Abstract: A battery assembly for a motor vehicle includes: heat exchange panels arranged one above another along a first axis, each heat exchange panel being corrugated in the form of crenelations including, in alternation and along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, a peak and a trough, a fluid flow conduit being formed at at least one of the trough of each crenelation and the peak of each crenelation; and battery modules arranged in parallel and staggered, each battery module including at least one battery cell in pouch form, each battery module being housed in at least one crenelation so as to exchange heat with the fluid. A method for manufacturing such a battery assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: An optimal configuration method and device for energy storage capacity of an optical storage system, and apparatus and storage medium are provided, and relates to the photovoltaic field. The specific steps includes: obtaining original output data of a photovoltaic power station for step output; constructing a model of genetic algorithm, and determining algorithm parameters and a fitness function of the genetic algorithm; performing optimization operation based on the genetic algorithm and the original output data to obtain a recommended energy storage capacity, and building an energy storage device according to the recommended energy storage capacity.

Abstract: The embodiment of the present application discloses a single-well heat exchange system and a downhole enhanced heat exchange device of a geothermal well. The first main pipe communicates with an inner pipe of the single-well heat exchange device, return water entering the inner pipe sequentially enters the first main pipe and the second main pipe, part of the return water directly flows back to a geothermal reservoir, and part of the return water enters an annulus between the inner pipe and an outer casing of the single-well heat exchange device through a through hole of the second main pipe. The part, located at a target reservoir, of the retractable heat exchange pipe is used for absorbing geothermal heat of the target reservoir and transmitting the geothermal heat to an fixed end of the retractable heat exchange pipe to heat the return water entering the first main pipe.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery pack including a first cell package which is formed of at least one battery cell, a second cell package which is formed of at least one battery cell, and a printed circuit board, an electrically conductive strip being arranged between an electrode of a battery cell of a cell package and the printed circuit board, the electrically conductive strip being welded to the electrode at one end and to the printed circuit board at the other end, a central portion of the strip being curved, the two ends being planar and extending parallel to one another. A battery pack is obtained by the method, and a battery system includes at least two battery packs obtained thereby.

Abstract: A floating column spoiler structure, a floating column and a floating wind turbine are provided. The floating column spoiler structure includes multiple spoiler plates and lifting and unfolding assemblies connecting each of the spoiler plates and a column. Each of the lifting and unfolding assemblies includes a first connecting rod, a second connecting rod, a first gear and a second gear; a first end of the first connecting rod is rotatably connected with a first end of the second connecting rod, and each of the spoiler plates is arranged at the first end of the first connecting rod and the first end of the second connecting rod; a second end of the first connecting rod is rotatably connected with the first gear, and a second end of the second connecting rod is rotatably connected with the second gear.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture and sequestration system is provided and includes a capture unit, a storage unit, a sequestration unit and a floating body unit. The capture unit is used for capturing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; the storage unit is connected with the capture unit and is used for storing the carbon dioxide captured by the capture unit; the sequestration unit is connected with the storage unit and is used for sequestrating the carbon dioxide discharged by the storage unit. The capture unit, the storage unit and the sequestration unit are all arranged on the floating body unit so as to float on the sea. The system can sequestrate the captured carbon dioxide in situ and reduce the transportation cost.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module having a housing enclosing electrical energy storage cells and a device for monitoring a characteristic of the fluid contained in the housing of the module other than the temperature in order to diagnose the deterioration of at least one of the electrical energy storage cells enclosed in the housing of the module.

Abstract: A system for the thermal regulation of an immersion-type battery for a motor vehicle. The system includes a controller to monitor an efficiency of the thermal regulation in order to ensure the correct operation of the battery.

Abstract: Nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS) sensor devices that utilize thin electrically conductive membranes, which can be, for example, graphene membranes. The NEMS devices can have a trough shape (such as a serpentine shape arrangement) of the electrically conductive membrane. The thin, electrically conductive membrane has membrane-structures disposed upon it in an array of cavities. These membrane structures are between the thin, electrically conductive membrane and the main membrane trace. Such an arrangement increases the sensitivity of the NEMS sensor device. The electrically conductive membrane can be controllably wicked down on the edge of the oxide cavity to increase the sensitivity of the NEMS sensor device. Such NEMS sensor devices include NEMS sensor devices that are well suited to applications that measure magnetic fields that, operate below 10 kHz, such as brain-computer interfaces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a battery sub-module (11) for a motor vehicle, the sub-module comprising two battery cells in pouch form and a carrier frame (33), each battery cell comprising two electrodes (37, 38; 39, 40), each electrode (37, 38, 39, 40) protruding from the carrier frame (33), a first electrode (37) of the first battery cell being such that, outside the carrier frame (33), it faces a first electrode (39) of the second battery cell and is connected to said first electrode (39) by a welded connection, the second electrode (38) of the first battery cell being such that, outside the carrier frame (33), it faces a second electrode (40) of the second battery cell and is connected to said second electrode (40) by a welded connection. The invention also relates to a battery module for a motor vehicle, the module comprising a plurality of battery sub-modules of the aforementioned type.

