A Techno-economic and cost benefit analysis of the Ultrabattery for residential applications with solar photovoltaics in Western Australia

In this report I will summarize the key findings from modeling and literature review on the Ultrabatteries technology from a Techno-economic analysis perspective. Key findings: - The Ultrabattery has fewer technical obstacles than Lithium as presented. - The Ultrabattery may have a payback of as low as 5 years compared with Lithium’s 7 years as modeled under assumptions. - There is scope for this technology and potential for residential storage growth in the WA market. - Developments in the market in economics of electricity and the photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage system improvements in cost will help the growth of the market

Synergy effect in innovative activities and its accounting in the technological competencies of an enterprise

The article deals with the interdependence of competitiveness, innovation, as well as levels of entrepreneurial and technological competencies leading to synergetic effects in the development of high-tech companies. The authors describe a synergetic approach which allows finding effective ways of management of the economic systems functioning according to market conjuncture laws, as well as synergetic innovation strategy management. The article analyzes the effect of synergy in innovative activities and highlights the importance of its accounting in the management of technological competencies of the enterprisepeer-reviewe

Geological and chemical characteristics of Diatomaceous earth from the deposit Veshje near Negotino - R. Macedonia

This paper presents the results of the geological and chemical research of Diatomaceous earth in the deposit Veshje near by Negotino. The deposit - Veshje belongs to Tikvesh basin which is situated in the central part of Vardar zone. This rich and numerical representation of diatomaceous flora and conditions that were present in the upper lake basin during Pliocene are actually the major factors for the formation of productive layer of Diatomaceous earth. Productive diatomaceous horizon appears in a form of a layer, with a length of 1-2 km and a thickness of 0,6 - 1,25 m, tending to form a spike towards the peripheral parts of the basin. Immediate layers above and below of the productive horizon are the andesite tuffs and agglomerations. Based on chemical analyzes made done on Diatomaceous earth from Veshje, it resulted in the following content: SiO2 - 78.40 %, Al2O3 - 6.40 % CaO - 2.20% and Fe2O3 - 2.60 %. Under this structure, Diatomaceous earth is a quality mineral resource which can be applied for filtration, thermal insulation and many other uses in industry and construction

Briefing Book for the Zeuthen Workshop

On Jun 18th 2004, the CERN Council, upon the initiative of its President, Prof. Enzo Iarocci, established an ad hoc scientific advisory group (the Strategy Group), to produce a draft strategy for European particle physics, which is to be considered by a special meeting of the CERN Council, to be held in Lisbon on Jul 14th 2006. There are three volumes to the Briefing Book. This first volume contains an introductory essay on particle physics, a summary of the issues discussed at the Open Symposium, and discussions of the other themes that the Strategy should address. The introductory essay on particle physics and the other themes were commissioned by the Preparatory Group. The summary of the issues discussed in the Symposium was prepared by the chairs of the sessions, the session speakers and the scientific secretaries. We acknowledge that this has been a difficult task, again on a very tight timescale, and we would like to thank all of those who have contributed to this volume

Towards the european strategy for particle physics: The briefing book

This document was prepared as part of the briefing material for the Workshop of the CERN Council Strategy Group, held in DESY Zeuthen from 2nd to 6th May 2006. It gives an overview of the physics issues and of the technological challenges that will shape the future of the field, and incorporates material presented and discussed during the Symposium on the European Strategy for Particle Physics, held in Orsay from 30th January to 2nd February 2006, reflecting the various opinions of the European community as recorded in written submissions to the Strategy Group and in the discussions at the Symposium

MODELING AND HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATION OF POWER-SPLIT HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Conventional vehicles are creating pollution problems, global warming and the extinction of high density fuels. To address these problems, automotive companies and universities are researching on hybrid electric vehicles where two different power devices are used to propel a vehicle. This research studies the development and testing of a dynamic model for Prius 2010 Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD), a power-split device. The device was modeled and integrated with a hybrid vehicle model. To add an electric only mode for vehicle propulsion, the hybrid synergy drive was modified by adding a clutch to carrier 1. The performance of the integrated vehicle model was tested with UDDS drive cycle using rule-based control strategy. The dSPACE Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulator was used for HIL simulation test. The HIL simulation result shows that the integration of developed HSD dynamic model with a hybrid vehicle model was successful. The HSD model was able to split power and isolate engine speed from vehicle speed in hybrid mode