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Reportlinker Adds Ultracapacitors for Stationary, Industrial, Consumer and Transport Energy Storage - An Industry, Technology and Market Analysis


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NEW YORK, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Ultracapacitors for Stationary, Industrial, Consumer and Transport Energy Storage – An Industry, Technology and Market Analysis

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Although ultracapacitors have been around since the 1960s, they are relatively expensive and only recently have begun to be manufactured in sufficient quantities to become cost competitive. Today ultracapacitors can be found in a range of electronic devices, from computers to cars.

An ultracapacitor (supercapacitor or electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC)) stores more power than a battery and more energy than a capacitor. For this reason, it brings significant benefits in both "peak-assist" and "power-assist" applications.

Traditional symmetric supercapacitors with two identical electrodes work by storing energy electrostatically, by polarizing an electrolyte solution at the electrode surface. Most advanced ultracapacitors today use two carbon electrodes with an organic electrolyte. This creates a problem for designers, since the energy that carbon-carbon electrodes are able to store effectively is limited, and the electrolyte is both expensive and potentially hazardous. The next generation of supercapacitors (asymmetric or hybrid supercapacitors) substitutes one of the carbon electrodes for a "redox" electrode similar to those used in batteries. The use of a battery-like electrode, in combination with a carbon electrode, increases the energy density considerably, although the power density decreases.

The terms, "supercapacitor," "ultracapacitor," and "electrochemical double layer capacitor," have been used indiscriminately in literature in reference to high capacitance devices. It is generally recognized that these terms are interchangeable depending on the manufacturer. Throughout the rest of this report, the term "ultracapacitor" will generally be adopted, for the sole purpose of keeping with consistency.

study goal and objectives

This study focuses on key ultracapacitor products and provides data about the size and growth of the ultracapacitor markets, as well as company profiles and industry trends. The goal of this report is to provide a detailed and comprehensive multi-client study of the markets for ultracapacitors in North America, Europe, Japan, China, Korea and the rest of the world (ROW), as well as potential business opportunities in the future. The objectives include thorough coverage of underlying economic issues driving the ultracapacitor business, as well as assessments of new, advanced ultracapacitors that companies are developing. Also covered are legislative pressures for increased safety and environmental protection, as well as users' expectations for economical ultracapacitors. Another important objective is to provide realistic market data and forecasts for ultracapacitors. This study provides the most thorough and up-to-date assessment that can be found anywhere on the subject. The study also provides extensive quantification of the many important facets of worldwide market development in ultracapacitors. This, in turn, contributes to a determination of what kind of strategic response companies may adopt in order to compete in these dynamic markets.

Ultracapacitor users in developed markets must contend with twin pressures: to innovate and, at the same time, to reduce costs. New applications for ultracapacitors have been proposed in recent years. The popularity of these devices is due to their long cycle life and high power density relative to batteries. In principle, ultracapacitors exhibit unlimited cycle life and maintenance-free operation as an alternative to batteries in power circuits. A new, promising application for ultracapacitors is a pulse-power source in fuel cell and hybrid vehicle applications. The pulse-power source provides the peak power during acceleration and stores regenerative energy during braking.

REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY

The ultracapacitor market is an attractive and still growing multi-million dollar market characterized by very high production volumes of ultracapacitors that must be both extremely reliable and low in cost. Growth in the ultracapacitor market continues to be driven by increasing demands in fuel-cell and hybrid-vehicle applications, for industrial systems and consumer electronics. Existing products will continue to find new applications, and new products will emerge to improve functionality.

The ultracapacitor industry is complex and fast-moving, with manufacturers increasingly adopting a truly global view of the market. Around the world, consumers are demanding a high power density as well as extremely long cycle life. The energy density of ultracapacitors is small compared with that of batteries. Against this difficult background, manufacturers have attempted to achieve growth through company mergers and acquisitions, and by implementing global strategies.

