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What is the most powerful battery or way to store energy?
I have an idea but I wanted to see what you guys would say :)
I have an idea but I wanted to see what you guys would say :)
Correct answer. Fusion would come in a very distant second.russ_watters said:Powerful by what definition and what constraints do you put on this? Matter-anti-matter energy storage is probably the most mass dense.
FoxCommander said:Thanks guys I just wanted to make sure :D
By that, you mean among the least energy efficient storage/release mechanism, yes. Ie, a battery is better than 90% efficient at storing and giving back its energy.Danger said:I agree that anti-matter is the ultimate in storage density. I love the stuff, and would like some to play with. Our current technology, however, makes it just about the most difficult and energy-intensive substance to produce and store.
Right. The inefficiency comes in the charging.Danger said:I'm not sure if that's what I meant or not, Russ; we appear to be using incompatible terminologies. I'll explain myself more fully.
The anti-matter itself is 100% efficient at converting to energy when combined with matter...
Ehh, well, no. If heat is the goal, there are lots of ways to store energy that output 100% efficiency. A car battery powering a heater is 100% efficient at producing heat, for example....so in that sense it has the highest storage density.
That's the part I was describing.As if that weren't bad enough, the first factory puts 1000 volts into the battery and the second one can extract only 1 volt due to collector inefficiencies.
russ_watters said:Right. The inefficiency comes in the charging. Ehh, well, no. If heat is the goal, there are lots of ways to store energy that output 100% efficiency.
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