Battery and fuel cell news

 Battery conference
The Advanced Automotive Batteries (AAB) Conference helps engineers keep pace with the technology and market development of advanced vehicles and the batteries that will power them. This year, it takes place at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, GA from Feb. 3 to 7. It is offers a technical and business exchange between large energy-storage users and developers and includes four symposia, tutorials, exhibits, posters, and short presentations. Many of the carmakers' chief energy-storage technologists will chair a session, present, or attend AABC.

The conference technical sessions include the large Li-ion battery technology with a track on cell materials, and one for battery engineering; the large electrochemical capacitor technology symposia, and the advanced automotive battery technology application. There are also tutorials on the EC capacitors and Li-ion technology, and posters with researchers latest findings. Exhibits are open Tuesday (Feb. 4th, 5:30 to 7 p.m.); Wednesday (Feb. 5th noon to 8 p.m.), and Thursday (Feb. 6th noon to 7 p.m.).

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Fuel cell report

The new report on Fuel cell technology by applications, types, fuel and geography – Global trends and forecast to 2018 deals with portable, stationary, transport applications, for PEMFC, DMFC, PAFC, SOFC, MCFC type batteries, and hydrogen, natural gas, methanol, anaerobic digester gas fuels.

These fuel cells convert chemical energy into electrical energy through an electromechanical reaction, like a battery. The only difference is that the fuel is supplied from outside, thereby making the fuel cell feel like an engine converting fuel into electricity without burning it. Fuel cells are of varying types — such as proton exchange membrane (PEM), solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) and many more differentiated options based on the components used and type of reaction taking place within the cell. A variety of fuels cab be used such as hydrogen, methanol, biogas, natural gas, and hydrocarbons. When working with hydrogen, fuel cell generates water as an outcome and gives electricity with zero emission.

The report says that the global fuel cell market revenue is estimated to reach $2.5 billion by 2018. The unit shipments of fuel cells will increase by over 14-fold from 78,100 in 2012 to 1,127,560 by 2018. Major factors responsible for the growth of fuel cell market include the ability of fuel cells in stationary, portable and transportation applications as a source of off grid power source, zero emission and clean energy source and continuous depletion of existing oil reserves makes. The key concerns in the industry pertain to the high cost of catalyst, commercialization of fuel cells and establishment of fuel cell infrastructure.

The report classifies and defines the revenue for fuel cell industry. It covers qualitative data about the fuel cell technologies used in various applications. It also provides a comprehensive review of major market drivers, restraints, opportunities, winning imperatives, and key burning issues in the fuel cell market.
For more information http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/lx3h54/fuel_cell  or http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/media/1889744/fct_review_2013.pdf.