Ultracapacitors, once a technological novelty, are now mainstream and are showing significant sales volumes. As prices of ultracapacitors drop, better commercial viability and growing dissatisfaction with existing energy-storage solutions are expected to steer customers toward this emerging technology. Mobile applications are a strong area of growth for ultracapacitors, as continuous product enhancements and value-added features such as on-line gaming and Wi-Fi accessibility necessarily require more power. Demand from the industrial sector is also expected to increase. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) and DC power systems are looking at incorporating ultracapacitors as the primary energy-storage solution to boost power reliability.

iRAP conducted a study on ultracapacitors in 2006. Since then, more new-generation electric and hybrid vehicles have been coming into the market. Therefore, iRAP felt a need for another detailed study in order to better understand both the technology and market dynamics. The report identifies and evaluates automotive electric product markets and technologies with significant potential growth.

Contributions of the study

This study provides the most complete accounting of growth in the ultracapacitor market in North America, Europe, Japan, China and the rest of the world currently available in a multi-client format. It provides the most thorough and up-to-date assessment that can be found anywhere on the subject. The study also provides extensive quantification of the many important facets of market developments in emerging markets for stationary, industrial, consumer and transport energy storage. The study has also included new usage of ultracapacitors in automatic power metering, energy harvesting devices for wireless networking, and hard disk drives of notebooks. This quantification, in turn, contributes to the determination of what kind of strategic response suppliers may adopt in order to compete in these dynamic markets. Audiences for this study include marketing executives, business unit managers and other decision makers in ultracapacitor companies as well as in companies peripheral to this business.

SCOPE AND FORMAT

The market data contained in this report quantify opportunities for ultracapacitors. In addition to product types, this report also covers the many issues concerning the merits and future prospects of the ultracapacitor business, including corporate strategies, information technologies, and the means for providing these highly advanced product and service offerings.

The supply chain is of keen interest, focusing on the use of carbon cloth and powder, the need for higher voltages per cell, automation, and lower raw materials prices. The industry has set price targets of $0.01 to $ 0.005 per farad by 2010.

This report also covers in detail the economic and technological issues regarded by many as critical to the industry's current state of change. It provides a review of the ultracapacitor industry and its structure, and of the many companies involved in providing these products. The competitive positions of the main players in the ultracapacitor market and the strategic options they face are also discussed, along with such competitive factors as marketing, distribution and operations.

TO WHOM THE STUDY CATERS

This study addresses the global market for electric double layer carbon (EDLC) supercapacitors, which uniquely combine the characteristics of extremely high capacitance (in the farad range) in low voltage cells (1.2 to 2.5 Vdc in large quantities).

The study looks at this fledging market – the players, the technical challenges, and technical threats, the activated carbon supply chain, and the end markets in which these devices are consumed. including stationary, industrial, consumer and transport energy storage. It further focuses on coin cells and large can supercapacitors and the rapid growth of large can designs in variable speed drives, and heavy trucks and buses.

Therefore, this study will benefit existing manufacturers of capacitors who seek to expand revenues and market opportunities by expanding to new technology such as ultracapacitors, which are positioned to become a preferred solution for some of the energy storage and power delivery applications. Also, this study will benefit users of ultracapacitors who deal with new power-hungry electronic products such as wireless communications devices, the increasing use of electric power in vehicles, and the growing demand for highly reliable, maintenance-free backup power. These demands are creating significant markets for new and improved energy storage and power delivery solutions. For example, sizing the primary power source to meet transient peak power requirements, rather than average power requirements, is costly and inefficient. Primary energy sources can be designed to be smaller, lighter and less costly if they are coupled with specialized power components, such as ultracapacitors, that can deliver or absorb brief bursts of high power on demand for periods of time ranging from fractions of a second to several minutes.

REPORT SUMMARY

Ultracapacitors and electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) fill an important and otherwise vacant niche in the current set of energy storage devices, bridging the gap between batteries and conventional capacitors. They offer greater energy densities than electrostatic capacitors, making them a better choice for back-up applications. They also possess higher power densities than batteries, allowing them to perform a role in load-leveling of pulsed currents. They can help to improve battery performance when combined in hybrid power sources, or they can provide an efficient and long-lasting means of energy storage when used on their own.

