Re: Using the correct terminology (was Re: New battery technology?)

[Lonnie Borntreger <ev@borntreger.com>]

On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 16:30, VanDerWal, Peter MSgt wrote:
> David's soap box is in no danger.  You DID get the units wrong when you
> copied it.  The website clearly states Wh/kg not kW/kg as you posted.
> 
> "In the all-vanadium redox flow cell, the present energy density is 25
> Wh/kg, this being based on a maximum vanadium ion concentration of 2 M or
> less for wide temperature range operation. "
> 
> "More recent studies at UNSW has shown that vanadium concentrations of up to
> 3M can be achieved with addition of precipitation inhibitors that can
> stabilise supersaturated vanadium solutions. This allows the energy density
> to be increased to around 35 Wh/kg. "

OK.  So my eyes failed me twice.  My apologies to David.

So, back to my original question, how does this rating look compared to
current EV batteries in use?

Lonnie