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|16 Aug 1988
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|Thomas D. Kaun
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The United States Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. W-31-109-ENG-38 between the U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory.
This invention relates to a device for storing electrical energy which typically is denoted as a secondary electrochemical cell of the general type described in the Shimotaki et al, U.S. Pat. No. 3,488,221 issued Jan. 6, 1970 assigned to a predecessor in interest of the assignee of this application. Typical secondary cells have long shelf lives, and may be completely and repeatedly charged and discharged at either rapid or slow rates and can produce extremely high currents for short periods of time. Secondary cells are versatile and may be used as constant voltage sources over long periods of time or as sources for large currents for short period of time. Secondary cells of this general type have uses in space and other remote areas.
In prior developed high-temperature secondary electrochemical cells, the positive electrode generally has been formed with chalcogens such as sulfur, oxygen, selenium or tellerium, as well as their transition metal chalconides, and have included the sulfides of iron, cobalt, nichel and copper.
In high temperature cells, current flow between electrodes often is transmitted by molten electrolytic salt. Particularly useful salts include compositions of the alkali metal halides and/or the alkaline earth metal halides ordinarily incorporating a salt of the negative electrode-active metal, such as lithium, see column 2 of the Shimotaki et al, U.S. Pat. No. 3,488,221. One problem with many of the electrolytes available is the limited dynamic range, which is the ratio of alkali or alkaline metal earth ions for which the electrolyte will remain liquid, at a specific temperature, to avoid the electrolyte from solidifying in the electrodes as the concentration of positive ions changes during cell operation. The larger the dynamic range the more useful the electrolyte since electrolyte solidification reduces electrode efficiency.
Alkali metals such as lithium, sodium, potassium or alkaline earth metals including calcium, magnesium and others along with alloys of these materials have been used as negative electrode active materials. Alloys of these materials such as lithium-aluminum, lithium-silicon, lithium-aluminum-silicon, lithium-magnesium as well as many others have been used to improve retention of the electrode active material at the high operating temperatures of these secondary electrochemical cells.
A preferred cell along with a method of making an anode was disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,386,019 issued May 31, 1983 to Kaun et al, assigned to the assignee of this invention, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. In the U.S. Pat. No. 4,386,019, a method of fabricating an anode was disclosed, but that method is applicable to fabricating both electrodes of the present invention. In my prior U.S. Pat. No. 4,446,212 issued May 1, 1984, assigned to the assignee of this invention, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated by reference, it was stated that a disadvantage of previous cells incorporating a lithium-aluminum electrode was the reduction in cell capacity during prolonged operation, and the patent disclosed a cell including a basic lithium-aluminum negative electrode with an iron sulfide (FeS or Fe2 S)positive electrode along with an electrolyte blended of lithium chloride and potassium chloride. In this positive electrode, the typical loading density was 1.5 Ah/cm3, a fairly typical density. The invention there disclosed included the addition of an aluminum-iron alloy, and/or graphitized carbon and/or magnesium oxide to the negative electrode in order to reduce the declining capacity due to repeated discharge.
In the design and consideration of iron sulfide secondary cells, it has long been known that the higher voltage (1.75 avg. V) reaction of FeS2 +2 Li+ +2e- →Li2 FeS2 is endothermic. It has also been well known that the lower voltage (1.33 avg. V) reaction of Li2 FeS2 +2Li2 +2e- →2Li2 S+Fe is exothermic, whereby the net positive electrode reaction is exothermic. The typical iron sulfide cell has operated using both the higher voltage reaction, hereafter the "upper plateau" and the lower voltage reaction, hereafter the "lower plateau", so that the conventional iron sulfide electrode was a two plateau (t.p.) electrode. It has long been desirable to provide an electrochemical cell which is endothermic at the positive electrode but until the present invention that has not been possible.
This invention provides a secondary cell which has substantially uniform discharge capacity over extended charge-discharge cycles and operates entirely on the upper plateau reaction, providing a endothermic positive electrode reaction. The vastly improved discharge capacity is due, it is believed, to a combination of a new electrolyte having a low melting point and improved dynamic range, a new higher loading density FeS2 positive electrode and a cell design that is negative electrode limited which ensures that the positive electrode is limited to its upper plateau reaction. This invention includes a higher density positive electrode for a secondary electrochemical cell, a low melting point electrolyte having an expanded dynamic range, a molybdenum cladded housing and a method of isothermally operating a secondary electrochemical cell.
