According to Asahi Shimbun, one of the major newspapers in Japan, TOYOTA is plan to sell a new fuel-cell (FC) hybrid vehicle in or before 2015. The new vehicle will be much improved in performances and endurance when compared with the current one. The company intends to foster the new FC hybrid vehicle into the environmentally friendly vehicle, in addition to the hybrid vehicle and the electric vehicle. To this end, the company has plan to place much emphasis on manufacturing cost reduction in development. [http://www.asahi.com/business/update/0623/NGY200906230026.html]
TOYOTA released the fuel cell hybrid vehicle, “TOYOTA FCHV-adv”, in 2008.
To develop the FCHV, TOYOTA gathered and accumulated a vast amount of data through the demonstration and field tests of the FCHV in various conditions and in different countries, and further made steady research efforts to elucidate the mechanisms causing problems. The fuel cell system was renewed on the basis of the results of the analysis and the research, and the low temperature startup performance was improved and the cruising distance was increased.
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2009年6月24日水曜日
Market research on power & energy system sector, by Fuji-keizai
Fuji-keizai, one of the major market research companies in Japan, publicly released a brief of the market research on the power & energy system sector. The research was conducted during the period from March to May in this year.
The expected and forecast figures of the following items in 2009 and 2017 are tabulated: fuel cell, solar cell,wind power/biomass, secondary batteries/power storage system, heat source equipment, and lighting. For the table, visit Detail-1.
Fuel Cells:
The fuel cell market will grow since the residential fuel cell cogeneration systems will start their sales to general consumers on this May. It is anticipated that the fuel cell market will be driven to rapidly grow by their sales promotion to be conducted.
Solar cells:
Fuikeizai’s forecast figure will be revised upward to a much-increased figure because Prime Minister Aso declared “The Japanese government plans to increase the current number of the solar power generator systems to 20 times by 2020.”
Wind power:
The major electric power companies successively announced plans to aggressively build wind power systems.
Lithium ion batteries:
Full-scale incorporation of the lithium ion batteries into motor vehicles will start from around 2015. Note that the Japanese government has decided to drive development of the electric power storage technologies.
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Fuji-Keizai
The expected and forecast figures of the following items in 2009 and 2017 are tabulated: fuel cell, solar cell,wind power/biomass, secondary batteries/power storage system, heat source equipment, and lighting. For the table, visit Detail-1.
Fuel Cells:
The fuel cell market will grow since the residential fuel cell cogeneration systems will start their sales to general consumers on this May. It is anticipated that the fuel cell market will be driven to rapidly grow by their sales promotion to be conducted.
Solar cells:
Fuikeizai’s forecast figure will be revised upward to a much-increased figure because Prime Minister Aso declared “The Japanese government plans to increase the current number of the solar power generator systems to 20 times by 2020.”
Wind power:
The major electric power companies successively announced plans to aggressively build wind power systems.
Lithium ion batteries:
Full-scale incorporation of the lithium ion batteries into motor vehicles will start from around 2015. Note that the Japanese government has decided to drive development of the electric power storage technologies.
>> To learn more, contact the source or contact fcj-1XYXfuelcelljpn.com
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Fuji-Keizai
Motor-driven vehicles world market forecasts, by Fuji-keizai
Fuji-keizai forecasted the world market of motor-driven vehicles, including electric vehicles, fuel cells vehicles, hybrid vehicles, etc.
The market scale of the motor-driven vehicles will reach 12 cho 1265 oku-yen in 2015. [cho = 10,000 oku-yen, 1 oku-en = 100, 000, 000 yen]
Hybrid vehicles:
Fuji-keizai forecasts the world market scale of the hybrid vehicles in 2015.
The expected figures of strong hybrid, mild hybrid and EV (electric vehicle) in 2015 are 4 cho 4,500, 5 cho 700, and 7,700. [The monetary unit of those figures = oku-yen, for example, 139 means 139 oku-yen, and oku-yen = 100, 000, 000 yen.]
It has been considered that the hybrid vehicle will be an interim vehicle till real commercialization of the fuel cell vehicle. However, it is now the favorite for the environmentally friendly vehicle.
The market scale of the hybrid vehicle is forecast to be 3 cho 7169 oku-yen in 2010, 12 cho 3899 oku-yen in 2011, and 12 cho 1465 oku-yen in 2015. The number of the vehicles will reach 11,120,000 in 2015. The price of the vehicle will rapidly drop since the number of market participants will increase and the mass production plants will be built.
Batteries:
The market scale in 2015 will reach 5,000 oku-yen, and the number of batteries will be 433,000,000.
>> To learn more, contact the source or contact fcj-1XYXfuelcelljpn.com
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The market scale of the motor-driven vehicles will reach 12 cho 1265 oku-yen in 2015. [cho = 10,000 oku-yen, 1 oku-en = 100, 000, 000 yen]
Hybrid vehicles:
Fuji-keizai forecasts the world market scale of the hybrid vehicles in 2015.
The expected figures of strong hybrid, mild hybrid and EV (electric vehicle) in 2015 are 4 cho 4,500, 5 cho 700, and 7,700. [The monetary unit of those figures = oku-yen, for example, 139 means 139 oku-yen, and oku-yen = 100, 000, 000 yen.]
It has been considered that the hybrid vehicle will be an interim vehicle till real commercialization of the fuel cell vehicle. However, it is now the favorite for the environmentally friendly vehicle.
The market scale of the hybrid vehicle is forecast to be 3 cho 7169 oku-yen in 2010, 12 cho 3899 oku-yen in 2011, and 12 cho 1465 oku-yen in 2015. The number of the vehicles will reach 11,120,000 in 2015. The price of the vehicle will rapidly drop since the number of market participants will increase and the mass production plants will be built.
