High Density Batteries for e-Mobility and Industrial Automated Guided Vehicles.

Informazioni relative al progetto

HDBAT

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 790643

DOI

10.3030/790643

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 24 Novembre 2017

Data di avvio 1 Dicembre 2017

Data di completamento 31 Maggio 2018

Finanziato da

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Costo totale

€ 71 429,00

Contributo UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinato da

LECLANCHE GMBH
Germany

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - HDBAT (High Density Batteries for e-Mobility and Industrial Automated Guided Vehicles.)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2017-12-01 al 2018-05-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

As electrification of personal and commercial vehicles has been driving the development of Li-ion cells for non-consumer electrics, it has exerted huge pressure on both price and energy density requirements. However there are several markets which, comparably to the automotive industry, are niches. They have similar requirements in terms of pricing and energy density but at a different level and with different priorities. These markets, namely automated guided vehicles, marine, off highway vehicles, specialized road vehicles, and rail, have also specific requirements in terms of sizing and certifications which are not necessarily met by the large South-East Asian manufacturers. This trend towards electrification, or hybridization, will considerably reduce GHG emissions in cities and harbors, but also modernize transportation and logistics.
Leclanché is focusing on these markets, starting in Europe and expending to North-America and Asia. To respond to the different market needs, we manufacture two types of cells in our factory line in Germany: high power (HP) and high energy (HE) cells. Through the HD-BAT phase 1 SME Instrument project, we undertook a feasibility study for several improvements on both cell technology to decrease price and weight per energy unit. We considered two aspects. The first one was chemistry, where the integration of upcoming active materials into our water-based electrode processing has been studied. The second one concerns the engineering work necessary to manufacture a novel, denser design and also accepts thinner non-active components into our cells.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

We found out that most planned innovations were possible on time and budget. We also took into consideration health factors, meaning that new production methods will be implemented in phase 2 to accept innovative materials. Expected impact of one of the engineering innovation had to be reduced so as the opportunity cost was not worth the added benefit.
The end result is that the innovations can be secured in three phases: 2019, 2021, and 2023, enabling a total reduction of cost of 32% of our HE cell and HP cells, and an increase in energy density by 27% for our HE cell and 38% for our high power cell.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

The market study showed that we will have to increase our maximum production capacity by 30% to meet the European market demand by 2024, enabling the creation of 71 new jobs and reduce the need of fuel oil by 30 million tons. This high demand will be enabled by the HDBAT innovations.

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