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January 05, 2006
Japanese firm promises 20 hr laptop battery life with new fuel cell technoloty
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4: Japan's Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd.
(MBI) has developed a new fuel supply method for fuel cells powering portable devices that makes it possible to reduce the size of the fuel cell to one half of the current industry level.
Matsushita Battery has developed this Direct Methanol Fuel Cell system by incorporating its new fuel supply technology with its stack technology, high power lithium ion battery and battery management system (which is based on previous development work for electric power sources). This cell itself is approximately 400cc (24 cubic inches), which is similar to the size of a beverage can and roughly half the size of models publicly demonstrated to date. With an average output of 13 watts, a peak output of 20 watts, and low
weight that enables true mobility, a laptop PC is using this fuel cell is able to achieve up to 20 hours of runtime.
Posted by admin at January 5, 2006 01:36 AM