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Mar 18, 2010 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) —-EcoloCap Solutions Inc. (OTCBB: ECOS) today announces it has received preliminary results of the independent tests of it Nano Lithium Battery conducted by Exponent, a leading engineering and scientific consulting firm of Phoenix, AZ. The initial results demonstrate that EcoloCap’s advanced technology fills a void in the market for low cost, high-powered batteries. A single cell of EcoloCap’s Nano Lithium Battery, rated at a minimum of 200 Ahr, can replace hundreds of existing lithium-ion battery cells, making it smaller, lighter and more powerful than traditional lithium-ion batteries Y4367 , Y4546 , Y9943 . And by employing low levels of powdered Lithium, the Nano Lithium Battery can be produced at a lower cost than the competition.

Michael Siegel, President and CEO of EcoloCap Solutions Inc. stated: “The preliminary test results show that the EcoloCap Nano Lithium battery performs better than we had predicted. The testing has demonstrated the efficiency of the battery as greater than 99% which is unique for any kind of battery. Testing has also demonstrated an actual increase in the power densities previously calculated. I believe that the Nano Lithium battery is the highest energy density battery to date. We will publish the full test report within the next week, and these will be posted on our web site.”

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About The Company: EcoloCap Solutions Inc. (OTCBB: ECOS) and its subsidiaries Micro Bubble Technologies Inc. (”MBT”), K-MBT Inc. (Korea) and EcoloCap Solutions Canada Inc., are an integrated network of environmentally focused technology companies that mainly utilize nanotechnology to develop efficient alternative energy solutions. Their portfolio of products and services include MBT’s Carbon Nano Tube (CNT) and Nano Lithium rechargeable batteries Latitude D830 battery , Latitude D520 battery , Latitude D600 battery  that surpass the performance of batteries in the market today, MBT’s M-Fuel, a breakthrough suspension fuel for diesel and heavy oil applications that greatly reduces cost and the emission of harmful gases, and EcoloCap Solutions Canada Inc. which offers Carbon Credit UN Certification and trading services. For additional information, please visit the EcoloCap website。

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The battery is a relatively simple device. Its powers rest on the differing ability of metals to attract and hold electrons. If two different metals are placed in a conducting liquid, called an “electrolyte,” ions with extra electrons will accumulate on one “electrode” while ions short of electrons will gravitate toward the other. You can confirm this phenomenon by placing a dime and a penny on your tongue. The moisture acts as an electrolyte, producing a weak flow of electricity (and a slightly unpleasant sensation). In a lead-acid battery, the maldistribution of electrons is powerful enough to turn over your car engine.

Such ideas are simple enough to us. But they represent a long chain of discovery stretching back to the 18th century—or perhaps to Roman-era Parthians, who had mysterious metal-lined jars that archaeologists call “Baghdad batteries.” The history of the battery is a fascinating tale, filled with memorable minds and bold experiments. “As long as the science is sound,” Henry Schlesinger writes in “The Battery,” “let the stories begin.”

Unfortunately, Mr. Schlesinger becomes so absorbed in his dramatic storytelling that he almost forgets to ask some questions that contemporary readers might find most interesting. For instance: Can batteries be built big enough to store useful amounts of wind- and solar-generated electricity? Can batteries run a fleet of electric cars? Although he hints at answers, he concentrates mostly on the past.

The term “battery” was first coined in the 18th century by Daniel Gralath, a German physicist, to describe a military-like formation of so-called Leyden Jars, an early device for capturing and storing static electricity. Soon after, Benjamin Franklin “brought the lightning down from the skies” by showing that thunderbolts were composed of the same mysterious substance that those Leyden Jars had collected.

Then, in 1786, Luigi Galvani, an Italian biologist, accidentally touched a steel knife to a brass hook while dissecting a frog. The flow of electricity caused the frog’s leg to move. Galvani surmised that muscles were set into motion by something he called “animal electricity.” His discovery galvanized, so to speak, the search for a more reliable and steady source of current. In 1800, Alessandro Volta, another Italian researcher, invented one by stacking thin layers of zinc and copper, each separated by cardboard soaked in brine. The “Voltaic pile” was the first electric battery and made Volta an international celebrity. Combined with Galvani’s discoveries, it led to popular sideshows in which Voltaic juice caused corpses to move and severed heads to grimace.

