Direct energy conversion (DEC) or simply direct conversion converts a charged particle's kinetic energy into a voltage. It is a scheme for power extraction...

Atomics to use direct conversion to extract energy from fission reactions. Essentially, attempting [clarification needed] to extract energy from the linear...

Direct conversion may refer to: Direct energy conversion (DEC), a scheme for power extraction from nuclear fusion, Direct-conversion receiver (DCR), a...

Energy transformation, also known as energy conversion, is the process of changing energy from one form to another. In physics, energy is a quantity that...

degrees. A third secondary α-particle is also emitted, of lower energy. Direct energy conversion systems for other fusion power generators, involving collector...

magnetic mirrors, magnetic levitation, magnetic bearing design and direct energy conversion. Post was a winner of the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma...

Photon-intermediate direct energy conversion (PIDEC) is a scheme for direct conversion of nuclear power to electricity. PIDEC process is somewhat similar[citation...

Energy conversion efficiency (η) is the ratio between the useful output of an energy conversion machine and the input, in energy terms. The input, as well...

A direct-conversion receiver (DCR), also known as a homodyne, synchrodyne, zero intermediate frequency receiver (zero-IF receiver), is a radio receiver...

target compressing fusion plasmas to 12 tesla (T). Energy is captured by direct energy conversion that uses the expansion of the plasma to induce a current...

In electrical engineering, power conversion is the process of converting electric energy from one form to another. A power converter is an electrical...

Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a renewable energy technology that harnesses the temperature difference between the warm surface waters of the...

materials.:242 80% of the resultant energy is carried off by neutrons, which limits the use of direct energy conversion. It requires the radioisotope tritium...

hypothetical candidate for conversion into a directed-energy weapon, by focusing pulses of radar energy on target missiles. The energy spikes are tailored to...

phonon drag, it may be beneficial in a thermoelectric material for direct energy conversion applications. The magnitude of this effect is typically appreciable...

Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) energy conversion is a direct conversion process from heat to electricity via photons. A basic thermophotovoltaic system consists...

debate Display Energy Certificate, a UK requirement to show a certificate rating energy performance in public buildings Direct energy conversion, a scheme...

radioactive materials and thermocouples suitable for the direct conversion of heat to electrical energy using polonium-210 as the heat source. RTGs were developed...

smaller percentage of the generated power. The efficiency of the direct energy conversion in MHD power generation increases with the magnetic field strength...

treat chronic wounds. Magnetohydrodynamic power generation, a direct energy conversion method from a hot gas in motion within a magnetic field was developed...

Solar energy conversion describes technologies devoted to the transformation of solar energy to other (useful) forms of energy, including electricity,...

methanol, an energy-dense yet reasonably stable liquid at all environmental conditions. Whilst the thermodynamic theoretical energy conversion efficiency...

Core & Vapor Core Reactors—Concept Summary Brown, L.C. (2001). Direct Energy Conversion Fission Reactor: Annual Report For The Period August 15, 2000 Through...

photons. Research focus includes applications in clean energy (e.g., direct energy conversion, hydrogen storage) and major industrial segments (e.g.,...

even a resistor, these methods dissipated the excess as heat; energy-efficient conversion became possible only with solid-state switch-mode circuits. DC-to-DC...

mechanical energy is derived from the wind's kinetic energy, then many options are available for using that mechanical energy: direct traction, conversion to...

The electrical energy in the coil of the EMP system is translated to potential and kinetic energy through direct energy conversion. This results in...

efficiency using direct energy conversion. Direct conversion has achieved a 48% power efficiency against 80–90% theoretical efficiency. The energy generated...

theoretical underpinnings of direct conversion, later demonstrated by Barr and Moir. They demonstrated a 48 percent energy capture efficiency on the Tandem...

available. Nuclear batteries can be classified by their means of energy conversion into two main groups: thermal converters and non-thermal converters...