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Why are all the geothermal pumps electrical?

11/06/2009 by notanengineer
I moved into a house a year ago that is heated by a 7-ton geothermal heat pump. It works very well and, though expensive to install, is cheap to opera...
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Last comment 11/07/2009 by redfred
 

Compressor for Bio Gas

11/06/2009 by walterweiss
Why can I not take a standard compressor for feeding bio gas (bio methane) into gas net? Which substances are the dangerous one? What specifi...
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Last comment 11/07/2009 by Sisira
 

Wind Power in Vietnam

11/05/2009 by dcongvt
Dear all! In the year 2006, I heard about a new "Two wind turbine are going to be installed in Con Dao Island-Ba Ria Vung Tau city-Viet Nam"...
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Last comment 11/05/2009 by sue
 

Designing Solar Lanterns

11/04/2009 by Guest
I want to follow up on how to make a cheap solar lantern and provide to some of the poor village schools in india. Can anyone help me on how to approa...
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Last comment 11/06/2009 by Kyzine
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New Hope for Steam Power: Cylinder Head and Cam Drive Design

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Last time, I described the design and construction of the cylinder and crankcase for the steam engine. This time, I'll be wrapping up the basic desi...
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How Hot is Geo-engineering?

10/17/2009 Its principles may buy the time needed to transition to a low carbon economy, which is why the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is a staunch promot...
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Does Green Make You Mean?

10/25/2009 Buying green products might be good for the environment but could also undermine your ethics. In a behavioral study, University of Toronto researchers...
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The Missing Carbon Problem (Part 4)

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