However, the technology does have limitations, and applications requiring a long duration of discharge are probably better suited to batteries. If power requirements are found to be at the border of a battery's capabilities, a hybrid EDLC/battery configuration may be an optimal solution. Advantage can then be gained from both the power density of the EDLC and the energy storage of the battery. This would seem to be the case in electric vehicles, which require power for acceleration in short bursts. The fast response time of EDLCs also makes them suitable for power-quality applications such as static condensers (STATCONs) and digital video recorders (DVRs). Power can quickly be injected or absorbed to help minimize voltage fluctuations in distribution systems.

The greatest barrier to the widespread use of EDLCs is cost, with only a few manufacturers producing devices by automation. Long-established battery technology is often the cheaper alternative, despite the reduced lifetime costs of double-layer capacitor banks. The technology is still in its infancy, however, and it will no doubt become a more competitive energy storage solution in the future.

Ultracapacitors have to be able to stand up to tough environments. Dirt, humidity, salt, fuel additives, vibrations and severe shocks call for the highest standards. Furthermore, ultracapacitors must be able to endure in temperatures ranging from -40 degrees C to +160 degrees C without significant deviation in accuracy over the entire lifetime of a vehicle, standby equipment, or device.

The GSM phone will require a 200Hz response time to improve the transmit burst in a digital phone system. In these devices, high power is more important than energy density. Therefore, to get the desired frequency response, ultracapacitors will use aqueous electrolytes that provide much lower resistance. To attain these frequencies, carbon electrodes need to be thin, with large pores for rapid ion transport through the material.

By far the highest value target for ultracapacitor technology is the global automobile industry for the 50 to 60 million passenger vehicles that roll off assembly lines around the world each year.

Major findings of this report are:

Ultracapacitor market growth will continue during 2009 to 2014. Worldwide business, over US$275 million in 2009, will continue to grow at an AAGR of 21.4% through 2014.

There are four major markets where ultracapacitors are needed – stationary, industrial, consumer and transport energy storage power management. Each has its own specific requirements.

The transport energy storage market aims to use ultracapacitors as load-leveling devices with batteries in electric and hybrid vehicles. Automotive applications range from hybrid drive trains to power network stabilization to the "electrification" of braking, steering, air conditioning and other subsystems to improve the fuel efficiency and reliability. From 2009 to 2014, transport energy applications, which are mostly automotive applications, will show the highest growth rate.

The stationary energy storage market needs ultracapacitors for short duration applications of energy storage, which are characterized by the need for high power for short periods of time. These include power quality ride-through applications, power stabilization, adjustable speed drive support, temporary support of DR (distributed resources) during load steps, voltage flicker mitigation and many other applications.

Industrial applications need ultracapacitors to improve power quality, specifically using ultracapacitors to handle power surges and short-term power loss.

The consumer electronics and computer market needs small high frequency devices in order to reduce battery size. Typical applications are pagers, personal data assistance devices and cell phones.

INTRODUCTION i

STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES i

REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY ii

Contributions of the study iii

SCOPE AND FORMAT iii

METHODOLOGY iv

information sources iv

WHOM THE STUDY CATERS to v

Author's Credentials v

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY vii

SUMMARY TABLE Global market FOR ultracapacitors by application, 2009 and 2014 ($ millions) ix

SUMMARY FIGURE ILLUSTRATION OF Global market FOR ultracapacitors, by application, 2009 and 2014 ($ millions) ix

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 1

Industry overview (continued) 2

DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRACAPACITORS 3

DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRACAPACITORS (continued) 4

DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRACAPACITORS (continued) 5

DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRACAPACITORS (continued) 6

Types and Applications 7

Types and Applications (continued) 8

Table 1 applications and POTENTIAL ENERGY/POWER functions of ultracapacitors 9

Table 2 broad application areas and RATINGS OF ultracapacitors 10

market domain 10

TABLE 3 applications of ultracapacitors by market domain 11

Stationary Energy Storage 12

Stationary Substation Battery Replacement 12

Stationary Substation Battery Replacement (Continued) 13

Substation Battery Replacement For Long Duration Outages 14

Mitigating Electric Service Voltage Fluctuations Produced by Pulsing Customer Loads 14

