Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid, scientists say

Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by DannyBee on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @04:01PM (#14598047)

"I don't care how smart your dryer is, if it catches on fire it's not going to do shit." Basically all of these are caused blocked ducts, which is trivial to make smart by including a flow/pressure meter.

It's basically 100% detectable. If you are worried about failure of sensor, this is a field where they use sensors in ridiculously contaminated and abrasive environments (material handling, etc).

"Lint" is neither.

(compared to what else we use flexible tube to handle as a material)

So you can simply prevent the fire in the first place. Much more so than pretty much any other appliance.

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Re:Storage ‘not fundamentally needed’ for future power grid,... by ams6110 on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @09:18PM (#14599915)

You don't need smart to do that. A simple mechanical pressure switch can handle it. Also dryers have several high limit switches that will cut out if the temperature gets to high. None of this requires a silicon brain or internet connection.

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