Re: Iron nitride transformers could boost energy storage options

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Subject	Re: Iron nitride transformers could boost energy storage options
Date	2016-03-26 05:26 +0000
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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Iron nitride transformers could boost energy storage options
>> http://phys.org/news/2016-03-iron-nitride-boost-energy-storage.html
> 
> 
>> A Sandia-led team has developed a way to make a magnetic material
>> that could lead to lighter and smaller, cheaper and better-performing
>> high-frequency transformers, needed for more flexible energy storage
>> systems and widespread adoption of renewable energy.
>>
>> The work is part of a larger, integrated portfolio of projects funded
>> by Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Storage Program in the Office
>> of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
>>
>> Transportable energy storage and power conversion systems, which can
>> fit inside a single semi-trailer, could make it cost effective to
>> rapidly install solar, wind and geothermal energy systems in even the
>> most remote locations.

Nonsense.

Off the shelf transformers have typical efficiencies of about 985, so no
gain there.

Frequency response is a red herring for power systems.

Requiring a specialized material for the core is likely to make the
transformers more expensive, not cheaper.

The size and weight of transformers is a tiny fraction of the total
size and weight of an energy collection, storage and power conversion
system. 

The size of a power transformer is dominated by the wire size needed
to handle the applied voltage and current.

If the location is that remote, it is unlikely that there will be roads
to tow in a trailer.

-- 
Jim Pennino

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Iron nitride transformers could boost energy storage options Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 22:35 -0500
  Re: Iron nitride transformers could boost energy storage options benj <none@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 23:39 -0400
  Re: Iron nitride transformers could boost energy storage options jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-03-26 05:26 +0000

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