tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post1594869455991163010..comments2023-10-15T05:20:00.675-06:00Comments on Entropy Production: Breakthough in Flow Batteries?Robert McLeodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270962906437456350noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-16636863676638890342010-01-23T05:04:34.157-07:002010-01-23T05:04:34.157-07:00Come on, the German researchers are protecting the...Come on, the German researchers are protecting their technology and won't give you the details so that someone can copy their idea. Makes complete sense to me. :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00101811548036335218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-43163126275979931142009-11-04T08:11:57.236-07:002009-11-04T08:11:57.236-07:00I've heard that a big part of today's vana...I've heard that a big part of today's vanadium production is from petroleum refining (vanadium is after all quite corrosive at elevated temperatures). If the peak oil people are correct this could lead to a production issue (unlikely an ultimate reserves issue since vanadium as you mention isn't that rare).<br /><br />What other metals could potentially be used for flow batteries?<br /><br />There's also vanadium-borium fuel cell type battery being developed:<br /><br />http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/07/researchers-d-2.html<br /><br />Effective and efficient regeneration would make that system very useful for a lot of applictions.Cyril Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17667288494374310919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-16130566350088535302009-10-25T07:36:47.725-06:002009-10-25T07:36:47.725-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365721668872572469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-14807058678227471922009-10-14T18:24:30.796-06:002009-10-14T18:24:30.796-06:00Then you are in luck, in fact the whole world is i...Then you are in luck, in fact the whole world is in luck. A huge low-cost vanadium deposit was discovered recently in Madagascar by www.uraniumstar.com It is sediment-hosted so much much cheaper to extract than all others (which are volcanic intrusives). So that solves one issue. the other issue you brought up is the patent... well read this article in the National Post (bit.ly/1Gkvyh)and you'll learn that VRB's patent expired and now the world should brace itself for a vanadium battery revolution that will allow solar/wind/tidal power to become the main sources to national power grids. <br /><br />Follow my vanadium tweets @VandiumJoe if you want to learn more about the exciting future of vanadium.Vanadium Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06558307935800567337noreply@blogger.com