- •Учебное пособие
- •Предисловие
- •Аннотация
- •Unit 1 Newwords
- •Word Combinations
- •Exercise 1. Match the terms with their definitions
- •Text 1 a. Are Gas Engines Now More Efficient Than Diesel?
- •Text 1c. Engines and Exhaust after Treatment Systems for Future Automotive Applications
- •Text 1b. Diesel Engines vs Gas Engines - Reliability, Efficiency
- •Read the text and answer the following questions.
- •Emission control systems with chemical and physical sensors
- •Word Combinations
- •Glossary
- •Text 2a. Turbocharging, Dl, and More Boost 2011-12 Vehicle Applications for gm's do-it-all global four-cylinder
- •Read and translate the text paying attention to the new word combinations.
- •First Results from National ev Trial
- •Unit 3 New words
- •Word-combinations
- •Text 3 a. Progress in Fiber Reinforced Resin Composite Technology
- •Composites save weight
- •A new composites fabrication line
- •Topics for reports
- •Text 3 b. Uk Specialist Drives Composite Advance
- •Unit 4 New words
- •Word combinations
- •Glossary
- •Text 4 a. Laser Revolutionizes Axle Design
- •Laser-welded, hot-stamped door ring in 2014 Acura mdx
- •Deep Penetration Laser Welding
- •Automotive Laser Welding Applications
- •Text 4b. Laser welding of aluminum alloys
- •High speed laser welding for automobile exhaust components
- •Self-Driving Cars Gain Backing of u.S. Regulators
- •Text 4c. Laser Welding in the Automotive Industry Welding of Automotive Components
- •Unit 5 New words
- •Words combinations:
- •Tex 5 a. Unlocking the full potential of lithium-ion battery technology
- •Text 5 b.Lead-Acid’s Unmatched Sustainability Read the text and make up a logical utterance with the help of the conjunctions:
- •Text 5 c. Lithium- ion Batteries
- •Read the following text and state advantages and disadvantages of lithium-ion batteries.
- •Text 5 d
- •New words
- •Text 6 a. World's First Fully Active, Regenerative Suspension for Automobiles
- •2. Discuss the results of the experiments. Consult the table and speak on the benefits of a power regenerative suspension systemfor improving mobility of the rough terrain vehicles.
- •Topics for report:
- •Text 6 b. Types of Suspensions (gallery)
- •I. Rear Suspension - Dependent (Linked) Systems
- •II. Rear Suspension - Independent Systems
- •III.Double Wishbone Suspension Systems.
- •Supplement
- •1. Supplementary Texts
- •Chassis(Unit 2)
- •Industrial Lasers and Applications in Automotive Welding (Unit 4)
- •Introduction
- •Industrial Laser Types
- •Nanotechnology in Batteries(Unit 5)
- •Independent Front Suspension System(Unit 6)
- •2. Presenting a Paper
- •3. Units of Measurement
- •4. Keys to exercises: Unit 1
- •Text 5 b
- •3. European Commission. Euro 5 and Euro 6 - Emissions from Light Duty Vehicles
- •CoNtents Unit 1
- •Иванова Людмила Ивановна Нещадим Ирина Oлеговна
Nanotechnology in Batteries(Unit 5)
By Will Soutter
Nanotechnology can play a significant role in the achievement of specific performance objectives in batteries. Conventionally, graphite powder has been used as an intercalation material on the negative electrode for lithium ion batteries. The rate of removal or insertion of lithium and the battery capacity can be improved by replacing micrometer-sized powder with carbon nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes. Since carbon nanotubes have a high surface area, they can bind much higher concentrations of lithium. Nanowires made of titanium dioxide (TiO2), vanadium oxide (V2O5) or tin oxide (SnO) are also promising as negative electrode materials.
Commercial development of many of these materials is still in the early stages - one of the challenges in making fundamental technology changes to a giant industry like the automotive industry is that any new technology has to be ready to adapt to the huge scales of manufacturing involved. Presently available commercial oxide materials are promising candidates for electrode materials, but most of them are expensive or have safety limitations. Li(NiCoAl)O2, Li (NiMnCo)O2, LiMn2O4, Li(AlMn)2O4 or LiCo2O4 are good examples of such compounds. The nanostructuring of these materials has been shown to significantly improve their intercalation capacity.
Using nanostructured materials to improve the current density of electrodes for a number of reasons - it reduces the diffusion path for the lithium ions, increasing their mobility, and also tends to increase electrical conductivity, making the electrochemical reaction occur much more efficiently. A variety of nanostructured materials such as nanotubes, nanowires, nanopillars, nanoparticles and mesopores have been examined as candidate materials for both positive and negative electrodes. By varying the properties of the electrodes, like morphology, and surface area, researchers are aiming to find optimum compositions to squeeze as much performance as possible out of batteries which are as affordable and as light and compact as possible.
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With this project, ZF is making use of its long-standing know-how of adaptive dampers. ZF is a global leader in driveline and chassis technology with 121 production companies in 26 countries. More than 2.2 million dampers has been produced for the following customers: Alpina, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ferrari, Maserati,Opel, Rolls-Royce, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Volkswagen. The company expects an annual production of more than three million CDC units for passenger car applications alone by 2016. In addition, there are ZF systems for buses, trucks, agricultural machines and motorcycles.
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Levant Power Corp. is an emerging technology company headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts working to develop the world's first fully active, regenerative suspension for the automotive, trucking, mass transit, and defense industries. Levant Power was founded in 2009 out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
ZF (ZF Friedrichshafen AG) is a global leader in driveline and chassis technology with 121 production companies in 26 countries. ZF is one of the 10 largest automotive suppliers worldwide.
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