This is a collaborative list of energy technologies by students in Engr370 Energy, Technology and Society:
Please use the following format:[1]
* Energy technology - primary source of energy
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- Geothermal heat pump - heat
- Horizontal-axis wind turbines - wind
- Vertical-axis wind turbines - wind
- Darrieus wind turbine - wind
- Giromill - wind
- Savonius wind turbine - wind
- Twisted Savonius wind turbine - wind
- Wind belt - wind
- Tidal stream generator - wave
- Tidal barrage - wave
- Ocean Current power - Solar / Gravity / Chemical
- Biomass plant - biomass
- Hydrogen fuel cell - hydrogen
- Nuclear reactor - uranium
- Internal combustion engine - petroleum, coal, bio-fuel
- Solar water heating panels - solar
- Lead-acid battery - electricity
- Electromagnetic induction - magnetic flux
- Thermionic converters - heat
- Piezoelectricity - pressure
- Steam engine - boiling water
- Solar paint - solar
- Polycrystalline Photovoltaic - Solar
- Monocrystalline photovoltaics - solar
- Concentrated Solar Power(CSP) - solar
- Organic photovoltaics (OPV) - solar
- Francis turbine - water
- Pelton wheel - water
- Horizontal waterwheel - flowing water
- Undershot waterwheel - flowing water
- Breastshot waterwheel - flowing water
- Overshot waterwheel - flowing water
- Backshot waterwheel - flowing water
- Algal biomass - solar
- Ethanol - solar & fossil fuels
- Flywheel - storage
- Pumped water - storage
- Nuclear - atomic chain reactions from mined minerals
- Nuclear reprocessing - spent nuclear fuel
- Solar thermal - solar
- Geothermal - heat from the Earth's innards
- Cold fusion - dreams
- Biodiesel - varies, including recycled foods and biomass
- Tidal - water
- Wave - water
- Pedal/animal power - humans, hamsters, etc.
- Regenerative braking - energy re-capture
- Artificial photosynthesis - solar
- Methane - biomass, compost, animal waste, underwater vents
- Concentrated Solar Power(CSP) - solar
- Organic photovoltaics (OPV) - solar
- Salinity cell - Salinity differences where rivers meet the ocean.
- Nanoscopic Hydro (Nanohydro?) - water
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - ocean thermal differences
- An energy conversion system based on deep-sea pressure - deep ocean pressure
- Artificial Photosynthesis - solar
- Zero Point Energy (ZPE) - vacuum of space
- Mechanical Work Extraction from the Internal Energy in a Gas - atmosphere
- MotionPower™ - kinetic energy produced by moving cars, small trucks, and heavy commercial vehicles
- SolarWindow™ - solar
- Nanoparticles - surface to be painted
- Harnessing Lightning Power - electric differentials in atmosphere
- Earth Battery - earth
- Harnessing Energy from Convective Vortices - Atmospheric Circulation
- Bessler's Wheel - gravity
- Ion Engine - ions
- Nanowire - Embedded Fabrics Generate Electricity from Motion
- Harness energy generated by the Earth's rotation, occilation, or revolution
- Noble Gas Engine - Noble Gas Plasma Expansion or Plasmic Transition Process/ Chemical Energy
- Plasma Torch/Arc Pyrolysis - Thermal Energy
- Alpha Omega Galaxy Free-fall Generator (AOGFG) - Gravity
- MYT Combustion Engine - Combustion/Chemical-Thermal Energy (Raphial Morgodo's exponentially efficient engine/pump/compressor)
- Hydroxy Gas Generator - Electrolysis of Water
- MIT Nanotube Super Capacitor--- Battery Energy
- Permanent Magnet Generator--- Renewable Energy
- Turbosteamer--- BMW Engine
- Oscillating water columns (OWC)--- water
- Tidal mills--- water
- GEK Generator--- Biomass
- Passive Solar--- Solar
- Micro Hydro--- Hydropower
- Venturi Tidal Power--- Tidal
- Oscillating Hydrofoil--- Tidal
- Vertical Axis Tidal--- Tidal
- Terminator Device---Wave
- Attenuator--- Wave
- Point Absorber---Wave
- Overtopping device--- Wave
- Tidal Reef---Tidal
- Solar Furnace-- Solar
- Poo Powered Car (Methane Gas)--- Biomass
- Sewer gas destructor lamp - septic methane
- Rocket stove - biomass
- Compost water heater - microbial heat
- Parabolic solar cooker - concentrated solar thermal
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- ↑ Eventually we will turn this into a table