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Anhui Province in 2010 to achieve “zero emissions” vehicle model operation

With the popularity of cars Digital Camera Battery, car manufacturers are looking for “new energy” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The reporter learned from a few days ago, held in Hefei in order to “transport new energy” as the theme of an international seminar on learned province developed for hydrogen fuel cell powered electric vehicles will be operational in 2010 into the demonstration phase.

The seminar revealed that the province’s new energy vehicles in the research of the new development. Ankai Motor Company and the Beijing Institute of Technology jointly developed 21 units of pure electric transit buses, have been put into operation in Beijing, this bus can achieve “zero emissions.” During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Beijing will be focused into the use of lithium-ion battery 50 in the Village of passenger operations, the development of our province’s “zero emissions” Transit bus service is expected for the Olympics.

In the “zero emissions” car manufacturing, the Chery Automobile Co. to set up a dedicated R & D team, and DSLR Battery Grip create a kind of car, and this research project has been listed as national “863″ major scientific and technological projects. Meanwhile, the Provincial Science and Technology Department Ankai Motor Company last year allocated one million yuan to support the new energy passenger car R & D projects. By 2010, research and development of electric vehicles in our province will achieve “zero emissions” electric car demonstration operations.

With the British invented the green house with solar panels solar rotation

Recently, a British inventor, designed and built a solar rotation to follow the environmental housing. This building, the environmental cost of £ 500,000 House 3 floors high, will be equipped with solar panels, and use the wheels and track to ensure that housing rotation.

According to reports, inventors Hamilton Derbyshire in central England Canon EOS 450D Battery Grip, a former quarry in the construction of this building, green houses, and will install wind turbines, the construction will use environmentally-friendly materials.

He said that his house is not a funny little Canon EOS 1000D Battery Grip spin gimmick, this building houses 700 tons of weight can really produce the desired energy, as well as the remainder.

Hamilton said housing with the rotation of the Sun will be able to get the most solar energy, the sun changes direction, this building houses followed suit turn it. As for the wind power turbines, which is a major component of the roof will be oriented to the local south-west wind strong. Hamilton has received planning permission to build housing, he said, the only question is “do not know whether his cat to find this building, housing revolving door.” Within two years he hopes to complete his new home.

Nissan fuel-cell vehicles in use

Recently, Nissan hydrogen fuel cell-powered new X-TRAIL (TRAIL) fuel cell vehicles delivered. This is the first time, Nissan fuel-cell vehicle for taxi service, these “green taxi” will enable consumers to experience the advanced “clean” technology, performance and benefits.

X-TRAIL (TRAIL) fuel cell vehicle equipped with Nissan’s fuel cell group of independent R & D and compact lithium Canon EOS 500D Battery Grip pack, making this fuel cell vehicle ownership and gasoline-powered X-TRAIL (TRAIL) has done an outstanding dynamic performance of . At the maximum speed and acceleration cases, the fuel cell can be output and comparable gasoline engines up to 90 kilowatts of power.

The use of the air fuel cell technology, renewable elements — adequate oxygen and hydrogen, hydrogen fuel and oxygen through a chemical reaction, so that cars emit only water vapor, thereby achieving zero emissions.

China’s fuel cell car R & D into the ranks of the world’s advanced

“New energy” will be directing cars was born a hundred years of the most important change, by means of new energy power technology development, China’s automobile industry is expected to rapidly catch up with international advanced level.

According to the National Passenger Car Association, the analysis revealed that in the automotive energy power technology in the application of hybrid cars is expected to gradually gained popularity in recent mid-term, fuel cell vehicles around the size of the commercialization after 2020.

At present, China has entered the fuel cell car developed the world’s advanced ranks Nikon D40 Battery Grip, Nikon D40X Battery Grip of the new energy automotive industry, especially in buses, cars also has new breakthroughs, some products have been exported overseas.

In 2006, FAW, SAIC, Chang’an, Chery, Geely, BYD and other auto companies to develop yet another batch of advanced electronic control technology, alternative fuel vehicles have completed the development of calibration, be on the market.

For the future of the national automobile industry, new energy sedan market presents tremendous commercial value. Recently, the U.S. market research institute TNS Media Data Corporation released a survey of consumers in preparing to buy a new car, more than half of the people believe that improved gasoline fuel vehicles and hybrid fuel vehicles in 2010 to become the protagonist of the automotive market. In the case of multiple choice, 53% of the respondents were willing to pay for gasoline vehicles, 51% of consumers are willing to accept the hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles acceptance were 26% and 24% respectively.

China’s auto new energy dilemma for the laptop battery

Corn prices rose by the impact of China’s bio-fuel, hybrid and battery cars several cars new energy program, which will choose as the main direction of development, has become a focus of concern to the industry has a Apple Battery. Xu Zhen very busy these days, as vice president of Ford China, he needs to take care of Ford at the Shanghai auto show in every detail. For the Ford in terms of how to display their product’s environmental philosophy is this important task of the Shanghai auto show, “This is very important because this is the theme of Auto Shanghai environmental protection, environmental protection and automobile industry are increasingly linked closely. “Xu Guozhen the” Financial Times “said.

Xu Zhen busy in managing the Shanghai auto show, when a number of issues, Ford and General Motors, Chrysler, clean swept the North American market-based “flexible fuel” cars has been Chairman of International Automobile Manufacturers Association, Mike Stanton questioned: “We are also did not like the U.S. domestic automobile manufacturers to fully acknowledge this as fuel, although it is very effective, very clean. ”

This “flexible fuel” vehicles with E85 fuel, from 85% ethanol and 15% of the gasoline A1008 mixture, which in the Chinese market is almost unthinkable because of the domestic ethanol gasoline in the ratio of ethanol and gasoline is 90 %?? 10%. “If you can produce enough ethanol, E85 is obviously a very effective alternative energy.” Kenneth Hsu said.

“There is no doubt that in the automotive manufacturing and the globalization of markets today, E85 for the future of China’s auto industry provides a possible alternative energy sources.” Automotive analyst, said the division bell.

Embarrassment of ethanol

Xu Zhen frankly, in the structural design of the engine, E85 is not insurmountable A1012 technological barriers, as long as the engine for structural improvements, you can use E85 fuel, and to improve the engine can either use the E85 fuel, can also use regular gasoline. The reason why the current domestic use only less than 10% of the proportion of ethanol gasoline, because to add no more than 10% of the proportion of ethanol, you can keep the engine in the case of the original structure does not affect the normal operation of the engine.

Since the technical threshold is not high, in the context of rising oil prices, the Chinese government has been trying to promote alternative sources of energy to the development of the automotive industry, and has not set up foreign investment in this field threshold. Why does Ford have not used this advanced alternative energy to China?

“Although a national policy of support, but derived from bio-ethanol fuels, the question boils down to the food problem, but the food problem is directly related to the whole society and the country’s economic stability, which may be implemented in China E85 can not be the most fundamental reason for . “Chung Shi said.