Batteries:
The market scale in 2015 will reach 5,000 oku-yen, and the number of batteries will be 433,000,000.
>> To learn more, contact the source or contact fcj-1XYXfuelcelljpn.com
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2009年6月23日火曜日
Organic thin film solar cell, remarkably improved by DNP
Improvement: The energy conversion efficiency of a large solar cell of 50 mm2 size (square in shape) exceeds 4 percent.
The figures result from the research efforts of Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP). DNP successfully presents one of effective solutions to the problem left unsolved that the energy conversion efficiency decreases as the solar cell size increases.
Sample shipping of the new solar cell will start in 2012. Commercialization of the cell will start in or before 2015.
The organic thin-film solar cell having about 5 percent (conversion efficiency) has been known. The solar cell size is small, about 2 mm2.
If the size of this solar cell is increased to 50 mm2, the conversion efficiency is about 0.1 percent at most.
To solve the problem, the DNP’ researcher established a hypothesis that the conversion efficiency decrease resulting from its size reduction might be due to the electrical energy loss that is created by heat, which is generated in the transparent conductive film when electric power generated is led to the peripheral electrodes.
A try was made to form an auxiliary electrode having a specially designed opening in the transparent conductive film by a modified photo-etching process. Provision of the auxiliary electrode such structured reduces resistance in the electric power path to the peripheral electrode, and reduces the loss by heat generated.
>> To learn more, contact the source or contact us at fcj-1XYXfuelcelljpn.com
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New solar cell backseat, not using aluminum
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) has revealed a new solar cell backseat with extremely high water-vapor barrier property.
With this solar cell backseat, the solar cell manufacturing field has entered a post-aluminum foil era.
No aluminum foil is used. The price is low. Water-vapor barrier property: 0.01g/cm2・day. The price: comparable with that of the previous aluminum-foil based backseat.
The sample shipping of the new backseat will start soon. 500 million Yen (target sales amount) will be reached in 2012.
A new converting process, developed anew, enables the formation of the new backseat. The converting process uses a non-oxide vapor deposited film having high water-vapor barrier property and an adhesive having high weather resistance
As known, use of the aluminum foil for the solar cell backseat is a common practice particularly in the thin film solar cell and the crystal solar cell because high water-vapor barrier property is essentially required for the solar cells. The process to electrically insulate the ends of the aluminum foil is also essential to eliminate a chance of electrical contact of the aluminum foil with the wires led from the solar cell. This is a serious workload.
>> To learn more, contact the source or contact us at fcj-1XYXfuelcelljpn.com
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2009年6月22日月曜日
New motor drive system for hybrid-electric vehicles, co-developed by Yasukawa and Mazda
Yasukawa Electric Corporation, in cooperation with MAZDA, has successfully developed a new motor drive system for hybrid-electric vehicles. The motor drive system has been applied to Mazda's Premacy Hydrogen Hybrid Rotary Engine. The motor drive system is made up of IPM (interior permanent magnet) motors, IPM generator and a power control unit.
Hybrid system: of the series hybrid type.
Power control unit: High efficiency, small size, two inverters combined, one for the wheel driving motors, and the other for the generator to extract optimum electric power from the engine
Generator: newly developed
Electronic winding switching techniqu: newly developed, and is applied to the inverter for driving the motors. The electronic winding switching technique is based on the winding switching techniques, which have been developed in the stage where the company developed industrial motor drive for machine tools.
This newly developed winding switching technique significantly increased the motor efficiency in medium- and high-speed ranges.
>> To learn more, contact the source or contact us at fcj-1XYXfuelcelljpn.com [XYX→＠].
Yasukawa Electric Corporation
Mazda Motor Corporation
Hybrid system: of the series hybrid type.
Power control unit: High efficiency, small size, two inverters combined, one for the wheel driving motors, and the other for the generator to extract optimum electric power from the engine
Generator: newly developed
Electronic winding switching techniqu: newly developed, and is applied to the inverter for driving the motors. The electronic winding switching technique is based on the winding switching techniques, which have been developed in the stage where the company developed industrial motor drive for machine tools.
This newly developed winding switching technique significantly increased the motor efficiency in medium- and high-speed ranges.
>> To learn more, contact the source or contact us at fcj-1XYXfuelcelljpn.com [XYX→＠].
Yasukawa Electric Corporation
Mazda Motor Corporation
2009年6月17日水曜日
Aquafairy’s micro fuel cell = $50, and cartridge = $1
Fuel is not methanol, and non-toxic and non-poisonous.
Fuel is combination of water and hydrogen generation agent.
Light, small, and satisfactory charging capacity:
Volume ≑ 20 cm3
Weight ≑ 20 g, 35 g (when attached with cartridge)
Output power ≑ 3.0 W
Charging capacity ≑ 5 Whr
What the user has to do for operating the fuel cell is to simply set a cartridge containing hydrogen generation agent and water to the fuel cell.
The company started the sample shipping from this April, and will start sales of the fuel cells toward general users on April 2010.
At the present stage the company seems to have no plan to sell the products overseas.
If interested, please read “108: Aquafairy's PEFC Charger is Ready for Mass Production” of News2008-4, and, if necessary, contact us at fcj-1XYXfuelcelljpn.com [XYX→＠].
Aquafairy Corporation: Kyoto based company founded on June 30, 2006. The company develops and sells micro fuel cells using unique hydrogen generators in collaboration with NTT DOCOMO.
url: http://www.aquafairy.co.jp/
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