So when you think that solid state Lithium battery will be the main power unit for future electric cars, you better read on.........
In a Lithium-ion battery powered car, there are 3 ways to re-charge the battery, plug it to a dedicated high current power supply for a 15 minutes fast charge for upto 80% capacity, plug it to a standard home plug for a least 8 hours+ for a full recharge, or replace the battery packs with a freshly charged ones which is a bit impractical.
Here comes the Vabadium Flow Battery, when the electricity runs dry, you can connect it to the power plug for a conventional recharge OR pump out the Vabadium fluid and pump in fully charged Vabadium fluid, which probably takes about the same duration for pumping in petrol in a conventional fossil fuel car in a petrol station.
Their biggest disadvantage is the apparent low energy density, approximately just 1/8 as compare to top end Lithium battery, so until the energy density can be optimized closer to Lithium battery, we won't see any Vabadium Flow Battery in electric car yet.
It sounds like blood, then someone will later come up with a blood circulation system that can use solar or KER and charges the fluid.....the potential is unlimited.作者: 古惑強 時間: 2011-5-13 16:11
KERS already exists in hybrid and electric vehicle, but solar panel on the roof, bonnet and boot would be a nice touch.作者: 古惑強 時間: 2011-5-13 16:55
More explanations regarding Vanadium Batteries as well as Vanadium phosphate Lithium Battery.
