Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Wednesday, 8 January 2020

A PM’s Dare ?




At recently concluded 107th Indian Science Congress, Shri Narendra Modi challenged the scientists to develop new battery types , saying :



    We need to pay attention to grid management as we expand our renewable energy
     supply.


     These require developing new battery types which are ,

Ø  based on environmentally benign materials, 
     
Ø  not monopolistic,

Ø  affordable on 100s of Giga-Watt scale,
     
Ø  suitable for tropical climates  

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Scientists from Monash University ( Australia ) , seem to have come up with just such a battery !

Here is that report :


Extract :
Ø  Now, researchers have developed a lithium-sulfur battery that could power a smartphone for five days straight or can also enable an electric vehicle to drive for over 1000km.

Ø  The lithium-sulfur battery developed by researchers from Monash University has an ultra-high capacity with better performance and less environmental impact than the commercially-used lithium-ion batteries


Ø  The new battery design has
      #    Higher capacity,
      #    Better performance,
      #    Lower manufacturing costs,
     #     Abundant material supply,
     #    Fluent manufacturing process, and
     #     Reduced environmental footprint

Ø   Outperforming the batteries in the market by over four times, it is the world's most efficient lithium-sulphur (Li-S) battery design making it promising for large-scale real-world applications.


Ø  Professor Majumder from Monash University explained, 

“Successful fabrication and implementation of Li-S batteries in cars and grids will capture a more significant part of the estimated $213 billion value chain of Australian lithium, and will revolutionise the Australian vehicle market and provide all Australians with a cleaner and more reliable energy market.”
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Contacts at Monash University :




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Research Team :
The research team comprises:
Ø  Dr Mahdokht Shaibani,

Ø  Dr Meysam Sharifzadeh Mirshekarloo,


Ø  Dr M.C. Dilusha Cooray and

Ø  Professor Mainak Majumder (Monash University);


Ø  Dr Ruhani Singh,

Ø  Dr Christopher Easton,


Ø  Dr Anthony Hollenkamp (CSIRO) and

Ø  Associate Professor Matthew Hill (CSIRO and Monash University);


Ø  Nicolas Eshraghi (University of Liege);

Ø  Dr Thomas Abendroth,


Ø  Dr Susanne Dorfler,

Ø  Dr Holger Althues and


Ø  Professor Stefan Kaskel (Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology).

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References :


Monash University develops lithium-sulfur battery 

 

‘World’s most efficient lithium-sulphur battery’ set for launch

 

New lithium-sulfur battery unveiled by Aussie scientists 

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Dear Dr S Jaishankarji,

[   External Affairs Minister /  eam@mea.gov.in  ]



In my following email a few days back, some of the problem-areas I listed were :

[ https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2020/01/thank-you-dr-s-jaishankarji.html ]

 

Ø  Charging of Batteries of Electric Vehicles takes hours !

 

Ø  No way to store ( for use at night ), billions of KWH of Solar Power


 

Ø  Dependence on import for Li-ion batteries / Fast charging button batteries

 

I urge the NEST division [ NEST = New emerging and strategic technologies ] , recently set up in your Ministry , to get in touch with,



Shri Narendrabhai Modi would welcome such an initiative on part of NEST


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09  Jan  2020


hcp@RecuitGuru.com

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