Water - Based Flow Batteries with Quino's CEO Eugene Beh

Sean White‘s Solar and Energy Storage Podcast

In this episode Sean learns all about quinone flow batteries, ferrocyanide, and a lot more, including how desalination and air conditioning are related and can use the same membrane redox-flow technology.
It was a pleasure to have a very intelligent guest with degrees from Harvard and Stanford. We will learn what a flow battery is and its benefits and how they expect to be a greater part of the renewable mix in the future.
The water-based technology is different from the acid-based vanadium redox flow batteries, which require vanadium, and much of the vanadium comes from Russia, while quinone can easily be made anywhere, lessening dependence on faraway places, which fits with where our economy seems to be headed.
Here are some of the topics we cover:
What is a flow battery?
Thermal runaway
What is LDES? Your definition and benefits
Different types of LDES
Flow batteries benefits
Benefits vs Vanadium or Zinc Bromine or others
Full to no charge how many times
How long does the electrolyte and membrane last?
Toxicity
Power block cost
DOE 250/kW
40/kWh
What did you do with that $100
Can you theoretically use electrolyte for an EV?
How did you get DOE funding?
What is quinone
Pioneered at Harvard
Energy density and specific energy?
R/T efficiency
Ferrocyanide and quinone
Temperatures
Xerox Parc = Palo Alto Research Center
Redox Flow Desalination for Xerox
Beh invented and commercialized a redox flow desalination technology as a researcher at Xerox PARC
Majove Energy Systems
Reverse Electrodialysis
Supply Chain
Liquid Desiccant Airconditioning
Water harvesting
Reach Eugene Beh here:
Company website: www.quinoenergy.com
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/eugbeh
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