KAir Battery - An Electrical Inventory | Damian Beauchamp | TEDxOhioStateUniversity
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มี.ค. 2015
- Most of the electricity that is consumed is generated on demand, so that means that any energy generated with a green source like solar and wind can only be used then. This means that when it's dark or not windy, this green energy cannot be relied upon. Storing this energy to be used when it's dark or not windy is where KAir battery comes in. Safer than lead batteries and more efficient than lithium-ion batteries, KAir battery could be a solution to better energy practices in industrialized and developing countries.
Damian Beauchamp graduated from Kent State University magna cum laude with a BS in chemistry. He then joined the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at The Ohio State University in 2012 under the direction of Dr. Yiying Wu as a PhD student. His focus and passion are based on the discovery, development, and commercialization of sustainable/renewable energy solutions.
In 2013 Damian received honorable mention from the NSF Graduate Fellowship committee and co-founded Kair Battery/Energy Systems LLC. Kair was developed to provide highly energy efficient and dense, cost-effective, and non-toxic energy storage systems to the electric vehicle and grid storage markets. Damian led Kair to success taking 1st at the OSU Business Plan Competition, winning the $100k DOE Clean Energy Prize form the Rice Business Plan Competition, and competed in Washington D.C. at the DOE Clean Energy Business Plan Competition.
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Mr. Beachamp- Simple elegant genius- can you sell it- get it quickly out to the consumer market? How does Kair compare to flow batteries and something called the Blue Battery? Time is short, I wish you all the help from Heaven. You and your group have done a really wonderful job!!
Damian, excellent presentation, especially for that audience. Well done. For an audience comprised of engineers, scientists and investors I would envision a more technical talk. For example, I am wondering about cycle life, efficiency degradation over time, technical issues with large scale fabrication, maintenance issues and maintenance cost curves. I am also interested in ongoing work to commercialize the product. I assume there is work in progress that limits available public data. I look forward to hearing more from you and your team regarding these more technical matters. Again, congratulations to all involved.
Wow, never heard of KAir. Seems like finally someone got a really good solution to grid storage.
Thank you for presentation, really new free thinkers around the world can change the scarcity of energy storage. Well some technical things in doubt are what would be its discharge rate and internal resistance, ratio of weight to energy also the safety factor for any type of explosion.
This video was posted in 2015. The last post on facebook.com/KAirBattery was also in 2015. Is this some sort of scam? What's up with Beauchamp and Kair?
So, sodium also works?
What happened to Kair? No update since Feb. 2015! Website and all links down...
Where can I buy it?
It is all about cycle life... I bet (high quality deep cycle) lead-acid beats any other chemical battery, for stationary use at least. And it is the easiest to recycle once it is done.
@ 4.30 I love it...
"Oxygen flows in through the porous carbon cathode
and potassium flows across the electrolyte, meeting that oxygen,
forming potassium superoxide on the porous carbon substrate.
Alright.
Once that porous carbon substrate is completely coated in potassium superoxide
it's time to recharge the battery.
Electricity is supplied from an external source to decompose the potassium superoxide back into potassium and oxygen leaves the battery
What about the water in the air? that would make potassium hydroxide.
"A Beaver can buil a dam........ aren't we smarter than this".
well said.
Hydro electric company owner says... "Damn beavers making us look bad,
kill all those Dam beavers!"
Have you seen a beaver build a hydroelectric plant?
I am beginning to think that there are really no products in these talks. That these talks are only to teach speakers how to give talks. A school for debaters.
No Batteries Necessary
If we can harness & produce energy faster than we could use it,
then we wouldn’t need an extra man-made energy storage battery.
The Space Around Us Is The Best Battery
The vacuum of “empty space” appears to be an energy reservoir of immense capacity
that makes nuclear power seem old fashioned. Richard Feynman and others have pointed out
that the amount of Zero Point Energy in one cubic centimeter of the vacuum (ambient space)
is much greater than the energy density in an atomic nucleus.
I know, but how to extract it?
Me too. How would you do it ?
Zero-point energy is still only in the form of theoretical imagination in the minds of some open-minded physicists, until proven otherwise. Something is "there", but the big question is: How strong is that something? And if it is really that powerful, then, how can anyone perform experiments to research and discover its potentials when one can't even see into the inner realms of the vacuum "empty space"?
decentralized energy will happen
just give the directions to make the battery so that people in Africa and such can get-on building the batteries.. sure you could give a simple plan for a simple battery im sure poor people will not have the funds to by you manufactured ready for market greed factory battery... if you simply give the information to those who need it they will build them ...
make a cheap parts kit that only include the hard to make pieces and let people make them on the spots where needed ... if you try to take what you've already got and make it more complex then sale it you will be cutting out the people you are trying to help....if your so amazed how simple it all is just give a plan for people to make it. it does not have to be perfect..
What happened to this guy and his tech?
Needs to lose the intense frown, the anti-corporate statements, and general 'soapbox' presentation.
People make decisions emotionally, and then back them up with logic. If they want investors and people willing to adopt the tech, they need to not be turned off or distracted.
They love a story. Nameless corporations keeping faceless third world people oppressed doesn't do it.
Little Maria finishing second grade when no one else in her family and village could, because she was able to use the prototype and a simple solar panel to overcome the barriers that would have kept her uneducated for the rest of her life is the story. Donating one for every 10 sold (like shoes) let's people connect themselves to the solution.
Taking shots at small mammals while saying, "Aren't we stupid?".... Not so much. Even if it is funny.
well if you research power youll see the big e companies will stop at nothing to prevent you from leaving their grids.... although it is possible .....