New Power Inverter: More Power, Better Efficiency

Electricity has been one of mankind's greatest discoveries, allowing humanity to advance in technology exponentially faster than before. Not only is it very significant in terms of history, but also vital in current society infrastructures; nearly every career, industry, and household contain some sort of electricity executed and properly converted into a desired output from an advanced, or relatively simple, electric system. Furthermore, education has become more involved in electricity; electrical, computer, and software engineering fields have grown to the point where they are probably the largest university fields in the planet. Though there are many electrical features in a car, but one feature that, if frequent in every vehicle procured from automotive manufacturers, can reduce carbon footprints is, obviously,  electrical power system which, in other words, means a car propelled though a battery rather than easily depleted, nonrenewable hydrocarbons. Some vehicle manufacturers, such as Mitsubishi, Ford, and Tesla, all feature vehicles that run on electricity, but what if there was an electrical "combustion" system, or a component of that system, that could be improved so that, one day, all vehicles will be powered by electricity. There is a possible solution to that, and it is a new power inverter developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The power inverter is capable of producing 20 kW of power at a volume of only 91 cubic inches, four times more powerful than the inverter featured in Google's electric cars. The semiconductor used is silicon carbide,  a high grade material used for high power applications and can tolerate a wide range of temperatures. The device is composed, 50%, from 3d printed parts, allowing researchers to develop a high performance heat sink system. The inverter, however, is only a prototype at the moment, but researchers hope that, with a few more changes, it could be four times more powerful than itself. To see more about the inverter, click the following link: http://www.gizmag.com/ornl-high-performance-power-inverter/34453/