Despite the battery’s seeming potential, it remained little more than a novelty and a tool for scientific experiment until Samuel Morse, an American painter, realized that it could be used to transmit messages. In the mid-1840s, Morse persuaded Congress to grant him $30,000 to string a wire from the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington to Baltimore, carrying the world’s first telegraph message: “What Hath God Wrought?” By 1850 private investors had stretched 12,000 miles of telegraph lines across the nation, and in 1860 a coast-to-coast wire replaced the Pony Express. The power needed to send Morse Code was so small that it required only a 12-volt battery. In 1867, Lord Kelvin demonstrated the efficiency of the first transatlantic cable when he transmitted a message from London to New York by dipping two wires into a thimbleful of acid electrolyte. The stock ticker, introduced the same year, also ran on only a few volts.

By the time electric lighting arrived in the 1880s, however, it was obvious that batteries could no longer carry the load. Thomas Edison tried installing batteries in people’s houses, but the power simply wasn’t there. The future belonged to central generating stations, which converted coal or falling water into electricity. Batteries, meanwhile, were relegated to running small appliances, such as flashlights and ham radios.

A revived interest in batteries has come with the invention of portable electronic devices and their need for a miniature power supply. By the 1990s, wafer-thin lithium-ion batteries had three times the capacity of their alkaline and nickel-cadmium predecessors. As Mr. Schlesinger notes: “They seemed a perfect match for the new portability that very rapidly evolved from the AA-powered Walkman to laptops, cell phones, iPods and PDAs. . . . Although they generally don’t last beyond three years, neither do most of the products they power.”

Yet Mr. Schlesinger never asks whether lithium-ion batteries VGP-BPS8 , VGP-BPS8A , VGP-BPL8 —or any other variety—can be scaled up to the point where they can power electric cars. The all-electric Nissan Leaf car, for example—due out this year—will feature a 500-pound block of lithium-ion batteries that adds $10,000 to its price yet gives it a range of only 100 miles before requiring eight hours of recharging.

Similar limitations affect commercial electrical storage. People often wonder why we can’t just build warehouses of batteries to store solar or wind-generated electricity for the days when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine. But it would take 400 Leaf batteries to store 10 megawatt-hours of electricity—enough to power a small town overnight. If batteries last only three years, the costs soon become prohibitive.

Are there any breakthroughs on the horizon? “According to some experts,” Mr. Schlesinger writes, the battery industry is “close to the end of the line of usable materials.” There is some talk of “liquid metal” batteries that may open new paths of progress. Nissan claims that its Leaf batteries will be twice as powerful within a decade, but that may be wishful thinking. Batteries have come a long way in 200 years, as Mr. Schlesinger’s chronicle vividly shows. But it would be a mistake to think that we are poised on the verge of another big breakthrough just because we desperately need one.

The fact that Apple’s products do not have removable batteries has been difficult for customers in the past who can’t simply buy another battery but must send the entire product back to Apple battery , however, in the past you only paid for a battery replacement when it was out of warranty but with the iPad it may not be so clear cut.

Ahead of the iPad release Apple has put up a battery replacement policy notice: “if your iPad requires service due to the battery’s diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, Apple will replace your iPad for a service fee”.

This fee (plus shipping) comes to US$105.95. The advantage is that you receive a shiny new iPad for this price but there is no distinction made between iPads inside or outside of warranty as there is with the iPhone; the iPhone battery replacement help page outlining fees involved is clearly headed ‘out of warranty’.

Does this mean that three months down the line, should the iPad battery begin losing charge, that customers will have to stump up over US$100 for the privilege of getting a working one? Lets hope not.

 A common problem with notebook computers is that the battery delivers power for far too short a time, which only gets shorter as it gets older. If you don’t take great care with your rechargeable battery at all times, its life drains away quite fast. Improved batteries that deliver significantly more energy, last longer, and are safer are thus the subject of current research. Bruno Scrosati and Jusef Hassoun at the University of Rome have now developed a highly promising approach to a new variety of  lithium-ion battery, which, as the researchers report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, may fulfill these criteria (”A High-Performance Polymer Tin Sulfur Lithium Ion Battery”).

