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New NANO Li-Ion Battery
Does not Catch Fire,
Designed for Defense
Missions
Many battery cells experience
thermal runaway, a condition that
results in damage from overheating.
Kokam Company produced a
new battery, composed of Nickel
Manganese Cobalt (NMC), Lithium
Titanate Oxide (LTO) and Lithium
Iron Phosphate (LFP), to overcome
this problem.
NANO battery technology is a new
kindof lithium-ionbattery that passed
ballistic testing and was made to
withstand temperatures between
-40° and 60° Celsius. Batteries can
experience thermal runaway from
specific temperatures, but Kokam
created a design that surpassed
many factors.
Kokam promises a longer life
expectancy, greater safety, less
recharge time, greater power
delivery, and the ability to withstand
harsh temperatures for its new
battery. The real-world applications
are endless, making the battery
a good choice for government
defense measures.
The lithium-ion battery was
specially constructed for defense
and aerospace missions. Its silent
nature makes it a safer substitute for
diesel and other types of engines,
all while being available for volatile
operations. The energy it provides
makes it useful for many other
applications as well.
The Kokam company has provided
many other batteries as well over
the past 26 years. In fact, it is widely
respected across the world as being
an environmentally-friendly provider
of energy efficient solutions.
Kokam also offers the Ultra High
Power Nickel Manganese Cobalt
(NMC) and Ultra High Energy NMC
battery solutions for other types of
government applications.
The Ultra High Power NMC battery
solutions are applicable to high-tech
weapons and military operations
that garner a lot of power, while
the Ultra High Energy NMC battery
solutions are better suited for
unmanned aerial vehicles, drones,
and similar applications.
The cost productive NANO
battery technology will hopefully
open up other paths to safer
battery alternatives in the near
future. Especially with the rise of
government-directed drone use,
society might benefit from Kokam’s
future chemistry applications.
World’s First Ever Solar
Plant Provides Power Day
and Night
Crescent Dunes Project, located
in Nevada, goes down in history
as the first ever solar power plant,
which provides clean electricity 24
hours a day.
Renewable energy is slowly getting
closer to the place on the energy
market that it deserves. Technology
improves, reliability and efficiency
increase,
and
consequently
investments get a boost too.
Limitations that were very apparent
before, are now being tackled,
helping the sector to reach more
and more often great milestones.
A problem that has been recognized
for a long time is that of energy
storage and reliability of the source.
Renewable energy generation
is difficult to predict (although
advances have been made in too),
while energy storage systems are
still struggling to keep up with the
demand.
This, however, does not seem to
remain a problem for too long. In
fact, the solar power industry might
have just found a way to overcome
it. Meet Crescent Dunes Project,
the first ever solar power plant,
which generates electricity day and
night, regardless of whether the sun
is shining.
Developedand runbySolarReserve,
Nevada-based Crescent Dunes
Project provides energy to 75,000
homes. The 110-megawatt plant
uses concentrated solar technology
with more than 10,000 continuously
moving mirrors. The energy is
concentrated onto a central tower,
where molten salt is heated to over
1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The most crucial element of the
system is the molten salt, which is
used in two ways. First, it acts as an
energy storage, or thermal battery.
The heat is retained until needed
to be used. At night, or when the
sun is not shining, the salt is then
used to create hot steam via a heat
exchanger. This steam then powers
a steam turbine, which produces
electricity.
This system is different from the