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Solar Storage: Molten Salt?
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Aug 27 2015 03:25 PM | eds in Green Energy
The use of salt as a phase-change material for smaller-scale,
. . . rapid-discharge batteries for residential, and commercial use,
. . . at a cost of up to 10 times cheaper than batteries is,
. . . apparently, unprecedented.
According to UniSA mechanical engineer, Associate Professor Frank Bruno,
. . . his team’s salt-based energy storage system,
. . . has the advantage over other battery technologies currently on the market,
. . . because it is:
. . . . . . Cheap,
. . . . . . Relatively compact for the amount of energy it can store,
. . . . . . Rapid discharge, and
. . . . . . Doesn’t eventually go flat.
He says in a demonstration video that the team used a “novel concept,”
. . . to stabilise their phase-change materials, ensuring:
. . . . . . long life, and
. . . . . . improved responsiveness.
A full-scale commercial version of the technology,
. . . is already being used at a farm in Australia,
. . . not to store excess solar,
. . . but to store cheap electricity from the grid overnight, and
. . . then use that to power the farm’s cool rooms during the day.
08-27-2015 Source: Solar Storage: Molten Salt?
. . . rapid-discharge batteries for residential, and commercial use,
. . . at a cost of up to 10 times cheaper than batteries is,
. . . apparently, unprecedented.
According to UniSA mechanical engineer, Associate Professor Frank Bruno,
. . . his team’s salt-based energy storage system,
. . . has the advantage over other battery technologies currently on the market,
. . . because it is:
. . . . . . Cheap,
. . . . . . Relatively compact for the amount of energy it can store,
. . . . . . Rapid discharge, and
. . . . . . Doesn’t eventually go flat.
He says in a demonstration video that the team used a “novel concept,”
. . . to stabilise their phase-change materials, ensuring:
. . . . . . long life, and
. . . . . . improved responsiveness.
A full-scale commercial version of the technology,
. . . is already being used at a farm in Australia,
. . . not to store excess solar,
. . . but to store cheap electricity from the grid overnight, and
. . . then use that to power the farm’s cool rooms during the day.
08-27-2015 Source: Solar Storage: Molten Salt?