Distributed Generation 15

Wind Energy Storage 15

Pitch Systems of Windmills 15

Solar Power 16

Industrial Energy Storage 16

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) 17

OEM Equipment 17

OEM Equipment Retrofits 17

Telecommunications 18

Electric Fork Trucks 19

table 4 battery cost v/s ultracapacitor cost comparison in class-1 lift truck 20

Rubber-Tire Gantry Cranes 20

figure 1 application of ultracapacitors-explanation of typical load cycle of rubber-tired gantry crane 21

Consumer Electronics Energy Storage 21

Consumer Electronics Energy Storage (continued) 22

Consumer Electronics Energy Storage (Continued) 23

Computer Solid State Drives (SSDs) 24

Mobile Phone Camera Flash and Power Management 24

Mobile Phone Camera Flash and Power Management (continued) 25

Automotive Meter Reading 26

Other Consumer Applications 26

Toys 26

Home Appliances (Small UPS) 27

Backup Power 27

Office Equipment 27

Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensor Networking (WSN) 28

Case Study 29

Case Study (continued) 30

figure 2 application of ultracapacitors in vibraTionAL energy harvesting wireless sensors network module 31

Transport Energy Storage 31

Distributed Power 32

Power Actuators 33

Market Segments 34

Storage of Regenerated Braking Energy in HEVs, PHEVs and EVs 34

Auto Engine Cranking (Cold Cranking of Diesel Engines 35

Power Backup for Electromechanical Brakes of Hybrid Passenger Cars 36

Capture of Regenerated Braking Energy in Heavy Duty Trucks, Transit Buses and Delivery Vans 36

Capture of Regenerated Braking (continued) 37

Capture of Regenerated Braking Energy in Electric Trains/Trams 38

Boardnet Stabilization, 42V Distributed Power Modules in High-End Cars 38

Distributed Power Application – Power Steering 39

Power-Steering Profile 40

Other Possible Automotive Uses of Ultracapacitors 40

Integrated Starting Alternators 40

Integration with Fuel Cells 41

Integration with Battery-Hybrid Battery/Ultracapacitor Combination 41

figure 3 functioning of an ultracapacitor used with a battery 42

Integration with Battery-Hybrid Battery/Ultracapacitor Combination (continued) 43

Figure 4 functioning of an ultracapacitor, battery and buck-boost converter in regenerating braking energy in transport systems 44

Integration with Battery-Hybrid Battery/Ultracapacitor Combination (continued) 45

table 5 target performance specifications of ultracapacitors – doe guidelines 46

figure 5 illustration of ultracapacitors used in a 42v system to meet specifications in passenger cars 47

lithium batteries as an alternative to ultracapacitors – COST and BUSINESS ISSUES 48

Cost Issue 48

Cost of Materials 48

table 6 price structure of large-format ultracapacitors 49

Cost Comparison 50

CHALLENGE FROM Lithium-Ion Batteries 51

Table 7 COMPARISON OF ULTRACAPACITORS WITH LI-ION BATTERIES 52

MARKET size and share 53

TABLE 8 SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET SIZE and PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ultracapacitors by APPLICATION, 2009 AND 2014 54

figure 6 summary of Global market FOR ultracapacitors by application, 2009 and 2014 55

STATIONARY ENERGY STORAGE 56

table 9 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ultracapacitors, by category of stationary applications 56

INDUSTRIAL ENERGY STORAGE 56

table 10 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ultracapacitors, by category of industrial energy storage applications 57

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ENERGY STORAGE 58

table 11 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ultracapacitors, by category of application in consumer electronics 58

