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| Reference Number | EP/L014289/1 | |
| Title | Lower Cost and Longer Life Flow Batteries for Grid Scale Energy Storage | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor NP (Nigel ) Brandon No email address given Earth Science and Engineering Imperial College London |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 30 June 2014 | |
| End Date | 29 June 2017 | |
| Duration | 36 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £940,689 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | Energy : Energy | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor NP (Nigel ) Brandon , Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London (99.997%) |
| Other Investigator | Prof A (Anthony ) Kucernak , Chemistry, Imperial College London (0.001%) Dr D Brett , Chemical Engineering, University College London (0.001%) Dr P Shearing , Chemical Engineering, University College London (0.001%) |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , EDF Energy (0.000%) Project Contact , C-Tech Innovation Ltd (0.000%) Project Contact , PV3 Technologies Ltd (0.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | Flow batteries are a form of electrochemical energy storage in which electrical energy is stored via the generation of a physically separated reductant and oxidant, and electrical energy generated when required by the re-combination of this redox couple. Unlike other forms of electrochemical storage, flow batteries are characterised by the ability to de-couple power and energy, allowing significant cost savings as energy requirements increase, and offering the potential for MW/MWhr scale storage. Considerable progress has been made on this technology recent years, especially within China and the UK, but challenges remain to understand and improve lifetime and performance in the currently used all vanadium approach, and to explore novel approaches which offer significantly reduced cost. This proposal addresses the issue of both cost, performance and lifetime within flow batteries, to develop significantly improved all vanadium systems, and to explore novel approaches | |
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| Added to Database | 30/10/14 | |
