Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

GE’s Energy Storage business announced $63 million in new Durathon sodium-halide battery orders since the business launched in July. The technology is unique because it can function in a variety of extreme conditions and store as much energy as lead-acid batteries twice its size while lasting up to 10 times as long. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2012

GE’s ecomagination.com publication reports that GE engineers have begun testing a transit bus equipped with a new hybrid energy system integrating GE’s Durathon sodium-halide battery ( earlier post ), a lithium-ion battery and a hydrogen fuel cell. Better power management also means long-term savings in operating the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2011

BC Hydro has selected S&C Electric Company, a renewable energy integration company, for a sodium-sulfur (NaS) battery energy storage project intended to improve service reliability for a remote mountain community in British Columbia. This integrated solution optimizes total system efficiency and reliability for the community.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2012

A team from the University of New South Wales (Australia) reports on a novel core-shell strategy leading to high and stable hydrogen absorption/desorption cycling for sodium borohydride (NaBH 4 ) under mild pressure conditions (4 MPa) in an open-access paper in the journal ACS Nano. With a high storage capacity (10.8

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

million research center, led by Michigan Engineering and funded by the US Department of Energy, will focus on understanding an emerging branch of science involving mechanical and chemical phenomena that affect advanced battery designs. —Jeff Sakamoto, professor of mechanical engineering at U-M and director of the new center.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Yabuuchi has showed, among other things, how new battery materials can improve the efficiency of lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. The “Science Award Electrochemistry” aims to promote outstanding scientific and engineering achievements and provide an incentive for the development of high-performance energy stores.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2021

But the promise is worth pursuing, says MIT Professor Yet-Ming Chiang, because the amount of energy that can be stored in experimental versions of such cells is already nearly double that of conventional lithium-ion batteries. —Co-author Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2023

The researchers hope that this strategy could help to engineer an improved anode material in next-generation batteries. Graphite contains flat layers of carbon atoms, and during battery charging, lithium atoms are stored between these layers in a process called intercalation. A paper on their work is published in the journal Small.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2012

The research group led by Mark Davis, the Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering at Caltech, describes the new, four-reaction process in an open access paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). NaMnO 2 at 850 °C; Na + extraction from ? NaMnO 2 at 850 °C; Na + extraction from ?-NaMnO

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2019

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Mellon College of Science and College of Engineering have developed a semiliquid lithium metal-based anode (SLMA) that represents a new paradigm in battery design for solid electrolyte batteries. The interdisciplinary research team published their findings in the current issue of Joule.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The research group of Professor Xiangwu Zhang from North Carolina State University presents the concept of high-performance sodium-ion batteries that applies special electrode preparation methods. Sustainable technologies should make it possible to store power from the grid and feed power back into it.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2019

The Fraunhofer engineers want to change this. BroadBit uses it to produce new types of sodium-ion batteries. In this respect the Dresden engineers can show the potential for transferring the technology to the production scale. The Dresden engineers now aim at enhancing their technology in cooperation with industrial partners.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2009

The sodium alanate material used to store the hydrogen resides within the tubes. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system that utilizes a complex metal hydride material—sodium alanate. Photo by Randy Wong) Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

Their low cost and ability to start the engine at cold temperatures sets them apart in conventional and basic micro-hybrid vehicles, and as auxiliary batteries in all other automotive applications, according to the report. In full-hybrid vehicles, the stored energy is also used for a certain range of electric driving.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2013

Toyo-Thai Corporation Public Company Limited (TTCL) is providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to the project. The captured pollutants are mineralized into solid products, including sodium bicarbonate, which are stored, transported and sold as safe, stable solids.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2012

E2TAC (Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center) is located at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany. of Greene to develop an electric forklift for use in freezer warehouses using GE’s Durathon sodium-halide batteries. Earlier post.) Urban Electric Power Inc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

Barsoum and Dr. Yury Gogotsi, professors in Drexel’s College of Engineering, discovered atomically thin, two-dimensional materials—similar to graphene—that have good electrical conductivity and a surface that is hydrophilic, or can hold liquids. A paper on their work is published in Science. About three years ago, Dr. Michel W.

