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