The dilemma is this: Mobile phones, notebook computers, smart phones, and PDAs keep getting smaller, whilst their energy requirements grow. The batteries can’t keep up. Theoretically, lithium–sulfur batteries VGP-BPS2B ,VGP-BPS2C , VGP-BPL2 would be the energy source of choice, because they deliver significantly more energy – by mass – than conventional lithium-ion batteries. However, their practical application suffers from the fact that their electrodes slowly dissolve, which results in a loss of capacity. Furthermore, lithium metal can form dendritic deposits that cause short circuits. This is why commercial “lithium” batteries do not contain lithium metal electrodes, but a material that can absorb and then release lithium ions, which is usually graphite. This type of lithium-ion cell supplies energy by transferring lithium ions only and delivers less energy. 
The Italian researchers would like to combine the advantages of both types of battery to make long-lived, storable, safe, and easily produced high-capacity batteries. Their new type of lithium-metal-free cell uses a cathode (negative electrode) made of a carbon/lithium sulfide composite. The organic electrolyte solution is replaced by a lithium-ion-containing liquid enclosed in a gel–polymer membrane. The polymer shields the liquid from the electrodes. The solution is also saturated with lithium sulfide. Both of these measures minimize the dissolution of the electrode components. For their anode (positive electrode), Scrosati and Hassoun selected nanoscopic tin particles that are enclosed in a protective carbon matrix. 
The electrochemical process occurs as follows: At the cathode, lithium sulfide is split into elemental sulfur and lithium ions. This process releases electrons. The lithium ions migrate through the electrolyte membrane to the anode, where they take up electrons to become uncharged lithium atoms, which are then bound into an alloy by the tin nanoparticles. The process is reversible so that the battery can be charged again and again. With a specific energy of about 1100 W h/kg, the new cell surpasses all previous lithium-metal-free batteries. With this large value of energy density, this new battery may also finds its way as power source of choice for electric vehicle applications.

A123 Battery Systems, Inc. in the United States March 10, 2010 the company signed an agreement with Navistar for the Navistar Modec electric vehicle electric vehicles League (EVs) development of  lithium-ion battery systems, Navistar Modec electric car alliance of a joint venture between Navistar and Modec.

In accordance with this contract, A123 cell system for the Navistar company will develop electric vehicles (EVs) use of new lithium-ion battery systems, are expected to A123 in the A123 cell system will be located in Livonia, Michigan plant, was manufactured in March 2010. Navistar’s electric cars and diesel-powered vehicles rather than allow a potential reduction in greenhouse gas emissions 10 tons per year.

Navistar electric vehicle gross weight 12,100 pounds and carry a load of 2 tons, in Wakarusa Indiana formed in mid-2010 the official market.

A123’s batteries can stack a quick charge electric vehicle drive Navistar is about 100 miles.

Japan’s Asada Iron Works in the exhibition rechargeable battery “International Battery Exhibition” on display for lithium-ion rechargeable battery electrode materials, manufacturing processes, continuous process. Specific approach is to first deal through a mix of distributed devices powdered active substance and conductive additives, and then add the binder to the mixer (Binder) and solvents, resulting eventually in slurry (paint).

Asada Iron Works, said the original method for making the mainstream of electrode materials is a large storage tank at the same time adding to the active substance, conductive additives, binder and solvent, and mixed batch-type operation, compared to the new system method can be mixed dispersion device to improve the density of active substances, it is expected to improve Sony battery  capacity, but also because it is a continuous process, is also expected to improve production efficiency.

The company for the lithium-ion rechargeable battery electrode materials, improved process had been to the resin blends (mixed resin and filler material processes) the supply of mixed dispersion device “Miracle KCK” (Figure 2). In addition to mixing compression force and shear force (Shearing Force), it will also produce mechanical and chemical effect (to obtain mechanical energy will undergo chemical reaction), active substance (LiMn2O4, etc.) can be conductive additive (acetylene black) around the high - density to be configured.

Asada Iron Works, said this can increase the density of active substances is expected to increase the battery capacity. Although Asada Iron Works did not disclose details, but in trial, in addition to the effects of increased battery capacity, there are density insulation cracks after effects such as elimination.

Asada Iron Works will be made through the above process by the active material and conductive additive composition of powder and binder and solvent into the core sand mixer with the continuous manufacture of pulp. This is the use of vehicles in recent years in order to meet the high productivity demands.

Asada Iron Works has already begun to battery manufacturers, the supply of “Miracle KCK”, In addition, in the future will provide a combination of the complete system using a continuous process.

Evonik Industries has recently announced that its partners will jointly develop the world’s largest storage capacity of lithium ceramic batteries. The laptop battery will be used CERIO ® technology production; this technology is a ceramic material and the particular combination of polymer ion conductor, in enhancing the safety of lithium batteries at the same time, bringing longer life and smaller size.

R & D projects as a first step, winning record in the western German state of Saarland volklingen build a power plant reservoir power of a trillion electrical installations, storage capacity of about 70 megawatt hours. In theory, this electrical storage devices every 15 minutes if charged and discharged once, and 4000 families a year to meet the demand for electricity. Subsequently, plans to create a win-megawatt electrical storage devices expanded to 10 MW.

