Intuitively you'd think one of the plates would be eroded & consumed if
the electrolyte was renewed rather than the battery recharged. Then again
perhaps plate changes were part of the design / maintenance.
Maybe Robert Parry & it became --->
www.zbbenergy.com ?
Where I found:
"Unlike the lead acid and most other batteries, the ZESS uses electrodes
that cannot and do not take part in the reactions but merely serve as
substrates for the reactions. There is therefore no loss of performance,
unlike most rechargeable batteries, from repeated cycling causing
electrode material deterioration. During the charge cycle metallic zinc is
plated from the electrolyte solution onto the negative electrode surfaces
in the cell stacks. Bromide is then converted to Bromine at the positive
electrode surface of the cell stack and is immediately stored as a safe
chemically complexed organic phase in the electrolyte tank. When the ZESS
discharges, the metallic zinc plated on the negative electrode dissolves
in the electrolyte and is available to be plated again at the next charge
cycle. In the fully discharged state the ZESS can be left indefinitely."
What happened to the wave power test system that was to be planted on the
ocean floor off Fremantle a few years back?
For a supposed "green" community Fremantle is a very odd place, I believe
one of the main reasons wind turbines on the North Mole (harbour sea wall)
were knocked back was that they would be "unsightly".
