ALBA Asia 2025 will feature a mix of overview talks, technical papers and interactive discussion sessions on the following topic areas:
- Market trends and new applications for 12V lead batteries
- market perspectives from regions inside and outside Asia
- micro and mild hybrids – innovative concepts for emerging markets
- electric and hybrid vehicles – auxiliary and backup batteries
- field experience and failure mechanisms in micro-hybrids and auxiliary batteries
- Power performance beyond & after engine cranking
- state of function (SOF) – generalized load profile definition
- pulse power characterization (PPC in IEC 60095-8 CDV)
- transient SOF boost after charging
- Charging performance – lead batteries being challenged by new application demands and competing technologies
- micro-hybrid: brief review of dynamic charge acceptance (DCA) and shallow-cycling durability
- 12V mild-hybrid: generalizing DCA
- charge recovery for auxiliary batteries (CR in IEC 60095-8 CDV)
- Limitations and improvements of charge recovery
- negative electrode: how to open up the bottle-neck for charging current – additives or alternative electrode designs?
- positive electrode: understanding the transient SOF boost – and maximizing the effect? Methods for cell testing and material investigation.
- cell design and components: separators, alloys, etc.
- alternative technologies: How do lithium-ion and sodium-ion compare at low temperature?
- Engineering tools and guidelines for smart application of 12V lead batteries
- Which CCA does an auxiliary battery need?
- 12V charging guidelines for electric vehicles
- reliability prove-out for safety-relevant (ASIL) vehicle functions.
Among the workshop presenters are:
Paul Everill / Black Diamond
Jun Furukawa / consultant
Eckhard Karden / consultant
Micha Kirchgessner / Penox
Kohei Koga / GS Yuasa, BAJ
Campbell Matthews, Shane Christie / ArcActive
Yukiyasu Nagata / QS-TEK
José Otávio Peroba / Moura
Matt Raiford, Begüm Bozkaya / CBI
Grace Rocha / ITEMM
Luke Salzer, Carter Abney / Borregaard
Naoto Miyake / Daramic
Francisco Trinidad / consultant
Jibo Zhang, John Wertz /HoVo