The company’s unique turbine design uses a pair of counter-rotating blades on a vertical axis and places the generator at the bottom of the structure, allowing the turbine to tilt in the wind. (Image credit: World Wide Wind)
World Wide Wind ha...
Table of Contents
Introduction
What is a Flyback Power Supply?
What Frequency?
What Turns Ratio?
Circuit Plan of Attack
Snubber or ‘Reset’ Circuit
Oscillator Circuit
Flyback Circuit
Circuit Diagram
Testing It!
Modifying the Transformer...
The new cobalt nanomaterial reduces fuel cell reliance on platinum as a sole catalyst in producing power. (Image credit: Western University)
Researchers from Western University, London, have developed a cobalt-derived nanomaterial that boosts proton...
Tesla has produced 20 million 4680 battery cells. (Image Credit: Tesla/YouTube)
Tesla built its 20 millionth 4680 battery cell, a power pack for new vehicles like the Cybertruck, at the Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. The boosted production of these ...
The Wind & Solar Tower can provide clean energy to electric cars. (Image Credit: WST)
More people are welcoming electric vehicles now that they’ve become more environmentally friendly versus cars relying on gas. However, EVs can harm the e...
In our ever-connected world, a universal charging solution has become a necessity. Imagine being able to charge your smartphone, laptop, tablet, and even some appliances with a single cable and charger. That's where USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) steps ...
MIT's cement-carbon supercapacitor can integrate into the foundation of a home, storing energy generated by renewables. (Image Credit: MIT)
To phase out fossil fuels for a greener world, scientists are exploring better energy storage solutions f...
Schematic diagram representing the redox process where the electrode material undergoes oxidization and aluminate anions are deposited. (Image Credit: Birgit Esser/University of Freiburg)
Aluminum-ion batteries could eventually replace lithium-base...
Students from over twenty countries are participating in the Horizon Hydrogen Grand Prix. (Image Credit: re-plus)
Students known as Los STEMateros from Boyle Heights STEM Magnet High School have developed a hydrogen-powered remote control car. And t...
(Image Credit: Gotion High-Tech)
Right in element14's back yard!
Gotion High-tech, a Chinese EV battery maker, is constructing a $2 billion manufacturing plant in Manteno, Illinois, that expects to generate 2,600 full-time jobs. And it put...
Table of Contents
Introduction
How Does it Work?
Sine-Wave Oscillator
Rectifier Circuit
Voltage Regulator
Circuit
Building The Transformer
Wire Winding Procedure in More Detail
Transformer and Winding Tips
Need a Different Voltage?
Assemblin...
The Pyxis Ocean cargo ship with two foldable WindWings. (Image Credit: Cargill)
Nothing new under the sun.
Earlier this month, Pyxis Ocean, a large red ship powered by dual WindWings, began its journey from China to Brazil, testing out the new tech...
(Image Credit: PublicDomainPictures/pixabay)
As we know, zinc-air batteries have a zinc negative electrode and a positive electrode composed of air. However, these don't perform very well and don't last long, leading to a limited power outpu...
The preamplifier support structure boosts the laser energy while moving to the target chamber. (Image Credit: Damien Jemison/Lawrence Livermore Laboratory)
During an experiment on July 30th, scientists at California's Lawrence Livermore National Lab...
The solid-state sulfur selenium battery has an energy density of 500 watt-hours per kilogram. (Image Credit: NASA) It takes plenty of fuel for a plane to take off and fly, and they emit pollutants while in the air. According to the Environmental Pr...
China Three Gorges Corporation installed and activated the world’s largest wind turbine, connecting it to a power grid. (Image Credit: China Three Gorges Corporation)
I’m not a big fan of wind turbines, no pun intended. After finding o...
(Image Credit: MrRick/pixabay)
This seems like an environmental disaster waiting to happen. More on this later in the article. But first…
According to a new study, solar panels floating on seas close to the Equator could produce sufficient en...
The Nyobolt EV will be the first sports car to test the new EV battery. (Image Credit: Callum Design)
Many electric vehicle batteries take hours to charge. But now there's something even better on the horizon. Nyobolt, a UK-based EV startup,&nbs...
A scaled-down version of the artificial leaf technology in a photoreactor. (Image Credit: Motiar Rahaman)
Cambridge University scientists developed sunlight-powered, leaf-like foliage that harvests CO2 and water, converting them into propanol and et...
I picked up some high-voltage power supplies via eBay ages ago (from a friendly retired high-voltage power supply salesman, funnily enough, such a job title does exist!) and re-discovered them this weekend, stored in a box in the shed.
I was curious ...
Toyota plans to roll out 1.7 million EVs with the new solid-state batteries by 2026. (Image Credit: Toyota)
On June 13th, Toyota announced plans to introduce a new line of solid-state batteries designed to provide EVs with additi...
The image shows an aerial view of China’s Kela PV solar-hydro power station. (Image Credit: sasac.gov.cn)
Countries across the globe are working toward environmental goals to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. And China recently finished its Kel...
Wind and solar produced a combined 252 terawatts of power over coal, which produced 240 TWh. (Image credit: Pixabay)
For the first time in US history, wind and solar have managed to beat coal in power production, according to new federal data from ...
I received a Torex XC9145B33CER-G evaluation board a few weeks ago and thought that I'd try it out. The EVB PCB is designed for their XC9141/42, XC9145, and XC9147/48 DC/DC converters. This particular board is fitted with an XC9145B3...
The battery has a high-performance ABC discharge capacity. (Image Credit: Kenji Miyatake/Waseda University)
Traditional batteries use metal as negative electrodes, which leads to the formation of dendrites, structures that degrade battery performanc...
