February/March 2021

8 RESEARCH Issue 1 2021 Power Electronics Europe www.power-mag.com Name: Company Name: Address: Post Code: Tel: Total Number of Copies @ £ p+p Total £ Drives S & S Hyd H/B Pne H/B Ind Mot Comp H/B H/B Air DFA MEDIA LTD, QUANTITY QUANTITY Hydraulics & Pneumatics There are now 6 of these handy reference books from the publishers of the Drives & Controls and Hydraulics & Pneumatics magazines. Published in an easily readable style and designed to help answer basic questions and everyday problems without the need to refer to weighty textbooks. We believe you’ll find them invaluable items to have within arms reach. From the publishers of QUANTITY QUANTITY QUANTITY If you would like to obtain additional copies of the handbooks, please complete the form below and either fax it on 01732 360034 or post your order to: Cheques should be made payable to DFA MEDIA LTD and crossed A/C Payee. Copies of the handbooks are available at £4.99 per copy. Discounts are available for multiple copies. 2-5 copies £4.30, 6-20 copies £4.10, 20+ copies £3.75. QUANTITY PRACTICAL ENGINEER’S HANDBOOKS HYDRAULICS INDUSTRIAL MOTORS SERVOS AND STEPPERS PNEUMATICS COMPRESSED AIR INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC DRIVES PLEASE ALLOW UPTO 28 DAYS FOR DELIVERY 192 The High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BE Engineers Handbook, DFA MEDIA LTD, 192 The High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BE Postage and Packaging: 1-3 copies: £2.99 4-6 copies: £4.99 7 or more copies: £6.99 Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is leading this collaboration project has predicted that this QSS electrolyte is suitable for metal-air batteries which operate at 800ºC; as it suppresses the evaporation and fluidity of the molten salts that can occur at such high operating temperatures. Project collaborator, Dr Cheng Peng from the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, explains a unique and useful design aspect of this experimental research. “The quasi- solidification has been achieved using nano-technology to construct a flexibly- connected network of solid oxide particles that act as a structural barrier locking in the molten salt electrolytes, while still allowing them to safely conduct electricity in extreme heat.” Prof. Chen hopes the team’s “encouraging results” will help to establish a simpler and more efficient approach to designing low-cost and high-performance molten salt metal-air batteries with high stability and safety. “The modified molten salt iron-oxygen battery has great potential applications in new markets, including electric transport and renewable energy which require innovative storage solutions in our homes and at grid-level. The battery is also, in principle, capable of storing solar heat as well as electricity, which is highly- desirable for both domestic and industrial energy needs. Molten salts are currently used at large scale in Spain and China to capture and store solar heat which is then converted to electricity - our molten salt metal air battery does the two jobs in one device,” he added. More information: George.chen@nottingham.ac.uk The novel QSS electrolyte in the salt battery consists of the molten eutectic mixture of Na2CO3-K2CO3 and nanoparticles of yttrium stabilized zirconia (YSZ) To re c e iv e y o u r o w n c o p P o w e r E le c tro n ic s E u ro p s u b s c r ib e to d a y a t: w w w .p o w e r -m a g .c