“We use lithium-winning hit original electronic know-how into a new market. Prior to this, the technology for electric vehicles, bringing changes in sexual development.” Won the British record industry group chairman Dr Tan Kai Shi Road: “Our lithium-ceramic technology for the first time economical way to solve the power generation and consumption must be balanced. In addition, it can reduce wind and solar power to the grid caused by power fluctuations, thereby enhancing the overall efficiency of power generation. in the automotive industry, the technology will create 100 million euros of the market. “Experts predict that the advanced electrical storage devices will be billions of euros each year a huge market.

On a global scale, lithium batteries Inspiron E1505 battery , Latitude 131L , Vostro 1000 are being widely used in the future of automotive power systems. Win record is currently working with Daimler Group to be required for domestic and commercial vehicles, high-performance batteries industrial production. Win record leading technology with the production of electric and hybrid vehicles are expected to be introduced to the market in 2012. In addition to lithium battery anode and cathode materials, ceramic membrane SEPARION ® is the core of innovation.

Company Evonik Industries Group is an innovative industrial group focused on the development of three high-efficiency and development of promising industries: chemicals, energy and real estate. Evonik Industries is the world’s leading specialty chemicals company, also specializes in the use of coal and renewable energy power generation, dell battery  is also Germany’s largest private residential real estate company. Our advantage lies in transformation and innovation, industry, specializing in surgery, self-renewal and trustworthy. Evonik Industries Group’s business more than 100 countries around the world. In the 2008 fiscal year, the Group employs more than 41,000 created a 15.9 billion euros in sales. Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization profit to 22 billion euros.

Evonik Industries since the 20th century, early 90s production of specialty chemical products in China, and was already reached with China even more extensive trade relations. Today, the winning hit in China, already has nearly 20 companies, 16 production base. In the 2008 fiscal year, to win the Group of the Greater China region created 4,000 associates generated sales of 821 million euros. Win record of regarding China as the main force driving the global economy is one, and plans sales in Greater China in the medium term will be increased to 20 billion euros.

Background: Zinc-air battery has been invented a hundred years of history, it has large energy, large capacity, energy, high-voltage steady, long life, stable performance, non-toxic harmless, safe and reliable, did not explode hidden, resource-rich , low cost and many other advantages, is a very good energy storage material. 1995, Israel Electric Fuel (Electric Fuel) Co., Ltd. for the first time zinc-air batteries are used in EV (electric vehicles), making zinc-air battery has entered a practical stage. United States Dreisback Electromotive companies as well as Germany, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Spain and South Africa and other countries are also actively promote the EV application of zinc-air battery. As the 21st century, new energy, zinc-air dell Latitude D620  has a strong competitive advantage. Beijing Municipal Government, to 2012, the city of new energy vehicles to reach the scale of the model 5000 target for the zinc-air batteries and in the Air Force long provided a rare opportunity for development.

A subsidiary of China Aviation Industry Corporation China National Aero-Technology International Holdings Co., Ltd. belongs to China National Aviation International (Hong Kong) Group Limited investment in Beijing Changli United Energy Technology Co., Ltd. was established in the Air Force chief of United Energy Technology Co., Ltd. Beijing signing ceremony and zinc-air Battery Research Center, Beijing opening ceremony was held on the 7th. The signing ceremony was held, marking the aircraft industry to the development of new energy sources, to achieve the industrialization of zinc-air batteries Latitude D510 battery , Latitude D520 battery  have taken another important step.

Lin, general manager of China Aviation Industry left-ming attended the signing ceremony, Gou Zhongwen, vice mayor of Beijing Municipal People’s Government. And jointly for the Beijing zinc-air battery research inaugurated the center.

The construction of the project, not only to the Air International Group, the long development of strategic importance, but also the implementation of the green in Beijing Beijing’s plans for lengthening chain of Beijing’s new energy industry, improve the new energy structure, promoting the development of relevant industries, optimal adjustment of new energy vehicles and even structures are of great significance. Gou Zhongwen, vice mayor, said in his speech in the case.

Zinc-air battery is not only as a clean power source for transportation, but also as the best energy storage program, and has broad prospects for development and a strong competitive advantage. China Aviation International Hong Kong General Manager, said Mr Ji Gui-rong. China Aviation Industry International Hong Kong hopes to play a synergistic effect, is dedicated to accelerating the industrialization process of zinc-air battery at the same time, with the help SINOGAS company’s successful delivery model and sales network, the establishment of the national transportation and sanitation systems of zinc-air battery service system, for the National to provide more variety of economic development, clean energy for China’s green energy and make new contributions to the cause.

