ED is challenging
posted on
Sep 15, 2017 04:35PM
So, it appears that EEStor is going to focus on ED.Folks are all a twitter about that.
well, a couple warning signs:
1. There are a lot of energy storage solutions out there, some of them electrical. If we look at just the electrical, we have batteries first. They are pushing 1000 wh/l.
2. Then capacitors: the highest are used in defibrillators, about 8-10 wh/l. Very expensive but it takes 5 years to qualify..way out of reach for EEStor. Just changing manufacturing sites requires re-qualification. Prices are about $500 per wh/l
3. There are the military and high-end electronics that run 3-5 wh/l. Evans is probably the leader. Maybe $20 per wh/l. Takes maybe 2 years to qualify, and very rigorous tests.(anyone who thinks Evans is worried about EEStor is living in La-La land)
4. There are multiple solutions for the 1-3 range. Now about $10-20 per wh/l. This is where electrolytics, films, and ceramics rule.
Q; Now, against that background, where will EEStors product fit?
A: Nowhere, easily. Realize, high energy storage means Hign Energy being stored. There are a lot of stories about batteries exploding. So, before anyone considers a brand new technology being in their pocket, or on their lap, or sitting in a car with the equivalent of 100 sticks of dynamite in front of them, what will be needed to boost their confidence?
Hint: It ain't PR's.
The last IT6 testing showed EEStore had an ED of 0.0001wh/l. Think that will increase dramatically in the days or weeks ahead?
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It will take real reliability testing, not quotes from DZ or DW. There are a number of companies with polymer/ceramic dielectric but none, as far as I know, are in life challenging applications.
Do do you really think EEStor will be first? They have one scientist for ever 4 PR types.