Electrical Technology
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 3:29 pm
I was reading about a former Naval Engineering Officer, Trevor Jackson, who is developing a battery, suitable for powering motor cars, lorries and buses, giving cars a range of some 1,500 miles. The battery is not rechargeable but is recycleable and, in the future, could be exchanged at supermarkets, garages, motorway service stations, etc. The electrolyte in these units, unlike lead-acid and alkaline batteries, is not corrosive. Some more about it here
Once an aluminium-air fuel cell is spent, it can be recycled very cheaply. According to Jackson, the cost of recycling means the running costs of an aluminium-air powered car would work out at 7p per mile. The cost of a small hatchback's petrol comes to around 12p per mile. More important, lithium-ion batteries are heavy. Swapping a battery, says Jackson, takes about 90 seconds.
He has just signed a multi million pound deal to develop the battery, more here
Hope he is succesful with this venture.
Other research on aluminium batteries is also being undertaken here
Jim
Once an aluminium-air fuel cell is spent, it can be recycled very cheaply. According to Jackson, the cost of recycling means the running costs of an aluminium-air powered car would work out at 7p per mile. The cost of a small hatchback's petrol comes to around 12p per mile. More important, lithium-ion batteries are heavy. Swapping a battery, says Jackson, takes about 90 seconds.
He has just signed a multi million pound deal to develop the battery, more here
Hope he is succesful with this venture.
Other research on aluminium batteries is also being undertaken here
Jim