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Abaphandi kwiLebhu yeSizwe yaseMelika i-Energy Oak Ridge baye baphuhlisa inkqubo yerobhothi yokuchitha iipakethi zebhetri yemoto yombane, ifunyenwe kwaye yahlaziywa kwaye iphinda isetyenziswe izinto eziphambili, ngelixa inciphisa inkunkuma enetyhefu. Njengoko imoto yombane ikhula kwiminyaka eyi-20 ezayo, indlela yokubuyisela ingxaki yeepakethe zebhetri ze-lithium-ion ezinkulu ezibonelela ngamandla kuyo,. Iinjineli ze-ORNL zenze umboniso wokuba iirobhothi zinokukhawulezisa ukuchithwa, ukuze abasebenzi benze le nkqubo, kwaye baphucule kakhulu imveliso.
U-Timmcintyre, umphandi oyintloko kwi-ORNL yokufakelwa kombane kunye neziseko zamandla, uthe kuphela inxalenye encinci yebhethri ye-lithium-ion yemoto iphinda isetyenziswe, kwaye uninzi lweenkqubo ezisetyenziselwa ukuphinda zisetyenziswe azizenzeki. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba i-recycler ifuna nje ukudlula kwi-casing yangaphandle ukuze iqhagamshelane nebhetri kwaye ithathe indawo yeendawo ezigugileyo, iphinde yahlaziywa ngokupheleleyo i-cobalt, i-lithium, i-foil yensimbi kunye nezinye izinto, inyathelo lokuqala kukuxilongwa kwebhetri, ukuze uphathe ngokukhuselekileyo nangempumelelo kwaye udibanise. UMcINTyre uthe: "Ngenkqubo yethu, xa irobhothi ithatha ipakethi yebhetri kwaye iyibeke kumgca wemveliso, iphawula ixesha lokugqibela lomntu edibana nayo de ijike ibe ziziqwenga kunye neenxalenye.
"Ukunciphisa intsebenziswano yabantu kubalulekile kukhuseleko kunye nokusebenza kakuhle. Irobhothi inokususa ngokukhawuleza iibholithi kunye nezinye izindlu, kwaye abaqhubi babantu kufuneka baqhube iinkqubo ezingqongqo, ezinde, bakhuphe iibhetri zenkunkuma ngaphambi kokuchithwa ngesandla. Ukuqhaqha ngokuzenzekelayo kunciphisa uqhagamshelwano lwabantu kwiikhemikhali ezinetyhefu ebhetri, kunye namanqanaba aphezulu anamandla asondele kwi-900 volts kwezinye izithuthi ezitsha.
Njengenxalenye ye-Institute of Energy Key Materials (CMI), inkqubo ye-automation inokulungiswa ngokulula njengalo naluphi na uhlobo lwesitaki sebhetri. Inokucwangciswa ukuba ifikelele kuphela kwimodyuli eyahlukileyo yebhetri ukuze ihlaziywe okanye njengogcino lwamandla angatshintshiyo, okanye ibhetri ingaqhawuka ide ibe inqanaba lebhetri lokwahlulwa kunye nokubuyiselwa kwezinto. Lo msebenzi usekwe kulwazi lobuchwephesha beeprojekthi ezenziwa yi-ORNL, kwaye ezi projekthi zigxile ekufumaneni kwakhona iimagnethi zomhlaba ezinqabileyo ngeerobhothi.
Iinjineli zikwangqina ukuba ezi magnethi zinokuphinda zisetyenziswe ngokuthe ngqo kwi-motor. Ukuchithwa ngokuzenzekelayo kwamacandelo aqulethe izinto eziphambili azipheli kuphela ukuchithwa kwemisebenzi enzima, kodwa kwakhona kunika inkqubo esebenzayo, ukwahlula amacandelo kwimisinga yexabiso eliphezulu, apho izinto eziphambili zigxininiswe kwizinto ezihlukeneyo zokubuyisela unyango, Eli xabiso elongezelelweyo liyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokuseka inkqubo yezoqoqosho. U-Jonathanharter, ilungu leqela leprojekthi ye-ORNL, wathi abaphandi balandela iprotocol efanayo: ukubola ngesandla amacandelo asetyenzisiweyo, kwaye uqokelele idatha yenkqubo yokudala iinkqubo ezizenzekelayo zomqhubi ezifunekayo kwiirobhothi kunye nokulawula.
Uluntu lwemizi-mveliso alukhawulelwanga kwinani leebhetri ezinokuzisa kule nkqubo, kwaye kuye kwakho isixa esikhulu sokusilela, kwaye isithintelo sexesha elifunekayo lokukhupha kunye nokuqhaqha ngesandla. I-Harter iqikelela ukuba kwezinye iinkqubo, ixesha elifunekayo ukuze udibanise ngesandla ii-stacks ze-12 zebhetri, inkqubo ye-automation inokucubungula i-100 okanye ngaphezulu. Isinyathelo esilandelayo sinokuba kukwandisa le nkqubo ukuya kwisikali sorhwebo.
Iqela leMcINTyre likwabone amathuba okusebenzisa ii-disassemblies ezifanayo kwiinkqubo zokuhambisa izithuthi zombane ukubuyisela iimagnethi zomhlaba ezinqabileyo, ubhedu, intsimbi kunye nezixhobo zombane ezipheleleyo zombane. UHart uthe, ukuze kwenziwe ukurisayikilishwa kwakhona kuqoqosho kube nokwenzeka ngakumbi, kufuneka kwenziwe phantsi komthamo ophezulu, kwaye ubhetyebhetye ngokwaneleyo ukuze uphathe iimpahla zabathengi abaninzi kwiziko. Uthe: "Ukuba imakethi yeemoto zombane kulindeleke ukuba iphuhlise kwiminyaka eyi-10 ukuya kwengama-20 ezayo, kuya kufuneka siyisombulule ingxaki yenkunkuma, kwaye siphathe ezi zithuthi zilahlwayo kunye neebhetri njengeyona nto iphambili kwikhonkco lokubonelela ngemathiriyeli.
"Le nkqubo iphuhlisiwe kwaye iboniswe kwigridi ye-ORNL yokudibanisa uphando kunye neziko lokusasaza. Lo msebenzi usekwe kulwazi lobuchwephesha oluphuhliswe yi-ORNL, egxile kwiirobhothi zokususa i-hard drive ukubuyisela iimagnethi zomhlaba ezinqabileyo. Iinjineli zikwangqina ukuba ezi magnethi zinokuphinda zisetyenziswe ngokuthe ngqo kwi-motor.