The next three years, the Air Force will spend a long 500 million yuan. Committed to achieving the zinc-air battery industrialization. 2010, Beijing will be arranged five electric buses and sanitation trucks to run the tests, and the other arrangements for 50 electric buses and sanitation trucks batteries Inspiron E1505 battery , Latitude 131L , Vostro 1000  , the Beijing municipal government designated lines for the road test, input city buses and sanitation system pilot operation , in order to provide reliable operation of market-oriented basis. Company’s 2011 planned output of 100 battery electric buses, bus lines and designated tourist routes to run, while additional 300 electric vehicle batteries sanitation, municipal sanitation system is running, for large-scale development of electric vehicles and lay a solid foundation. In 2012 plans to produce 500 electric bus batteries, 500 battery-electric sanitation trucks to join Beijing’s large-scale commercial development of electric vehicles running ranks. In 2013 to achieve large-scale production of zinc-air battery, reaching an annual output of 1000 and 1000 electric bus battery electric vehicle batteries the size of sanitation.

The ceremony, the Beijing Changli United Energy Technology Co., Ltd. Air International Hong Kong and China signed an agreement on zinc-air battery industrialization projects in the “investment agreement. Meanwhile, Beijing Chang-Li also met with Beijing Public Transport Group signed a” Letter of Intent electric bus project ” Sanitation Group signed with Beijing, “Electric cars sanitation project cooperation agreement” with Beijing Badaling Economic Development Zone Management Committee signed the “New Energy and Industrial Base assigned to Badaling letter of intent”

Recently, the United States, researchers are developing a layered solar thermal hybrid solar cells, solar photovoltaic cells and the combination of thermoelectric materials used to absorb light and heat are two different forms of solar energy. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Energy is also hoped that the solar cells made of roof tiles to replace the now widely used wooden tiles.

The researchers hope that the roof solar panels solar thermal hybrid solar conversion efficiency can reach 12%%, although the efficiency is not high, but considering the low cost, is still very attractive. At present, models produced: In the solar panels under the outermost layer of protection is a photovoltaic solar cells, followed by a thermoelectric material composed of plastic pipe. Plastic Header Pipe into the cold water cooling panels to play the role of outflows into the hot water heating for people to use. In the plastic tube below the bottom of the battery plates — plastic strengthened stories. Photovoltaic solar cells to solar electromagnetic radiation into electricity, while the thermal layer of solar thermal energy will be converted into electricity. Researchers presented, plastic pipe “feature upgrades sandwich” in the whole hybrid solar panels plays an important role, especially in the summer, Latitude D830 battery the temperature is too high photovoltaic cells, the transformation efficiency becomes low, this time plastic pipe cooling device The role will be very obvious.

At present, other than the laboratory at Columbia University, were tested on, the battery will be in New York, Douglas College (FDA) a roof area of 6.4 square meters of construction on the subject to tests. The researchers also calculated the cost of the technology to generate electricity, which is determined that a new energy technology can compete with fossil fuels, the most basic standards.

U.S. Department of Energy said they were very supportive of the plan. Solar cell has not been able to penetrate into the market, mainly due to initial high cost, conversion efficiency is low, but the solar thermal hybrid rooftop solar panels are part of the building’s surface, and the efficiency has been improved. At the same time, these low-cost, durable panels are very suitable for installation in ordinary residential and commercial buildings on the wide range of uses and broad prospects.

Eggs from battery hens being sold as free range or barn raised have been found by inspectors in Derbyshire.

Trading standards officers tested 50 eggs from different retailers and 19 - almost 40% - of these failed in quality and labelling.

Ultra-violet light inspection showed three from caged birds were mislabelled and others were too old or underweight.

The county council said consumers should know what they are buying and it was important eggs could be traced.

Health fears

Trading Standards officers said shining an ultra-violet light to show up marks on the shells of eggs could prove they were laid in cages.

A light was also used to test their quality by checking the size of the air space - older eggs have bigger air spaces.

Councillor Carol Hart, said: “Egg fraud is a big business across the country.

“Free-range eggs are much more expensive than cage-produced and it is important to protect well-run businesses that describe their products KD476 , GD761 , TD347 correctly from fraudulent competitors.

“On an even more serious note, eggs that are not labelled correctly would be untraceable in the event of a health scare, such as a salmonella outbreak.”