Friday, 10 June 2016

Breathing new life into battery technology

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That said, this type of storage is not beneficial for all battery types. Batteries from hybrid models are unsuitable because “these hybrid batteries are designed with performance in mind and not for energy content. That is why we would not consider them for a stationary storage facility like the one in Hannover,” explains Kröger. At a push it would be possible to use the batteries for the plug-in models for this kind of facility.


Fountain of youth for batteries

Thanks to the highly advanced battery management system at the Daimler subsidiary Accumotive, the batteries in Hannover always stay in optimum condition. If they are needed as a replacement battery for a smart car, they meet the same quality and durability requirements as they did on day one. This is because this type of storage effectively works like a ‘fountain of youth’ for the batteries thanks to the controlled conditions – they are stored at a constant temperature with no vibrations and without excessive stress brought on by impatient drivers.

This technology can also be used at Daimler manufacturing plants to ensure the optimum use of energy in production. “We are thinking about how we can use these storage units as a buffer at sites where we have experienced power outages, such as in South Africa,” says Kröger, looking ahead to the future. However, the customers are the first priority, given the interest they have shown.

The ‘breathing’ energy storage facility is designed in such a way that batteries can continually be removed and, as Kröger says, “the output is continually powered down. At the same time, we are also able to replace the removed batteries.” The method chosen also depends on the partner. Irrespective of that, this new business model makes an important contribution to stabilising the power grid and to the economic feasibility of electromobility. You could therefore say that the batteries being stored in Hannover do their bit for sustainable mobility without even being used on the road.





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