Long-lasting flow battery could run for more than a decade with minimum upkeep

[Chuck Krug]

Long-lasting flow battery could run for more than a decade with minimum upkeep
Battery stores energy in nontoxic, noncorrosive aqueous solutions

By Leah Burrows
February 9, 2017
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new flow battery that stores energy in organic molecules dissolved in neutral pH water. This new chemistry allows for a non-toxic, non-corrosive battery with an exceptionally long lifetime and offers the potential to significantly decrease the costs of production.
https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2...-run-for-more-than-decade-with-minimum-upkeep

 

[Chuck Krug]

With assistance from Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD), the researchers are working with several companies to scale up the technology for industrial applications and to optimize the interactions between the membrane and the electrolyte. Harvard OTD has filed a portfolio of pending patents on innovations in flow battery technology

Anyone know who those 'several companies' are?
Thanks.

 

[Slartibartfast]

With assistance from Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD), the researchers are working with several companies to scale up the technology for industrial applications and to optimize the interactions between the membrane and the electrolyte. Harvard OTD has filed a portfolio of pending patents on innovations in flow battery technology

Anyone know who those 'several companies' are?
Thanks.

Reminds me of "capacitance gel" from the 1992 movie Demolition Man.

 

[OddTrader]

Google:

43 Battery Storage Companies To Watch | CleanTechnica
https://cleantechnica.com/.../27-battery-storage-companies-watch/ - Cached
15 Jan 2015 ... EnerVault (company site): One of a few companies on this list producing redox- flow batteries, EnerVault's long-duration batteries are based ...

Flow Battery vs. Tesla Battery Looming - CleanTechnica
https://cleantechnica.com/.../flow-battery-vs-tesla-battery-smackdown-looming/ - Cached
21 Jun 2015 ... The new UET flow battery is part of a major energy storage project supported by the US Energy Department. The goal is to compare and contrast the performance of flow batteries with lithium-ion batteries — such as the Tesla battery — when it comes to utility-scale performance and grid integration.

 

[O(1)]

interesting..

 

[Slartibartfast]

There is a lot more vanadium which is used in the (current) redox-flow batteries than lithium, estimated 8x in the Earth's crust.

 

[Chuck Krug]

Google:

Thanks OddT!!

 

[algofy]

Imagine a tesla car with one of these bad boys!

 

[Turveyd]

Imagine a tesla car with one of these bad boys!

It's not going to be small and the energy density is likely going to wayyyy below that of a Lithium battery, so zero use in a car sadly, could charge over the day from Solar then charge the car over night ofcourse.

 

[Trader200K]

Flow batteries were originally designed for utility class energy storage. MW-hours.

Interesting concepts.

Energy Storage at all in market competitive rates is the holy grail for non-baseload alt energy viability.

Price to performance w/o govt subsidy is the real hurdle IMHO.

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