» KKU holds a meeting of the Prototype Lithium-ion Battery Factory Committee – the plan is to give more than 1,000 PAPR batteries for hospitals all over the country to fight against Covid-19 at the end of this year (1440 Views)

 May 3, 2021 at 16:30-17:30 p.m. – the steering committee of the Prototype Lithium-ion Battery Factory, Khon Kaen University held the first meeting of 2021 at the Innovation and Enterprise Section, 5th Floor, Sirikunakorn Building, Khon Kaen University. President Charnchai Panthongviriyakul, M.D. joined the meeting online. The other participants included Prof. Thidarat Boonmars, Ph.D., Vice President for Innovation and Enterprise; Asst. Prof. Thanoo Burinprakhon, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research and International Relation of the Faculty of Sciences; Prof. Witthaya Amornkitbamrung, Ph.D., Director of the Nano-Material Innovation and Research Institute of the Faculty of Sciences; Assoc. Prof. Nonglak Meethong, Ph.D., from the Nano-Material Innovation and Research Institute of the Faculty of Sciences; and the steering committee of the Prototype Lithium-ion Battery Factory, Khon Kaen University.

The project: “Reserve Battery for PAPR and Alternative Batteries for Mobile Medical Equipment”, which was discussed at the meeting was another interesting subject, for there were medical and public health objectives to solve and restore the economic and social conditions. This project was approved on April 27, 2021, with the fund from a funding source based on an Act of 2020 that enables the Ministry of Finance to make loans for mitigation of the impacts arising from the outbreak of Cpvid-19 pandemic.

The “Reserve Battery for PAPR and Alternative Batteries for Mobile Medical Equipment” Project has an aim to produce batteries for the PAPR and mobile medical equipment. Reduction of the cost at an estimate amount of over 25 million baht can be anticipated as the outcome of this project. The batteries are planned to be given to the Ministry of Public Health to distribute to hospitals all over the country in November and December, 2021. 

 

 


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