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Ukufakelwa umbane: Isamente entsha yenza isamente ivelise umbane

Iinjineli zaseMzantsi Korea ziye zayila i-composite esekelwe kwisamente enokusetyenziswa kwikhonkrithi ukwenza izakhiwo ezivelisa kwaye zigcine umbane ngokuchatshazelwa yimithombo yamandla yangaphandle yoomatshini efana neenyawo, umoya, imvula kunye namaza.

Bakholelwa ukuba ngokuguqula izakhiwo zibe yimithombo yamandla, isamente iya kusombulula ingxaki yendawo eyakhiweyo edla ama-40% amandla ehlabathi.

Abasebenzisi besakhiwo akufuneki bakhathazeke ngokutsalwa ngumbane. Uvavanyo lubonise ukuba i-1% yevolumu yeefayibha zekhabhoni eziqhubayo kumxube wesamente yayanele ukunika isamente iipropati zombane ezifunekayo ngaphandle kokuphazamisa ukusebenza kolwakhiwo, kwaye umbane oveliswayo wawuphantsi kakhulu kunomgangatho ophezulu ovumelekileyo womzimba womntu.

Abaphandi kwezobunjineli boomatshini nobokwakha abavela kwiYunivesithi yeSizwe yase-Incheon, kwiYunivesithi yaseKyung Hee nakwiYunivesithi yaseKorea baphuhlise i-composite esekwe kwisamente (i-CBC) ene-carbon fibers enokusebenza njenge-triboelectric nanogenerator (i-TENG), uhlobo lomatshini wokuvuna amandla.

Bayila isakhiwo esilingana nelebhu kunye ne-capacitor esekelwe kwi-CBC besebenzisa izixhobo eziphuhlisiweyo ukuvavanya amandla azo okuqokelela amandla kunye nokugcina.

“Besifuna ukuphuhlisa izixhobo zamandla ezakhiweyo ezinokusetyenziselwa ukwakha izakhiwo zamandla ezingenazo zonke ezisebenzisa kwaye zivelise umbane wazo,” utshilo uSeung-Jung Lee, uprofesa kwiSebe lezoBunjineli boLwakhiwo nolweNdalo kwiYunivesithi yeSizwe yase-Incheon.

“Ekubeni isamente sisixhobo sokwakha esiyimfuneko, sigqibe ekubeni siyisebenzise kunye nezizalisi zokuhambisa umoya njengento ephambili yokuhambisa umoya kwinkqubo yethu ye-CBC-TENG,” wongezelela.

Iziphumo zophando lwabo zipapashwe kule nyanga kwiphephancwadi iNano Energy.

Ngaphandle kokugcinwa kwamandla kunye nokuvuna, ezi zinto zingasetyenziselwa ukuyila iinkqubo zokuzibona ngokwazo ezijonga impilo yesakhiwo kwaye ziqikelele ubomi benkonzo eseleyo yezakhiwo zekhonkrithi ngaphandle kwamandla angaphandle.

“Injongo yethu ephambili yayikukuphuhlisa izixhobo ezenza ubomi babantu bube ngcono kwaye zingadingi mandla ongezelelweyo ukusindisa iplanethi. Kwaye silindele ukuba iziphumo zolu phononongo zingasetyenziselwa ukwandisa ukusebenza kwe-CBC njengezixhobo zamandla ezipheleleyo kwizakhiwo zamandla ezingenalo umbane,” utshilo uNjingalwazi uLee.

Epapasha olu phando, iYunivesithi yeSizwe yase-Incheon yahlekisa ngelithi: “Kubonakala ngathi sisiqalo esimangalisayo sekamva eliqaqambileyo neliluhlaza ngakumbi!”

Uhlolo Lokwakha Lwehlabathi


Ixesha lokuthumela: Disemba-16-2021