motors
MAGICA HU 245 at the 1st Ecorally Vatican-San Marino, November 2006
Bizzarrini Kjara hybrid sport prototype on the Lombardore race track, june 2000.
The hybrid sport car MAGICA HU 245 in Rome, Italy.
Summer 2006, MAGICA HU 245 hybrid sport prototype on the FIAT Balocco test track during Formula SAE.
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...up in electric vehicles instead of, or in combination with, lithium-ion batteries. On Maxwell Technologies, another make of Ultracapacitors: This small public California-based company again got an “A” for its work with ultracapacitors, which are battery-like...
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Treehugger
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/12-battery-ultracapacitor-companies-rated.php
Hybrid microcar under development in ENEA, Rome, Italy, in collaboration with University of Roma I and III.
The Hu 245 prototype at Balocco race track during the Formula Hybrid Italy 2006. Acceleration test.
A tour of the parts and configuration of the Power Board. The circuit may be seen here: http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen/pppm_config.html Select the parts shown on the Power Board and the Circuit Builder will show the circuit needed to connect them.
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...they would lose a part of the charge through leaking currents. Eestor claims that it does not have such problems with its new ultracapacitor and would only leak about one percent of the total power, during a month. Although the original investment of the...
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Softpedia
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Still-No-Word-About-Estor-039-s-Ultracapacitor-76156.shtml
http://www.afstrinity.com This 3D animation with voiceover demonstrates how the XH-150 works when operated in all-electric mode. By storing energy in Ultracapacitors and using them to deliver the fast energy required for acceleration, the XH-150 is able to accelerate quickly, without stressing the Lithium Ion Batteries or causing resistive heating to occur. 150 miles per gallon SUV. Find out more at http://www.afstrinity.com Visit or newly launched FAQs if you have questions!
The Pedal Powered Prime Mover teams up with the 58 Farad Maxwell Ultracapacitor to re-power a Makita 6211 D 12 Volt drill. Punching 1/4 inch holes in a 2x4 is no problem for this combination. See more at http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen.html
The Pedal Powered Prime Mover teams up with the 58 Farad Maxwell Ultracapacitor to re-power a Makita 6211 D 12 Volt drill. Punching 1/4 inch holes in a 2x4 is no problem for this combination. See more at http://www.los-gatos.ca.us/davidbu/pedgen.html
October 31, 2007 - Investment potential of ZENN Motor Company was discussed today on Business News Network's program 'Small Caps'
Google Tech Talks November 13, 2006 ABSTRACT A new ultracapacitor technology from APCT (US-Ukrainian start-up) provides an efficient, low cost means of managing power delivery for applications ranging from hand held devices to hybrid vehicles and power generating systems of all types. When integrated into battery powered devices, the APCT technology can extend battery life by as much as 400%, lowering the cost of batteries and reducing hazardous waste streams. Fast charge/discharge cycling with 95% efficiency improves performance and lowers cost for fuel cell vehicles and hybrid electric automobiles. High energy density and hundreds of thousands of cycles provides critical load leveling...
Philip Verges, CEO of NewMarket Technology (OTCBB: NMKT) is on the Board of Enable IPC [EIPC] This is a video from the show and highlights the company's ultracapacitator and micro battery.
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...over their target specification, which was derived from the published data of similar commercially available devices. The ultracapacitor technology, which originated at the University of Wisconsin (UW), is being researched under a multi-phased, milestone-based...
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RedOrbit
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1013189/enable_ipc_ultracapacitor_tests_exceed_performance_target/index.html?source=r_health
Google Tech Talks November 13, 2006 ABSTRACT A new ultracapacitor technology from APCT (US-Ukrainian start-up) provides an efficient, low cost means of managing power delivery for applications ranging from hand held devices to hybrid vehicles and power generating systems of all types. When integrated into battery powered devices, the APCT technology can extend battery life by as much as 400%, lowering the cost of batteries and reducing hazardous waste streams. Fast charge/discharge cycling with 95% efficiency improves performance and lowers cost for fuel cell vehicles and hybrid electric automobiles. High energy density and hundreds of thousands of cycles provides critical load leveling...
2007 SAE Formula Hybrid promotional video for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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...Balanson, Maxwell’s President and CEO, said that while Maxwell also is targeting the Chinese market with its own BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor products, the alliance with SUEP is expected to accelerate large cell ultracapacitor products’ penetration of that large...
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Green Car Congress
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/04/maxwell_license.html
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