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For 3/4 of your concerns, kinda like gasoline?
by ethagknight 9y ago
For 3/4 of your concerns, kinda like gasoline?
- TallGuyShort 9y agoStill has a point regarding the potential superiority of battery exchange programs. Gasoline isn't exactly the holy grail of fuels :)
- mjevans 9y agoGasoline is mostly just flammable (and the vapor /slightly/ explosive). We'd need to know more about what type of chemicals are used in this battery, but glancing at what's involved for 'flow batteries' I'd make a /slightly/ educated guess that these would all be considered 'industrial' materials. You might see a public bus using them, but I doubt it would be safe to allow the average driver to self-refuel.
- undersuit 9y agoThe average driver refills their vehicle using decades old technology which would probably be unsuited for exchanging the fluid these batteries would need. Any kind of system for exchanging the fluid in a flow battery would probably be self contained and would be better designed than holding a lever on a nozzle dumping a flammable liquid into an empty vessel.
- maxerickson 9y agoThe article mentions the chemicals. Light alcohols and water.
- gus_massa 9y agoAlcohols and water are just the solvent. It probably use some metal ion too. The charge of the ion can change "easily", so you can charge, discharge and recharge it.
- com2kid 9y ago> Gasoline is mostly just flammable (and the vapor /slightly/ explosive). Gasoline is incredibly toxic, we are just accustom to it so we don't give it much though.
- Dylan16807 9y agoI wouldn't say 'incredibly' toxic. You can touch it for a while with no negative effects, and you shouldn't ingest it.
- colordrops 9y agoWhich of the 4 is not like gasoline? Seems like 4/4 to me.