NASA JUST ANNOUNCED Their NEW EV Charging BREAKTHROUGH That JUST SHOCKED The Entire Industry

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Having to wait around while your electric car charges is the biggest inconvenience of having one. But what if I told you that you now have the potential to charge your vehicle in less than 10 minutes? Sounds good to be true?

You see, the market for electric vehicles is undergoing rapid transformation at the moment. And the development of this new type of battery might significantly change the industry.

Now, NASA, the government agency, has billions of dollars in budget. And they’ve recently tested a technology that is paramount to the electric vehicle industry!

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Modern electric vehicle batteries include thousands of individual lithium-ion cells. And these cells can repeatedly store and release their original amount of energy millions of times.

Each of these cells has a metal cathode and a graphite anode, with the two being separated by a liquid electrolyte.

Now, battery charging involves the movement of lithium ions through the liquid between the cathode and the anode. It's basically like wooden Jenga bricks. And they would fit snugly into the crevices between the graphite layers.

The rate at which the battery charges depend on how rapidly lithium ions can travel from the cathode to the anode.

However, in the same way, quickly stacking Jenga blocks might cause the tower to collapse. And this can happen here as well. So, issues develop when lithium is rushed into the anode.

Now, remember that every EV battery has a maximum charging rate that is predetermined by the vehicle's charging ports. And this is due to the complications associated with rapid charging.

In addition, how quickly a battery can be charged in practice is determined by both the charger and the number of kilowatts the battery can take in.

Other variables include battery capacity, battery charge, and environmental conditions.

Now, a modern EV battery may often be charged to 80 percent using a fast-charging station in approximately 30 minutes.

Still, that's a considerable amount of time, and people don't have that much of it. NEW EV BATTERY CHARGING BREAKTHROUGH

Thankfully, NASA has revealed an experimental technology they developed to keep their space hardware cool. Moreover, they learned that it also has a practical use here on Earth!

With this innovation, the time it takes to charge an electric car might be reduced to as little as five minutes!

They are engaging in a process known as "subcooled flow boiling." And this innovation has the potential to increase the electrical current supplied by present EV chargers to vehicles.

As the US space agency revealed on October 4, this occurs because the heat generated by the charging connections is dissipated more efficiently.

If that were the case, charging a car would take a fraction of the time it currently does.

According to NASA, a car could be fully charged in less than five minutes with a current of at least 1,400 amps.

By comparison, the most cutting-edge chargers now used in research and development and manufacturing can only provide currents of up to 520 amps. Although "support currents of less than 150 amps" is typically advertised on consumer-grade chargers.

Under the direction of Purdue University mechanical engineering professor Issam Mudawar and with funding from NASA's Biological and Physical Sciences Division, a team of researchers claims to have successfully implemented subcooled flow boiling to generate 2,400 amps down a wire.

Now, this is far more than what is needed to fully charge an electric vehicle in under five minutes.

Keep in mind that this was only a cable-based lab experiment. So, in order for a real-world car to accomplish that sub-5-minute charge, it would require two things. It would need a battery and power source with the appropriate ratings, as well as a cooled cable.

Their cable design has the potential to supply 4.6 times as much electricity as the quickest electric vehicle chargers now available. And this is achieved by dissipating up to 24.22 kW of thermal energy.

By dividing 2,400 amps by the 520 amps of a high-tech charger, we get a result of 4.6.

V.S. Devahdhanush, a visiting assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University, collaborated with Mudawar on the project and offered his thoughts as well.



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