This invention relates to an improved FeS2 positive electrode secondary electrochemical cell having a long and stable cycle-life wherein the FeS2 electrode is limited to the upper electrochemical plateau, thereby providing an endothermic positive electrode reaction. The invention also relates to a method of isothermally operating a cell having the aforesaid positive electrode.
A principal object of the invention is to provide a cell which maintains substantially constant capacity utilization over prolonged charge/discharge cycles.
Another object of the invention is to provide a denser positive electrode capable of endothermic reaction and method of isothermally operating a cell having such an electrode.
Another object of the invention is to provide a new low melting point electrolyte with an expanded dynamic range.
Additional objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.
For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of the invention, there is illustrated the accompanying drawings:
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an electrochemical cell that can be used in testing the electrode of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a special testing design for an electrochemical cell;
FIG. 3 is a graph illustrating the relationship between cell voltage and cell capacity for two different cells;
FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the capacity utilization and discharge current density for two different electrochemical cells;
FIG. 5 is a graph showing the relationship between the cell utilization and deep discharge cycles for over 5,000 hours of operation; and
FIG. 6 is a graph showing the relationship between heat generation and the discharge current and current density.
FIG. 1 illustrates an electrochemical cell 10 suitable for testing electrodes of the present type, the cell 10 being disclosed also in my U.S. Pat. No. 4,011,374 issued Mar. 8, 1977 and assigned to the assignee of this application, the disclosure of which patent is incorporated herein by reference. The cell 10 includes a non-conductive exterior housing 11, a negative electrode 13 and a positive electrode 15 separated by molten electrolyte 17. Electrode conductors 19 and 21 respectively extend from the positive electrode 15 and the negative electrode 13. Although schematic in nature, it will be understood that one skilled in the art can make an electrochemical cell 10 of the same general type to incorporate multiple layers of negative and positive electrodes separated by molten electrolyte, all with suitable support members, insulators and other items well known in the art.
FIG. 2 illustrates a special test cell 20 of the type used to generate the data hereinafter reported. Because typical multiplate cells exhibit more electrode agglomeration for an inner negative electrode, that is an electrode operated with electrolyte at both faces, the test cell 20 incorporates such a design. The test cell 20 is positive grounded with a housing 22 being stainless steel having molybdenum cladding or coatings of Mo, TiN and/or TiC on the interior surface to double as an improved current collector and has a center negative electrode 25, which may be slurry-formed lithium-aluminum alloy (53 at. % lithium and 70 amp. hr. capacity) and which is surrounded by a boron nitride separator 26. By providing an internal cladding of molybdenum, or coating of TiN, or TiC on a cell housing of the type herein illustrated or of the type illustrated in FIG. 2 of U.S. Pat. No. 4,540,642, issued to me Sept. 10, 1985, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference, the fabrication is made easier, at lower cost to provide a more durable construction and at a lower weight. The current collection for the FeS2 electrode is also improved. Perforated current collectors 27 and 28 are respectively at the outer boundaries of the negative electrode 25 and at the inner boundaries of iron sulfide positive electrode 30. The perforated current collectors 27, 28 have apertures about 38 mils in diameter with 45% of each sheet being open area. The test cell 20 is designed with the positive electrode 30 having approximately twice the capacity compared to the negative electrode 25, whereby the test cell 20 capacity if controlled by the negative electrode 25.
The improved dense positive electrode which may be made in accordance with the methods set forth in the previously referenced U.S. Pat. No. 4,386,019 has a higher loading density of about 2.4 Ah/cm3. By dense electrode, it is meant that the electrode-active material is present in the range of from about 40 volume percent to about 60 volume percent. The preferred electrode contains 50 volume percent FeS2. If less than 40 volume percent of the positive electrode active material is present, then the electrode is not dense within the definition herein used and if the positive electrode material is present in an amount greater than about 60% volume percent, there is insufficient electrolyte available to provide an adequate reaction. The positive electrode of the invention has for its principal electrode active material FeS2. Although minor amounts of cobalt, nickel, copper, chalcogens or other traditionally used electrode-active materials may be incorporated in the positive electrode. Another advantage of operating at the upper plateau is the reaction product Li2 FeS2 is more dense than the reaction product Li2 S of the lower plateau reaction so that positive electrode operation only at the upper plateau needs to accommodate less discharge volume, making the electrode smaller have higher energy density.
