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LED lights and fiber optic trees are two energy-efficient technologies that can reduce your energy costs, particularly when the lights are used for long periods of time, such as in commercial applications. LED Lights Light Emitting Diode (LED) holiday lights are a new application for a mature technology. Each year since 2002, manufacturers have improved the choices, producing bigger and brighter bulbs and new color options. LED lights have a number of benefits over conventional…

Crystal Fire written by Michael Riordan and Lillian Hoddeson is a historical non-fiction novel detailing the discovery and subsequent invention of the transistor. Written in 1997, and published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1998. Crystal Fire’s authors, Michael Riordan and Lillian Hoddeson, both graduated from prestigious universities, MIT and Columbia respectively, with deep interests in physics. Through that shared interest they came together to create an account of the birth of the…

History of the periodic table of elements The periodic table of elements is an organized table of all chemical elements identified and recognized. Most forms of the table commonly include information such as each element’s atomic number, chemical properties, and electron configuration. Prior to the periodic table, the elements were arranged in groups of three called triads. These triads were created by Johann Dobereiner, a German chemist, in 1829. Dobereiner arranged these elements in groups of…

People have been finding, and using sources of energy since the beginning of mankind. Whether it is fire to cook, use streams and rivers to ride a canoe, to help grind corn, or coal to power trains across the world, humans have always relied on the valuable riches that the earth produces to survive However, most of the energy that is currently being used is nonrenewable, which means that it will not replenish as quickly as it is being consumed. An example of a nonrenewable resource currently…

Chapter 5 Hybridization of Wind With Solar Using Cuk and Sepic Converters This chapter presents a hybrid model of solar and wind energy. This gives the hybridization of wind with solar using the CUK and SEPIC converters. In this model the solar PV panel source is connected to the CUK converter and correspondingly the wind turbine source is given to the SEPIC converter. Solar energy and wind energy are the two renewable energy sources most common in use. Hybridizing solar and wind power sources…

too difficult. Newer material has recently been used that unfortunately is not as efficient as the traditional silicon crystal on a large scale but is not only cheaper to make, but smaller and can be easily made into a flexible film. Copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) is the most common amongst the new solar technologies. 3Most people are familiar with the cells in which these crystals and forms are used – photovoltaic. These cells are found on objects ranging from spacecraft to handheld…

2. Basic theories and principles 2.1 Chemical vapor deposition 2.1.1 Definition of chemical vapor deposition Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a versatile process which is widely applied to produce coatings, powders, fibers and monolithic components [1]. Applying the chemical vapor deposition, it is possible to produce alloy and compounds of metals and nonmetal materials. Chemical vapor deposition can be defined as the deposition of a solid on a heated surface from a chemical reaction in the…

junction producing the lowest current. Therefore, current density, which has an inverse relationship with bandgap energy, should ideally be equal between the junctions. However, multijunction designs are intrinsically based on a range of bandgaps, so material selection involves a compromise between matched current densities and ideal coverage of bandgaps. Layer thickness can be optimized to minimize losses [7]. Power conversion efficiency is defined as the ratio of electrical power output from…

and a combination of major and minor cardiac criteria. (A minimum of three major criteria or at one major and three minor criteria). • Major criteria include advanced atrioventricular block, basal thinning of the interventricular septum, cardiac gallium uptake, and left ventricular ejection fraction 40 mg/day of prednisone) compared with those treated with a low dose (35 percent and/or lack of heart failure: • In patients with cardiac sarcoidosis with an inducible ventricular arrhythmia at…

A solar panel is deigned to absorb light energy from the sun. From there, the energy is converted into an electrical current and can produce electricity or heat. As promising as solar energy is, are solar panels an efficient means of producing electricity and does solar energy benefit the greater population? To understand the efficiency of a solar panel, there is essential information on solar energy, that once understood, helps to answer whether solar panels are energy efficient. First, what…