这个为期两年的太阳能战士项目旨在制造一种能源包，能从一种太阳电池和热电的复合装置中收集能量并储存起来以备之后使用。
The two-year solar Soldier project aims to produce a power pack where energy is gathered from a combination of solar cells and thermoelectric devices before it is stored for later use.
微通道和热电学或准电学的结合可能使计算机变冷。
A combination of microchannels and either thermoelectrics or paraelectrics might cool computers.
制造一种好的热电材料的关键是，需要一种电子可以自由流动的晶体结构。
The trick to a good thermoelectric material is a crystal structure in which electrons can flow freely.
解决这个问题的方法之一可能是第二种奇特的物理现象，热电效应。
One way out of this may be a second curious physical phenomenon, the thermoelectric effect.
解决这个问题的方法之一可能是第二种奇怪的物理现象——热电效应。
One way out of this may be a second curious physical phenomenon—the thermoelectric effect.
2013年的大热电影《冰雪奇缘》中的过山车肯定很快就会搭建起来，可能就在新的上海迪士尼乐园。
One ride from its 2013 hit movie Frozen will surely be coming soon, perhaps at the new Shanghai Disneyland.
他们认为创造一种可行的太阳能热电设备需要具备三个条件。
In their view, three things are needed to create a workable solar-thermoelectric device.
他们提出可以利用一种名为热电效应的现象——而且还建立了一个模型来证明这个想法的可行性。
They suggest that a phenomenon called the thermoelectric effect might be used instead—and they have built a prototype to show that the idea is practical.
第二是选择的热电材料的导热性差（这样不同部分就能保持不同的温度）但是导电性良好。
The second is to choose a thermoelectric material which conducts heat badly (so that different parts remain at different temperatures) but electricity well.
曾有个孩子问他的母亲谁在热电站工作：“这是什么？”
Once a kid asked his mom who worked at heat electropower station: “What's this?”
负责设计和研究热电装置的Gregory教授说：“我们目的是在两年内制造一套原理样机。”
Prof Gregory, who is leading the design and research on the thermoelectric devices, said: 'We aim to produce a prototype system within two years.
通常这种热-电转化方式是利用热电偶实现的。 热电偶由两层不同的金属构成，其中一层比另一层温度高时就在两层金属间产生电流。
The usual way to do this is with a thermocouple—a sandwich of two metals that produce a current when one side of the sandwich is hotter than the other.
默瑟说，这种做法可以使热电联产的效率提高超过70%。
Mercer says this boosts the efficiency of the CHP unit to over 70%.
这两种属性决定着热电材料的“品质因数”。“品质因数”是用来描述用热电材料所制成的元器件的输出功率的单位。
These two properties define what physicists call the "figure of merit" of a thermoelectric substance, which describes the power a device made of that substance could generate.
他们希望通过控制该设备的每个方面，更好地了解如何设计出理想的热电转换器。
By controlling all aspects of the device, they hoped to better understand how to design the ideal thermal-to-electric converter.
如果在没有镜子装置的情况下能够聚集热量，那么热电效应的无效性将会通过便宜的装置来弥补。
If the heat concentration could be done without all the paraphernalia of mirrors, though, thermoelectricity's inefficiency would be offset by the cheapness of the kit.
有人觉得他们要用热电来推动自己的高能耗的数据中心，在帮助公司维持绿色的理念的同时，继续增加运算能力。
One thought is that Google could adopt solar thermal to power its energy-intensive data centers, helping the company maintain its green ideals while continuing to grow its capacity.
新型的小规模热电联产机组，能够将燃料中大约一半的能量转化为电力，其效率已与大型发电机的效率相若。
New types of tiny combined heat and power plants are able to turn about half the energy in fuel into electricity, almost matching the efficiency of huge generators.
哈格尔施泰因说，借助目前的系统，实现热电高效转化是有可能的，但得到的电能很小。
Hagelstein says that with present systems it's possible to efficiently convert heat into electricity, but with very little power.
太阳能热电厂的建造成本下降了10%，至每千瓦4,692美元。
The build cost for a solar thermal plant dropped 10% to $4, 692 per kilowatt.
其次，从热电设备中位于底部的薄片中出来的排气可以用于传统方式来加热水。
Then, the exhaust heat from the bottom plate of the thermoelectric device would be used in the traditional way to warm water up.
这些热电厂的燃料为焦炉煤气，电厂将使用1百多万公吨的碳燃料，否则这些燃料将被释放到大气层中去。
Those plants will utilize more than 1 million metric tons of carbon content, which otherwise would have been released to the atmosphere.
然而核电站与风电厂和太阳能热电厂相比，将面临更大的公众阻力。
Reactors will face far more public resistance than wind farms and solar plants, however.
该团队将尝试探测电子传导的电流并制作基于热电子传导的太阳能电池板，即使其能量转化效率仍然很低。
The team will now attempt to detect the transferred electrons as current and make solar cells that exploit hot electron transfer, even if the efficiency is still low.
我的祖父被安葬在著名的布拉瓦约6号墓地，而我自己的父亲被安葬在毗邻万盖热电厂的一个墓地里。
My grandfather is buried at the famous Number 6 cemetery in Bulawayo whilst my own father is buried in a graveyard situated next to the Hwange Thermal Power Station.
与传统的热电厂相比，燃料电池有种种优势。
Fuel cells offer several advantages over traditional thermal power plants.
研究人员只预期了一般电子的传导，而并未指望能观测到热电子的传导。
The researchers didn't expect to see hot-electron transfer in action, just the transfer of ordinary electrons.
不过，如果基于热电子传导的高效太阳能电池板最终能实现的话，我们已经踏出了所必须的第一步。
However, if such high-efficiency solar cells based on hot-electron transfer are to be become a reality, we have shown the necessary first step.
不过，如果基于热电子传导的高效太阳能电池板最终能实现的话，我们已经踏出了所必须的第一步。
However, if such high-efficiency solar cells based on hot-electron transfer are to be become a reality, we have shown the necessary first step.
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