WORLD ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
October
7th, 2005
Fifty Ways to Cut Automotive Fuel Costs
Doubling Your Gas Mileage
A Nine Part Series
Part 2 of 9
Part 2 - Exhaust to Energy
There are several companies that have exhaust-to-energy
conversion and related technology. They include Amerigon, Encore Clean Energy, Inc., GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, ISE
Corporation Ormat and Powercell. Amerigon through its BSST subsidiary and several other companies are working with the Department
of Energy on the exhaust-to-energy technology. Ormat and GreenFuel are in the power plant exhaust market and focus their effors on
the conversion of industrial exhaust to energy. ISE has obtained rights from Encore related to the magnetic piston engine,
which is a hybrid engine that has the capability to convert exhaust to energy.
Powercell is one of Volvo’s joint venture companies.
Powercell’s product, although a fuel cell, does address the truck engine idling problem. Powercell’s fuel cell
enables truckers to power air conditioners and heaters, without idling the engine. Often truckers idle engines to run air
conditioners and the like when they nap.
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