In order to ensure that the electrochemical cell having a dense FeS2 operates entirely on the upper electrochemical plateau, the electrochemical cell must be negative electrode limited, as defined herein and in the aforementioned U.S. Pat. No. 4,446,212. This means that the amount of electrode-active material present in the electrodes is such that during discharge, the negative electrode active material is first depleted. By providing a negative electrode limited cell, it has been possible to provide an electrochemical cell having a dense FeS2 electrode operating entirely on the upper plateau.
Since the electrochemical reaction FeS2 +2 Li+2e- →Li2 FeS2 is endothermic and the positive electrode operates only on the upper plateau, by choosing the rate of discharge, an isothermal operation can be obtained for the first time. In addition, even if isothermal conditions are not maintained during cell discharge, the endothermic nature of the positive electrode reaction substantially offsets the I2 R heating generated during cell discharge, thereby substantially reducing the cooling requirements of the secondary electrochemical cell. This important aspect of the invention enables the battery system to be smaller, lighter weight and more reliable, especially for high power systems.
It has also been found that the eutectic of lithium chloride, lithium bromide, potassium bromide, wherein the lithium chloride is present in the amount of 25 mole percent, the lithium bromide is present in the amount of 38 mole percent and the potassium bromide is present in the amount of 37 mole percent having a melting point of 310� C. provides a significant improvement in cell operation. Electrochemical cells having the dense FeS2 electrode herinbefore described have been operated with other electrolytes such as other mixtures of lithium chloride, lithium bromide and potassium bromide as well as the lithium chloride and potassium chloride electrolyte disclosed in my U.S. Pat. No. 4,446,212 and other electrolytes from the KBr-LiBr-KCl-LiCl phase diagram bounded by 10-100 mole percent Br-, balance Cl- and 50-75% mole percent Li+, balance K+ would be acceptable; however, it has been found that using the aforementioned eutectic of lithium chloride, lithium bromide and potassium bromide in combination with the dense FeS2 electrode provides lower operating temperatures, eliminates the capacity-loss problem of the Li-Al/FeS2 system with the LiCl-KCl electrolyte. The new electrolyte allows operating temperatures in the range of from about 340� C. to about 430� C., preferably in the range of from about 388� C. to about 400� C.
In addition, the new electrolyte provides another totally unexpected bonus as it has a substantially greater dynamic range than previously used electrolytes. By expanded dynamic range it is meant that the electrolyte remains liquid for greater ratios of lithium to potassium concentrations than heretofore possible. As is known, the ratio lithium to potassium concentrations in the electrolyte composition varies since lithium is pulled out of the electrolyte at one electrode and introduced into the electrolyte at the other electrode. Because of the wider liquidus range of the inventive electrolyte, the cell may be charged and discharged at higher current densities without forming solids in the electrodes because of electrolyte freezing. The dynamic range of the new electrolyte is such that the liquidus extends over lithium ion to potassium ion ratios of 1.25 to 2.6, a significant improvement over the liquidus range for the lithium chloride-potassium chloride electrolyte reported in my U.S. Pat. No. 4,446,212 of 1.25 to 1.81. The broader liquidus range prevents salt crystallization in the electrodes at high current densities.
Prismatic bicells (24 and 48 Ah capacity) with separator area of 100 cm2 (BN felt, from Kenecott) were fabricated for evaluating performance and cycle life of the Li-Al/LiCl-LiBr-KBr/FeS2 (upper plateau) system. The initial test cell duplicated earlier test cells used for evaluation the Li-Al/LiCl-KCl/T.P.-FeS2 system. The electrodes (8.7 cm high�6.3 cm wide) were contained behind perforated-sheet current collectors--molybdenum for the central FeS2 electrode and 1008 steel for the two Li-Al electrodes.
