Liquid Air Batteries. Literally energy from thin air. Seriously. Literally!

What did the wind turbine say when asked about the liquid air storage system ? I’M A BIG FAN!

“Brian and Collin, in the corporate spreadsheet department” 😂

Are they taking the wrong approach,water flow turns magnets that produce electricity on demand,what's the problem

I've realised that coal-fired power stations are valuable assets in the energy mix. They have big turbine halls, large generators run with pressurised gas, massive yards currently used for storing coal, an electrical substation and a thick connection to the electricity grid. They sound like cost-effective sites for converting to huge liquid air storage facilities to provide power in the winter months. Replace the boilers with air scrubbers/liquifiers and build a load of tanks outside. It may not be 100% efficient but neither is keeping wind turbines stationary because there is nowhere to put the power. No need to buy up/dig up a farm or two. Minimal planning permission. Just convert dirty power stations into clean ones.

This seems like a job that I could feel proud of doing, working at a place like this.

When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like an energy conversion equation.

Just signed up for the Patreon account for this guy - I am always so jazzed to have access to great science content..... $3 a month is a steal. Thanks David!!!

Please do a follow-up report on these plants after they have been in operation for at least a year. Very useful information!!

I wonder how easily this tech can be adapted to help with the fractional distillation of air. Valuable Noble gases such as Neon, Helium, Argon, and Xenon have relatively low condensation temperatures compared to Nitrogen and Oxygen, so they might be siphoned off as gases at the condensing stage and sold off to help recoup costs.

Thank you for continuing to bring scientific concepts to the scientifically challenged masses, including me.

I love the fact that it is so simple. The simplicity of the system means that it is easy to calculate the costs, which in turn means that investors in this kind of system aren't assuming very much risk. So maybe we will see a lot of liquid air batteries in the future.

Your series of videos are making me very optimistic of a greener future.

Thanks! I just read about this a few weeks ago, but I learned more here than I did from the article.

Thank you for covering this energy storage technology.

Thank-you for getting to the point and simplifying.

This is so interesting!! Based on the pictures it reminded me of the Propane Fuel Stations here in Tennessee. Keep up the good work, sir!!😁

If the efficiency of conversion is 60%, then the 40% must be mostly waste heat, which could be used to warm greenhouses in winter, add the CO2 released from the zeolites to where the plants are, and at least in winter that could help grow food & feed people!

60% efficiency is a lot when considering that the alternative is losing all the potential energy instead of 40%.

Well done Dave. Very professional channel. I enjoy it.

I was hoping you'd do a video on this. Thank you.