Abstract: A lithium salt-free composite solid electrolyte membrane and a preparation method thereof are provided. The composition of the lithium salt-free composite solid electrolyte membrane includes: micro-nanoscale garnet-type solid electrolyte and polymer; where a mass ratio of the micro-nanoscale garnet-type solid electrolyte to the polymer is (60-100):(5-40); a particle size of the micro-nanoscale garnet-type solid electrolyte is 100 nm-2 ?m. The disclosure also provides a preparation method for the lithium salt-free composite solid electrolyte membrane. The lithium salt-free composite solid electrolyte membrane prepared by the disclosure has controllable morphology and thickness, and does not need to add lithium salt and be equipped with anhydrous and inert environment atmosphere, so that the production cost can be significantly reduced, and large-scale production is easy.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture system, fluid contactor and method are disclosed. In embodiments, a gas-liquid contactor unit is disposed along a process fluid flow axis and includes a contactor of network flow diversions barriers with flow voids for movement of process fluids therebetween. A plurality of heat exchange channels are provided in the flow diversion barriers to transport a heat exchange fluid through the contactor network. A heat exchange feed channel is provided to deliver feed of the heat exchange fluid to the heat exchange channels at multiple feed locations spaced along the flow axis. At least one heat exchange bypass channel may extend beyond the multiple feed locations to deliver a portion of the feed of the heat exchange fluid to additional heat exchange channels located downstream from the multiple feed locations for the heat exchange channels.

Abstract: Provided are a device and a method for purifying an organic amine solution. The device includes an ion exchange bed having an upper feeding port, through which the ion exchange bed is communicated with an inert gas cylinder, a fifth liquid storage tank and a second liquid adding pump; a lower feeding port, through which the ion exchange bed is communicated with a first liquid adding pump; a lower discharging port, through which the ion exchange bed is communicated with a second liquid storage tank, a third liquid storage tank and a fourth liquid storage tank; and an upper discharging port, through which the ion exchange bed is communicated with the fourth liquid storage tank.

Abstract: A monitoring/control system is used for a solar power generation site in which a large number of solar modules includes a plurality of solar cell groups each including a plurality of solar cells, wherein power generation output from each of the solar cell groups is connected in parallel from a cell group controller to an in-module parallel connection line, and the in-module parallel connection line is connected in parallel from an optimizer to an inter-solar-module parallel connection line and is concentrated in a junction box. The monitoring/control system includes a relay terminal collecting data of the cell group controller and accumulating data of the optimizer, a server including a communication control device and carrying out an upload/download process of management/control data via a public telecommunication network between the relay terminal and a remote terminal at an integrated management site, and the remote information terminal installed at a remote site.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a system for extracting hydrogen from a chemically organic feedstock, comprising: an organic waste feeder unit, a screw thermo-gasifier comprising a feedstock inlet at the first end configured to supplying the thermo-gasifier with a chemically organic feedstock, an auger configured to conveying the chemically organic feedstock inside a gasification chamber, a thermogas collector, a hot gas injector configured to inject a hot gas in the screw thermo-gasifier configured to heat up the chemically organic feedstock at a temperature comprised between 800° C. and 900°° C., a high temperature reformer, the high temperature reformer exposing the thermogas to a temperature comprised between 1,200° C. and 1,400°° C. and releasing a reformed gas at a high temperature through a reformed gas outlet, an installation configured to separate hydrogen from the reformed gas, wherein the first duct line comprises an expansion reactor between the thermogas collector and the thermogas inlet.

Abstract: A battery module includes a row of battery cells arranged parallel to each other, aligned along a longitudinal axis, and arranged at a distance from each other so that adjacent battery cells define a gap allowing a temperature control fluid to pass therethrough. A holding device includes a main body, a plurality of spacers and retaining means. Each spacer includes a mounting foot and a separator plate integrally formed with the mounting foot. The separator plate is arranged in the gap and configured to separate a first pass and a second pass of the temperature control fluid. The mounting feet are slidably mounted parallel to the longitudinal axis, defining a sliding connection. The retaining means includes axial clamping means which axially compresses an axial stop of the retaining means against a battery cell located at an axial end of the row of battery cells.

Abstract: A method and system for transitioning between grid-tied and islanded modes of operation are disclosed. A plant may include a microgrid that includes one or more customer loads and that may provide power to a utility grid. The plant may include clean energy sources, such as DC-coupled photovoltaics and battery systems, as well as other types of clean energy generation and storage technologies. In certain instances, the plant may transition from grid-tied (in which the plant receives or provides power to the utility grid) to islanded (where the plant is disconnected from and does not receive or provide power to the utility grid), and vice-versa. The method and system may automatically transition between grid-tied and islanded without interruption of power to the one or more customer loads.

Abstract: A method and system for performing blackstart functionality from renewable generation and battery energy storage systems are disclosed. A plant may include a microgrid that includes one or more customer loads and that may provide power to a utility grid. Blackstart may be performed to restore operations to part or all of the plant or to external loads such as microgrid customer loads or part of the utility grid. In practice, blackstart may be performed in order to restore operation to the one or more feeders in the plant, such as to the generation sources within the plant, to restore power to the plant auxiliary loads, customer loads in the microgrid, and to provide power to different sections of the grid when transitioning from shutdown mode of operation. In this way, the method and system may automatically transition from a shutdown mode of operation to an islanded mode of operation.

Abstract: A system for integrated removal of multiple pollutants includes an economizer, an air preheater, an electrostatic precipitator, a flue gas cooler and a low-temperature adsorber; the economizer has a shell side inlet for feeding boiler flue gas, a tube side inlet for feeding boiler feedwater, and a shell side outlet connected to a tube side inlet of the air preheater; the air preheater has a shell side inlet for introducing boiler intake air, and a tube side outlet connected to the electrostatic precipitator; the electrostatic precipitator has a dust discharge port at a bottom thereof and a flue gas outlet connected to the flue gas cooler; the flue gas cooler has a condensate outlet at a bottom thereof and a cold flue gas outlet at a top thereof and connected to the low-temperature adsorber; and the low-temperature adsorber has a purified flue gas outlet at a tail thereof.

Abstract: Electroacoustic drivers that can be utilized in loudspeaker systems that utilize drivers having a magnetic negative spring (MNS). The magnets of the MNS can be arranged for radial stability and/or to provide for linear magnetic forces. A variable reluctance device can be used to vary the resonant frequency of electroacoustic driver in response to a feedback signal.