CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
11ELBC will start with a reception for delegates and their partners on the evening of Tuesday 23 September. The first Conference session will commence at 08.45 the next day and the Conference will end at 14.30 on Friday 26 September. On-site registration will begin at 11.00 on Tuesday 23 September.
Details of the 11ELBC Technical Programme are given below. In order to accommodate the large number of high quality papers some sessions will be held in parallel. The working language will be English. |
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Session 1 |
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MARKETS, MATERIALS AND SAFETY
A review of important factors affecting the lead-acid battery industry
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CHAIRMAN: David Wilson MBE, Director, International Lead Association, United Kingdom |
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The lead industry of the future – are higher lead prices here to stay?
Neil Hawkes, CRU International, United Kingdom
The European automotive battery market, past, present and future
Graeme Fraser-Bell, Entek International, United Kingdom and D Prengaman, RSR Technologies, United States
The global industrial battery market. Trends and driving forces
Bob Cullen, Hollingsworth & Vose, United States
Building the hybrid electric vehicle technical roadmap for the Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium
Timothy Ellis, RSR Technologies, United States
Impact on the European lead battery industry of the new REACH Regulation on chemicals and their safe use
Andy Bush, Lead Development Association International, United Kingdom
The phenomenon of the electric bike Mark Stevenson, Nyrstar, Australia and D Prengaman, RSR Technologies, United States
Presentation of the International Lead Award
This prestigious award, in recognition of significant achievements made by the recipient to the lead and lead-acid battery industries, will be presented by the international lead industry.
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Session 2 |
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THE SUPPLIERS SHOP WINDOW
An opportunity to keep up-to-date with the latest production equipment and materials |
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CHAIRMEN: Rolf Beckers, Managing Director, Digatron, Germany
Louis Denner, First National Battery, South Africa |
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An update on high speed continuous platemaking
Al Vincze, Teck Cominco, Canada
Motive Power Cell Connectors - Potential for cost savings and safety improvements
Achim Luelsdorf and S Mathes, Frötek Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Germany
Charge Tracking – Complete quality control
Richard Jonach and T Mühlehner, BM Battery Machines GmbH, Austria
Development of a predictive model for separator wetting and electrical resistance
Rick Pekala, C La, C Rogers, R Waterhouse, D Weerts and G Fraser-Bell, ENTEK International LLC, United States
Graphite as a conductive additive: Influence of the processing and conditioning of high purity graphite powder on the electrical resistivity of battery electrode systems
Mathis Wissler and F Henry, Superior Graphite Europe, Switzerland
Positive and negative continuous plate making: Improvements and options
John Wirtz, Wirtz Manufacturing, United States
The application of Pro-Ox curing technology for SLI plate production
Cesare Catelli, P C di Pompeo Catelli, Italy and P Haering, Oerlikon Stationary Batteries, Switzerland
A comparison of two commercial organic expanders: Vanisperse A and Vanisperse HT-1
Tim McNally, Borregaard LignoTech, United States
Innovation in non-woven gauntlets: a new generation of fabric for a much better performance/cost ratio in any industrial application ranging from traction and stationary flooded to the most demanding gel applications
Valérie Toniazzo, Amer-Sil SA, Luxembourg
Paste savings through the application of TBLS+ micronised tetrabasic sulphate to lead-acid battery plates
Ian Klein, Penox Group, Germany
AGM new products and their application
Hong Zhang, S Song and Y Zhao, Sinoma Science and Technology Co Ltd, China
Pulse formation characteristics and benefits for lead-acid batteries
Kaspars Sprogis, Applied Electronics Labs, Latvia |
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Session 3 |
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ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY: 1
The latest developments in products and processing |
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CHAIRMAN: Geoffrey May, Consultant, FOCUS Consulting, United Kingdom |
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The role of silver in calcium-free AGM lead-acid telecommunication batteries
Benjamin Craft and F Fleming, Northstar Battery and D Prengaman, RSR Technologies, United States
Thin plate pure lead-acid systems: Development into diverse applications
Wayne Coldrick, R Kurian and M Pope, EnerSys Ltd, United Kingdom
Physical changes in positive active materials modified by addition of diatomites during deep discharge-charge of compressed lead-acid cell
Fanny Storck, G Toussaint-Bourguignon, L Torcheux and J Alzieu, EDF R&D Site des Renardières, J-F Sarrau, CEAC-EXIDE and H Groult, L Perrigaud, S Leclerc andD Devilliers, Université P & M Curie, France
Advanced AGM concepts for improved VRLA battery performance
Shuhei Nagakubo, Y Matsunami and M Kawachi, Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd, Japan
“Smart” battery separators
George Brilmyer and R Wimberley, Daramic LLC, United States
Investigation and application of mixed gel electrolytes for valve-regulated lead-acid batteries
Xiaobo Yi, Shenyang Storage Battery Research Institute, M Chen and H Chen, School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Y Liu, School of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Z Li, Hunan University of Science and Technology and X Mao, Greensaver Corporation, China
Modular battery management with serial charge equalizing method
Friedrich Hengst and B Mentzer, Mentzer Electronic GmbH, Germany |
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Session 4 |
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LEAD POWER FOR HEVs
Recent progress in lead-acid batteries for hybrid electric vehicles |
