VulcanSphere@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 11 months agoMIT scientists propose power storage using cement blockswww.datacenterdynamics.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squareryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months ago The team worked out that a 45 cubic meter material block of nanocarbon-black-doped concrete would have enough capacity to store about 10kWh of energy Try to visualise 45 cubic meters for the energy storage for 1 person for 1 day without any heating/cooling
minus-squareMike@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months ago3x3x5 is like a storage unit for a family
minus-squareryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoOkay and now I need eleven of these, our house of 4 uses 110kwh per day
minus-squareCavemanfreak@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoWow. Our house of two adults and two kids use 27kwh per day…
minus-squareryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoYeah it’s cold so the heat pump air conditioning takes about 80kwh each day to heat the house to 17-18C Classic Australian winter
Try to visualise 45 cubic meters for the energy storage for 1 person for 1 day without any heating/cooling
3x3x5 is like a storage unit for a family
Okay and now I need eleven of these, our house of 4 uses 110kwh per day
Per day?!
Wow. Our house of two adults and two kids use 27kwh per day…
Yeah it’s cold so the heat pump air conditioning takes about 80kwh each day to heat the house to 17-18C
Classic Australian winter