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> But I was under the impression that the main stumbling block for molten salt reactors was that high-energy corrosion resistant materials for containing / movi
by runarberg 4y ago
> But I was under the impression that the main stumbling block for molten salt reactors was that high-energy corrosion resistant materials for containing / moving molten salt simply don't exist (yet).
Is this also an issue for molten salt / liquid metal batteries[1][2] that have been proposed as a grid scale energy storage solution for renewables?
The way I understand it, molten salt is used as the membrane separating the electrode and electrolyte layers. But I was under the impression that there are actual molten salt batteries prototypes with industrial scale facilities currently under construction.
Are the requirements to contain the molten salt in a battery different from a nuclear reactors? Or do they have the same challenges and are simply able to overcome economic feasibility whereas nuclear reactors aren’t?
1: https://ambri.com/ https://ambri.com/
2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PL32ea0MqM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PL32ea0MqM
- marcosdumay 4y agoMolten salt / liquid metal batteries normally use alkaline salts, so steel holds it pretty well.
- runarberg 4y agoI see. So there is a pretty simple explanation. Thanks.