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Colin Bennett

Highly Efficient "Kid Friendly" Trains : MetaEfficient - 0 views

  • The Japanese are intent on making train travel a more comfortable experience for everyone, women and children especially. Both trains contain hundreds of toys, TV screens showing cartoons, immaculately clean wooden flooring and cots for younger children.
Colin Bennett

The Switch introduces new game-changing drive train technology to the shipbuilding sector - 0 views

  • The Switch, a Finnish manufacturer of permanent magnet motors, generators and converters, announced today the launch of its next-generation drive trains for energy efficient power generation and propulsion of merchant vessels. Combining The Switch’s permanent magnet and frequency converter technology, this opens up all-new opportunities for hybrid propulsion systems in the shipping sector.
Colin Bennett

Maglev, diesel-electric trains vie for support in US desert - Engadget - 0 views

  • Although the mention of a magnetically levitating train outside of US borders won't grab too much attention, saying that phrase here most definitely perks up ears.
Colin Bennett

Siemens announces investments in Russia of €1 billion - 0 views

  • n addition to the energy segment, rail technology is also a very promising market in Russia – and one for which Siemens and its Russian partners can provide high-tech solutions. The joint venture established in Yekaterinburg with Russia's Sinara Group in 2010 has already received more than €3 billion in orders for the production of advanced freight locomotives and regional trains. Local manufacturing capacity – in particular, for the production of regional trains – will now be substantially expanded through investments of several hundred million euros. Siemens' joint venture in St. Petersburg for the production of drives systems for trains will also be expanded through additional investments of over €20 million.
Colin Bennett

Chinese consortium provides trains for Rio de Janeiro - 0 views

  • a major order from a consortium of China National Machinery Imp. & Exp. Corp. (CMC), a Chinese trading company, and Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. (CRC), a Chinese rolling stock manufacturer, for trains operated in suburban Rio de Janeiro by Secretaria de Estado de Transportes (SETRANS), the Rio state transportation authority
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Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy | Video on TED.com - 0 views

  • Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy
  • What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale batteries that store renewable energy. As he says: "We need to think about the problem differently. We need to think big. We need to think cheap." Donald S
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    "Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy Tweet this talk! (we'll add the headline and the URL) Post to: Share on Twitter Email This Favorite Download inShare Share on StumbleUpon Share on Reddit Share on Facebook TED Conversations Got an idea, question, or debate inspired by this talk? Start a TED Conversation, or join one of these: Green Home Energy=Hydrogen Generators-alternative sources Started by Kathleen Gilligan-Smith 1 Comment What is the real missing link in renewable energy? Started by Enrico Petrucco 8 Comments Comment on this Talk 60 total comments Sign in to add comments or Join (It's free and fast!) Sort By: smily raichel 0 Reply Less than 5 minutes ago: Nice smily raichel 0 Reply Less than 5 minutes ago: Good David Mackey 0 Reply 3 hours ago: Superb invention, but I would suggest one more standard mantra that they should move on from and that is the idea of power being supplied by a centralised grid. This technology seems to me to be much more beneficial on a local scale, what if every home had its own battery, then home power generation becomes economically more viable for everyone. If you could show that a system like this could pay for itself in say 5 years then every home would want one. Plus for this to be implemented on a large scale requires massive investment that could be decades away. Share the technology and lets get it in homes by next year. Great ted talk. Jon Senior 0 Reply 1 hour ago: I agree 100%. Localised energy production would also make energy consumers more conscious of their consumption and encourage efforts to reduce it. We can invent and invent all we want, but the fast solution to allowing renewable energies to take centre stage is to reduce the base energy draw. With lower baseline consumption, smaller "always on" generators are required to keep the grid operational. Town and house-l
Colin Bennett

A Peek Under The High-Speed Hood - 0 views

  • As depicted in the systems drawing above, accommodations for components beyond “basic” train operation, such as GPS, video cameras/DVRs, Wi-Fi LAN applications, and communication — all supporting both operational and passenger expectations, along with passenger entertainment options — have become the new standard in high speed and intercity passenger vehicle design
Colin Bennett

Gegossene Aluminiumspulen senken Rohstoffkosten und Gewicht in elektrischen Maschinen - 0 views

  • Aluminium versus Kupfer
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    Describing the use of aluminum instead of copper in larger electric motors (example: trains)
Colin Bennett

North America traction transformers - 0 views

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    "The traction transformer market in North America is driven by the increase in electrification of railways and high deployment of high speed trains in this region. Also the enhancement in the government spending in rail infrastructure is fostering the growth of the North America traction transformers market."
Colin Bennett

Lack of technical talent to help drive substitution - 0 views

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    "The retirement of experienced copper industry executives and the lack of trained technical replacements is helping to drive substitution and is likely to lead to more mergers and acquisitions as the industry adapts, senior industry executives said. A group of panelists at Metal Bulletin-American Metal Market's copper seminar in New York this week said that the copper sector needed to be far more proactive in attracting new talent and ensuring the gap in the professional supply chain is filled. "One thing that is driving substitution is the retirement of engineers that were very tied into the thought that copper wiring was the only alternative and that aluminium was unsafe," said Stu Thorn, CEO of Southwire. Thorn said the idea that aluminium was unsafe "almost became a psychological obsession" despite the development of new technologies to make it safe. "Now that generation of engineers is retiring, the new generation coming up doesn't necessarily have that same level of bias [towards copper], but what they do have is the drive to make more money, to reduce costs, and find cheaper alternatives," he told the seminar. "There is a shift..."
Colin Bennett

Nexans cables ensure safety, performance and comfort for Bombardier's Francilien suburb... - 0 views

  • The Francilien project has drawn on Nexans’ full range of FLAMEX® cable solutions, including power cables for the electric motors; high-voltage connections between the pantograph and the transformer; low-voltage power supply for cars; control cables, harnesses, jumpers, and data cables throughout the trainset to support everything from train control to surveillance, video and Internet. Low Fire Hazard (LFH) cables ensure low toxicity and minimal smoke to enhance safety, while all cables (including data) meet SNCF’s latest classification standards.
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Aug. 4, 2008: DOE Unveils Initiative to Promote Energy Efficiency in Hospitals - Breaki... - 0 views

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    WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the EnergySmart Hospitals initiative, with the aim of increasing the use of energy efficient technologies in hospitals across the United States. \n\nThe EnergySmart Hospital initiative will provide hospitals with design strategies, advanced energy design guides, technology assessments, case studies, training sessions, and an interactive Website to help hospitals increase their energy efficiency. The initiative intends to improve energy efficiency in existing hospitals by 20 percent and to help develop new hospitals that are 30 percent more efficient than current building standards. It will also support hospitals in meeting the challenge of lowering costs while delivering quality patient care and maintaining healthy healing and work environments. \n
Colin Bennett

Personal Transport Next Advance In Public Transportation - ULTRa Future Train (GALLERY) - 0 views

  • the new ULTRa is poised to be the latest advance in public transport systems.
Colin Bennett

Understanding high performance buildings: The link between occupant knowledge of passiv... - 0 views

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    "In the past twenty years, more stringent energy codes and environmental standards have led to many higher performance building designs that use less energy. Oftentimes, high performance buildings that incorporate passive building strategies require active occupant engagement [Brown et al. (2009) [1]] but the people who work in these buildings on a daily basis may not comprehend how their actions (negatively or positively) affect the building's energy use [Janda (2009) [2]]. Additionally, minimal research exists surrounding educational strategies for how to best educate building occupants. The purpose of this study was to investigate existing occupant training in high performance buildings to provide recommendations for future occupant education efforts."
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