In fact, E85 is beginning to affect U.S. food prices. Because a successful alternative A1022 to gasoline, E85, in its initial public when they caused a sensation in North America, 12 months later, the number of 1 million E85 fuel vehicles began to play its power industrial chain in the United States to form shock waves, the United States Detroit Motor City as the center of the surrounding several continents rapidly changing the original structure of agriculture, almost all domestic agriculture are planted with corn and soybeans, because these two crops are the main raw material for production of bio-ethanol.

The United States is the world’s largest corn exporter, but because of its domestic market, increased demand for corn exports, not only has declined, recently even started importing corn and soybeans, which led to the international corn and soybean futures prices soared.

Affected by this, the domestic market has been steadily rising corn prices, there is information that, since the main raw material of corn prices, the domestic ethanol production plants all of the four fixed-point loss, they are responsible for providing alcohol ethanol in gasoline. In order not to further stimulate the demand for corn, the National Development and Reform Commission had also stopped a number of small ethanol production projects.

Because corn and soybeans are the main raw material for production of animal feed, animal feed prices passive obvious trend of rising feed prices and promote the meat and other food prices. A large group of domestic grain bosses said: “People should not be so stupid, with a valuable food to fill the A1039 machine.” He was clearly not in favor of a large number of corn into ethanol for fuel used by cars.

The CEOs stated a truth that exists on the premise that E85 has an abundance of surplus grain, because production of 1 ton of ethanol required more than 3 tons of food, the U.S. per capita farmland is 1.64 hectares like this, if the per capita arable land area of only 1.43 acres in China, without restraint to the implementation of E85 bio-fuel is likely consequences can be imagined.

Thus, while supporting the development of bio-energy, the Chinese government is still cautious about fuel ethanol. National Development and Reform Commission officials, Liu Qun, for biofuels in 2006, meeting of the national publicly stated that the “Eleventh Five-Year” period (2006-2010), China plans to the proportion of ethanol gasoline consumption from the current less than 20% to 50% . But he also stressed that the Government would continue to “moderate” development of fuel ethanol industry, insist on energy and food win-win situation, “in the premise of ensuring food security,” the State will adopt fiscal and taxation support policies to support part of the conversion of grain into fuel ethanol.

How to get a new energy path?

In addition to ethanol, the international automotive industry for alternative energy research also focused on electric vehicles, hybrid fuel cell vehicles and a few areas, “in the field of electric vehicles, continued driving a short distance, charging time is too long, cost too high is the industry recognized the constraints A1057 of a purely electric car development and promotion of the three major problems, even Toyota, are also not solve a number of critical issues. “Toyota China Yang Hongjian the” Financial Times “said.

Not only Toyota, including General Motors, Ford and other international auto giants, in a pure cell vehicle three bottlenecks in the field of study has not yet made marked progress. “The current demand for more realistic alternative energy is a hybrid battery, because the hybrid batteries and other new energy sources like hydrogen fuel needs to re-building of stations, so long as he can get regular gasoline higher energy efficiency than petrol.” Yang Hongjian说.

Toyota Prius is such a model, equipped with the world because of its relatively mature within the hybrid battery, the road in the city will save about 50% of the fuel, so this product because of its actual environmental effects arising from popular Europe and the United States has become the object surrounded by a number of star politicians. But the Prius also has its weaknesses: First, the high cost of hybrid batteries; secondly, in the distant inter-city driving, the hybrid batteries will increase the body weight, energy-saving effect is A1060 limited.

Of all the alternative energy sources, Xu Zhen’s most respected or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, “This is the most clean energy, however, penetration of the current technical point of view, is too costly, and, in the country to re-establish a large-scale hydrogen refueling station, require a huge investment. “Hsu said. Obviously, different manufacturers, to be how to develop the car has its own understanding of new energy sources.

Cutting-edge alternative energy development, from another angle, the uncertainty of the infinite possibilities of its interpretation, although such a possibility is still nowhere in sight, but because of the country’s strong proponent of alternative energy development has emerged “investment overheating” of the signs.

From the official data showed that China’s current R & D of new energy vehicles set up on behalf of the enterprise for at least more than 100, including batteries, spare parts production enterprises, but the fish in the continuous increase in those who have exceeded the relevant state departments to the limits of A1061 tolerance.

In this context, early in March, the NDRC announced a “new energy vehicles access to the management of production rules (draft).” “Rules” for the first time the production of new energy vehicles set the access threshold – up to 15 standard, and a strict system of a veto. “Access threshold set was so strict, that the field of Development and Reform Commission automobile manufacturers got rid of alternative energy research and development will very firmly.” Automotive analyst, said Jia Xinguang.

“We want to know how many companies are not doing alternative energy research and development, we are concerned is the core issue, the relevant state’s new energy policy is not clear, in the bio-fuel, hybrid and battery cars are several alternative energy fuels, the next major developments in what remains to be seen what kind of alternative fuels A1078, A1079. “Xu Zhen says.

Huang Sui-yang: Battery performance is Bluetooth to promote a more important factor in Digital Camcorder Battery

April 13 news, 2007 2nd Annual Global Bluetooth technology trends and products, the exchange of the summit was held in Shenzhen today. Shenzhen B & K Electronics Co., Ltd., General Manager Huang Sui Yang to speak at the summit Digital Camera Battery. He said at the summit to improve battery performance to promote the wider use of Bluetooth, you must lower prices and easy to use. The following is the speech by Huang Sui-yang.

Huang Sui Yang: I am speaking here of the title “high-energy, security, polymer lithium battery in the Bluetooth technology, applications”, just a lot of experts and entrepreneurs on the Bluetooth technology products, made many presentations and discussions. We all know that, in the Bluetooth products, there is a very important thing is the battery, no battery Bluetooth technology products as the driving engine, the Bluetooth can not be used.

In the Bluetooth products on the Casio Battery technology has some special requirements, the first Bluetooth products are mobile, portable or even close with the movement, the right batteries require a small, lightweight, and convenient. The second is a high energy density, to a very small size and very light weight to provide maximum capacity of the large-capacity output. The third is a long life, and often repeatedly used. The fourth most important security and reliability. Because of Bluetooth products are next to the skin, especially the Bluetooth headset is the most common next to the skin, and there are other Bluetooth products are safety and reliability requirements.

Bluetooth headset cell phone batteries, we supply the program has several options, firstly, we use the button of the nickel-metal hydride batteries, and the second is a steel button lithium, the third is a square polymer power point. What these three different? Button Ni-MH battery and elegant relatively low, only 1.2V, steel had reached 3.7, square 3.7.

The second more important factor, the weight ratio of energy density, unit weight and compares with kg, button Ni-MH battery provides 40 watt-hours, 5 button steel to provide 80, to provide 150 square polymers.

Under the energy density per unit volume is the amount of nickel-metal Casio NP-100 hydride button to reach 100 watts, the button of the steel to 200, square polymer to 360.

Memory effect, Ni-MH battery has, the other two are not. The most important thing is steel the risk of explosion and combustion, square security is the best.

Shape point of view, is the oval and round button, polymer is a square and a long strip.

