Abstract: A voltage monitoring device 2 includes: a comparator circuit 31; a state determination circuit 32; a pulse pattern setting circuit 33; an output circuit 36; a VDD port 21; a VSS port 22; an input port 24; and an output port 23. The comparator circuit 31 is connected to the state determination circuit 32. The state determination circuit 32 is connected to the pulse pattern setting circuit 33. The pulse pattern setting circuit is connected to the output port 23 via the output circuit 36.

Abstract: Provided is a power storage module (1) including a cell storage body (2), a cell storage space (27) disposed in the cell storage body (2) and having parallel wall surfaces, a power storage cell (3) stored in the cell storage space (27), and a sheet-shaped pressing member (4) disposed to face the wall surfaces of the cell storage space (27) via the power storage cell (3) and configured to apply a pressing force to the wall surfaces with respect to the power storage cell (3), in which the pressing member (4) has a deformable member made of an elastic body or a structure having expansibility and a storage bag in which the deformable member is stored, and the storage bag is sealable by closing a storage bag opening and is deformed according to a change in shape of the deformable member.

Abstract: In a hierarchical storage management system including: a hierarchical storage that is provided in an individual data center and has at least one storage medium; and a hierarchical storage control apparatus that manages at least one hierarchical storage, the hierarchical storage control apparatus includes a calculation unit that performs processing for obtaining, for individual data managed by the hierarchical storage control apparatus, a storage medium in a data center that satisfies an operation policy by calculating power consumption needed for storing the data, a cost needed for storing the data, and communication time for transferring the data from a data center to a reference source area and by comparing the calculated power consumption, cost, and communication time with the operation policy set for the data.

Abstract: Provided is a battery pack that, even in a case in which a metal plate and an electrode terminal are made of different metals, can increase reliability of the connection strength by welding them and can be configured at a low cost. A battery pack 1 includes adjacent battery cells 2 having positive and negative electrode terminals connected each other by a metal plate 3, and a dissimilar material bonding plate 4 having a terminal insertion hole 43 is disposed above a terminal connection hole 32, which is a long hole or a loose hole, into which an electrode terminal 24 composed of a different kind of metal from the metal plate 3.

Abstract: A battery cell includes: an electrode unit including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a current collector, and a separator; a housing unit accommodating the electrode unit; a first insulator disposed inside the housing unit and between the electrode unit and the housing unit, an internal terminal disposed inside the housing unit and electrically connected to the current collector; a second insulator disposed inside the housing unit and between the internal terminal and the housing unit; and an external terminal disposed outside the housing unit. A contact surface of the first insulator with the electrode unit has indented shape. The first insulator is fixed to the housing unit.

Abstract: A battery control device of a vehicle traveling by electric power from a battery includes a parameter calculator configured to calculate a deterioration parameter indicating a deterioration state of the battery, and a controller configured to notify a user of a plurality of types of control related to the battery when the deterioration parameter calculated by the parameter calculator falls outside a reference range corresponding to at least any one of usage time of the battery and a travel distance of the vehicle by electric power from the battery and configured to execute control selected by the user from among the plurality of types of control.

Abstract: A cell cooling body includes a cell housing body housing a plurality of electric storage cells, the cell housing body including a first end plate and a second end plate, and two side plates coupling the first end plate and the second end plate and being placed opposite to each other, an insulation plate, and a cooling unit arranged between the plurality of electric storage cells, in which the cooling unit includes a cooling plate having a variable thickness and a frame body integrated with the cooling plate, and the cooling plate has an internal space and has one or more protrusions protruding towards the internal space.

Abstract: A power consumption calculation apparatus identifies, from a history of a total power consumption Wx measured at a facility including power supply equipment, air conditioning equipment, and communication equipment; identifies, for each Wx, an air conditioning efficiency Ra; calculates a power consumption Wc? in a second area excluding a first area in the facility by applying each Wx and Ra to a relation Wc+Wa+(Wx×Rp)=Wx where Ra is calculated by dividing Wa being a power consumption of the communication equipment by Wa being a power consumption of the air conditioning equipment and Rp is a loss factor of Wx; and calculates a power consumption of the first or second area based on Wx corresponding to a second period in the history, Wc?, Rp, and an air conditioning efficiency Ra? corresponding to the second period.

Abstract: In a machine room in which an air conditioner and ICT devices are installed, a partition is installed on a side, facing the air conditioner, of an aisle between two ICT devices that are installed so that air intake surfaces of the two ICT devices face each other.

Abstract: Provided is a thin-film forming raw material, which is used in an atomic layer deposition method, including an alkoxide compound represented by the following general formula (1): where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and z1 represents an integer of from 1 to 3.

Abstract: The electricity storage cell is an electricity storage cell in which battery elements are accommodated inside a cell can and an opening portion on the top of the cell can is sealed by an opening sealing body; inside the cell can, there is an expansion force absorber which is capable of absorbing expansion force of the battery elements by receiving expansion of the battery elements and compressing; the battery elements are disposed between the expansion force absorber and an inner wall surface of the cell can; and the expansion force absorber has a height corresponding to the height of the battery elements, and has a lower rigidity on the opening sealing body side than in a central portion of the height direction of the cell can, or has a smaller thickness on the opening sealing body side than in the central portion of the height direction of the cell can.