TRANSPORT ENERGY STORAGE 58

table 12 Global Market Size/Percentage Share for Ultracapacitors, by Category of Application in Transport Energy Storage, 2009 and 2014 ($ Millions) 59

Key Points in Transport Energy Storage 60

Areas for Potential Growth in Transport Energy Storage 60

Hybrid Transit Buses, Postal Vans, Urban Shuttles and Delivery Vans 60

Hybrid Cars 61

MARKET SIZE BY REGION 62

TABLE 13 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ultracapacitors by region, 2009 AND 2014 63

figure 7 REGIONAL PERCENTages of MARKET SHARE for ULTRACAPACITORS, 2009 AND 2014 64

MARKET SIZE BY ULTRACAPACITOR FORM FACTOR 65

table 14 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ultracapacitors by size, 2009 AND 2014 65

figure 8 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ultracapacitors by size, 2009 AND 2014 66

MARKET SIZE BY TECHNOLOGY 67

table 15 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ultracapacitors by technology, 2009 AND 2014 68

figure 9 GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ultracapacitors by technology, 2009 AND 2014 69

ULTRACAPACITOR TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS 70

Definitions 70

Definitions (continued) 71

Definitions (continued) 72

BASIC ASPECTS OF ULTRACAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY 73

BASIC ASPECTS OF ULTRACAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY (continued) 74

BASIC ASPECTS OF ULTRACAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY (continued) 75

Ultracapacitors vs. Lithium-Ion Batteries 76

ULTRAcapacitors vs. capacitors 76

TABLE 16 COMPARISON OF ultracapacitor and battery characteristics 77

operation of a typical SYMMETRIC EDLC (pure EDLC using aqueous Electric Double-Layer Capacitor) 78

current Materials for ULTRAcapacitors 78

current Materials for ULTRAcapacitors (continued) 79

TABLE 17 current materials used in EDLCs by technology, 2009 80

TABLE 17 current materials used in EDLCs by technology, 2009 (continued) 81

TABLE 17 current materials used in EDLCs by technology, 2009 (continued) 82

TABLE 17 current materials used in EDLCs by technology, 2009 (continued) 83

TABLE 17 current materials used in EDLCs by technology, 2009 (continued) 84

Emerging Materials: Carbon Nanotube Ultracapacitors 84

Emerging Materials: Carbon Nanotube Ultracapacitors (Continued) 85

TABLE 18 emerging materials used in EDLCs 86

SIZING of Ultracapacitors 86

figure 10 internal construction of cylindrical ultracapacitor single cells 87

figure 11 electrodes, separators and electrolytes interaction in A cylindrical ultracapacitor 88

Sizing According to Power 88

Format 2-Low Voltage (Less than 10V) 88

figure 12 different form factors of commercial ultracapacitors 89

Format 3-High Voltage (More than 10V) 89

Format 4 90

Sizing According to Shapes 90

Compact Type 90

TAbLE 19 tYPICAL SIZES OF COMPACT ULTRACAPACITOR CELLS 91

Coin Type 91

TABLE 20 tYPICAL SIZES OF COIN ULTRACAPACITOR CELLS 91

Large-Size Module 92

Ultracapacitors in series 92

Format 1 – Large Format Bank 92

figure 13 ultracapacitor cells in series to form a module 93

Modular Configurations 94

TABLE 21 tYPICAL SIZES OF LARGE-SIZE MODULES OF ULTRACAPACITOR CELLS 95

Qualifications and standards for UltraCapacitors 95

Qualifications & standards for UltraCapacitors (continued) 96

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 97

Table 22 ultracapacitor Product Line Reference, 2009 98

Table 22 ultracapacitor Product Line Reference, 2009 (continued) 99

Table 23 ultracapacitors-RELATED parts suppliers, manufacturers, system integrators Product Line Reference 100

Table 23 ultracapacitors-RELATED parts suppliers, manufacturers, system integrators Product Line Reference (continued) 101

Table 23 ultracapacitors-RELATED parts suppliers, manufacturers, system integrators Product Line Reference (continued) 102