Next, I would like to introduce the invention of Banke ultra-thin lithium electricity, the thickness of only 0.5 mm, can be bent and folded put, weight very light, in which case the product shape can be asked to do a variety of adaptive adjustment. Can say that this is a very good product.

B & K was established in 1999, and I do not make a lot of introduction. There are aluminum Casio NP-20 alloy and polymer lithium battery lithium two kinds of products, 3,000 construction workers, plant area of 30,000 square meters, and now production is 7 million a month, we have 20 million square meters of Science and Technology Park is under construction. There are two levels brands, the square is the B & K, polymer using a INSEL. I mainly introduce polymer battery, there are now descending a wide variety of species.

Bluetooth headset on the first application, the smallest of the long rectangular and square polymer lithium battery is the most secure and energy density of the greatest. In addition to Bluetooth technology to other areas of expansion of the product, such as printers, just a lot of experts in the military, miner’s lamp, environmental protection, health, medical devices product applications. I would like to cite an example, recently the United States with more than just that section of the ultra-thin batteries, used in the detectors, many of the pregnant mothers very much hope to hear their baby’s heart beat sound, in the ten months of pregnancy inside the From the four or five months later started to pay attention fetal heart beat sound. This carry-on tire tone detector and a device using a Bluetooth headset attached to the body. This relatively thin and light detector at the same time is absolutely safe. This ultra-thin battery in the United States has been widely used.

The second ultra-thin batteries used in the second generation of bank cards. Now our bank card is a magnetic strip, magnetic strip swipe machine brush must be above a lot of personal information, lost a lot of future problems. The second generation of bank cards in the battery top with a CPU, down to the Casio NP-30 card inside, do not need to touch the consumer, but also has many security functions.

Can be said that these batteries have been widely used abroad. Then there is a number of B & K’s customers and quality certification, environmental protection and safety certification.

Here I would like to tell us about the characteristics of the battery, the battery on different occasions the functionality required under the discharge current is different, in general, the case of Bluetooth headset discharge current is very small, takes a long time, large-capacity discharge. We can use the 0.2C discharge rate to put a very long time, and even a few hours and ten hours. But there are some occasions require some high-current discharge, such as printers, or some miners of products and military products, you may need high-current discharge. Polymer lithium battery can be in different current and small current circumstances to meet their demands.

Another is the need for pulse discharge, the discharge current is not continuous, constant, is in a section of a very short period of time inside than you allow the current discharge capacity and in multiples of ten times or even two times, polymer lithium has such a kinds of discharge characteristics, although he has a small capacity, but the current can exceed ten times the capacity of his or even two times, which is the pulse discharge characteristics.

Low temperature, in some areas in northern Russia and northern Europe and even Casio NP-40 China in some areas, in winter when the temperature reaches tens of degrees below zero, in this case using our Bluetooth products must be low-temperature discharge, and the release of relatively large currents. Our products can be in the negative 20 degrees below room temperature is equivalent to more than 80% of energy.

Cycle life, we all know, the number of repeated charge as possible, in which case we calibration cycle life of the country at 300 weeks, to reach the original initial 80% of the B & K do 500 weeks to reach the original initial 80 %.

This is a science and technology park under construction 200,000 square meters of building area, to move into the future from the present daily output of 220,000 battery production to 1 million to upgrade the battery output to the end of the year can be put to use, welcome you to the leadership, business to guide the exchange house to the plant Casio NP-L7. Thank you all the time.

Chinese and German governments will carry out cooperation on renewable transport energy

Since December 1, 2003 The People’s Republic of China Ministry Digital Camcorder Battery of Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as MOST) and the Federal Republic of Germany of Transport, Building and Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the German Ministry of Transportation) signed “in new and renewable energy applications, transportation memorandum of cooperation “Since the two-governmental organizations, local businesses and research institutions within the framework of this cooperation and conducted fruitful cooperation. In order to further promote and deepen bilateral cooperation in this field, the National Science and Technology invited the German Ministry of Transport, Mr. Secretary of State for JoergHennerkes on January 25, 2007, 26 visit with the National Science and Technology Vice Minister Shang Yong met with and participated in the third round of China – German Renewable Energy Cooperation Transportation Steering Committee meeting.

January 25, Shang Yong, vice minister of Ministry of Transportation with visiting State Secretary of Germany, Mr. JoergHennerkes held a formal meeting, State Department Counselor Shi Dinghuan, Deputy Director, Department of International Cooperation Ministry Digital Camera Battery of Science and Meng Shuguang, Deputy Director, Division of Science and Technology Xu Jing Hi-Tech and other Chinese representatives and the German Embassy in Germany on behalf of such Minister Mr.WernerHansLauk attended the meeting.

At the meeting, said Shang Yong, vice minister of international cooperation in the ongoing Sino-German co-signed by both sides “on new and renewable energy applications, transportation memorandum of cooperation,” the spirit, all along attached great importance to the biomass of Science and Technology, etc., renewable energy technology progress and industrial development, China and Germany in this area are complementary technologies and prospects for the Chinese side welcomes the German side to the transfer of technology to China, this shift has a double meaning of business and social welfare. Hope the two sides to increase investment in R & D projects of common to get more of the fruits of cooperation. Secretary of State can not agree more still Hennerkes Deputy Minister’s speech, also said: The EU, especially Germany in biomass fuel technology development and promotion of applications has accumulated a wealth of experience in the development of biomass fuels in line with current development strategy Canon Battery of fuel in Germany, China Germany in biomass fuel and advanced drive technology cooperation was exemplary.

Followed by the two sides also discussed the ongoing cooperation between two maglev projects and building energy-saving areas of common concern, exchange of views, agreed that the transportation and building energy efficiency are two major tasks together, the two sides should use their advantages to promote a number of substantive cooperation projects.

Before the end of the meeting, Shang Yong, vice minister of Science and Technology and JoergHennerkes on behalf of the Secretary of State signed the “on new and renewable energy applications, transportation memorandum of cooperation, supplementing the text” and “On the road in biomass energy production and applications to cooperate The agreement “Two text of the agreement made clear the cooperation of the two governments will continue until 2010.

26 morning, as the Sino-German cooperation in renewable Canon NB-2L transport energy efficient regular exchange mechanism, the Chinese Ministry of Communications Science and Technology with the German co-operation between the two sides held the third meeting of the Steering Committee. Meeting was chaired by the Secretary for Science and Technology Xu Jing, deputy director of high-tech chair, the Chinese President Mr. Shi Dinghuan State Department Counselor and the German State Secretary of Ministry of Transportation, Mr. JoergHennerkes attend. More than 40 representatives from the Chinese auto companies, energy companies, universities and scientific research institutes and local government representatives and 30 representatives from the German side car makers and energy industry representatives gathered together on the theme of the conference: “Sino-German cooperation is a summary and follow-up phase of the Prospect, “in-depth discussion.

