In reply to Jones Beene's message of Fri, 30 Dec 2016 18:00:12 -0800: Hi, [snip] >Mills devotes a subchapter in the new version of his theory to Vanadium. >There are many easier ways to get oxygen into a reaction than vanadium >oxide, so it makes little sense that this would be a preferred carrier >-- unless vanadium was being used in its own right - operating as a >catalyst in a complementary way. > >V is attractive in a number of other energy-related applications such as >batteries because it is stable in a range of positive multiple >ionization states without requiring redox reactions. There is some >interesting info online from companies using the element in flow >batteries and these are not redox. > >http://www.uetechnologies.com/technology
Quote: "Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VFB)". ;) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
