Charging Solar Liquid Cooling Energy Storage Charger

What is a liquid-infused solar-absorbing foam Charger?

We fabricate a liquid-infused solar-absorbing foam charger that can rapidly advance the receding solid-liquid charging interface to efficiently store solar-thermal energy as latent heat and spontaneously float upward to cease the charging process upon overheating.

What is the charging current of a liquid cooled charging dispenser?

The charging current of a liquid-cooled charging dispenser is 500 A, enabling faster charging. Quiet charging experience with less than 45 dB noise, users can enjoy a quiet environment while charging. Liquid-cooled ultra-fast charging can serve properly for more than 10 years with an annual module failure rate of less than 0.5% .

Can LPG foam be used to charge under concentrated solar illumination?

When charging under concentrated solar illumination, the gravity-driven sinking of LPG foam enables ultrafast charging without safety concerns.

Are solar-thermal charging rates more than doubled?

The averaged solar-thermal charging rates and the corresponding stored latent heat within different PCMs are more than doubled (Fig. 4, K and L). In addition, the dynamic charging system retained ~100% of the latent heat storage capacity of the original large-volume PCMs (Fig. 4M).

Can flexible LPG foam be used to charge solar-thermal energy?

To explore STES within large-volume PCMs, the rigid carbon foam and the flexible LPG foam with the same diameter of ~35 mm were used as the fixed and dynamic charger to charge solar-thermal energy within bulk PCMs including PW (50 g), SA (50 g), and ET (80 g) under a power density of ~0.2, ~0.25, and ~ 0.5 W/cm 2, respectively.

Why is LPG foam a good choice for a PCM Charger?

The temperature-sensitive automatic floating of LPG foam not only enables recycling of the charger and timely stop of the charging process, but also avoids potential overheating issues when the PCMs undergo ultrafast charging under high-flux solar illumination.