From: snipeco.2@gmail.com   
      
   Kerr-Mudd, John  wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 26 Dec 2023 12:30:08 -0600   
   > JAB  wrote:   
   >   
   > >  Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?   
   > >   
   > > Nanoparticles may boost energy density enough for EVs   
   > >   
   > > As she drives her electric vehicle to her mother's house, Monique's   
   > > battery gauge indicates that it's time to reenergize. She stops at a   
   > > charging station, taps her credit card at the pump, inserts a nozzle   
   > > into the car, and in 5 minutes exchanges 400 liters of spent nanofluid   
   > > for fresher stuff. As she waits, a tanker pulls up to refill the   
   > > station itself by exchanging tens of thousands of liters of charged   
   > > for spent fuel. Monique closes her EV's fueling port and heads onto   
   > > the highway with enough stored energy to drive 640 kilometers (400   
   > > miles).   
   > >   
   > > The battery in her EV is a variation on the flow battery, a design in   
   > > which spent electrolyte is replaced rather than recharged. Flow   
   > > batteries are safe, stable, long-lasting, and easily refilled,   
   > > qualities that suit them well for balancing the grid, providing   
   > > uninterrupted power, and backing up sources of electricity.   
   > >   
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   > Great news for all those forecourts! (and folk that can't get a cable to   
   > the kerbside at their home).   
   >   
      
   I spy a little fly in the ointment:  they speak of "in five minutes   
   exchanges 400 liters of spent nanofluid for fresher stuff."   
      
   That's a bloomin' big notpetrol tank with its associated weight   
   and volume penalties.   
      
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