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3D printed vehicle that recharges your house
A team of scientists from the US Department of Energy\'s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in collaboration with industrial partners, has manufactured and connected a natural gas-powered hybrid electric vehicle with a solar-powered building to create an integrated energy system.
New York: A team of scientists from the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in collaboration with industrial partners, has manufactured and connected a natural gas-powered hybrid electric vehicle with a solar-powered building to create an integrated energy system.
The car and house were both built using large-scale 3D printers. Power can flow in either direction between the vehicle and the building through a lab-developed wireless technology. The approach allows the car to provide supplemental power to the 210 square-feet house when the sun is not shining.
Connecting the house to the 3D-printed vehicle demonstrates the concept of integrating two energy streams, buildings and transportation, which typically operate independently.
The project's energy control centre manages the system's electrical demand and load by balancing the intermittent power from the building's 3.2-kilowatt solar array with supplemental power from the vehicle.
