The
new technology with old portable batteries could provide a sustainable flow
freely, the world's poor are offered. Each year about 50 million notebook
batteries lithium ions are triggered in the US, reports the MIT Technology
Review. And according to new research from IBM, this could be harvested to
households in the poorest countries where power is not available, or at least
not enough to feed and broken.
The
IBM study Analyzed a sample of waste batteries. Surprisingly, it was found in
70% of them had enough energy to get an LED light for more than four hours a
day for a year. The idea was forged in the countries in Bangalore, India, where
a large number of people. In rural areas and slums that lack adequate access to
electricity IBM researchers say laptop batteries could be used instead, and
show that they are a cheap and environmentally friendly alternative. The
results were presented at a conference in California on December 5 to 6.
Then
a prototype shown. It's one laptop battery refurbished to provide an electric
fan and light source. IBM says single cell Li-ion are connected in a circuit
load and to provide load converter for Power.Vikas Chandan scientist Smarter
Energy Group, who led the project, says MIT: The most expensive component in
these systems is to often the battery. in this case, the most expensive part of
the storage solution is coming out of the trash.
The
IBM team worked with a company called Radio studio hardware for how to use
laptop batteries in order to create light houses. The technology works by
extracting storage units called cells and restoring them to load reuse.
Alongside dongle apply to power, were given to street vendors in Bangalore, for
use in their cars. In India, over 400 million people are not in the current
main grid.IBM not thinking about shooting this development connected as a
business model, but as a free gift to the poor countries.