Through the schedule of meetings between representatives of the various serious discussion, the Steering Committee in the Sino-German cooperation in the work of summing up two to sign new cooperation agreement, follow-up project proposals, hydrogen technology, clean diesel vehicles, seminars and technical workshops to reach a consensus on issues such as . The Steering Committee that the current Sino-German cooperation at three levels achieved fruitful results of the work: first, between the two Canon NB-2LH governments to build a regular and effective dialogue mechanisms; the second is between the two companies built a good platform for cooperation and smooth information channels; 3 is to facilitate a number of Sino-German cooperation project. The Steering Committee spoke highly of the two governments signed on the 25th in the field of renewable transport energy cooperation agreement that this will greatly promote bilateral technical cooperation and exchanges, Chinese and German sides complement each other and laid a solid foundation to create a win-win situation.

The Steering Committee suggested that the two participants in the upcoming technical seminar hydrogen (Germany), and clean diesel vehicles, technical workshops (China) as an opportunity to actively explore and initiate more projects that can be incorporated into the Sino-German cooperation within the framework of the follow-up co-operation project.

The meeting also held in Tongji University, led by the new cooperative projects Canon NB-3L between China and Germany, “mega-cities of regional renewable energy demonstration project of diesel cars” in a letter of intent signing ceremony. After the meeting, the Chinese delegation visited the German side to arrange fuel cell bus development platform, Tsinghua University, speeding can be made green hydrogen station and the Tsinghua-BP build a hydrogen refueling station. At this point, the third Sino-German Steering Committee meeting to pull up the big screen successfully.

The meeting between Chinese and German governments and the Sino-German cooperation in the successful holding of the meeting of the Steering Committee has become a Sino-German cooperation in entering a new phase of a significant symbol. This is also a national Science and Technology for the implementation of Premier Wen Jiabao in September 2006 reached during the visit to Germany to strengthen technical cooperation in the field of renewable energy consensus on a specific action.

Battery export structure is irrational competition

Learned from the relevant departments, in 2006 exports of Tianjin Port Battery 320 million, worth 340 million U.S. dollars, respectively, compared with the 2005 increase of 43.3% and 43.2%. Among them, nickel-metal hydride batteries, lithium-ion export-oriented. Expert analysis, although a substantial Canon NB-4L, Canon NB-5H increase in exports of China’s battery, while the EU green barriers, raw materials rise, high-end market monopoly of foreign enterprises and other issues restricting the development of China’s battery industry.

Since 2006, lead-acid batteries can not be a lack of raw materials of metal lead, nickel prices began to rise sharply. Raw materials, cobalt, natural manganese powder, zinc and other prices rise to varying degrees, corporate profit margins being squeezed. Makes some domestic enterprises are facing the risk of failure.

Policy risks to enable enterprises to skating on thin ice. The European Commission February 3, 2006 Release batteries and battery instruction, the introduction of the content of cadmium in portable batteries 0.002% of the new restrictions. September 26, the European Union, “Official Gazette” the enactment of new batteries and battery instruction, battery exports to the EU not only to meet near-stringent mercury, cadmium content requirements, will also assume the expensive recovery costs. November 15 from the beginning, the French implementation of the new electrical and electronic garbage collection system and other EU countries are also expected to implement such a system. Frequent introduction of such a policy is completely restricted the export of SMEs to the EU market. Costs have increased, and backward technology to make compound the difficulties of China’s battery business.

The high-end products have been monopolized by a few multinational corporations, domestic enterprises occupy this part of the market is difficult. For example, the multi-core group of cells are formed by a multi-block battery cell, the production is difficult, high-tech, highly profitable, mainly for high-end notebook Canon NB-5L computers and other electronic products. Multi-core group of cells, if the electric capacity of a single battery cell is not compliance, then the whole battery pack performance will be adversely affected, which in the production process is known as the consistency of the battery pack. Well-known foreign companies have tackled this problem, but the vast majority of domestic manufacturers still in the manual stage, the battery can not guarantee consistency. Therefore, the international well-known notebook manufacturers mostly use Japanese products.

At present, China’s export structure of the battery there are still unreasonable, application fields and markets have become more a single, intense price competition. Low R & D, manufacturing costs are high, raw material prices and a waste of resource utilization in sharp contrast to the whole industry would need time to adjust.

Japan to start a total budget of ¥ 10,000,000,000 national project aimed at practical use of electric vehicles

Japanese NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) was held February 5, “a new generation of high-performance battery systems technology vehicle development” seminars, and public input that will be time-consuming five-year high of about ¥ 10,000,000,000 Development rechargeable Canon NB-6L battery The project outline. The newly developed idea is equipped with rechargeable batteries in the rechargeable power supply from the home of the plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles.

Development project is divided into three parts.

First, the development could substantially increase the performance of existing lithium-ion rechargeable battery of core technology. And has set the year 2015 and 2015 after two goals: the goal is 2015, the weight of vehicle battery system energy density 100Wh/kg, life expectancy is more than 10 years at a cost of ¥ 40,000 / kWh ( production of 1 million / year time) and so on. After 2015, the goal is to weight the energy density of 200Wh/kg above cost of ¥ 30,000 / kWh below.

Second, the development beyond the new lithium-ion rechargeable laptop battery electrode materials such as basic research. Planned after 2030, the weight of the energy density of 500Wh/kg.

Third, the development of rechargeable batteries used to develop safety standards and testing standards of the basic technology.

Japan’s economy, Trade and Industry to develop vehicle rechargeable laptop batteries, in 2007, included in the annual budget of 17 billion yen, this is the first release of specific project objectives. Development projects scheduled to be completed in 5 years, plans to invest a total of about 100 billion yen. Is expected to battery manufacturers, automobile manufacturers, universities and research institutions will be involved in project development, scheduled to open in March began collecting development projects.

China’s environmental protection faces an embarrassing situation to promote energy-saving battery

In response to the national energy-saving and environmental protection policy appeals, a number of manufacturing industries in transition, produce high-quality environmentally friendly energy-saving products, but those products are currently facing the market test, to promote the situation is not optimistic. Among them, alkaline Digital Camera Battery market, facing the embarrassment is particularly prominent.

It is understood by the State Quality Supervision and Test Center battery-light special testing, Nanfu, 555 and 11 backbone enterprises of mercury in alkaline manganese batteries are lower than the mercury content of mercury-free battery-limited targets, in full compliance with the provisions of the State nine departments; China Battery Industry Association 11 brands of alkaline manganese battery identified as the first “green alkaline manganese battery products,” recommended to the public. But so far, as the mainstream products in environment protection and energy battery – alkaline batteries in China’s cover only 20% of the battery products, which in developed countries 80% ~ 90% of the high penetration rate far apart. Although the relevant state departments and production companies to work together, but the popularity of environmentally friendly energy-saving DSLR Battery Grip is still so slow the pace.

Experts pointed out, it should start from the concept of people’s consumption. From the consumer sense, energy-saving environmental protection despite the higher price of the battery, but it reflected energy-saving, environmental protection targets are ordinary carbon-zinc batteries several times; from environmental indicators point of view, Nanfu alkaline batteries on the environment will not be nearly pollution can be discarded along with the garbage; from the social sense, the alkaline batteries used in the production of materials, more energy saving society. Because they do not use of natural manganese ore, manganese dioxide, its use can be used or other low-grade manganese carbonate manganese ore for processing, so there is no shortage of resources. The carbon-zinc Canon EOS 30D Battery Grip are the main component of natural manganese, but China has fewer resources to discharge manganese, due to years of over-exploitation, the availability of discharge manganese nearly depleted.

