The Energy Storage and Refrigeration facility conducts world-leading research and development on advanced energy storage technologies.听
Research areas include:听
- Redox flow batteries including听the vanadium听and iron flow battery systems听
- Hybrid fuel cells including the vanadium oxygen hybrid fuel cell听
- Electrolyte production methods听
- Graphite and conducting plastic electrodes听
- Membrane evaluation听
- Enhanced flow battery cell and stack design (computational modelling and validation)听
- Energy storage system level design听
- Microgrid simulations听
- Liquid metal batteries听
- Refrigeration and air conditioner performance optimisation听
Our facilities听include:听
- Access to a 30 kW/130 kWh commercial VRB system听
- Access to dedicated computation laboratories for advanced simulation modelling听
- Extensive state of the art electrochemical analysis and battery test equipment听
- Electrolyte characterisation equipment听
- Inert atmosphere controlled high temperature furnaces听
- Climate controlled chambers for evaluating effects of environmental parameters on energy storage system performance听
- Access to advanced additive and automated manufacturing facilities听
This facility is also part of听听(The German-Australian Alliance for Electrochemical Technologies for Storage of Renewable Energy).听
The听听is also supported by the Energy Storage and Refrigeration facility.