Publication detail

Historic and Suppressed Technologies for Energetics

VANÝSEK, P. NOVÁK, V.

Original Title

Historic and Suppressed Technologies for Energetics

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The steady advances of academic discoveries and technical inventions lead to a steady progress in simplifying human chores, improving the lot of many and opening new opportunities. Sometimes, however, these advances may have unintended or unrealized negative consequences as well. This is often true for consequences that become obviously only after an extended period of time. This article is taking look at the use of several metals (mercury, lead, cadmium and nickel) in technologies related to applications in energy generation and storage. As the poisonous nature of these elements and their compounds and their impact on environment became more and more apparent, the use of these metals in many technological processes was pushed into background, perhaps for a niche application only, or entirely eliminated. As a result, these metals are downplayed in present curricula and awareness of their historical utility is disappearing. The purpose of this perspective article is to give an overview of some obsolete applications of these metals related to energy storage with the goal to highlight ingenuity of prior generation of engineers and scientists.

Keywords

lead; mercury; cadminum; nickel; banned; history; historical use; legislation

Authors

VANÝSEK, P.; NOVÁK, V.

Released

1. 1. 2020

Publisher

Elesevier

ISBN

2352-152X

Periodical

Journal of Energy Storage

Year of study

27

Number

2

State

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Pages from

1

Pages to

7

Pages count

7

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352152X19310874

BibTex

@article{BUT159121,
  author="Petr {Vanýsek} and Vítězslav {Novák}",
  title="Historic and Suppressed Technologies for Energetics",
  journal="Journal of Energy Storage",
  year="2020",
  volume="27",
  number="2",
  pages="1--7",
  doi="10.1016/j.est.2019.101105",
  issn="2352-152X",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352152X19310874"
}