RAW MATERIAL SUPPLIERS 102

Market Dynamics 103

Competition and Market Trends 104

Alliances 105

TABLE 24 acquisitionS and mergers of companies manufacturing ultracapacitors, 2004 to april 2009 106

Ranking of Market Players 107

TABLE 25 top manufacturers of ultracapacitors for transport energy storage in 2009 107

Patents and Patent Analysis 108

List of patents 108

US PATENTS 108

Power Supply 108

Wet Electrolytic Capacitor 109

Electrode for electric double-layer capacitors manufacturing method, electric double-layer capacitor and conductive Adhesive 109

Current Collector for an Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 109

Electrode and Current Collector for Electrochemical Capacitor 110

Wet Electrolytic Capacitors 110

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor and Electrolytic Solution Therefor 111

Method of Making, Apparatus, and Article of Manufacturing for an Electrode Termination Contact Interface 111

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor, Control Method Thereof, and Energy Storage System Using the Same 112

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor (EDLC), Electric Energy Storage Device including the Same, and Production Method for EDLC 112

Method for Selecting Electrolytic Solution for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 113

Electrolytic Solution for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor and Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 113

Process of Producing Activated Carbon for Electrode of Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 113

Method of Making a Multi-Electrode Double-Layer Capacitor Having Hermetic Electrolyte Sseal 114

Double-Layer Capacitor 114

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor Utilizing a Multi-layer Electrode Structure and Method for Manufacturing the Same 115

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor, its Manufacturing Method, and Electronic Device Using Same 115

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor and Electrolytic Solution Therefor 115

Energy Storage System 116

Densification of Compressible Layers During Electrode Lamination 116

Charge Storage Device 117

Composition for Polyelectrolytes, EDLC and Nonaqueous Electrolyte Secondary Cells 117

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 118

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 118

Pretreated Porous Electrode 119

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 119

Electrolyte for an Energy Storage Device 120

High-Power Ultracapacitor Energy Storage Ppack and Method of Use 120

Rapid Charger for Ultracapacitors 120

Capacitor with Battery Form Factor Housing 121

Method of Making Polarizable Electrode for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 121

Ionic Liquids, Electrolyte Salts for Storage Device, Electrolytic Solution for Storage Device, EDLC and Secondary Battery 122

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 122

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 122

Low-Profile Electrolytic Capacitor Assembly 123

Carbon Material and Method of Making Same 123

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 124

Carbon Material for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor Electrodes 124

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor and Electrolytic Cell 125

Production Method for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 125

Enhanced Breakdown Voltage Electrode 125

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor and Electrolyte Solution Therefor 126

Method for Preparing Composite Flexible Graphite Material 126

Electrode Design 127

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 127

Method for Producing Activated Carbon for Electrode of Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 127

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 128

Electrode for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 128

Composite Electrode and Current Collectors and Processes for Making the Same 129

Thermal Interconnection for Capacitor Systems 129

Battery Pack 129

Electric Double-Layer Ccapacitor 130

Capacitor Startup Apparatus and Method with Fail-Safe Short Circuit Protection 130

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 131

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 131

Roll Container with Presser Plates 131

Ionic Liquid, Method of Dehydration, Electrical Double-Layer Capacitor, and Secondary Battery 132

Granules for Formation of an Electrode of an EDLC, Manufacturing Method, Electrode Sheet, Polarized Electrode, and EDLC Using a Polarized Electrode 132

System and Method for Precharging and Discharging a High-Power Ultracapacitor Pack 133

High-Power Ultracapacitor Energy Storage Pack and Method of Use 133

Polarizing Electrode for EDLC 134

Nonaqueous Electrolyte, EDLC and Nonaqueous Electrolyte Secondary Cells 134

Pretreated Porous Electrode and Method for Manufacturing Same 134

Method of Removing Residual Active Oxy-Hydrogens 135

Multi-Electrode Double-Layer Capacitor Having Hermetic Electrolyte Seal 135

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 136

Electrode for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor, and Slurry for Forming the Same 136

