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Design of zinc bromide flow battery (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de to c/diy@slrpnk.net

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This type of battery seems quite easy to DIY. Cheap materials, relatively safe, not flammable.

You can either maken individual cells or make a flow battery which is theoretically infinitely scalable. You'd be limited by the size of the electrode in how much power this battery can deliver.

Has anyone here tried to make a flow battery? And did you have any success with powering something large and energy consuming?

I guess it would also be possible to make a battery out of old buckets, carbon fiber mesh and separator material such as glass fiber.

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[–] corship@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah great idea, let's bring back bromism

[–] Uranium_Green@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao, do you drink your Li-po batteries as well?

The typical dose needed to reach bromism (when talking about old bromide sedatives) is 0.5g-1.0g a day, the lethal dose of zinc bromide is 3-5g, those levels are not passive exposure levels, they're intentional or very unlucky accidental ingestion levels

[–] corship@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao, do you manufacture your li-po batteries as well?

[–] Uranium_Green@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Haha, I take your point!

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The bromine stays in the cell/tank. It's not meant for human consumption.

[–] corship@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Instructions unclear, dock got stuck in acid.

Jokes aside, my point is the "ermahgerd let's build some batteries with buckets and wire"