U.S. companies to supply solar panel factory in Germany

A U.S. company will Saxony (Saxon) Region to provide solar panels solar power plant supply. The estimated production capacity of 40 MW power plant, will be the world’s largest solar power plant 1.

Solar panel supplier – the U.S. First Solar Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Arizona, will this project will provide 550,000 block template. First Solar thin-layer semiconductor process companies use to reduce the cost of traditional solar panels, the current annual production of 300, 000, by 2005 the total 20 MW of electricity storage template.

The solar power plant ready to start this summer Canon EOS 40D Battery Grip, is expected to completed in 2009, will annually produce 40 million kilowatts hours of non-carbon electricity, greenhouse gas emission reductions nearly 25,000 tons. Plant belonging to active in wind energy, bio-energy and solar markets, Juwi group.

The new projects, once completed will exceed the current region of Bavaria (Bavaria) the largest solar power plant – annual output of 12 megawatts of Gut Erlasee Solar Park. Of course, it is difficult to predict in this rapidly growing solar panel market prospects.

As the German government policy support, the use of solar power generation plant will be the biggest growth year in 2007, share. “As the Government’s policy guidance, we have solar panels in 2007, the profit will be the first part above the wind.” Project manager Mathias. Welland Burbank (Matthias Willenbacher) said Mr. By the end of 2006, the Group has built solar energy reserves of more than 30 million watts.

The United States, this solar panel suppliers are also expanding to the rest of the world market, is preparing in Italy, Spain and the construction of the project in Rwanda.

Green pollution-free battery started to develop in Hefei

High-energy sodium / sulfur battery research project recently won the State Science and Technology allocating special funds, 80 million on a study. This volume of light, charging time is short, life without the maintenance and non-polluting new battery will soon walk out from the laboratory Canon EOS 300D Battery Grip. According to experts, large-scale high-energy sodium / sulfur battery energy storage system can be energy storage, peak load shifting balance of power.

Small and medium sodium / sulfur battery energy storage system with a small solar power station and wind power stations matching to address the less-developed areas to residents and border posts power quality and security of electricity supply problems, while urban district can be used as emergency power supply. It successfully developed, will change the battery industry in China a long-term backwardness.

Technical Communication: Lithium Battery Company, Shenzhen, China and South Korea “handshake”

Chemical and physical power by the Chinese industry associations and the next generation of rechargeable battery R & D group of South Korea co-hosted the “2007 China and South Korea Li-ion battery technology exchanges” on January 17, 2007 held in Shenzhen from China and South Korea on behalf of 165 attended the meeting. Major domestic manufacturers of lithium batteries, BYD, force God, BAK, B & K, Hua Yue Bao Guangyu TCL, ATL Deng Jun send technical director to the meeting.

China and South Korea is the world’s leading producer of lithium-ion Canon EOS 350D Battery Grip countries, China is the world’s second largest producer of lithium-ion batteries in 2006, the output of more than 900 million, accounting for 35% of the world market. With the portability of electronic products, miniaturization, for lithium-ion battery technology and newer requirements are increasingly high. Since last year, due to the rapid rising nickel prices, resulting in nickel-cadmium, nickel metal hydride batteries rapid increase in costs, the market is gradually shrinking, cell phones, digital cameras, Bluetooth headsets, game consoles, power tools, electric bicycles and other products on the continuous demand for lithium-ion battery increase, China’s Ministry of Information Industry of the overall issue 3G licenses, will provide lithium-ion battery to provide a more broad market.

The next few years, China and South Korea Li-ion battery industry in the global market in order to occupy a larger market share, we must invest more in technological innovation and financial and human resources. To this end, all enterprises need not only an independent technology development, but also through inter-firm or industry associations co-operation through international exchanges to promote technological innovation to carry out.

The meeting, the two companies agreed to continue efforts to South Korea Li-ion Canon EOS 400D Battery Grip technology exchange Bancheng exchanges between enterprises of both countries and industries and information technology event, held annually in China or South Korea once, for two inter-enterprise bridge the technological exchanges and cooperation, promote bilateral scientific and technological achievements between the lithium battery industry, the introduction and output, and improve enterprise’s technological innovation capability.

Friendly and agreed to by both parties, “2008 China and South Korea Li-ion battery technology exchange” will be held in Busan in South Korea.

2015 global sales of hybrids are expected to increase to 5.37 million

Recently, a Japanese economic research institute said that the hybrid (HEV) global sales by 2015 is expected to increase to 5.37 million. This projection is based on May 2006 on the implementation of -8 automotive battery market research made.

Because of the demands of social pressure to reduce environmental loads constantly increasing, the current number of hybrid-type are from the original field of small cars gradually extended to the RV, SUV, large cars and luxury cars.

According to forecasts, this year the market size hybrid than the previous year increased by 28%, close to 50 units; to its holdings in 2008 increased 1.5-1.6 times more than this year. In the absence of alternatives emerged, current trends are not significant changes in circumstances, the hybrid growth will remain high state.

Hybrid batteries currently used in nickel-metal hydride-based, the Institute predicts that lithium-ion laptop battery will be formally adopted, equipped with lithium-ion battery hybrid car, the fastest this year, the slowest will be put on the market in 2010 .

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of 13 Chinese-made toy car with battery pack

Sheng ton, DC: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the following companies in voluntary cooperation with the February 13, 2007 announced the recall of the following consumer product. Unless there are other instructions, consumers should immediately stop using the recalled products.

Name: toy car battery packs

Quantity: About 245,000

Hazard: The lithium-ion polymer battery is charging, you may be burning, posing a fire hazard.

Incidents / Injuries: JAKKS Pacific has received 33 cases concerning charging laptop batteries, the batteries melting or catching fire reports, of which 3 cases were reported, some consumers have been burned fingers, and the other 23 cases were reported, the floors, chairs or walls with minor damage .

Description: The recall involves Dell Battery packs used with FLY WHEELS XPV toy vehicles, battery charger item is 73904, radio-controlled XPV the item is 73906. Item numbers are printed on product packaging above the barcode label. The batteries are marked “Fly Wheelz”, “XPV”, “JAKKS Pacific”, “Lithium-ion Polymer battery (Lipo)” the words as well as the warning label. Remotely piloted vehicles are not subject to this recall.

Solar energy: reduce costs to Face Challenges

Enterprise Perspective: tourist destination in Spain, Murcia, an installed capacity of 6 million kilowatts of solar power station is being built by Chinese companies. In charge of the project the green energy companies, Shanghai Jiaotong University Yasuharu Digital Camcorder Battery, General Manager Zhu Yuanhao told reporters that this is China’s largest photovoltaic companies overseas, one of the projects and, more importantly, the power plant will be solar panels with the “Shanghai Electric Topsola” The brand identity from China.