The iron disulfide electrode contained FeS2 with 15 mole percent CoS2 additive for a total theoretical capacity of 24 or 48 Ah (on the upper plateau). The slurry-formed LiAl electrodes contained 53 at. % Li-Al alloy for 35 or 70 Ah capacity with 0.9 Ah/Cm3 loading density. Cells were assembled with a BN powder feedthrough seal. The electrolyte (from Anderson Physics Lab.) was added to the cells in the molten state. Cells were subsequently operated in an argon glovebox.
Cycle-life testing at a 8-h charge rate and 4-h discharge rate (50 or 100 mA/cm2) was controlled between voltage cutoffs of 2.05 and 1.25 V (IR included), respectively. A Ni/Ni3 S2 reference electrode indicated working-electrode potentials during the deep-discharge cycling. Current interrupts of one second duration were used to evaluate electrode and cell resistances. Power measurements were derived by integrating voltage at constant-current pulses (10-100 A) of 15-s duration.
The Li-Al/LiCl-LiBr-KBr/FeS2 (upper plateau) cell, which was cycle-life tested at 397� C. had at least 50% higher energy density than a Li-Al/LiCl-KCl/FeS2 (two plateau) cell of the same size, which was operated at 427� C. The voltage/capacity curves of these two cell types (each of approximately 24 Ah theoretical capacity) are presented in FIG. 3. Energy density at 50 mA/cm2 for the FeS2 (upper plateau) cell was enhanced as a result of an approximately 50% higher utilization of the capacity and a 10% higher average discharge voltage. The energy density at higher discharge rates, 100 and 150 mA/cm2, showed even greater improvement, with the utilization of capacity ranging from 82 to 75% at 397� C. The cell was capable of an 82% utilization at 150 mA/cm2 was operated at 427� C. Cell capacity at 100 mA/cm2 discharge current density was only slightly decreased as temperature was decreased from 427� C. to 388� C. The cell had good operability at temperatures as low as 380� C., but could be operated at temperatures as low as about 340� C.
The 48-Ah cell tested the performance at double thick (8 mm) FeS2 (upper plateau) electrodes. The utilization vs. discharge current density of the 48 Ah cell matched that of the 24-Ah cell, see FIG. 4. The high energy density of cells was developed from high utilization of thick electrodes. At a discharge current density of 100 mA/cm2, the thick-electrode FeS2 (upper plateau) cell provided nearly a four-fold increase in energy storage with respect to separator area compared to that of the FeS2 cell (two plateau) theoretical capacity was doubled and utilization was nearly doubled. Tests with six cels of 1 Ah capacity have confirmed these results.
The 48 Ah cell demonstrated an outstanding combination of high energy and power density. The power density of 80% depth of discharge (DOD) was enhanced by at least 100%, because of two factors. First, the cell voltage at 80% DOD was about 0.3 volts higher than that of a FeS2 (two plateau) cell (see FIG. 3). Second, cell resistivity was also lower for the dense FeS2 upper plateau) cell, ranging from 0.65 to 0.852 Ω-cm2 for 5 to 80% DOD, respectively, compared with 1.2 to 1.6Ω-cm for the FeS2 (two plateau) cells. The higher voltage and lower resistivity of the FeS2 (upper plateau) cell boost its power density to 0.8 Watts per square centimeter of separator area at 80% DOD from about a 0.3 value for the FeS2 (two plateau) cell.
The improved power and energy densities of the iron disulfide electrode at the reduced operating temperatures of 388� to 427� C. are believed to be caused by two factors. One is improved electronic conductivity of the electrode. According to the Bruggeman equation
where Km=bed conductivity/dense body conductivity and f=electrolyte fraction. Thus, the increased electrode loading density (from 32 to 50 vol. %) would double the electronic conductivity of the iron disulfide electrode. The second factor is the increased dynamic range of the LiCl-LiBr-KBr eutectic electrolyte. At 400� C., this electrolyte has a liquidus that extends over a Li+ /K+ ratio of 1.25 to 2.6; for LiCl-KCl, the range if only 1.25 to 1.81. The broader liquidus for the LiCl-LiBr-KBr electrolyte would tend to alleviates salt crystallation which is important, since it is believed that the crystallization of LiCl-KCl impedes high current density operation of molten-electrolyte cells.
