Battery News

PC makers and chip companies to introduce power management technology, can save the battery for extended usage time. Texas Instruments Unitrode acquisition this week, the company that specializes in the manufacture parts with power management features vendors, Texas Instruments said that these products are analog semiconductors the fastest growing market. Intel also will launch a new technology known as Geyserville, power management will result in significant changes. Is estimated that the power problem will no longer be troubled by notebook computers.

Geyserville the notebook when you plug in an electrical outlet, may have desktop-like efficiency, if only the battery, the machine will use a lower power consumption; general high power consumption for high-functional notebook PCs, able to lower the status of the efficiency of use for two hours.

In general, the higher functions of notebook computers, power consumption increased. Intel mobile products department said Frank Spindler, vice president of marketing, Geyserville improve the efficiency of the notebook, but would not spend more power.

Apple’s iBook also uses power management technology, when the computer is still time to enter the resting state, iBook’s new feature is available in this time of information storage, access to a rest state, this time using the iBook only a small amount of electricity. Some observers for the iBook to have six hours of electricity expressed doubts, but Apple spokesman said that six hours is a conservative estimate.

Spindler said wait and see attitude, he considered that the use of calculating the number of hours the battery will depend on what was the use of a software and computer system configuration, so the calculation method will vary.

New energy vehicles into the weak link in the battery operation

New energy saving and environmental protection advantages of car is very consistent with the sustainable development of China’s current uphold the concept and build a resource-intensive and environment-friendly society concept. The development of new energy vehicles in China to fulfill the responsibility of world powers together to combat climate change, an important path. As China’s policy of support for the increase, its technological level, China’s development of new energy automotive industry will be growing, there has emerged BYD, Chery and so have greater influence in the new energy vehicles on behalf of companies.

To further promote the industrialization of new energy vehicles the process to address the high-tech product marketing, the size and cost of the initial contradiction between the promotion of a wider application of new energy vehicles, Science and Technology and Ministry of Finance jointly launched the “10 City, 1000″ application of electric vehicle demonstration project. Decided three years to develop 10 cities each year, each city in public transport, rent, public, municipal, postal areas such as introduction of new energy vehicles to carry out 1000 model run, and strive to make the country the size of the operation of new energy vehicles in 2012 accounted for automobile market share of 10%.

Experts pointed out that under the current policy to stimulate the emergence of some enterprises in order to obtain state financial assistance funds, not from the accumulation of independent intellectual property rights to strengthen R & D to start, but wait to buy foreign key components of batteries and control system assembly, this so-called “systems integration” and its potential danger is that the core technology of electric vehicles in China are still are neither master, “assembling” the popularity of easily lead to a significant slowdown in the pace of independent innovation. The new energy vehicles three key components of batteries, motors, electric control, domestic enterprises is the weakest link in the battery, for battery performance, reliability, and product functions are still exploring, is far from the level of mass production. This means that the battery companies to win market, we must continuously improve the product cost in order to compete for new energy markets in the war come to the fore.

The battery industry, relying on the global high-end industrial cluster event

The huge market potential will require a high-quality event for the industry to promote the rapid growth of the power battery industry. Approved by the PRC Ministry of Science, China Institute of Electronics, Guangdong Power Industry Association and Zhenwei Group co-hosted “The Second China (Shanghai) International Battery Power Products and Technology Exhibition”, 2010 April 8 -10 at the Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center was held.
According to organizers, the last exhibition in Guangzhou Trade Fair Pazhou Complex success. Exhibition attracted more than 250 well-known from the global battery power industry suppliers, including Shanghai Xi Endi (C & D), BAK Battery, Great Power Battery, sea and up to four power supplies, LEOCH power, HOSSONI precision machinery, Lange electrical, ho can science and technology, Huaguan electronics, such as Beckman Kut to the global communications, telecommunications, electric power, electronic information, transportation and other industries demonstrate the power of today’s most advanced battery products and technical equipment. The exhibition is expected to reach a total exhibition area of 15,000 square meters, attracting visitors from home and abroad 18000 professional visitors and buyers from purchasing, Lange electrical equipment in Guangzhou, Dongguan HOSSONI lithium battery technology will will be 180 square meters dress the size of the display appearance.

“This exhibition held in Shanghai was chosen is because Shanghai is China’s economic center and financial center, with other regions can not compare with the geographic advantage, foreign investment in the central role of radiation significantly. Yangtze River Delta is the world’s key advanced manufacturing base, formed a new energy power batteries with the international competitiveness of strategic industry clusters, a collection development, design, production, processing, international marketing and strong business features in one of the world’s major production base of advanced manufacturing. Moreover, next year Shanghai World Expo will be held bound to the enterprise to the international market, promote the brand, expand trade, and better integration of the Yangtze River Delta market, an important historic opportunity. “Exhibition of China, vice president of Economic Research, Zhenwei Group Zhang, general manager, said Hill.

