by admin on September 30, 2009
Report on China’s Automotive Electronics Market ( http://www.bharatbook.com/Market-Research-Reports/Report-on-Chinas-Automotive-Electronics-Market.html ) elucidates about the rapid growth and development of Automotive Electronics Market. Given the deplorable state of the downstream sectors, the overall growth of China’s automotive electronics market slowed in 2008, when entertainment electronics and active safety equipment had become the major driving force of the market. China’s automotive electronics will deliver stable growth in the next few years because the industry has only just begun gaining ground and there is still plenty of room for it to grow.1. The overall growth of the market has slowed downThe rapid increase in output of automobiles in China is one of the major forces that drive the rapid growth of the country’s auto electronics market, on which there has been an negative impact caused by the slowdown in the output of automobiles. Rough data showed that China’s output of automobiles was 9.42 million units in 2008, up by only 6.0% year-on-year. Of the total, the output of basic passenger vehicles??cars, in which auto electronics is most extensively used??was 5.02 million units, accounting for 53%, up by about 6.2% year-on-year, dwarfed by the over 20% year-on-year increase in 2007. As a result, the growth of auto electronics market slowed significantly in China in 2008. 2. Entertainment electronics and active safety equipment have become the major growth fields in China’s auto electronics market In 2008, many top-end auto electronics products continued to dive into the low-end auto field, helping the popularization of auto electronics.The popularization of active safety systems in chassis control has also significantly impacted market growth. China so far has basically finished the upgrade of the EBD (Electronic Brake-force Distribution) and CBC (Cornering Brake Control) for automobiles. In addition, active safety systems such as the EBA (Electronic Brake Assist), ASR (Acceleration Slip Regulation), ESP (Electronic Stability Program) and CCS (cruise control system), are also being equipped in cars. For example, ESP was mainly installed in top-end cars like BMW, Chrysler and Lexus. But as the market keeps growing and prices falling, ESP system started showing up in 2008 in mid-priced cars such as Roewe 750, Camry and even some compact cars, like Besturn. ESP has delivered fast growth since mid-priced and compact cars are the major force in China’s car market. Vehicle-borne electronics is another hot field of China’s auto electronics market in 2008, thanks to the strong demand for, and rapid development of, auto entertainment electronics. Although CD and multi-CD players are still the dominators in the auto audio/visual market, DVD players are gaining ground at striking speed. In addition, other auto visual products, such as visual parking system and mobile navigation system, are also becoming popular. 3. Energy conservation products fuel new growth of the market Since China’s tight supply conditions of energy sources won’t be able to change in the near future, the country’s government is tightening its emissions rules. Therefore automobiles are driven towards energy conservation, which will become a hot field for auto electronics. As for power control, throttle/direct-injection engines, intelligent turbo, electronic valves, advanced transmission systems and hybrid power systems will be more popular. And as for energy efficiency and management, new products such as kinetic energy recovery systems, heat transforming, electric fuel pumps, and LED illumination systems will help popularize electronic equipment. Contact us at:Bharat Book BureauTel: 91 22 27578668Fax: 91 22 27579131Email: info@bharatbook.comWebsite: www.bharatbook.com
by admin on September 29, 2009
I was reading just the day about a guy who had converted his truck to run on woodgas. His top speed was 90mph, and he used scrap lumber for his fuel source. Wouldn’t that be cool to be able to do that too?
This man focused on one of the five parts of any self-sufficient alternative energy equation, and found an excellent way to make it happen. I tell anyone that asks me how I was able to live entirely off the grid with my wife and 8 kids for 4 years in a 5,000 sq ft house, to focus on these five things. In fact, ANYONE that wants to live entirely off the grid, and focus on being self-sufficient in this energy driven world, has to address all five areas sooner or later.
1. Electricity
2. Water, Food, Sewer
3. Heating, Cooling
4. Cooking, Refrigeration
5. Transportation
Don’t worry about tackling all five at once. Just pick one, focus on it, see how much money it saves you or how successful you are, then move on to the next one, even if all you’re interested in doing is lowering your energy costs by somehow implementing alternate energy.
Taking each one of these in turn, let’s briefly discuss these five keys for a moment.
1. The off-grid or residential power generation Electricity Equation has two parts to it as well: Generation and Conservation. Somewhere in there, you have to find a happy medium between the two. It’s pointless to generate huge power, then waste it needlessly without conservation.
With that said, the primary components of any efficient alternate energy or off-grid electrical Generation site are: the source, a charge controller and/or diverter, energy storage (usually batteries), and an inverter (to convert stored power to AC house current). Traditionally, the source can be solar, hydroelectric, or wind. Nontraditional sources, including several that are under development both here and elsewhere, include fuel cells, TEG’s (thermo-electric generators), gravity converters, ground batteries, ionospheric taps, and more (several of which can even be installed in city apartments).
2. Water, food, and sewer can be handled in several ways. Water filtration is pretty standard, as is rain collection in some areas. Many people have gardens, or know someone who does that they can trade with. Sewer can be everything from septic tanks or camping porta-potties, to self-composting units (a good option) or full water reclamation systems.
3. Heating and cooling can be done pretty simply. Most people use either solar for heat, or some sort of wood burning stove. Cooling is a bit tougher, but swamp coolers are pretty efficient, as are heat pumps with a ground loop for their external heat dump (cooling source). Of course you’ll also want to use good passive solar design for your home as well if you can. There are other options available as well, but these are the most common ones.
4. Cooking can also be accomplished by using wood, but many people prefer LP (Liquid Propane) or natural gas (that you can generate yourself as well). A number of people are also experimenting with using hydrogen and woodgas. As for refrigeration, an ice chest in a stream is good, as is a hole in the ground in the shadows somewhere. And of course, the old fashioned way to do it was to build an underground cellar somewhere, then stock it with ice during the winter, bury it with sawdust before spring, then dig out bits of ice for ice chest refrigeration, on an as needed basis.
5. As for transportation, get a bike. The exercise will do you good. J Barring that, go with a hybrid or a diesel (and convert to vegetable oil). Or if you’re ambitious enough, build an alcohol still or a woodgas unit (like the guy mentioned above). At a minimum, get a booklet called “26 Tips to Getting up to 50% Better Gas Mileage” online. If you put the info in it to use, it will dramatically improve your vehicle’s efficiency, thus saving you money here too.
Whether it’s just to save yourself some money, or to go completely off the grid with full energy independence, there are many ways to do it. So research it. And if you don’t know something, or something you read or hear does not make sense, don’t be afraid to ask. You won’t know how much you can save unless you try it.
