Hi to all,
I'm kinda of researching this right now and seeing what techniques will be good for the future. Things I found:
-Fuel cells. Good because hydrogen can be produced, no pollution, silent, good efficiency.
-Thermoelectric generators (TEGs). I think they are cool because heat is everywhere and be harvested from many things. They are used in communications satellites and space shuttles.
-Graphene batteries. Good because they offer higher electrical conductivity and faster charging.
-Alkali metal thermal to electric converter: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/er.1584 . Looks good from the abstract from the paper in this link
-Micropower. Is this really a thing? They fabricate a real generator into silicon by making very small and tiny? Very interesting if true!
-Thermoionic converters. Again, good because heat is essentially everywhere so better use it than waste it.
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-Wireless power transfer. I saw this being researched as a way to charge soldier equipment and UAV's. Does this really have a future? In terms of efficiency that is?
-Superconductors. Very very cool and promising but not very practical outside the lab because of the very low temps required.
Is there a power technology that is of particular importance to communications and military uses that I missed and you know about?
Thanks.
I'm kinda of researching this right now and seeing what techniques will be good for the future. Things I found:
-Fuel cells. Good because hydrogen can be produced, no pollution, silent, good efficiency.
-Thermoelectric generators (TEGs). I think they are cool because heat is everywhere and be harvested from many things. They are used in communications satellites and space shuttles.
-Graphene batteries. Good because they offer higher electrical conductivity and faster charging.
-Alkali metal thermal to electric converter: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/er.1584 . Looks good from the abstract from the paper in this link
-Micropower. Is this really a thing? They fabricate a real generator into silicon by making very small and tiny? Very interesting if true!
-Thermoionic converters. Again, good because heat is essentially everywhere so better use it than waste it.
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-Wireless power transfer. I saw this being researched as a way to charge soldier equipment and UAV's. Does this really have a future? In terms of efficiency that is?
-Superconductors. Very very cool and promising but not very practical outside the lab because of the very low temps required.
Is there a power technology that is of particular importance to communications and military uses that I missed and you know about?
Thanks.