The 14th International Seminar on Double Layer Capacitors
& Hybrid Energy Storage Devices

2004 Program of Events

Monday, December 6, 2004

9:00

 Seminar Registration in Embassy Suites Hotel Lobby

10:30-12:00

FREE TUTORIAL: Pseudocapacitance; Its Nature and Relation to Double Layer Capacitance of Electrochemical Capacitors
Prof. B. E. Conway, University of Ottawa, Canada

1:00 - 1:30

Finite Diffusion Capacitance
Dr. Frank Delnik, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM, USA

1:30 - 2:00

ac Impedance Spectroscopy – A Powerful Tool for the Characterization of Materials and Electrochemical Power Sources
Prof. Peter Kurzweil, University of Applied Sciences, Amberg, Germany

2:00 - 2:30

Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors for High Temperature Applications
Dr. Victor Koch, Covalent Associates, Woburn, MA, USA

2:30 - 3:00

Charge-Induced Dimensional Changes in Electrochemical Double Layer Capacitors
Dr. M. Hahn, Dr. O. Barbieri, F. Campana, Dr. R. Koetz, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland and Dr. R Gallay, Maxwell Technologies SA, CH-1728 Rossens, Switzerland

3:00 - 3:30

BREAK

3:30 - 4:00

Nanotubes Enhanced Ultracapacitors
Prof. Joel Shindall, Ricardo Signorelli and John Kassakian, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

4:00 - 4:30

Development and Production of Inexpensive Carbon for Double Layer Capacitors
Dr. Steven Dietz, TDA Research Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO, USA

4:30- 5:00

Engineered Carbons for Ultracapacitors Applications
Dr. Eric G. Lundquist and Dr. Garth R. Parker, Rohm and Haas Co., Spring House, PA, USA

5:00 - 5:30

Influence of the Nature and Features of Industrial Carbonaceous Materials on Electrical Performance of          Carbon – Carbon DLC with Aqueous Alkaline Electrolyte
Alexey Beliakov, Alexander Brintsev and Nelia Khodyrevskaya, ELIT Co., Kursk, Russia

6:30 - 7:30

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

Tuesday, December 7, 2004

8:30 - 9:00

US Advanced Battery Consortium Task Force
Ted Miller, USABC, Detroit,MI, USA

9:00 - 9:30

Key Issues for the Implementation and Marketing of Ultracapacitors in Vehicle Applications
Dr. Andrew Burke, University of California at Davis, CA, USA

9:30 - 10:00

Ultra-capacitor Augmentation of the 14V Vehicle Electrical System to Support Auxiliary 42V Subsystem
Dr. John M. Miller, J-N-J Miller Design Services and Michael Everett, Maxwell Technologies, San Diego, CA, USA

10:00 - 10:30

BREAK

10:30 - 11:00

Production Status of Nanogate Capacitors and Integrated Electronics, Part 1
Dr. Michio Okamura, Power Systems Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan

11:00 - 11:30

Production Status of Nanogate Capacitors and Integrated Electronics, Part 2
Dr. Michio Okamura, Power Systems Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan

11:30 - 12:00

Applied Energy Density Theory to Nanogate Capacitors
Prof. Jim Zheng, Florida A&M University and Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

12:00 - 1:30

LUNCH, SPONSORED BY HONDA MOTOR CO. LTD., JAPAN

 


2004 Program of Events (cont.)

Tuesday, December 7, 2004 (cont.)

1:30 - 2:00

Specific Ion Effects on Double Layer Capacitance of a C-Cloth Electrode Showing Extended Charge Acceptance
Prof. B. E. Conway, Dr. H. Andreas and Dr. W. G. Pell, University of Ottawa, Canada

2:00 - 2:30

EC Project “Supercar”: Ultracapacitor for Mild Hybrid Application
Dr. Andree Schwake and Dr. Christoph J. Weber, EPCOS AG, Heidenheim, Germany

2:30 - 3:00

Ultracapacitor Test Procedure Standards For Automotive and Industrial Applications
Dr. Cyrus N. Ashtiani , Andreas Schell, Otmar Bitsche, DaimlerChrysler Corp., Auburn Hills, MI, USA and Gary Hunt, Randy Wright, INEEL, Idaho Falls, ID, USA

3:00 - 3:30

High Pulse Power Initiative within the US Navy
Dr.
Patricia Smith, Naval Surface Weapons Center, Carderock, MD, USA

3:30 - 4:00

BREAK

4:00 - 4:30

Supercapacitor Module Testing for Energy Storage Devices
Nancy Clark and Tom Hund, Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, USA

4:30 - 5:00

EDLC Modeling and Integration for Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Matthew Zolot, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

5:00 - 5:30

Can Supercapacitors Replace Batteries in Future Hybrid Vehicles? An assessment of costs and performance prospects against vehicle requirements.
Dr. Menahem Anderman, Advanced Automotive Batteries

Wednesday, December 8, 2004

8:30-9:00

Resistance Distribution in Electrochemical Capacitors with Spiral Wound Structures
Prof. Jim Zheng, Florida A&M University and Florida State University, USA

9:00 - 9:30

The ECOSOL Power Module (EPM): A novel energy storage platform for portable electronic devices
Andrew Kular, ECOSOL, Ottawa, Canada

9:30-10:00

Ultracapacitor Development at EaglePicher
Marc Juzkow, EaglePicher, Dublin, CA, USA

10:00 - 10:30

BREAK

10:30 - 11:00

Activated Carbon Electrode Structure: Properties Related to the Performance of UHMWPE-bonded Double Layer Capacitors
Robert Waterhouse, Amtek Research International, Lebanon, Oregon, USA

11:00 - 11:30

Reliability Improvement of Large Electrochemical Capacitor Systems
Dr. John R. Miller, JME, Inc., Shaker Heights, OH, USA

11:30 - 12:00

High Temperature Electrochemical Capacitors with Reduced Leakage Rate
Dr. Nikola Marincic, Redox Engineering, LLC, Bonita Springs, FL, USA

Contact Information

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Telephone: 239-992-4112

FAX: 781-329-2609

Postal address: 215 Dolphin Cove Court, Bonita Springs, FL  34134

Electronic mail: General Seminar Information: Info@supercapseminar.com & Speaker Information: Supercapacitor@comcast.net