In 2007 China’s photovoltaic industry is the unusual. As we all know, Germany is the major market for photovoltaic business, as the country each year for renewable energy to reduce 5% of the implementation of subsidies, domestic enterprises will face no small shock. Zhuyuan Hao said, “Murcia smooth development of the project has strengthened our confidence in the future, we will explore more of Spain’s projects.” It is understood that Topsolar offices and service centers in Spain, preparations are being made.

In technology, will increase next year, Topsolar thin solar panels and efficient investment in the development and gradually reduce the manufacturing costs of solar panels. For the domestic photovoltaic market in the ascendant, Zhu Yuanhao believes that “cost reduction and the introduction of Digital Camera Battery specific incentive policies should be two-pronged approach.”

Expert opinion: “Next year, raw materials shortage will seriously affect the large-scale crystalline silicon solar cell production, thin-film solar panel production will exceed the annual growth rate of crystalline silicon.” Jiao Tong University Solar Energy Research Institute Professor Cui Rongqiang photovoltaic power generation in 2007, the field technology trends do judge.

At present, the photovoltaic power generation system has three types of panels, including crystalline silicon, thin film and concentrating. Crystalline silicon solar panels which occupy the mainstream product, but the film’s development faster. The scholars on whether the development of concentrating solar power systems are also in dispute. Some experts believe that concentrating device can effectively reduce the size of silicon crystal panels, thereby reducing costs. However, Prof Cui has a different view, he thought that condensing unit can not use the energy of the scattered light in the sky, coupled with transmission equipment maintenance costs and energy consumption, but will add cost. In the long run, manufacturing, semiconductor materials, solar cells, there is still huge room for downward movement, while the existing condenser materials have been less likely to substantial price reductions.

For the recent “German PV market saturation” and “Chinese PV companies may encounter winter,” the report, Choi Professor, Germany’s photovoltaic power generation in the country for less than 1% of the total generating capacity, “now only in the emergence of a high price saturated illusion, “he said,” If the product prices down, including Germany, will further expand the international PV market. “He expressed confidence that the cost of photovoltaic power generation products are in order 5% to 10% of the annual rate of decline Canon Battery, while the photovoltaic conversion efficiency Zeyi annual rate of about 0.2% increase. If this rate continues, the solar power is bound to all households.

Clean Coal: increasing independent innovation

Enterprise Perspective: the small Longtan power plant in Yunnan, from Shanghai Boiler Works is responsible for construction of 300 thousand kilowatts circulating fluidized bed boilers have been put into use. Test results show that desulfurization fully achieved its stated goal. In the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Power Plant, the company’s one million kilowatts a supercritical generating units are being installed and are expected by the end of 2007 can be put into use.

Shanghai Boiler Factory, deputy chief engineer of PAN-min told reporters that although the next two years the company’s total production of the boiler or less, but in 2007 the proportion of high efficiency boilers will account for more.

November 28 this year, the Shanghai Boiler Factory R & D center inaugurated. Establishment of the Canon BP-208 Center not only provides a clean coal technology, production and research development platform, also marks the next year, Shanghai Boiler Works will further increase the R & D investment, and gradually carrying out the boiler for clean energy and related cutting-edge technology research and development. At present, 600,000 kilowatts of supercritical boilers, 600,000 kilowatts of supercritical W-shaped flame boiler and 600,000 kilowatts circulating fluidized bed boilers and so on have appeared in R & D list.

Development of the market for clean coal, PAN Min said that the current domestic boilers for electricity generation market, competition is very fierce, enterprises not only need to master advanced technology, product price and quality have to meet the market demand.

Expert opinion: In the next few years, coal will remain China’s main source of energy. R & D of clean coal technology to China is of great significance, not only can improve the utilization efficiency of coal, but also can improve the level and ability to control environmental pollution.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Institute of Thermal Power Engineering Professor Luo Yonghao revealed that this year Shanghai has two bright spots in the clean coal technology. One is the multi-generation coal gasification research and development of key technologies. At present, Shanghai Huayi Group Wu Jing in the chemical industry base has been completed gasification chemical products, energy products, the two major industrial chain to achieve the clean use of coal, and applied for more than ten patents. Meanwhile, the Huayi company has also developed a coal-based Canon BP-511 fuel cell using hydrogen and clean energy production demonstration line of DME products.

The low nitrogen oxide combustion technology is another bright spot. In the city, organized by Science and Technology Commission, Shanghai launched a series of clean coal power generation research, is now able to effectively control the discharge of pollutants caused by coal combustion. Professor Luo said that according to the third round of this year’s launch of the Shanghai Environmental Action Plan, the government will invest billions of dollars to make generator set equipment, desulphurization in five years to achieve the standard, from the 60% reduction in sulfur emission power generation started, is expected by 2010, Shanghai will fully achieve desulphurization coal-fired power plant.

Transnational oil companies to accelerate development and utilization of hydrogen energy

Shell Hydrogen plans to take the lead role of the hydrogen economy, the first 10 years, has started preliminary development projects, including the filling operation of hydrogen stations to support hydrogen vehicles commercially available. Shell Hydrogen Energy Conversion Devices Inc. and the United States established a joint venture of hydrogen storage systems, development of solid hydride hydrogen storage technology and commercialization in 2003, on-board hydrogen storage tank has to provide 50 hydrogen fuel cell Canon LP-E5 vehicles into the market. The company is also in cooperation with General Motors Corporation in early 2005 in Washington, cast the first one with the hydrogen filling station, 6 sets of GM’s fuel-cell vehicles have Hydrogen3 this is the first hydrogenation.

Chevron Texaco Technology, Inc. (a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation) in May 2005 in the United States Chino (Chino) Hyundai? Kia Technical Center USA, voted with the first Chevron Hydrogen Energy Station. The project is the U.S. Department of Energy hydrogen energy technologies as part of five-year plan. Injection of new hydrogen station for the modern five Tucson and Kia Sportage fuel cell vehicle filling hydrogen gas, which fuel cell vehicles using proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology. Fuel cell power is 80 kW, can travel in cold environments.

BP is also involved in the production, distribution and sale of hydrogen, a series of validation projects are under way, including hydrogen stations in London, to hydrogen-powered cars supply of hydrogen fuel. BP as the world’s key player in hydrogen fuel demonstration project in China’s first hydrogen refueling station in operation in 2006. BP signed a cooperation agreement with China to participate in China’s hydrogen-fuel vehicle demonstration projects. Second half of 2005, which hydrogen fuel cell vehicle demonstration activities in the first run in Beijing, Shanghai, manner. To the procurement of six two hydrogen fuel cell buses to run goal is to run the mileage of 12 vehicles to 160 thousand kilometers Canon NB-1LH. At present, BP in the global production of 5,000 tons of hydrogen per day, including 1,300 tons of high-purity hydrogen. Landing rights in China, the future of hydrogen refueling station will be in civilian use of hydrogen, the commercialization of an attempt. As early as May 2004, BP is on a retail service stations in Singapore have successfully increased hydrogenation equipment, making the company become the world’s first gas stations in the traditional provision of environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel companies.

