In recently developed thermally chargeable supercapacitors, temperature dependent capacitive effect is employed to harvest and store low-grade heat as electric energy, for which a key factor dominating the system performance is the thermal sensitivity of electrode potential (dV/dT). In the current study, the influence of electrode material properties, particularly the work function, is analyzed...

Throughout the world, there are regions of vast extent that have many favorable features, but whose development is principally limited by the lack of fresh water. In arid areas where large-scale development has already occurred, e.g. parts of the Middle East and North Africa, the extraction of fresh water via desalination plants requires very large energy consumption. This motivates the develop...

For economic development and generation of wealth, energy plays a significant role. Energy is available in two different alternatives, non-renewable and renewable sources. The need for new sustainable energy supply options that use renewable energies are emphasized due to limited fossil fuels and environmental problems associated with it. In recent years, solar energy has received great deal of...

We examine the validity of the 1-loop approximation to the effective potential at finite temperatures and present a simple test for its reliability. As an application we study the standard electroweak potential, showing that for a Higgs mass above 70 GeV, and fairly independently of the top mass (with mt ≥ 90 GeV), the 1-loop approximation is no longer valid for temperatures in the neighborhood...

[1] We have discovered a prominent >190 km long, 0.5– 6 km wide lava channel on Io. The channel is sinuous with interior islands andmay be associatedwith the active Tawhaki Patera hotspot. Photoclinometric analysis of the Galileo images indicates that this channel, provisionally named Tawhaki Vallis, is 40 – 65 m deep. Although a constructional contribution cannot be ruled out, the depth, morph...

In this paper we explore the tradeoffs between thermal storage capacity, cost, and other system parameters in order to examine possible evolutionary pathways for thermal concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. A representation of CSP performance that is suitable for incorporation into economic modeling tools is developed. We also combined existing data in order to estimate the global sola...

Layered double hydroxides (LDH) are considered as a new emerging class of PVC stabilizers to replace toxic and environmentally hazardous class of heavy metals. A new series of Ca-Al-X (X=NO3 , CO3 , Cl, SO4 , PO4 ) hydrotalcites have been prepared by hydrothermal process. The hydrotalcite particles are nanosized and have been characterized by EDX, XRD, FTIR and TGA techniques. A comparative stu...

Solar parabolic concentrating collectors are widely and efficiently used in electrical generation. They were experimentally validated in worldwide pioneer plants. SEGS-VI 30 MW solar power plant built in southern California is one of these plants that was commissioned many years ago. In this work a possibility of installing such plant in Makkah, 21.4 °N located in moderate latitudes is studied....

Egg belongs to the list of ingredients that must be labeled because of its frequent involvement in food allergies especially in childhood. Several thermal processes are commonly applied to egg and it is known that some egg-allergic people can tolerate well-cooked egg. Food allergens are characterized by their ability to elicit IgE antibodies (sensitization) in susceptible individuals and to dis...

ZnAl2O4 spinel powders were prepared using the Pechini or co-precipitation synthetic route and were then treated at different temperatures (600–1350 °C). These powders were characterised by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), diffuse reflectance and luminescence measurements. SEM investigations and the X-ray patterns showed that the spinel crystallite size was dependent on th...