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MLS&FIRST Lecture Meeting（4th MLS Lecture Meeting）（June 24, 2016）

News 2016.06.24

When	June 24, 2016, 14:00～15:00
Where	R2-Bldg. Seminar Room #2（1F）
Lecturer	Prof. Donald W. Kirk
Affiliation	University of Toronto Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
Title	Vanadium Flow battery – a solution to grid energy storage
Number of participants	9

Lecture summary

Prof. Kirk shared his experiences of the works on Vanadium Flow Battery. The lecture covered the fundamental mechanisms involved in a flow-type battery and why vanadium is used. In addition, Prof. Kirk also introduced the problems encountered in practical application of the technology. During the Q&A section, a lot of the discussions were made on the practical problems such as the cost in capital cost of a vanadium flow battery plant, and the possible solutions to lower the cost of the vanadium metal.

Contact

Assoc. Prof. Masato Sone（Advanced Materials Research Core）
http://www.ames.pi.titech.ac.jp/

Link
▶Institute of Innovative Research（IIR）

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