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CHAIRMAN: Pat Moseley, Manager, Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium, United States |
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The UltraBattery – A new battery design for a new beginning in HEV energy storage
Allan Cooper, European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium, United Kingdom,
Jun Furukawa, The Furukawa Battery Co Ltd, Japan, L Lam, CSIRO, Australia and M Kellaway, Provector Ltd, United Kingdom
The optimisation of grid designs for VRLA batteries for HEV applications
Norbert Maleschitz and H Diermaier, Banner GmbH, Austria and G May, FOCUS Consulting, United Kingdom
The ongoing development and testing of a bipolar lead-acid battery
Bengt Wahlqvist, Effpower, Sweden and M Kellaway, Provector Ltd, United Kingdom
Advanced lead-acid batteries in HEV applications (fuel cell/battery lift trucks)
Kevin Smith, East Penn Manufacturing, United States
An asymmetric ultracapacitor/lead-acid battery with high power and fast recharge capability
Robert Nelson and E Buiel, Axion Power International Inc, United States
Affordable add-on, zero emissions plug-in hybrid electric vehicle for commercial urban applications using valve regulated lead-acid battery technology
Cian Harrington, J Marco and N Vaughan, Cranfield University and M Kellaway, Provector Ltd, United Kingdom |
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Session 5 |
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ENERGY STORAGE FOR RENEWABLE POWER
New opportunities for lead-acid batteries |
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CHAIRMAN: David Rand, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Energy Technology, Australia |
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SmartGrids – Advanced power systems for Europe
Bernd Buchholz, Siemens AG, Germany
A technical and economical assessment of storage technologies for electric grids
Dirk-Uwe Sauer, Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Group, Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives, RWTH Aachen University, Germany and M Kleimaier, Consultant, Germany
The lead-acid – supercap hybrid storage system: Design and innovations in energy management
Elisabeth Lemaire-Potteau, S Geniès, A Delaille and A Labrunie, CEA-INES, France
Energy storage for on-grid renewable energy systems - a challenge for lead-acid batteries
Friedrich Kramm, Exide, Germany
Development of the UltraBattery for grid-connected wind-energy applications
Lan Lam, C G Phyland, N P Haigh, H Ozgun, D G Vella and L H Vu, CSIRO Energy Technology,
Australia and J Furukawa and T Mangahara, The Furukawa Battery Co Ltd, Japan
The development of renewable energy systems and the use of lead-acid batteries in China
Xianxian Mao, School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University and Greensaver Corporation, and H Chen, School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, China |
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Session 6 |
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ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY: 2
Further reports on recent battery research |
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CHAIRMAN: Valérie Toniazzo, R&D and Quality Manager, Amer-Sil SA, Luxembourg |
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A study of an advanced VRLA battery with titanium electrode
Isamu Kurisawa, K Fujita, M Shiomi, S Osumi and K Matsui, GS Yuasa Power Supply Co Ltd, Japan
Water loss suppressing additives in separators and the interactions with trace elements
Kevin Whear, Daramic LLC, United States
The effects of carbon forms on the processes at the negative plates of VRLA batteries in HRPSoC duty
Detchko Pavlov, T Rogachev, P Nikolov, G Arnaudova and M Matrakova, Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
A study of the chemical composition and crystallographic changes taking place in industrial battery positive electrodes during formation
David Boden, D V Loosemore and T D Wojcinski, Hammond Group Inc, United States
VRLA battery lifetime evaluation methods
Tomonobu Tsujikawa, T Matsushima, K Yabuta and T Matsushita, NTT Facilities Inc, Japan
Testing and modelling of a new design of lead-acid batteries for use in military tanks
Alvin Salkind, Rutgers University and the University of Miami, P Singh, Villanova University and F Krestik, US Army Tank Command, United States |
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Session 7 |
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ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE BATTERIES
Micro and mild hybrid designs to meet new automotive duties |
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CHAIRMAN: Eberhard Meissner, Director R&D - System Development, Johnson Controls Power Solutions Europe, Germany |
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Lead-acid batteries for micro and mild hybrid applications
Jesus Valenciano, M Fernandez, L Sanz and F Trinidad, Exide Technologies - Tudor, Spain
The lead-acid battery in the controlled power net of a micro-hybrid vehicle
Birger Fricke and E Karden, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering Europe, Germany
Heat tolerance of automotive batteries
Joern Albers, Johnson Controls Power Solutions Europe, Germany
The partial state-of-charge cycle performance of lead-acid batteries
Taisuke Takeuchi, K Sawai, Y Tsuboi, M Shiota, S Ishimoto, S Osumi, GS Yuasa Power Supply Ltd and N Hirai, Osaka University Japan
AGM battery in micro hybrid systems: Status and future perspectives
Norbert Maleschitz, Banner GmbH, Austria
An analysis of strongly varying dynamic charge acceptance in SLI batteries in micro hybrid applications
Dirk-Uwe Sauer and H Blanke, ISEA RWTH Aachen University and E Karden, J Kowal, B Fricke and R Hecke, Ford Research Center, Aachen, Germany
Algorithms for reliable on-board diagnosis of conventional SLI batteries
Rainer Schmidt, M Osyguss, C Hoff, J Olk, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co, and W Waag, D Schulte, T Sanders and D-U Sauer, ISEA, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Carbon materials for lead-acid batteries
Jean-Yves Huot, Timcal Graphite and Carbon, Switzerland |
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