Isingeniso: UCatherine von Berg, i-CEO yeCalifornia Battery Company, uxoxe ngokuthi kungani ecabanga ukuthi i-lithium iron phosphate izoba yikhemikhali eyinhloko esikhathini esizayo.
Umhlaziyi wase-US uWood Mackenzie ulinganisele ngesonto eledlule ukuthi ngo-2030, i-lithium iron phosphate (LFP) izothatha indawo ye-lithium manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) njengekhemikhali yokugcina amandla eqhubekayo. Nakuba lokhu kuyisibikezelo esikhulu sodwa, i-Simpliphi ifuna ukukhuthaza lolu shintsho ngokushesha okukhulu.
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Simpliphi uCatherine Von Burg uthe: Kukhona into ebaluleke kakhulu ethinta imboni, okungaba nzima ukuyilinganisa noma ukuyiqonda. Lokhu kuhlobene nezingozi eziqhubekayo: imililo, ukuqhuma, njll. kuyaqhubeka nokwenzeka ngenxa yezinto zamakhemikhali ze-lithium ion ezisekelwe ku-NMC, ezisekelwe ku-cobalt.
UVon Burg ukholelwa ukuthi isikhundla esiyingozi se-cobalt kumakhemikhali ebhethri asitholakali muva nje. Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, abantu bathathe izinyathelo zokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kanye nomonakalo ongaba khona we-cobalt. Ngaphezu kwezingozi ezihlobene ne-cobalt njengensimbi, indlela imboni ethola ngayo i-cobalt ngokuvamile ayifaneleki.
Umnikazi wenkampani yokugcina amandla eseCalifornia uthe: "Iqiniso liwukuthi izinto ezintsha zokuqala ku-lithium ion zazizungeze i-cobalt oxide. Ngokuthuthuka kwale mboni, okungena onyakeni ka-2011/12, (abakhiqizi baqala) ukwengeza i-manganese ne-nickel kanye nezinye izinsimbi ukusiza ukulungisa noma ukunciphisa izingozi eziyisisekelo ezibangelwa yi-cobalt."
Ngokuphathelene nokuthuthuka kwenguquko yamakhemikhali ngokushesha kunalokho obekulindelwe, iSimpliphi ibike ukuthi naphezu komthelela wobhubhane, ukuthengiswa kwayo kukhuphuke ngo-30% unyaka nonyaka ngo-2020. Le nkampani ithi lokhu kungenxa yamakhasimende afuna ukuphepha kanye nokuqina okunobuthi kanye nokunikezwa kwamandla okusekela ukuphepha. Kukhona futhi amakhasimende amaningi ohlwini. ISimpliphi imemezele kulo nyaka iphrojekthi yokugcina amandla ebhethri nezinkampani zikagesi i-AEP nePepco.
I-AEP kanye ne-Southwest Electric Power Company basungule ukubonakaliswa kohlelo lokugcina amandla oluhlakaniphile nolungenawo i-cobalt. Lo mboniso usebenzisa ibhethri le-Simpliphi 3.8 kWh, i-inverter kanye nesilawuli se-Heila njengohlelo lokuphatha ibhethri namandla. Lezi zinsiza zilawulwa yi-Heila Edge bese zihlanganiswa zibe inethiwekhi ehlakaniphile esatshalaliswayo, engasetshenziswa yinoma yimuphi umlawuli ophakathi.
Ekubikezeleni kokusheshisa ushintsho lwebhethri, uVon Burg ubonise umkhiqizo wakamuva wenkampani yakhe, ibhethri le-amplifier elingu-3.8 kWh, elinohlelo lokuphatha oluqondene nalo olubala futhi luguqule izinkomba zibe ama-algorithms, ukuvikela, ukuqapha, kanye nokubika. Ukulawula, ukuqinisekiswa kanye nokulinganisela ukusebenza.
I-CEO ithe: "Uma singena emakethe, ibhethri ngalinye lethu line-BMS (Uhlelo Lokuphathwa Kwebhethri), futhi isikhombimsebenzisi sisekelwe ku-voltage curve." Ngamanye amazwi, lokhu ukuphathwa okuhlakaniphile kwamabhethri angaphakathi ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza. Njengoba imakethe ithuthuka futhi ibandakanyeka kumaphrojekthi ezinsiza, sidinga ukuba nokuxhumana okwengeziwe kanye nobuhlakani obufakwe ku-BMS, ukuze amabhethri ethu akwazi ukudlulela ngale kwe-inverter voltage curve kanye ne-set point charge controller ngolwazi lwedijithali kanye nokuxhumana Imishini, isibonelo, i-micro-smart grid" isilawuli sesayithi.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-CEO ithe: "I-BMS yaleli bhethri le-amplifier yinto ebesilokhu siyifunda cishe unyaka wonke. Ibhethri livumelaniswa ngokuzenzakalelayo. Akudingeki ukusitshela ukuthi ibhethri liyiNombolo 1 noma iNombolo 100. Kukhona i-inverter eshaja endaweni. Isilawuli, sihlelwe kusengaphambili ukukhuluma ulimi lwe-inverter futhi singavumelaniswa."
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Septhemba 16-2020