ibm company initiative to recall laptop battery

Beijing May 15 early morning news, according to foreign media reports, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission FRU 08K8193 Laptop Battery (hereinafter referred to as “CPSC”) Thursday announced that in two reports that Hewlett-Packard laptop battery fire, the company said it would have taken the initiative to recall and several at the same time Hewlett-Packard and Compaq notebooks shipped 70,000 lithium-ion battery.

CPSC Web site, said the activities of the laptop Compaq Laptop Battery Laptop Battery recall affects HP Pavilion models of nine, nine Presarios Compaq models, two models, as well as a Hewlett-Packard Compaq models, these models sold in time for August 2007 to March 2008.

There are two previously reported, HP notebook batteries due to “overheating damaged and caused the fire, causing minor property damage”, but no casualties.

HP is notified of the recall may be related to the activities of customers, so that they remove the laptop battery and notebook found at the above link by HP. Hewlett-Packard said, it will replace the Presario 900 free of charge to customers.

And Hewlett-Packard, like many other competitors in the same industry have been previously carried out several similar activities in the ThinkPad R51 battery recall, the latest one was the end of last year recovered 100,000 Sony batteries, these batteries due to overheating and failure. Prior to this, Hewlett-Packard sold 3.2 million notebooks to use these Presario 700, but in 2006 the massive Sony battery recall activities, this figure represents only a small part.

Germany’s BASF AG (BASF) recently announced that it has in the United States New Jersey Poll Satsuma (Somerset, New Jersey) the formal laptop battery establishment of fuel cell production equipment so as to promote energy development in the field of management leadership.

This set of modern equipment of the production and use of advanced automation technology, the core of manufacturing fuel cells - that is, high temperature membrane electrode assemblies (116314-001). MEA in each cell, hydrogen and air react with water produce ThinkPad R50 laptop battery electricity and heat. This innovative, patented by BASF Celtec brand products are sold in the market, which help to promote the fuel cell industry to accelerate development to meet the current and future energy supply increasingly serious situation.

BASF R & D as a result of a new type of MEA with the world’s first commercial high-temperature fuel cell membrane, the operating temperature can reach between 120 ℃ -180 ℃, it is a systems integrator opened a new vision. This innovative product has no humidification in the case of Presario 1800 the unique ability to run; a more simple system; and of hydrogen and impurity gas in the air have a greater tolerance. Therefore compared with the other polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology, has great advantages.

Celtec high temperature membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) can be widely used in many areas. For example, the efficiency of an unprecedented supply of ThinkPad T43 laptop battery private residential units to provide electricity and heating and hot water; or for the protection of the backup power system.

Traditional low-temperature fuel Presario 1200cell system can not exceed the maximum operating temperature 80 ℃, and the need for a large number of ancillary units and complex control systems and hydration systems, as well as purification of a hydrogen reformer ThinkPad T42 laptop battery unit. BASF is equipped with the high-temperature membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells in hydrogen-resistant impurities, and can be air-cooled without water for hydration. Therefore, no need to air humidifier, pumps, tanks, valves and cleaning system.

BASF executive board member and executive director of research, said Dr. Andrea kimaye , high-temperature membrane electrode assemblies has led to the development of fuel cells in a breakthrough in the field. He said: “The Satsuma Poll in New Jersey to establish a world-class equipment, is designed to meet current and futureEVO N620C growing customer needs. With our alternative energy system partners closely with the development, BASF’s high-temperature membrane electrode component products in the future will be strengthened and improved, will enable more low-cost fuel cells and ThinkPad T41 laptop battery energy is widely used. “

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