Electric vehicles are becoming popular, but charging is a big problem: charging piles are difficult to install, charging stations are difficult to find, and charging time is too long. What to do? A company founded by former employees of PetroChina and AVIC and associate professors of Shanghai Jiaotong University tries to solve these problems by converting oil and gas from gas stations and filling stations directly into electricity. "The solid oxide fuel cell we developed is suitable for the off-the-shelf vehicle fuel supply system, turning gas stations into charging stations, making car charging as convenient and fast as refueling." At the 6th China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Shanghai Division) National Competition Trials held recently, Dr. Qin Jiangyang, President of Shanghai Zhongfu New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., told the judges.

Purchase of Jiaotong University Patents to Complete Layout

According to the person in charge of the Innovation Service Department of the Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the 2017 "Entrepreneurship in Shanghai" International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition has ended, and the number of effective registrations has reached 6940. The city's 16 districts are hosting sub-competition areas at the same time, and 74 new innovation organizations are used as the competition. The sub-points provided 263 training services for participants, forming a competition service chain system covering the whole city.

The selection of the city competition adopts the mode of "on-site roadshow technology online evaluation": the judges of the on-site roadshow are mainly investment experts, which build a platform for participants to communicate face to face with investors; the technology online evaluation relies on the professional vision of science and technology experts, focuses on "hard technology" innovation, and excavates enterprises with core competitiveness. After selection, a total of 1810 enterprises have received innovative funds, with a project fund of about 0.38 billion yuan.

This week, the national trials "started" at four match points such as Shen Ze incubator ". According to the results of the city competition, the top 515 enterprises were recommended to participate in the competition, and about 250 enterprises will be selected to participate in the national industry competition. Zhongfu New Energy is one of the participating companies. It was established in October last year. Although it is very young, the founder team has decades of research and development history. Qin Jiangyang worked for PetroChina and later joined a Nasdaq-listed company. There, he met Zhang Xiucheng, a senior engineer who worked in AVIC Group, and became interested in fuel cells. In the process of cooperative research and development, they also met Tu Hengyong, an expert on solid oxide fuel cells and associate professor of Shanghai Jiaotong University. "Today, the government and universities encourage researchers to start their own businesses part-time, so I am the chief scientist of Zhongfu New Energy." tu hengyong told jiefang daily · shangguan news reporter.

In May of this year, Zhongfu New Energy purchased Tu Hengyong's patent "Metal-supported half-cell of solid oxide fuel cell and its preparation method" from Shanghai Jiaotong University ". Prior to this, Zhongfu New Energy has applied for 6 national invention patents and 12 utility model patents, and this patent involves the core components of fuel cells. In this way, the company completed the layout of patented technology, but also to achieve the transformation of scientific and technological achievements in colleges and universities.

The basic structure and scientific principles of solid oxide fuel cells Source: Baidu Encyclopedia

Let the electric car into the gas station charging

What is a solid oxide fuel cell? It is a power generation device that converts the chemical energy of the fuel directly into electrical energy, according to Tu Hengyong. Different from traditional power generation technology, this fuel cell does not burn in the energy conversion process, so it does not produce pollution, and the conversion efficiency is about twice as high as that of traditional gas turbines.

Since solid oxide fuel cells can be used for military purposes, developed countries restrict exports to China. After years of technical research and development, the founding team of Zhongfu New Energy finally broke through the key technology and developed a prototype of "New Energy Vehicle Super Charging System Device. Input 1 liter of gasoline and diesel oil or 1 standard square of natural gas into this device, which can output 5 degrees of direct current. It has many uses. Zhongfu New Energy has decided to apply it to gas stations and gas stations first. By installing new energy vehicle super charging system devices, gas station outlets have the function of charging new energy vehicles.

As a user of electric vehicles, Qin Jiangyang has a deep understanding of the inconvenience of charging cars. "I have a fixed parking space in the community, in order to install the charging pile, I went through the process for a year, but I didn't install it. Fortunately, there are charging piles in the Zizhu National High-tech Zone where our company is located, but it takes 4 hours to charge them quickly." In contrast, the new energy vehicle super charging system device fully charges the car, which only takes 15-20 minutes, which is almost as fast as the car refueling.

"Made in China 2025" proposes that by 2025, the annual sales of my country's own brand pure electric and plug-in new energy vehicles will reach 3 million. How to make the car charging more convenient? How to make the electric car can run long distance. Qin Jiangyang said that the installation of new energy vehicle super charging system devices at gas station outlets can make full use of existing resources to solve problems and is a technical solution worthy of promotion and application.

By participating in the "Entrepreneurship in Shanghai" International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Zhongfu New Energy has aroused the interest of many investors. "We are carrying out round A financing of 10 million yuan, hoping to obtain investment through the competition, so as to establish the production line as soon as possible." Qin Jiangyang said, "If we enter the national competition, it will be more beneficial to our financing." It is reported that three pilot projects for the super charging system for new energy vehicles are being carried out in Zizhu National High-tech Zone, the electric bus station in Minhang District of Shanghai, and the CNOOC gas station in Zhanjiang, and are planned to be put into operation by the end of this year.