Process for Production of Electrode for EDLC 136

EDLC with Improved Activated Carbon Electrodes 137

Activated Carbon for Use in Electric Double-Layer Capacitors 137

Composite Electrode and Method for Fabricating Same 137

Method of Making a Multi-Electrode Double-Layer Capacitor Having Hermetic Electrolyte Seal 138

Polymer Gel Electrolyte, Secondary Cell, and Electrical Double-Layer Capacitor 138

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 139

Carbonized Product Used for Production of Activated Carbon for Electrode of Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 139

Proton-Conducting Electric Double-Layer Capacitor Using Electrolytic Solution 139

EDLC, Electrolyte Battery and Method for Manufacturing the Same 140

Method of Making Sheet Electrode for EDLC and Roller Rolling Machine Suitable for Use Therein 140

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 141

Process for Producing Carbonized Product Used for Producing Activated Carbon for Electrode of EDLC, and Organic Material for Carbonized Product 141

Polarizing Electrode for EDLC 141

Supercapacitor Having Electrode Material Comprising Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes and Process for Making the Same 142

Polarizable Electrode for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor, Process for Producing the Polarizable Electrode and Process for Producing the Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 142

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor and Electrolyte Battery 143

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor, Electrolytic Cell and Process for Fabricating Same 143

Polarizable Electrode for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor and Methods for Producing Polarizable Electrode and Capacitor 144

Electrode for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 144

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 145

Manufacturing Method of Polarizing Property Electrode for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor, and Manufacturing Method of Electrode Sheet for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor 145

Polarizable Electrode for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor and Methods for Producing Polarizable Electrode and Capacitor 146

Metal Collector Foil for Electric Double-Layer Capacitor, and EDLC Using the Same 146

Electrochemical Device Comprising a Pair of Electrodes and an Electrolyte 146

PATENT ANALYSIS 147

Table 26 number OF us PATENTS GRANTED to companies in the ultracapacitor (edLc) design category From 2005 through January 2009 148

FIGURE 14 number OF us PATENTS GRANTED to top companies in the ultracapacitor (edLc) design category From 2005 through JANuary 2009 149

International overview of u.s. PATENT Activity in ultracapacitors 149

table 27 number OF us PATENTS GRANTED for ultracapacitors by assigned country/REGION from January 2005 through jANuary 2009 150

International overview of u.s. PATENT Activity in ultracapacitors 151

COMPANY PROFILES 152

Advanced Capacitor Technologies (ACT JAPAN) 152

ADA Technologies, Inc 152

Anglia Components 153

ApowerCap Technologies (APCT) 153

Arrow Electronics (uk), Ltd. 153

ASC Capacitors 154

Axion Power 154

Batscap 155

CAP-XX Pty Ltd 155

elit co. 156

ELNA CO., LTD. 156

ESMA 157

EVANS CAPACITOR Company 157

Fuji Heavy Industries 157

Go nano 158

Hitachi AIC 158

IOXUS, INC. 159

JM Energy Corp. 159

KANTHAL GLOBAR 160

Kilofarad International 160

KOLD BAN international 160

LS Mtron Ltd. 161

MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES 161

MIT LAB FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (LEES) 161

MEIDENSHA CORPORATION 162

NANOTECTURE LTD. 162

NESSCAP CO., LTD. 163

NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC. 163

NUINTEK 164

PANASONIC EV ENERGY CO., LTD. 164

Power Systems Co., Ltd. 165

Rubycon Japan 165

Shanghai Aowei Technology Development Co. LTD. 166

SHIZUKI 166

SINAUTEC AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (AUTHOR, FIX THIS.) 166

Smart Storage Pty Ltd 167

Tartu Technogiad OU 167

TAVRIMA CANADA 168

Tecate Group 168

TECHINVEST 169

UBE INDUSTRIES 169

UltraCap Technologies Corp. 170

UNITED CHEMI-CON 170

Vinatech Korea 171

WIMA 171

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