It is understood that the exhibition will be held over the same period, “2010 China International Industry Fair supercapacitor.” “Super capacitor” is the most promising of this century, a new type of green energy, at present a variety of chemical power sources, the super-capacitor high cost, safety, excellent energy-saving environmental protection, public transport in urban areas of the central area has a good application prospects. The use of alternative energy technology, automobiles, super-capacitors are a new type of critical components. Energy storage capacitor could eventually replace the battery, the new green energy with a revolutionary significance. As the only professional super-power exhibition, the show has attracted the majority of super-capacitors at home and abroad enterprises, such as LS, Korchip, CAP-XX, 3J & J, on Haiao Wei, Harbin Jurong, 100 Na, Kay Mei, Sheng Mei, pairs Deng, Ming-kun electronics, Mori plateau activated carbon, combined carbon and other enterprises up to active participation.

Electrochemical reaction on the work of the battery, each cell contains two electrodes (cathode and anode), the two electrodes immersed in electrolyte. Now widely used in mobile phones and laptop computers in the lithium battery anode from the carbon composition of lithium cobalt oxide cathode by the constitution, dissolved organic lithium salt containing electrolyte. When the battery is when you pass on the power electronic North Korea embarked on the cathode, forcing positively charged lithium-ion away from the cathode into the anode, when the battery discharge, the current from the anode for lithium-ion to return to the cathode.

Albert Te Milan Uppsala University in Sweden and his colleagues invented a result of the battery from the seaweed extract made from the cellulose (paper is extracted from trees or cotton, made from cellulose). Algae cellulose fiber is more slender, make a larger surface area of the battery so that it can store more charge.

However, the fiber itself is not conductive, Milan because of the team using a common conductive polymer polypyrrole (polypyrrole) to surround fiber. Polypyrrole is usually amorphous black solid, insoluble does not melt at 200 ℃ when the decomposition can be conductive. The researchers report their submerged algae fibers, resulting in a mixture can be conductive. Then, they are in such compounds in the manufacture of a new battery poles, using filter paper soaked in salt water as electrolyte.

The new cell consists of two cellulose electrodes and caught in the salt-impregnated filter paper composition, looks like a sandwich, two cellulose electrodes located in between two glass slides. Poles attached to the platinum with the formation of conductive contact with the outside world. In the polypyrrole chemical changes occurred in storage and release of power, in which the molecules exist in two forms, that is the term called “oxidation state” and “restore state”, when these two states of the molecules to form loops, that is to generate electricity. The battery can be charged within a few seconds, but after 100 charge-discharge performance does not appear large losses.

Dr. Milan are due to find a business for this scientific and technological achievements “mother.” At present, the efficiency of algal cells is only one-third of lithium-ion battery, which although not a substitute for lithium batteries, but there are also a unique display their abilities, can be used with a small radio devices, luggage tags, using the signal to Luggage regulators to track the location of baggage; also be used for “smart” packaging materials, such as with electronic display box. In addition, Dr. Milan battery can also be due to the recent successful development of the transistor components of paper-based charge.

Hitachi group, the Shin-Kobe Electric in 2000, began as a hybrid and electric car production first generation of lithium-ion rechargeable battery. Hitachi Group also in 2004 set up a special development and production of automotive lithium-ion rechargeable batteries Hitachi Vehicle Energy, and started the first two-generation production line. This time, the first three generations after the completion of mass production lines, according to hybrid computing, together with the existing production capacity, the annual supply capacity could reach 100,000 or more. Faced with the growing demand for eco-car situation, this global automotive manufacturers to meet the needs of the battery.

Hitachi Vehicle Energy Plan in the near future at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show (October 24, 2009 ~ November 4 open to the public) of the Hitachi Group Pavilion, displays the new production line mass production The first three-generation lithium-ion rechargeable battery.

Upgrade the secondary development of mechanisms

Fuel cell engine control system for the secondary development of a feature can be upgraded online. Have statistics show that the control system and adaptation to improve the maintenance of the workload of the workload of its survival around 70%. Passively go to maintain and modify in life happened during the changing needs of the control system programmer to re-design of the controller and even its more expensive cost. Fuel cell engine control system is an internal structure can be re-configured, control parameters can be continuously adjusted to meet the hardware environment of the control system, according to their functional upgrades can be divided into the controller port upgrades and the upgrade parameters.

Controller

Controller in the design of fully taken into account the possible changes in a variety of factors, retaining only the main framework for the main program, all variable information are stored in a separate specialized modules. PC terminals responsible for selecting the system configuration to run the upgrade strategy and various configuration information to the controller, once the system upgrades required, users can control procedures do not understand the conduct of easy operation, greatly reducing the controller’s development cycle, improve the system’s applicability and operability.

As shown in Figure 2, the main controller by a microprocessor (DSP), the watchdog module, power supply monitoring module, soft configuration module, signal conditioning and analog-digital conversion module, digital-analog conversion circuitry, I / O modules, SCI and CAN communication module and other components. PC terminal configuration using VB software design, integrated configuration system upgrade and data monitoring system, can upgrade the soft configuration can also be real-time display and record data with the use of 485 inter-DSP communication. Soft configuration modules for receiving and storage of EEPROM from the PC upgrade information, through the SPI to communicate with the DSP. Controller through the interface to connect a variety of external analog signals and digital signals, analog signals, including voltage, current, pressure, flow, temperature, humidity, etc., digital signal including a variety of solenoid valves and relays, etc.. The controller realized the control system and micro-modular design, with high flexibility, high reliability, high anti-interference, high-speed signal processing capabilities, and the secondary development of the advanced nature of the upgrade.