The capacity utilization vs. cycle number for the FeS2 (upper plateau) cell is shown in FIG. 5 (the coulombic efficiency of the cell is >99%). Its utilization is 89% at 50 mA/cm. The cell capacity has been nearly constant through more than 400 cycles and 5400 hours and the cell voltage vs. capacity curve was little changed (as in FIG. 3) during this time. In this test, the cell was charged at 25 mA/cm2 to a charge cutoff voltage of 2.05 V. These values are greater than those that could be used with the Li-Al/LiCl-KCl/FeS2 (two plateau) cell while maintaining stable capacity. Electrode potentials vs. the Ni/Ni3 S2 reference electrode) indicate that both electrodes LiAl and FeS2, mutually attain full charge.
Apparently, both time-related and cycle-related capacity loss has been eliminated in this cell. It has been found that thermal decomposition and solubility in LiCl-KCl of discharge reaction species are causes of capacity loss in the disulfide electrode. For the dense FeS2 (upper plateau) electrode in LiCl-LiBr-KBr, the reduced operating temperature and increased cell performance (e.g. increased electrode-bed conductivity) promote capacity stability.
The use of the dense FeS2 (upper plateau) electrode and the lower-melting LiCl-LiBr-KBr electrolyte has eliminated the capacity-loss problem of the Li-Al/FeS2 system; with LiCl-KCl electrolyte, the cell would have lost 30% of its capacity in the first 200 cycles. At the same time, the cell performance has been increase significantly. Based on the improved performance, a 250-Ah monopolar cell should achieve a specific energy of 175 Wh/kg at a 4-h rate and specific power of 200 W/kg at 80% DOD. Batteries from the new cells can be operated nearly isothermally because the unique entropic cooling of the upper-plateau FeS2 discharge reaction can offset I2 R heating. FIG. 6 shows the relation required for isothermal operation of a high power cell, upper plateau FeS2 cell having 175 cm2 electrode area made in accordance with the method hereinbefore set forth operated at 397� C.
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Quote, originally posted by cruzad3r » OMG lol dam you CTS for making it so easy for me to buy this frikin kit LOL ... about 4k for all the parts and probably another 1k for installation. big turbo does come cheap for the TT now LOL
question about reliability and driveability. how is this compare to the apr stage3? i know you said it's a plug and play system but am i going to have to spend endless hours, effort and money in getting this BigTurbo kit works right.
also i have to send you my ECU for the software right? how is the support on that IF i have problem with the software and my car is not running properly?
Do you have any partner vendor somewhere in the Northeast area? Like NY, MA, CT?
Forcefed could do the install and supply the kit, or you could get it from us.
Ed can help you out, he does unitronic software, and he's well versed in installing our kits.
If you have any questions feel free to email me: email@example.com
on a side note, thanks Cincy

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Sandy Victims Attack Aid Distribution [AUDIO]
Nearly 15 months since Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey, and a year since Congress approved a multibillion dollar aid package, a number of Garden-Staters still have no real place to call home.
A handful of frustrated Sandy victims testified before the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee on Wednesday, detailing their encounters with "red tape" and "bureaucracy" in their process to rebuild from the storm. The panel held the hearing to gauge the state's efforts in distributing the $1.8 billion in federal funding that already arrived.
Among the residents heard by the committee was Lee Ann Newland of Neptune, whose home was destroyed by the October 2012 storm. No work has been done on her home since, and that's the same complaint she had in August when she first appeared before a panel of lawmakers in Atlantic City.
"We continue to pay our mortgage," Newland explained. "We're sitting with this house that we can't even go in anymore because we have now developed lung issues from the mold."
Newland and her husband believe they're on the wait-list for a rebuilding grant, but they claim they haven't heard anything about it since the summer.
Keyport resident Wanda Peterson also appeared before the committee, recalling her stint of homelessness following the storm and being separated from her two daughters. "Through God's grace," she was able to pay for her cell phone bill while on the streets, in order to speak with state officials.
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Richard Constable told lawmakers the state has distributed nearly half of its initial funding. Another $1.4 billion is headed to New Jersey in the near future, and the state should have a draft action plan by the end of this month, explaining how it plans to use the new money.
"I fully recognize that too many people remain out of their homes, that too many people are still rebuilding, that people are frustrated," Constable told the panel. "I hear their frustration, and I assure you that every day our singular focus at the Department is to get our Sandy-impacted neighbors back in their homes."
