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  • Essay / Liquid Metal Battery for Energy Savings - 1446

    Energy conservation is becoming a global issue as the Earth approaches its carrying capacity. Energy consumption has continued to increase around the world despite the growing demand for more energy-efficient machines and appliances. Rapid advancements in alternative energy sources have shed new light on the use of renewable energy sources to replace fossil fuels. Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy can be converted into electrical energy to meet the daily needs of human beings. However, renewable energy sources can only provide limited amounts because they can only be used in certain circumstances. Renewable energy sources do not have the capacity to contribute to the grid at all times, which poses a problem when electricity demand cannot be met. To avoid such a phenomenon, man will have to resort to the storage of energy produced from renewable sources. The liquid battery is the future of electricity storage as its impact will have profound effects both economically and efficiently, as it will make renewable energy a more suitable and useful option in this developing world. Liquid metal battery is an unfamiliar term to the public because it is a recent innovation. The prototype of this battery was created in 2011 by Donald Sadoway, professor of materials chemistry at MIT. (3) Sadoway was influenced by the idea of ​​drawing electricity from the sun even when the sun was not shining. This notion of energy storage sparked Sadoway's interest in making renewable energy more competitive than coal-fired power plants, capable of providing electricity at any time. Previously, there was no large-scale way to save the energy created by wind farms and solar panels. Furthermore, even if the energy was saved, it would not work... middle of paper ......al-battery-lands-another-high-profile-investor/5.http://www. smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/liquid-batteries-a-renewable-energy-game-changer/?tag=search-river6.http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/6066/Liquid -Metal-batteries-would-make-renewable-energy-viable.aspx7. http://engineering.mit.edu/ask/how-does-battery-work8. http://www.energizer.com/learning-center/Pages/how-batteries-work.aspx9. http://www.siemens.com/innovation/en/news/2013/e_inno_1302_1.htm10.http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/a-liquid-metal-battery- pour-grid-storage-nears-production11.http://www.alber.com/Docs/TN-11001Thermal%20Runaway%20Detection%20Tech%20Note.pdf12. http://fora.tv/2012/10/25/Dr_Donald_R_Sadoway_The_Liquid_Metal_Battery?slg=113. http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries