Pune. Pune's deep-tech startups Recharging India's first Sodium-ion battery with 1 kWh capacity (Sodium-ion battery) has been introduced. This startup has been started by a researcher couple from Pune. The special thing is that the company's indigenous batteries are used in Hyderabad based CII's Godrej Green Business Center Has started in. It can be charged with electricity generated from solar panels.
Today, lithium-ion batteries are being used in many fields from mobile phones to electric vehicles and energy storage. India is largely dependent on other countries for these batteries. In such a situation, the sodium-ion battery of the Pune company is being considered an important step towards developing alternative battery technology in the country.
How does a 'salt' battery work?
Solar panels installed on the roof of Godrej Green Business Center in Hyderabad generate electricity from sunlight. this electricity 1 kWh sodium-ion battery Is stored in. Later this stored energy is used to illuminate a large display installed outside the centre.
This entire system has been designed in such a way that it can store solar energy and use it at the time of need. In sodium-ion technology, sodium is used instead of lithium, hence it is also colloquially called 'salt battery'.
No need to convert from DC to AC
One special feature of this system is its power flow. The current is repeatedly transferred between the electricity received from the solar panel and the energy used from the battery. convert from dc to ac There is no need. This can reduce the energy loss during conversion.
This system is currently working at CII-Godrej Green Business Center in Hyderabad. This use of indigenous sodium-ion batteries is being seen as an experiment towards developing alternative energy storage technology in India.