Abstract: During running of an electric vehicle, a battery temperature control section performs preliminary temperature adjustment processing so that a temperature of the battery at a point of time of arrival at a reachable charging station is within a suitable charging temperature range. When the preliminary temperature adjustment processing is performed, a running control section performs processing for maintaining a remaining capacity securing condition that an estimated remaining capacity is equal to or exceeds a remaining capacity criterion value, the estimated remaining capacity resulting from subtraction of an estimated running electricity amount and an estimated temperature control electricity amount from a remaining capacity of the battery at a current point of time.

Abstract: An environment-friendly granulation process which can be used in pharmaceutical manufacturing and involves fluidized bed granulation of a pharmaceutical ingredient with a granulation liquid in the presence of a water absorbing substance.

Abstract: By identifying, from a history of a total power consumption Wx measured at a facility including power supply equipment, air conditioning equipment, and communication equipment, a part of Wx in an ascending order; identifying, for each identified Wx, an air conditioning efficiency Ra corresponding to a temperature at a location of the facility in a first period in which the Wx is measured; calculating a power consumption Wc? of the communication equipment in a second area excluding a first area in the facility by applying each identified Wx and each identified Ra to a relation Wc+Wa+(Wx×Rp)=Wx where the air conditioning efficiency Ra is a value calculated by dividing a power consumption Wc of the communication equipment by a power consumption Wa of the air conditioning equipment and the Rp is a loss factor of the Wx by the power supply equipment; and calculating a power consumption of the first area or the second area based on the Wx corresponding to a second period in the history, the Wc?, the Rp, and an air

Abstract: Provided are lithium ions for achieving a lithium-ion secondary battery which is less susceptible to rises in internal resistance even over repeated charge-discharge cycles and which has excellent durability with respect to charge-discharge cycles. A lithium-ion secondary battery 1 is provided with: a positive electrode; a negative electrode 7; a separator 8; an electrolyte solution 9; and a container 10 that houses the positive electrode 4, the negative electrode 7, the separator 8, and the electrolyte solution 9. At least one of the positive electrode mixture layer 3 or the negative electrode mixture layer 6 contains high-dielectric oxide solids 13, and the positive electrode active material 11 or the negative electrode active material 12 has a surface with portions thereof in contact with the high-dielectric oxide solids 13 and portions thereof in contact with the electrolyte solution 9.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a cell stack body that is constituted by a plurality of cells stacked in a front-rear direction; a pair of end plates disposed on a front surface and rear surface of the cell stack body; and a pair of side frames disposed on the left surface and right surface of the cell stack body. The end plates each includes: an inner wall extending along the cell stack body; an outer wall spaced from the inner wall and facing the inner wall; a plurality of connection walls connecting the inner wall and the outer wall with each other; and a plurality of hollow portions formed by the inner wall, the outer wall, and the connection walls and extending in an up-down direction. A thickness of the connection walls is thinner than a thickness of the inner wall.

Abstract: An infrared radiation device includes a body including a heat generating part and first and second metamaterial structures that are capable of radiating infrared rays having a peak wavelength of a non-Planck distribution upon receipt of thermal energy from the heat generating part. The first metamaterial structure is disposed on a first surface side of the heat generating part, and the second metamaterial structure is disposed on a second surface side opposite to the first surface side of the heat generating part.

Abstract: A power storage module comprises: a frame body; a plurality of power storage cells accommodated in the frame body; a bridging portion that is provided inside the frame body and connects an upper portion and a lower portion of the frame body to each other; and two flange portions that are provided outside the frame body and project in directions opposite to each other. The two flange portions are located above a central portion of the frame body in a height direction.

Abstract: What is provided is a power storage module (1) including a cell housing body (2) having a rectangular top plate (21) and bottom plate (22), and two rectangular side plates (23 and 23) disposed to face each other to connect the top plate (21) and the bottom plate (22), a plurality of cell housing spaces (27) disposed in the cell housing body (2) and separated by a partition plate (26) connecting the two side plates (23 and 23), a power storage cell (3) housed in the cell housing spaces (27), and plate-shaped flange portions (25 and 25) formed to protrude from outer surfaces of the two side plates (23 and 23), wherein the power storage module (1) is fixable to an installation site by fixing the plate-shaped flange portions (25 and 25) to the installation site.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a battery structure. In a battery structure, a plurality of electrode bodies respectively having positive electrode current collecting parts and negative electrode current collecting parts are received in one conductive container. The negative electrode current collecting part of the first electrode body among the plurality of electrode bodies and the positive electrode current collecting part of the second electrode body among the plurality of electrode bodies are electrically connected to the container, such that the first electrode body and the second electrode body are connected in series.