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Ultimate Battery Company chooses South Yorkshire to develop technologies for greener vehicles
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company set to develop a new generation of greener vehicle batteries has chosen Sheffield as the location for a new research & development and manufacturing facility. The Ultimate Battery Company (UBC), based in Hyde, Manchester, selected South Yorkshire for the location of its new facility, after receiving support through South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and recognising this region’s potential as the green heart of the UK.
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority has pledged to provide a total of £5.2m in financial support (£3.2m loan and £2m grant) to the Ultimate Battery Company to enable them to develop technologies to reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions with transformative new technologies and energy storage solutions. The new R&D and manufacturing facility is expected to create 495 new jobs over the next few years. Maurizio Cunningham-Brown, CEO of
the Ultimate Battery Company, explained: “To develop these new technologies and products we needed to find a location with a green energy infrastructure and the support framework and supply network in place to help us achieve our ambitions. The team at SYMCA helped to guide us through the funding process and put us in touch with the University of Sheffield’s AMRC, which is now our partner in research and development of our new battery technologies.”
The Ultimate Battery Company is developing technologies which remove most of the obstacles to widespread electric vehicle uptake, including increasing battery run times, extending travel range and reducing costs for the customer. The company’s aim is to design a new battery that provides a Lithium-like performance at 35 per cent of the cost, enabling twice the energy to be stored in the same physical space and providing a
faster charging rate. The batteries that the Ultimate Battery Company has developed also significantly reduce weight by up to 15Kg per vehicle, further driving down both
CO2 emissions and manufacturing costs, while increasing energy densities.
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Energy efficient, low-loss inductive components for environmental applications
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MP Sintermetalle Prometheus (SMP) has introduced inductive components for environmental applications. The components are fitted in inverters, power converters and high frequency converters, which are installed for example in waste and raw material recycling plants, in waste processing, or in sewage and water treatment plants. The chokes, EMC filters, mid frequency transformers and soft magnetic cores from SMP are described as extremely energy-efficient, low-loss, and designed to perform impressively even in harsh environmental conditions.
Components in environmental applications must withstand challenging environmental conditions such as dirt, dust or moisture, extreme weather and high temperatures. In order to satisfy these requirements, the components conform to thermal class H (180°C) according to DIN EN 60085, fire protection class HL3 according to DIN EN 45545 and protection class from IP00 to IP66 according to DIN EN 60529. Thus, components from SMP can be used in PD4 environmental conditions, both inside and outside the power
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converter or electric plant. Cooling methods for which the components are suitable include air cooling, water cooling and free convection. To guarantee long-term operation, reliability is also a key factor in environmental applications. Consequently, many components from SMP have been in operation for more
than 30 years without breakdown. In order to ensure long-term conservation of resources and minimise ongoing operating costs, the components must maintain an optimal energy balance. The materials for the components are developed and produced by SMP especially for this purpose and are
characterised by minimal eddy current and hysteresis losses. The materials are said to be exceptionally energy-efficient, enabling the manufacture of extremely low loss, compact components with high energy density and maximum efficiency, however demanding the requirements. In order to minimise their impact on the environment, humans and wildlife, all powder-metallurgical materials are magnetostriction-free, which means that they are completely noiseless. The closed construction of the components minimises the magnetic stray field, which is not only beneficial for adjacent electronic components, it also prevents interference with the keen senses of animals in the vicinity of the plants. The compact construction with smallest possible volume and weight also offers savings with regard to the installation space required.
The range of uses for the components from SMP extends from currents up to 3000 A, frequencies up to 5 GHz, and a saturation flux density of up to 2 Tesla.
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