The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has set up an environment-friendly charging station on its campus. The device is powered by a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB), and can be used to charge devices such as mobile phones, laptops, portable chargers, and tablets.
VRFB is a type of rechargeable flow battery that employs vanadium ions in different oxidation states to store energy. The second-generation prototype charging station was designed by the Sustainable Environergy Research Lab (SERL), under the guidance of Dr Anil Verma, Department of Chemical Engineering.
In an official press release, Dr Verma said, “The research team will collect the operational data of the developed prototype in the ambient and live conditions, so that appropriate changes in the design and operations can be incorporated in the next scaled-up version.”
Here are five things to know about the charging station:
1. VRFB can…