Multinational companies over the next 10 years to develop and put into use up to 15 sets of industrial hydrogen power projects. BP and GE power generation equipment manufacturers have begun operating two projects. They will make fossil fuels into hydrogen, hydrogen power generation through combustion turbines. The two companies will also be generated in the production process to collect 90% of carbon dioxide, into the deep strata.

Xuzhou members of the public to avoid charging electric vehicle invented driving 40 kilometers per hour,

January 21 electricity, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, members of the public Zhou Yongqian, Li Min lasted for three years, Digital Camera Battery developed a new type of electric car, as long as the weather is fine, you can not charge cases, about 40 km per hour speed of continuous driving.

Laboratory reporter Zhou Yongqian be seen, this sets a new charge-free electric cars with a rectangular roof-mounted solar panels, can easily lift. According to Zhou Yongqian introduction, this new type of electric vehicle battery through the solar panel (photovoltaic cells) and the kinetic energy into electrical energy so that a special device, automatic battery charger, to charge completely free of external demands.

Zhou Yongqian said he and his assistant Li Min through three years of the concept, design, demonstration, ultimately successfully developed this new type of optical complementary charge-free electric cars. Vehicle operation, we should consume electrical energy consumed by the solar energy to supplement some of the, photoelectric conversion takes place. At the same time, they have installed in the car so that kinetic energy into electrical energy of the special devices, whether the car is sliding, downhill, or braking, the mechanical energy into electrical energy will be, intelligent recognition system can automatically recharge the battery. Through the optical complement each other and realize the power the electric vehicle driving.

Journalists on-site experience this new type of electric vehicles DSLR Battery Grip. Power plant starts, electric car on the fast-forward, meets a slope of road, speed is almost not affected, can easily climbing.

Tingjie: charger standard test water carriers by adding more favorable

Recently, much attention to all sectors of society and consumers, mobile phone charger and interface standard was formally approved by Ministry of Information Industry has approved release of the standard provides that, when consumers do not have to re-purchase of the replacement mobile phone charger, a charger can be the same for different models of mobile phone charging; and consumers will be able to use computers to charge their cell phones while at the same time without having to bring a computer to carry charger.

A ripple, with the mobile phone charger and interface standards for release of the industry that launched a mobile phone charger on the discussion of standards-related issues, which especially is China’s mobile phone charger and interface “GB “whether the issue should be enforced.

For the mobile phone charger and interface standard should enforce the issue, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Dean of Economics and Management, the famous Professor Lv Tingjie telecommunications experts believe that the implementation of government-led mobile Canon BG-E2N Battery Grip phone charger standard, on a global scale is the first company in China, but also is still in “testing the waters” stage, it takes time to enforce the market may be tested.

Non-uniform standards for the domestic mobile phone, charger a wide range of issues, Professor Lv Tingjie used the word “charger disaster” to describe. Professor Lv cited the case of Japan, according to his understanding, the current standard in Japan There are two main mobile phone charger, which is based on WCDMA and CDMA2000 standard charger, the relevant standard-setting dominated mainly by the carriers. To some extent, different chargers standard means that competing interests of different operators.

Professor Lv also believe that government-led by the effect of such standards is better than led by the operator, because if the operator-led the development of standards, as driven by the interests of the relevant operators may be used through a variety of means to fight for their own be pro-competitive solution. However, if the government-led cases, operators can also be added to the mobile phone charger and interface standards developed in the coming weeks, using its powerful advantages of customized mobile phones, China mobile phone charger standard implementation of the effects will certainly be more obvious.

In addition, Professor Lv Tingjie pointed out that the harmonization of standards mobile phone charger will make competition in the mobile phone market more fully, rather than as they are now subject to the impact of barriers charger. Moreover, the mobile phone charger harmonization of standards may also be beneficial to small-scale mobile enterprise Canon BG-E3 Battery Grip development, the development of the domestic mobile phone makers may have some role in promoting.

The successful development of new lithium battery

With independent intellectual property rights of a new type of polymer lithium-ion battery has successfully developed, will be put into industrial production process. This unique battery technology is four years ago, returned from overseas research team led by its Lubo Shi Ji-liquid plastic film lithium-ion battery, after yet another achievement of important results. Currently, the polymer lithium-ion battery production lines are under construction.

It is understood that liquid lithium-ion batteries are the most important achievements in recent years, one of the high-tech research and represents the current chemical power the most advanced level of development. Because of such batteries have high specific energy, as well as recycling, and good life of a significant advantage, has been widely used in mobile communications, video cameras, laptop computers and other electronic devices, and gradually to electric bicycles, electric vehicles and other areas. It is estimated that the global demand for lithium-ion battery has reached 1.3 billion, and with the continuous expansion of applications every year. In the liquid lithium-ion battery, while the successful commercialization of polymer lithium-ion Canon BG-E5 Battery Grip (PLIB) research has been special attention. As a new generation of lithium-ion battery system, PLIB liquid lithium-ion battery not only has all the technological advantages, but also has a higher energy density and better safety performance. In addition, PLIB is recognized as the most development potential and future applications market batteries. It is predicted that in the next few years, PLIB will replace the liquid lithium-ion battery for nearly 50% market share, has broad prospects for development, is Japan’s largest battery manufacturer, and many other key investment and research and development directions.

In the past, domestic and international polymer lithium-ion battery manufacturers to use more U.S. production of Bell Labs, Bellcore process. However, because this method processes cumbersome, inefficient, equipment, large investment and production costs higher shortcomings, constraints of polymer lithium-ion battery development and industrialization. In recent years, domestic and foreign markets so-called polymer lithium-ion battery products, but in fact, liquid flexible packaging cells, there are still a large number of streams within the dynamic electrolyte, does not have the characteristics of polymer electrolyte, there hidden dangers in safety performance . With lithium-ion batteries in the communications and IT industry, the rapid surge in usage, the Canon BG-E6 Battery Grip safety performance is increasingly prominent, not only requires lithium-ion batteries with excellent electrical properties, but also requires a higher safety performance.

Beijing CITIC Guoan Mengguli New Materials Technology Research Institute and Beijing University New Energy Materials and Technology Laboratory, several years of research, a large number of laboratory work, based on a number of key materials through an integrated technology, the first synthesis of a unique structure of the microporous polymer composite film, and then use a unique polymer battery production process developed a polymer lithium-ion battery. The battery has very excellent low-temperature discharge performance and cycle the use of performance (more than 500 times). Of liquid flexible packaging with the same battery capacity compared to type polymer lithium-ion battery over charge, and acupuncture, etc. In particular, the safety performance of testing the performance of a unique advantage. Importantly, by Lubo Shi and research have developed new polymer lithium-ion battery production process, also has a small investment in equipment and production process is simple and so on. The results with independent intellectual property rights will undoubtedly increase China’s battery manufacturing industry’s international competitiveness, promotion of domestic polymer lithium-ion battery industry development, and significantly broaden the scope of application of lithium-ion Canon EOS 20D Battery Grip.

