Faced with the democratization of electric vehicles, the question of recharging is one of the major issues.
NASA engineers and researchers from Purdue University in Indiana (United States) have looked into the subject and have developed a technology that could prove to be very interesting.
This would allow a full charge of an electric vehicle in just five minutes, reports Phonandroid
Wednesday.
This new technique would first be intended for the International Space Station.
Called "subcooled flow boiling", it consists of improving the efficiency of cooling cables carrying high loads without the risk of components overheating.
Specifically, the process could reduce heat by up to 24.22 kilowatts.
It could thus remove at least ten times more heat than pure liquid cooling.
We'll have to wait
The prototype imagined by the engineers would therefore make it possible to increase the maximum powers supported by the chargers, but also the batteries.
While 1,400 amps are needed to reduce the charging time of an electric vehicle to five minutes, this cable could provide up to 2,400!
For comparison, the most advanced current chargers can support up to 520 amps, while the limit of consumer chargers is 150 amps.
If the idea seems revolutionary, tests must still be carried out before applying this technology to the charging of electric vehicles.
You will therefore certainly have to wait a while longer before hoping to be able to recharge your car so quickly.
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