The United States invented high-energy fuel cell portable computer small lightweight
The EU promulgated a new "batteries and battery products directive"
September 26, the European Union, "Official Gazette" announced a new "batteries and battery directive (2006/66/EC)" and announced the implementation of the Abolition of the original 1991 "the battery directive (91/157/EC)". Vis-à-vis the "old orders" applies only to contain a number of mercury, cadmium and lead ThinkPad R50 Battery, the "new direction" the scope of application includes all of the battery market and increase the responsibility of the manufacturer and product labeling requirements. European Union provides that members must be 26 September, 2008 will be the "new Act" into national law.
"The new directive" provides that the market has been consumed by all cells and batteries must be recycled to the September 26, 2012, we have spent portable batteries should be the total recovery rate of 25%, September 26, 2016 of 45%. "The new directive," the provisions of the industrial battery manufacturers have a responsibility to the end-user consumption of the battery recall. "The new directive" does not provide for industrial and automotive ThinkPad R50e Battery, the recovery rate, but the EU market on the recovery rate of these two types of batteries have been close to 100%.
"New Act" at the same time the provisions of the Member States must meet the utilization rate of battery recycling, the provisions of lead-acid batteries and battery recycling utilization rate of the average weight of 65%; nickel-cadmium batteries for recycling and then the utilization rate of 75%; other Waste batteries and battery recycling utilization rate of 50%.
The local market for the sale of the European Union battery, the "new orders" restricting the use of mercury and cadmium (alarm systems, medical equipment and cordless power tools battery products for the exemption) and the introduction of three types of labeling requirements: chemical symbol hg, pb or cd, recovery cylinder capacity of labels and tags.
"The new directive" provides that if a third country exports to the EU in line with the battery, "the new directive," the request of Member States shall prohibit the listing. Battery manufacturers (including members of the market in each battery manufacturer) must bear the cost of recovery and treatment. If electrical or electronic products containing a battery, the manufacturers have been regarded as a "battery manufacturers." Battery manufacturers to sell batteries in its registration of the EU member states.
Lithium batteries have been the first air technology related 8
Small piece of lithium batteries, from Shanghai, before taking off to somewhere else, must be detected through 8. From the official launch in March this year, the testing so far, the Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry Test Center tested a total of more than 100 different species of Li-ion battery samples, samples from almost every day for inspection.
Each species of lithium batteries before boarding the aircraft, the need to send 30-50 samples around to the testing center for testing. Upon request, carrying out technical trials of eight before the first complete charge-discharge cycle 50, and then carry out the impact of the collision, vibration, thermal testing, external short circuit, over-charge, mandatory discharge, high-altitude environment that eight kinds of simulation tests. These tests simulate the operation of aircraft that may occur in a variety of extreme conditions to test whether the safe transport of lithium batteries, the entire testing cycle, as long as 28 days. 8 As long as there is a test not passed, it was considered dangerous goods testing center in the conditions of transport of goods issued by the state Certificate of Authenticity, and the varieties of lithium battery packaging, labeling, such as higher demands.
It is understood that the Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry Test Center is the only one at the same time engaged in land, sea and air freight transport of the experimental conditions for identification of body identification checks.
The United States invented high-energy fuel cell portable computer small lightweight
Portable computer for people to really go out to the Internet or engage in business operations, providing a convenient, is to bring up a little bit Shen. California is now a company invented a methanol generators, with it, so a bit Shen carry the portable computer to become a lightweight.
According to "Nature" magazine web site posted an article a few days ago that the fuel generators to fill the weight of 1.3 kg, and only so much a novel, is a company named by the United States, California UltraCell (Ultimate batteries) company in accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Army. Fill 500 ml of methanol, the battery can provide a full day of 45 kilowatts of electricity, enough to drive a portable computer. Fuel cell with the total weight of the same effect, only half of the lithium batteries, more light. Different from traditional generators, fuel cells have no such noise. At the same time, then plug it need be able to "recharge."
Companies such as Toshiba portable computer designed for the fuel cell, but most of its products directly consumed methanol, provided a relatively low power consumption is not very satisfactory.
The United States this company is the technical characteristics of the methanol into hydrogen, and then double the power consumption issue. The problem is the conversion of methanol to produce a chemical reaction of hydrogen, temperature as high as 280 degrees Celsius. The company tried to lock the ThinkPad R50P Battery in the heat, a few inches apart to avoid the sensitive parts were affected. The entire device does not seem very hot, can be used in hand. Company vice president of marketing William Hill do not want to reveal the secret insulation system. He said: At present, "The others failed to grasp the technology."