Wedoany.com Report-Jan 11，Western Australia-headquartered Australian Flow Batteries (AFB) have used the Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct (AARP) to demonstrate its diesel replacement system, which is a mobile, rapidly deployable hybrid power solution combining a 123-metre retractable solar array with a containerized vanadium redox flow battery (VRFBs).

AFB Managing Director Shane Meotti said having access to a dedicated testing environment that replicates real-world conditions, without the constraints and risks of testing at active operational sites, has accelerated AFB’s diesel replacement system significantly.

“The ability to bring potential clients to the site and demonstrate our system’s capabilities in a safe, yet realistic environment has been invaluable,” Meotti said.

“The unexpected insights we gained from the comprehensive testing program have helped us refine our technology in ways that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.”

According to an AARP outline of AFB’s demonstration, the company has used one of the facility’s seven test bed sites and began validation of its system with the commissioning of the VRFB and has included electrical cable management, monitoring the retractable solar array mechanisms and studying the impact of environmental conditions on energy production and storage.