Roundtable Discussion; The Future of Mineral Sands. Watch the video here.
from European Institute of Innovation and Technology 36 pages, lots in there - application timescales even, easy register to download
https://www.innoenergy.com/discover-innovative-solutions/reports/ultracapacitors-white-paper/
https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/digital-identity-and-security/iot/inspired/smart-cities
tech brief explaining the power-handling considerations required when using supercapacitors over batteries in circuit designs - out on their main news thread 21st May, 4 pages
https://www.nxtbook.com/smg/techbriefs/21BT05/index.php#/p/4
people around the world are moving to the cities, over 60% in some places. to prevent them becoming a gridlocked nightmare iot devices are proliferating. just been looking at russia, india, brazil to see if they are implementing like the west. pretty much. China yet to travel to.
thanks for all the info from report, just figured how to read it, self-certified whatever! Note the 8 core applications, Liked the mention of possible manufacturing partner to handle SMD vols. Tesla Roaster. Nationgate SMD, something about Sony/Motorola.
obviously there's a bit of smart countryside too; carrots that need watering and Mabel's run off.
The 30min webinar indicated sectors that are large, growing with serious battery issues.
Increasing major growth sectors for electronic devices are now LPWAN (Automation, security, safety, productivity etc - ubiquitous sensors. Will be deployed in billions if fit-and-forget, affordable versions arrive) and SRWC (short wave wireless comms - Bluetooth, Zigbee etc - signals travel from a few cms to several metres, eg. infared, RF. Total many billions but that includes some of the others (? - LPWAN i presume) and many AC mains powered devices. EAS (electronic article surveillance) sector has had so far the largest battery need but internet shopping has made the retail shop security and garment tagging use of batteries decline.
Elsewhere came across Aowei, Chinese manufacturer, now In EU providing Skeleton type products for buses, renewables. Korchip (Korea) have just 2 products in a prismatic TR series.
Israeli start-up wireless charges devices that can include supercaps. (mentioned next to the image of the American Express card). The video shows items in a public toilet with soap dispensers and flushers that look ideal candidates for caps, god imagine , we would be flush in devices like that
https://www.wi-charge.com/copy-of-products
bit emerging here now, such as the e-peas and energeous tie-up while back
invited again to give NASA and other military/space engineers a full product presentation late last month, supercaps on day 5
https://www.streetinsider.com/Globe+Newswire/AVX+to+Exhibit+%26+Deliver+Five+Presentations+at+CMSE+2021%2C+Continuing+its+Longstanding+Support+for+tinthe+Annual+Conference/18126566.html
It's interesting cpx's smd prototype was a "world first" (2013 presentation) and have not as yet released one, though a handful of others have; Panasonic, Kemet, Vishay. What these others have in common, unanimously, are higher voltage products (3.5v to 5.5) and higher ESR (lower esr caps dont heat up and last longer), whereas cpx's are set for 3v and 2.3. Amazing eh? Low power advantages, is it not?
(let me know if you want links on this and can offer explanations)
samples of the surface mount prismatic and cylindrical products go out this month, pages 44-45, with production dates, volume and cost details.
https://ssl.lvl3.on24.com/event/30/14/63/9/rt/1/documents/resourceList1614738195118/webinarenergyharvestingppt1614738189359.pdf (from Jeff Colton's recent presentation with E-Peas and Epishine)
This has been in RnD for 7 years back when Cenkos was sole broker, but has "needed Improvements to increase frequency response and energy density". Then said, "it's suitable for high-volume devices where re-flow solder board assembly is deployed, notably smartphones". Is something cooking?
from the passive components.eu blog
cde https://passive-components.eu/cornell-dubilier-expands-lic-high-energy-density-supercapacitor-offerings/
avx https://passive-components.eu/kyocera-and-avx-to-establish-new-brand-kyocera-avx-to-enhance-its-business-worldwide/
new article 20th April, written by sponsored content
https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/16616/new-supercapacitor-shrinks-in-size-but-grows-in-features
"The electronics industry has developed power management ICs (integrated circuits) that work in conjunction with low-voltage application supercapacitors", making it behave like a battery.
Extraordinary solutions to environmental doom in Greta's 3 part doc on iplayer, worth a watch.
well-referenced article outlining the technique from a decade ago.
https://semiengineering.com/energy-harvesting-shows-new-signs-of-life/
cpx able to provide caps at that price point now. notice they had a SMD prototype designed back in 2015. i believe jeff colton said new designs being shipped for appraisal next month from the e-peas/epishine fact sheet
further info on tie-up with Japanese monster, who choose SCMs
https://www.renesas.com/us/en/document/prb/avx-super-capacitor-renesas-re-partner-solution?language=en&r=1491976
from 48:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJHoe-nz1KI&list=WL&index=60&t=2951s
Best of luck CB, very difficult, good luck
academic revue on energy harvesting, LPWAN and IOT projects. 15 min read. Supercap mentions.
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/13/3433/htm
Lots of other info out there on LPWAN, now cost-effective and fully tested, gaining interest with governments (eg. temperature monitoring sensors of public, ambulances on the move ...), Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure IOT cloud .
I've been rewarded doing some background reading on Nanomerics and I'd be interested to know how the collaboration came about (overlapping synergies?). Was it simply a cold-call or something more interesting? I note that directors from both companies had stints in Glasgow in the past. Cheers.
https://passive-components.eu/passive-automotive-electronics-for-48v-systems-and-v2x-avx-technical-paper/ date 26 March 2021
appears 48v electrical becoming new standard for mass-produced cars, reported here and elsewhere
"When considering regenerative braking, supercapacitors often come into play to handle pulse power draws. AVX offers a new series of cylindrical electrochemical double-layer capacitors that provide excellent pulse power handling characteristics based on the combination of very high capacitance and very low ESR. Used by themselves or in conjunction with primary or secondary batteries, they deliver instantaneous power pulses as needed."