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Patented Method for storing water or solution in Aluminium Cans without Exploding for Latent Energy Storage
About
We have developed a patented method for latent energy storage on a mass producible scale utilising primarily existing automated aluminium canning equipment (330ml / 500ml and or 1000ml cans etc). This allows cells to be produced at scale, low cost and combined into different configurations using different fluid mediums (water, paraffin wax, glycol solution) depending on the use case (HVAC Cooling and Heating / Refrigeration). This allows solar energy to be used to "charge" / chill the cells (causing phase change) during the day using heat pumps for use in the evening when there is no solar. Vastly reducing the refrigeration / heating / cooling costs and off grid requirements for traditional battery energy storage. This will improve the ability to store thermal energy (heating or cooling) off grid in developing markets without relying on batteries utilising solar and heat pumps during the day. The aluminium cans also allow a significantly improved thermal transfer rate compared to traditional PE cells allowing for different use cases.
Key Benefits
Low Cost per KWh, Low Cost per Unit, Mass Producible, Improved off Grid Cooling, Expected High Thermal Draw Down Rates compared to traditional HDPE cells
Applications
HVAC Heating and Cooling Refrigeration Improved Use of Solar Improved Off Grid Thermal Cooling Technologies Thermal Energy Storage