VIZN Energy Systems | How It Works

HOW IT WORKS

The ViZn Energy Storage System is an award winning flow battery utilizing a unique alkaline electrolyte using abundant and cost effective materials assuring low first-cost, operational savings and unmatched value.

Energy & Power

The ViZn battery provides flexibility for both power and capacity needs. High power output is sized to match your requirements with superior cost, capacity, and cycle life guarantees. No thermal runaway even at high duty cycles. The ability to use 100% of the SOC at both high power and high capacity make the ViZn flow battery the best value in C&I, grid scale and micro-grid applications.

Safety

ViZn has commercialized the safest flow battery available. Alkaline electrolyte eliminates hazardous acids and the ionic transfer medium is non-toxic zinc and iron which eliminates heavy metal and toxic components. ViZn systems are inherently non-flammable without the added cost of HVAC and safety systems. Science and technology built the markets safest storage system.

ROI

Economic value is considered at every stage of development and engineering. ViZn built on the initial design from the DOE funded program to create a safe and inexpensive stationary storage. ViZn development of a robust 20 year industrial battery based on alkaline electrolyte with zinc and iron for low cost installation, materials of construction, maintenance and end of life.

How it Works

Widely recognized as the “holy grail”, energy storage is critical to delivering on the promise of a sustainable energy future. Storage will play the instrumental role in upgrading our current grid infrastructure by eliminating waste, improving reliability and supporting the widespread adoption of renewable energy.

The Basics

Alkaline materials sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide Exact mixtures and components are proprietary, both IP and trade secrets. The ViZn redox (reduction–oxidation) battery is a hybrid flow battery in which electrochemical components are dissolved in the electrolyte. Redox flow batteries are rechargeable systems which employ heterogeneous electron transfer rather than solid-state diffusion or intercalation.

Fundamental Benefits

Storage is the enabling technology for the modern renewable centric grid. ViZn Energy storage is highly differentiated products that is the safest, most robust under all operating conditions and use cases and offer the highest value at purchase and over the 20 year life.

Things to Know

Storage is the enabling component of the modern, renewables integrated electric grid and requires reliable and safe technology. Storage will play the instrumental role in upgrading our current grid infrastructure by capturing wasted generation, enabling distributed generation and improving resiliency. The ViZn solution is emerging as an important foundation of integrated technology, supporting the widespread adoption of new energy in this modern era. ViZn is a leader delivering cost effective long duration energy and safe high power dispatch.

Materials Matter

Cost and safety have their roots in the basic materials of choice of the ViZn energy storage design. ViZn has built on the primary DOE goal to develop a low cost and safe stationary storage technology. The success of the alkaline electrolyte and abundantly available food grade zinc and iron has been a major breakthrough in the offering of today’s ViZn storage systems. Key differentiators lie in its safety, abundance of core raw materials, simplicity of design, and the robust nature of ViZn chemistry which provide a 20-year life with performance guarantees.