Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/P510737/1 | |
| Title | Portable solar powered electricity supplies using recovered batteries | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 25%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage) 75%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 75%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 25%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Dr D (David ) Howey No email address given Engineering Science University of Oxford |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 July 2016 | |
| End Date | 30 June 2017 | |
| Duration | 12 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £76,345 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Energy : Energy | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Dr D (David ) Howey , Engineering Science, University of Oxford (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | Millions of functional rechargeable lithium ion batteries are disposed of each year. Some of these are recycled to recover the materials they are made of, but this is expensive and the recovered value is low. A better, and more sustainable approach, is to identify those batteries that have remaining functional lifetimes and to use them in new applications. This project is developing a process whereby these end of life batteries can be recovered, rapidly tested, and integrated into portable, low cost, lightweight, solar cell (or grid) rechargeable power supply units that can be used to charge mobile phones and to power low energy lighting. There are around 600 million people globally with mobile phones that have no access to electricity at home. To charge them, they often have to walk for many hours to charging stations to connect their phones to car battery-based chargers; a privilege for which there are high charges. The power supply units developed in this project will provide low cost energy for phone charging and low energy lighting applications, using a circular economic approach to the reuse of lithium ion batteries | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 25/08/16 | |
