Experimental cable charges electric vehicle in 5 minutes

A new study was conducted by experts from the American Purdue University: their development will helpdecrease

The amount of time it takes for an electric vehicle's energy to recover. 

The new device uses alternative cooling technology to dissipate heat from the charging cable. In this way, the current required to charge an electric vehicle can be conducted in less than five minutes.

During the work, the authors focused on the power cable, since it is its configuration that meets thefor the speed of charging. Modern solutions are based on liquid cooling systems, which is similar to what is used in computers to prevent overheating. But these systems can't be expanded much to increase the amount of current and speed up charging.In this case, the cable will seriously increase in size. 

In the course of the experiments, the authors managed to develop a prototype cable based on liquid steam cooling.The heat generated inside it converts the liquid into vapor, which then circulates, cools, and turns back into liquid form, and then passes through againthrough the system.

As a result, the new approach makes it possible to processmore heat than existing counterparts that are already operating at charging stations. The new prototype can handle more than 2,400 amperes. That's 1,000 amps more than needed to cut an electric vehicle's charge to five minutes, and more than 4.6 times more than existing chargers.

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