The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) Research and Development Centre has filed a new patent to add to its previous four.
This fifth patent is for a redox flow battery stack with an improved electrolyte distribution. The battery stack has a streamlined shape which ensures a reduced pressure drop, better performance and efficiency of the battery flow system leading to increased power density and reduction in manufacturing costs.
DEWA said the new patent “solves a major challenge in flow battery”.
The managing director and CEO of DEWA, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer (below), said this adds to DEWA’s track record of accomplishments and excellence, as well as supporting its efforts to enrich the local and global scientific community.
The achievement also aligns with DEWA’s strategy to energy security and sustainability through adopting the latest technologies and implementing several energy storage projects.
“We strive to harness innovation and the latest technologies to enhance DEWA’s excellence and leading position as one of the best utilities worldwide,” Al Tayer said.
The new patent is the result of the “distinguished employees at DEWA, who have developed many innovations and are currently working on multiple research projects and patents”.
The R&D Centre adopts an approach based on improving the services provided by DEWA to customers by developing the latest technologies and sustainable solutions for energy and water and conducting applied research to ensure the continuity of our global leadership,” added Al Tayer.
The R&D Centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park comprises 44 researchers, including 26 PhD and master degree holders.
Since its launch, the Centre has published 84 research papers in scientific conferences and peer-reviewed journals worldwide.
DEWA implements several energy storage projects. These include using Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in the 4th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which combines CSP and photovoltaic solar panels with a production capacity of 950MW.
The project will have the world’s largest global thermal storage capacity of 15 hours, facilitating energy availability round the clock.
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