Photoelectrochemical water splitting uses solar power to decompose water to hydrogen and oxygen. Here we show how the photocatalytic activity of thylakoid membranes leads to overall water splitting in a bio-photo-electro-chemical (BPEC) cell via a simple process. Thylakoids extracted from spinach are introduced into a BPEC cell containing buffer solution with ferricyanide. Upon solar-simulated ...

K-water installed the first domestic 100kW floating photovoltaic system on the water surface of multipurpose dam reservoir in October 2011. Also, it installed a 500kW floating photovoltaic generation facility nearby in October 2012 for commercial power generation. Based on these, it installed a 10kW marine photovoltaic generation facility at Sihwa Lake in October 2013. In this paper, static loa...

a hybrid hydro/wind/photovoltaic base on hydrogen storage system is designed to supply power demand of pump stations. the aim of this design is minimization of net present cost of the hybrid system. optimization problem is subject to reliable supply of the demand. the system is investigated in the north west of iran (meshkinshahr) and the local data is applied. about 12 pump stations are found ...

In rural and undeveloped areas where there is no power grid and more water is needed for agriculture purposes and human uses, the choices for driving water pumps are usually solar via photovoltaic or a fuel driven engine, usually diesel. There are very distinct differences between the two power sources in terms of cost and reliability. The present paper presents an economic analysis of diesel a...

using photovoltaic systems is gradually expanded by increasing energy demand. abundance and availability of this energy, has turned to one of the most important sources of renewable energy. unfortunately, photovoltaic systems have two big problems: first, those have very low energy conversion efficiency (in act between 12 and 42 percent under certain circumstances). second, the power produced b...

The present work was undertaken to evaluate whether changes in cell water content of rat kidney cortex cells can modulate the transport activity of the ouabain-insensitive Na pump as they modulate the ouabain-insensitive Na+-ATPase. It was found that there is a close relationship between the cell volume and activity of the Na pump, whereas Na,K-pump activity is not affected by variations in cel...

The ground heat exchanger is traditionally used as a heat source or sink for the heat pump that raises the temperature of water to about 50 ◦C to heat houses. However, in winter, the heating thermostat (temperature at which heating begins) in the Australian Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) is only 20 ◦C during daytime and 15 ◦C at night. In South-East Melbourne, the temperature a...

Water is an essential element of life. The government of Ethiopia in collaboration with development allies’ attempts to increase pure water supply. Even though the coverage boosted dramatically still there is critical challenges in maximizing equipment’s reliability, improving service quality, maximizing capacity utilization, minimizing life cycle costs of water production mach...

Water-based polymer nanoparticle dispersions (solar paint) offer the prospect of addressing two of the main challenges associated with printing large area organic photovoltaic devices; namely, how to control the nanoscale architecture of the active layer and eliminate the need for hazardous organic solvents during device fabrication. In this paper, we review progress in the field of nanoparticu...