Inventing a Lithium-Air Battery: Project Scope, Interests of Stakeholders, Feasibility Assessment, and Assumptions

This presentation discusses the project scope of inventing a lithium-air battery, including reducing radiation and heat, improving longevity, and replacing initial batteries with recyclable improved and better density batteries. It also covers the interests of stakeholders and their influence in the project, feasibility assessment, and assumptions. The subject is engineering, and the course code and college/university are not mentioned.

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Lithium- air battery
Project scope;
To invent/ develop Li-air battery
To reduce the level of radiation in lithium batteries
Reduction of heat that arises from high MW batteries
 Improving longevity

 Replacing initial batteries with recyclable improved and better density
batteries
 The battery is expected to be more efficient and over 9 times better than usual
lithium ion battery (Girishkumar et al., 2010, p2193)
 The battery will come on oxidation hence power is saved
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 Lithium air is the holy grail of battery research
 Lithium air batteries can hold power 40 times better than lithium ion batteries
(Dr. Robert Kerr)
 The lithium air batteries are able draw oxygen from the air
 The oxygen drawn enacts reaction in lithium and energy is discharged

background
 Battery density; Same physical size with lithium ion battery but capable of
storing more (Girishkumar et al., 2010, p2193)
 Improved longevity; can be recycled/ recharged many times before they
start losing energy (approximately over 1000 times
 Safety; lithium batteries are less likely to bursting into flames hence it is
more safer compare to lithium ion

 The battery works in solid state with solid electrolytes
 It therefore prevents the possibility of bursting which is the case
in ion lithium
 The level of efficiency guarantees resource saving and
effectiveness

interests earned by Stakeholders and their influence/ powers in the
project
 Shareholders; they gain dividends, profit growth and they share price growth
 Powers will be allocated/ delegated among shareholders through elections
 Banks and other lenders; are meant to maintain credit ratings as well as
interests and principle to be paid (Jung et al., 2012, p.579).
 The banks and lenders can withdraw banking and facilities and enforce loan

Stakeholder interests, powers and influence
 Directors and managers; they earn salary, status, job satisfaction, and share
options
 Directors are liable to decision making and having detailed information
 Employees; they earn salary and wages, job motivation, satisfaction, and job
security
 The employees influence industrial location, stuff turnover, service quality

 Suppliers; they earn long-term contracts, the growth of purchasing, and
prompt payment (Jung et al., 2012, p.579)
 the suppliers influence the pricing, product availability and the quality
supplied
 The customers; enjoy the value of money, reliability in quality, and product
availability

 The customers influence the level of revenue earned by the project through
return rate and recommendations
 The community; earn local jobs, have local impact, and environment
 The community; influence indirect planning and opinion leaders and the
location of project (Zhang, & Zhou, 2013, 1817)
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 The government; it earns revenue , tax receipts, jobs and enable operation
legally.
 The government regulates the operation through subsidization and taxation
policies (Xiao et al., 2011, p. 5078)
 The also government also influences planning and allocation of the project

 The project sponsors;
 Lalithkumar
 Shravan Reddy
 Amritpalkaur
 Shwetakakkerla

Feasibility assessment
 Feasibility; will help in enabling future industrial research
 Also ensure product development, viability of lithium battery and ultimility
for larger scale output (Wang, & Zhou, 2010, p.358)
 Requirements; specific energy: 40,104400j/kg
 Timelines; 120 days

 Resources; need ultra-high energy chemical power sources (Balaish,
Kraytsberg & Ein-Eli, 2014, p.2822)
 Constraints; completing the project within the stipulated time period
 Otherwise, the project will be lost to the government

assumptions
 Coordination between Victorian government and management will be
professionally handled (Grande et al., 2015, p.800)
 Managers will provide regular updates taken in the project
 Expecting coordination among the management team to be highly
coordinated
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 Quality; lithium battery is capable of running 20000 kg EV, ~500km
(310miles)
 One on one charge using 60 kg of batteries (Kumar et al., 2010, p.A50)
 Risks; time complexity is the main challenge.
 The government may take over the project due to time constraints
 There is complexity in handling multiple team members and coordination

References
• Girishkumar, G., McCloskey, B., Luntz, A. C., Swanson, S., & Wilcke, W. (2010). Lithium− air
battery: promise and challenges. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 1(14), 2193-2203.
• Jung, H. G., Hassoun, J., Park, J. B., Sun, Y. K., & Scrosati, B. (2012). An improved high-
performance lithium–air battery. Nature chemistry, 4(7), 579.
• Zhang, T., & Zhou, H. (2013). A reversible long-life lithium–air battery in ambient air. Nature
communications, 4, 1817.
• Xiao, J., Mei, D., Li, X., Xu, W., Wang, D., Graff, G. L., ... & Liu, J. (2011). Hierarchically
porous graphene as a lithium–air battery electrode. Nano letters, 11(11), 5071-5078.

References
• Kumar, B., Kumar, J., Leese, R., Fellner, J. P., Rodrigues, S. J., & Abraham, K. M. (2010). A solid-state,
rechargeable, long cycle life lithium–air battery. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 157(1), A50-A54.
• Grande, L., Paillard, E., Hassoun, J., Park, J. B., Lee, Y. J., Sun, Y. K., ... & Scrosati, B. (2015). The
lithium/air battery: still an emerging system or a practical reality?. Advanced materials, 27(5), 784-800.
• Balaish, M., Kraytsberg, A., & Ein-Eli, Y. (2014). A critical review on lithium–air battery
electrolytes. Physical chemistry chemical physics, 16(7), 2801-2822.
• Wang, Y., & Zhou, H. (2010). A lithium-air battery with a potential to continuously reduce O2 from air for
delivering energy. Journal of Power Sources, 195(1), 358-361