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Setec Powerr

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Battery: The battery is suitable for pure electric vehicles, including lead-acid batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries, sodium-sulfur batteries, secondary lithium batteries, air batteries, and ternary lithium batteries. (1) It is widely used as a starting power source for internal combustion engine vehicles.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

A close look at the single-cylinder engine of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen of 1885, for instance, reveals a crankshaft and internals exposed to the elements, something that’s unthinkable today. SIBs are benign, containing no lithium or cobalt, and sodium is abundant worldwide. Overall, SIBs are around 30% cheaper than lithium ion.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

Hurst also notes that the market for hybrid locomotives faces stiff competition from newer fuel-efficient locomotives such as diesel gensets, and in many world regions, the locomotive engine does not have to meet strict emissions rules. Other benefits include reduced noise levels and lower maintenance costs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2014

This means lead-based batteries are essential in virtually all conventional ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles, hybrid vehicles (mild, micro and Plug-in-HEV, PHEV) and full electric vehicles. In full-hybrid vehicles, the stored energy is also used for a certain range of electric driving.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2016

The shelf-life of stored charge in rechargeable devices does not scale linearly with maximum SP and has led to trends referred to as ‘range-anxiety’, ‘compulsive charging’, etc. Contemporary battery materials impose a finite limit on GED/SP due to thermal and mechanical failure modes of battery electrodes and membrane separators.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2010

GE is developing improvements to its sodium metal halide batteries for use in a new generation of cleaner locomotives and stationary applications to smooth intermittent renewable power generation as it interconnects with the grid and critical load back-up power and other applications. Industry-Led Commercialization Partnerships: $4.8

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Upon discharge from a nuclear reactor, the UNF is initially stored in steel-lined concrete pools surrounded by water. Most of the nation’s used fuel is stored at more than 70 reactor sites across the country. It is later removed from the pools and placed into dry storage casks with protective shielding. Award amount: $2,659,677).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The diversified manufacturer also said that in addition to boosting engine performance, its superchargers can provide up to a 5% fuel savings and reduce emissions compared to competing technologies. Eaton has developed a range of next-generation variable valvetrain systems for high-speed overhead camshaft engines.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

liter AMG V8 engine with AMG Cylinder Management and ECO stop/start. liter V8 engine (M152) featuring the AMG Cylinder Management cylinder shut-off system. Although peak output in the new engine increased by 60 hp to 415 hp (309 kW) and torque increased from 376 lb-ft to 398 lb-ft (540 N·m) compared to the existing AMG 5.5L

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This three-year project incorporates engineering of fleet control, manufacturing and installation of seven 500-kW/6-hour TransFlow 2000 energy storage systems in California, Massachusetts, and New York to lower peak energy demand and reduce the costs of power interruptions. Demonstration of Sodium Ion Battery for Grid Level Applications.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2009

Thanks to a project funded by General Motors, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system that utilises sodium alanate. The system is not meant to fit on board a vehicle and sodium alanate is not the material of choice for onboard storage of hydrogen.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 31, 2021

Along with sodium-based alternatives, could soon supplant the seemingly obsolete lithium-ion battery. #2. Solar-powered cars are another fascinating engineering development to keep an eye on. Solar cars can store some solar energy in batteries and operate smoothly at night or when there is no direct sunlight. Solar cars.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The hybrid systems research team at GE Global Research has successfully demonstrated a dual battery system for an electric transit bus, pairing a high-energy density sodium metal halide battery with a high-power lithium battery. —Lembit Salasoo, Senior Electrical Engineer and Principal Investigator. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Hydrogen produced by water electrolysis has the potential to be a useful means of storing excess electricity generated using wind, solar, and other intermittent renewable energy. This current technology would be more than twice as expensive as internal combustion engine systems. transit buses or other heavy duty vehicles).

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Monique closes her EV’s fueling port and heads onto the highway with enough stored energy to drive 640 kilometers (400 miles). Importantly, the nanofluids are engineered to remain suspended indefinitely, unlike other suspensions—for instance, sand in water.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2015

The work on advanced lithium ion and multivalent ion batteries is led by Yet-Ming Chiang, the Kyocera Professor Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, and Evgeny Antipov, professor and electrochemistry chair at Moscow State. Advanced Li-ion and multivalent ion batteries. Rechargeable metal-air batteries. earlier post ).

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Its physical structure allows it to store lithium ions. Some advanced designs use a small amount of silicon, which can store more energy. The anode side of the battery is where electrons or ions are stored during charge and moved to the cathode side during discharge. John DeMaio: Correct. Charged : Do all anodes use graphite?

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The batteries that use sodium instead of the pricey and rare lithium are the ones that are the closest to being on the market. The charge point operator (CPO) can store grid energy when it is affordable or locally produced solar energy and utilise it as backup power for rapid DC charging or during peak hours when electricity is costly.  

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

GM’s Cadillac announced a new generation of V-6 engines, led by an exclusive 3.0L Twin Turbo is the only six-cylinder engine to combine turbocharging with cylinder deactivation and stop/start technologies to conserve fuel. TFSI engine, while the 3.6L naturally aspirated engine employed for years across the brand’s model range.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

When considering the typical 3-5 year lifespan of a lead-acid battery in a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle, many drivers assume that an EV battery requires regular replacement. With an extended lifespan, they reduce the need for replacements, minimize environmental impacts, and lower ownership costs.

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