And the plot continues to thicken with Apple joining Dell and issuing recalls of Sony laptop battery packs. But there are clues that Sony’s cells are not the only contributing factor in the recalls. Note that the battery packs’ problem of overheating to the point of catching on fire seems to occur only when the units are plugged in, which implies that it’s during recharging. Is it possible that Dell and Apple’s aggressive charging techniques exacerbated the contamination problem with the Sony cells?

Keep in mind that these battery packs are based on cells which Sony supplies to many laptop manufactures – Sony is one of the top suppliers of 18650 Sony laptop battery cells, yet the problems are apparently limited to Dell models, and some discontinued Apples. (Lenovo, for example, has said, nope, we’re not seeing it.) So what clues can we glean as to what’s really going on? And what lessons can we draw as design engineers? And I don’t think the lesson to be learned is “The problem is the cell supplier’s,” but rather, “When you try to wring every last bit of performance from your charging circuitry you can stress those cells in ways that have distressing results.”

First, a quick run-down of what a battery pack is and isn’t. It’s not a collection of consumer-market batteries. VGP-BPS9 is based on lithium ion cells that come in an industry-standard package, the 18650, so-called because it’s an approximately 18mm diameter x 65mm-long cylinder. The 18650 cell looks on the inside like a layered jelly-roll consisting of the anode and cathode layers separated by a plastic layer that’s permeable to lithium ions that move between the anode and cathode and generate a current. Says Dr. Robin Tichy of high-end battery pack designer Micro-Power, VGP-BPS9 , Sony VGP-BPS8 Battery , vgp-bps2c. “The separator is a flexible polymer membrane and like any other plastic [as it heats] it has a softening point where it’s more likely to be breached. So a contaminant that’s hard and sharp would be more likely to puncture it at higher temperature.”

Now take a look at Sony’s press release, issued after the Apple recall, which states, “The potential for this [battery pack over-heating and/or catching on fire] to occur can be affected by variations in the system configurations found in different notebook computers.”

Dell advertises its super-fast recharge time for laptops. With a too-aggressive recharge scheme that too-rapidly heats cells cells with a probably small – though admittedly out-of-spec – level of contamination you could have a perfect storm that causes xps m1330 battery battery cells to “rapidly disassemble” as they say in the battery business.

But wait, you say, “Haven’t there been several news reports lately about laptops catching fire while in airplane cargo holds? Those puppies sure aren’t plugged in and recharging.” That’s a different scenario: The sony vgp-bps5a battery packs implemented in these cases have been aftermarket packs, which if you’ve been reading previous blogs and articles (and following the discussion threads) you’ll remember are prime candidates to rapidly disassemble. Here’s a quote from the Wall Street Journal, “The trend with smoke or fires would be some type of after-market use, like with spare batteries,” says Bill Wilkening, who enforces hazardous-materials regulations at the Federal Aviation Administration. Product regulators say replacements marketed as compatible with many different devices frequently aren’t. Some of them, including a significant number of counterfeits, lack circuitry that protects the vgp-bps5a battery cell from overcharging.”

Several IC vendors have recently introduced laptop battery charging chips that distinguish themselves by their individual charging algorithms. Whether you roll-your-own charge/recharge subsystem, or go with on of these new chips, make sure you thoroughly understand the impact this will have on your battery pack. Your company’s liability goes far beyond a simple battery pack replacement.

The Sonata battery–which the company is set to show off at the Demo ‘07 show taking place this week in Palm Desert, Calif.–is safer than conventional laptop batteries, but is electrically and mechanically compatible to current notebook designs, according to the company. Notebook makers can thus drop it into their existing models, said CEO Christina Lampe-Onnerud, who added that Hewlett-Packard has been testing it for 18 months.

As a bonus, the Sonata battery can be charged to 80 percent capacity in about 30 minutes. Conventional notebook batteries take one to two hours to get to 90 percent capacity.

“We picked 30 minutes and drove development to that,” Lampe-Onnerud said.

The company is part of a wave of battery start-ups that have emerged in the past few years. Most got started initially to improve the runtime on notebooks or power tools. A raft of explosions and recalls, however, have also pushed safety to the forefront.

The popularity of hybrid and electric cars has also juiced the market. Last week, A123 Systems, which makes lithium ion batteries(gd761,kd476) for plug-in hybrid cars, announced it had raised $40 million more in venture capital funds.

Boston-Power has been one of the more noteworthy new entrants in part because the somewhat secretive company, which came out of semi-stealth mode late last year, employs many scientists and executives, like Lampe-Onnerud, who have worked in the battery industry for years. Along with showing off the battery publicly for the first time this week, Boston-Power also announced it closed a second round of funding for $15.6 million.

There is no magic silver bullet inside the Sonata, Lampe-Onnerud said. Instead, the battery differs from conventional notebook batteries through a large number of design tweaks.

“We understand the system. We don’t have a killer chemical,” she said.

The can, or outside casing around the battery cells,inspiron b120 battery,inspiron b130 battery, is made from a metal alloy that is stronger than the iron cans used with notebook batteries and thus will remain intact, in the case of a thermal reaction, or fire, according to the company.

Boston-Power also spent a lot of time on the interrupt system, which prompts the battery to shut down permanently if there is danger of a reaction. (Replacements are covered by a three-year warranty, which Lampe-Onnerud says is longer than the industry average.) The company can’t guarantee the batteries will never have problems, but it has added safety features not seen in ordinary batteries.

“If it is really damaged, I don’t want it to work again,” she said.

At the same time, the battery generally meets the performance characteristics of conventional batteries(latitude d600 battery) on the market today.

HP is likely the first customer, according to Lampe-Onnerud. A contract to put the battery inside a notebook has yet to be signed, but it’s possible a notebook with a Boston-Power battery could hit the market by summer, she said. John Wozniak, an HP distinguished technologist, will appear with Lampe-Onnerud during the Demo presentation.

An HP representative said the company has been testing the batteries and is pleased with the results, pavilion dv6000 battery is better ,but added that further testing will occur. A notebook containing the batteries potentially could come out this year, the representative added, but nothing has been signed and, again, further testing will occur.

Typically, large manufacturers move slowly and conservatively when adopting new components, and then introduce them on a limited basis.

The Sonata will sell for a premium, but Lampe-Onnerud would not disclose details on pricing.

The big challenge facing Boston-Power now is whether it can move into high-volume manufacturing. The company already has an alliance with a large Chinese contract manufacturer.

While Lampe-Onnerud was somewhat tight-lipped about how Boston-Power’s product differs from conventional batteries, a patent search indicates that one change will involve altering the chemistry of the cathode. Currently, cathodes are made from lithium cobalt compounds. The July 2005 patent, suggests swapping that out for lithium nickel materials.latitude d830 battery,latitude d500 battery.

More information can be found under a second patent from February 2005. Although a company’s patents can lead to future products, there is no guarantee that a correlation exists, and Boston-Power has several pending, unpublished patents.