Development of Highly Water resistance Printing Paper by Teijin
Teijin has recently announced the development of water resistance, wet-strong printing paper which is made entirely with Teijin’s ECOPET recycled polyester fiber derived from used PET bottles. Being derived from polyester material makes the newly developed printing paper highly water resistance in comparison to commercially available pulp derived paper, making it ideal for use in outdoor or wet environments. Read more
Development of Highly Functional Painting Technology helping to Eliminate Middle Coating Process by HONDA
Honda Motor has developed the “Honda Smart Ecological Paint (Honda S.E. Paint)” process a painting technology which would eliminate a middle coating process from conventionally used 4-coat/3-bake auto body painting process, resulting in a 3-coat/2-bake water-based painting process. Eliminating the middle coating process would normally limit the paint colors which can be used, but Honda has solved this problem by developing a new material for color base coat in the final coating process, making it possible to use any exterior paint color, industry’s first for a 3-coat/2-bake process. Read more
World’s First Li-ion Battery Monitoring Chip Set capable monitoring up to 16 Cells
Toshiba has announced the development of battery monitoring chipset for automotive applications capable of monitoring up to 16 cells per 1 IC, industry’ first. This capability would help to reduce the number of components while providing a simple and low cost battery monitoring systems. The new chip set which combines battery monitoring IC and microcontroller is capable of detecting the remaining charge level where it will balance it among cells (cell balancing) in addition to detecting faulty battery status. Read more
Denso’s Lithium-ion Battery Pack help to Increase Fuel Efficiency in Vehicles
Denso Corporation has successfully developed a lithium-ion battery pack which helps to improve fuel efficiency on vehicles with stop/start systems. The newly developed battery pack by Denso allows the stop/start system to use more regenerative power than currently available single lead-acid battery. The new battery pack comes with a battery management unit and power supply control switch, as well as battery cells that are provided by a third party source. Read more
Development of “AKARIE” a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells based Lighting by Nissha Printing
Nissha Printing and Shimane Institute for Industrial Technology have jointly developed the “AKARIE” dye-sensitized solar cells based lighting, capable of generating electricity during the daytime and can be used as a light source via its inside LED during night. As a result the newly developed “AKARIE” offers three functions of electricity generation, electricity storage as well as lighting emission, eliminating any needs for electrical work for its installation. Read more
Development of Hybrid Type System for Decomposing PFC
PFCs (Perfluoro Compounds) are used in the process of etching LCD panels and semiconductors and they need to be decomposed before exhaust due to their high levels of global warming potential. The current available system requires PFCs to be decomposed by means of catalyst where the resulting fluorine-containing substances are obsorbed into water, whereby the system needs after waste water treatment. In order to remedy this issue, SDK has developed a dry-type process for removing fluorine containing substances under the catalytic decomposition system through introduction of low cost calcium based absorbent. Read more
Development of Liqualloy Power Inductor Enabling Mobile Devices to Run for an Extended Time
Alps Green Devices has developed power inductor helping the mobile devices to run for a long period of time by lowering the power consumption not only the CPU and the various devices but also the DC/DC converter which are used to supply power after converting voltage. The newly developed Liqualloy power inductor is a new GLMH series from the company. The liqualloy is the inductor’s core material which is a magnetic amorphous alloy created through joint research between Alps Electric and Tohoku University. The use of liqualloy provides ability for minimizing the power loss during conversion, thereby enabling high efficiency especially during low-load operation. Read more
Development of Air-Conditioning System with revolutionary Cold Storage Evaporator
One of the major issue with vehicle’s air-conditioning system is that when the engine and air-conditioning system are off during idle stop, the cabin temperature will increase, one of the contributing factor for this short coming is that the cold storage (CS) evaporator system of the vehicle’s air-conditioning system is not equipped with cold insulator which is located in the heat exchange area. Evaporator is a component driven by engine power; the way it works is that the cold refrigerant exchanges heat with warm air to send cooled or dehumidified air to the vehicle’s cabin. In the conventional air-conditioning systems, when the engine stops during an idle-stop mode, the air-conditioning cycle also stops and as a result will rise the cabin temperature, and forces the occupant keep the engine ON to continue the air-conditioning cycle wasting plenty of fuel as a result. Read more
Development of Artificial Photosynthesis System using wasted CO2 from Industrial Plants
Panasonic has demonstrated a highly efficient (0.2%) artificial photosynthesis system capable of generating organic materials from wasted carbon dioxide and water generated from incinerators, power plants or other industrial processing plants. The system uses simple structure by applying a nitride semiconductor as a photo-electrode as well as metal catalyst generating mainly formic acid from CO2 and water with light, making it a real advantage in scalability for commercial system in the near future. Read more
Development of Vehicle-to-Home Power Supply Systems for EV by DENSO
DESNO has just announced the joint development of a Vehicle-to-home (V2H) power supply system for electric vehicles (EV) with Toyota Motor. The system is designed to work with Denso’s home energy management system and uses alternating current. The system is currently being tested using plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHV) to ensure its efficient use of energy. The V2H system is designed to quickly charge an EV with direct current from the HEMS storage battery, and it can supply the generated electricity in the EV back to the household. Read more