Following the hearing, Committee Chair Jerry Green (D-Plainfield) pledged to work with Constable's office "to see how we can cut through the red tape, restore confidence in the recovery program and get these residents the help they need."


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If they were to go so far as offer such a product in the US market they'll need (in my opinion) to offer the product with AWD, have it priced accordingly so as to not create too much overlap with the ATS, make it fun to drive, and make it convincing for luxury buyers. Other GM products like the Verano are solid and convincing luxury/near-luxury vehicles. They'll need to offer something head and shoulders above it to make it stand out in comparison to corporate-cousins like the Verano. Furthermore, while some folks have detracted the Verano for some interior materials or powertrain issues, a future sub-ATS vehicle can't have any kind of similar faults. In fact, one good way to think about it is, any future sub-ATS would have to pick cup where the Verano GS leaves off.


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With an abundance of television shows to host, it is surprising Holly Willoughby ever has the time to sleep. She has, however, just launched her own bedding range.
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LOL, she thought she won a car.
LOL, she thought she won a car.
Haha, that is amazing! Actually a pretty sweet prize :P
Wow, that was hillarious. Not for her, but I realy enjoyed it.
oooo man i remember this then they also had one where they said you can win a 100 grand when some dude won it was the candy bar lol
That's great!
Thats funny. She should be happy, it came with a little lightsaber.
She sued the company that ran the contest and won. Good for her!
I don't think she should have won, They said toy yoda, it's not their fault she didn't bother with details, I think it's hilarious. What would have been funnier is had one of us won, and would have been happier WITH the Yoda toy.
I remember this from several years ago. I never hear whether she won her lawsuit, but in my opinion, she should have: Hooters made the deal. If you sell more beer than anyone else, you win a prize. It was obviously deceptive. The waitress performed her end and she should be compensated by Hooters
very funny
I want a new Toy Yoda
What an idiot. Suing because of her misunderstanding.
I just heard on the news this morning of a woman suing Loreal because there was brown dye in her blond hair dye package. She did not win, but she complained of headaches and wearing hats, and she would not be able to get back to the blonde color ever........
Yeah, welcome to America. That happens. A lot. Something wrong? Sue! Drives me nuts watching tv, nothing but lawyer ads.
People sue over nothing these days. Its all got a little out of hand imo
I've become completely distraught after reading this thread, Im suing!
I actually have that same Yoda downstairs. :
Everyone here has corrupted my thinking and it has caused me undue stress and I believe a migraine, so therefore you all can look forward to meeting my lawyers. I expect millions!
I'm going to sue my lawyer for not letting me know of all the things I could be suing over right now.
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Wheelin' Gator, Fights To Sit In The Student Section
GAINESVILLE - In all kinds of weather we all stick together. While there is room in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for gator fans with physical disabilities, at least one gator student with a physical disability wants a place with his buddies. One student is trying to change his view at the game and how others view him.
When you think of your first football game, you don't just remember the players and the stadium you were in, but the people you were there with. This is why one "Wheelin' Gator" is trying so hard to grab a seat with the rest of the student fans.
Billy Macconel is a senior studying telecommunications at the University of Florida. He says he hasn't missed one football game during his time at UF. Macconel was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy at birth. It's a condition affecting his brain that has shut down parts of his body. And while this die-hard fan gets to enjoy every game, he does so from the accessible seating section. A section that is also reserved for alumni and non-student fans, sometimes including the fans of the opposing team.
Billy Macconel said, "No body wants to hang out over there with the old people... Or the alumni, I should say." Macconel thinks the section designated for disabled students has a great view of the game; it's not the same without his friends.
This is why he has created a Facebook page, "Wheelin Gator," to bring awareness to the issue and started a petition asking the University Athletic Association to do something about it. He even had a couple of friends help him make a music video.
Lisa Crisalli, an Occupational Therapist and Wheel Chair Seating Specialist with UF Health Rehab says, accommodating Maconnel's request helps society head in the right direction. "They are people and they should be able to access everything like everyone else. Just because they have a physical limitation doesn't mean that they shouldn't be able to," Crisalli said.
While Macconel graduates next May, he hopes he can make a change that others just like him can also benefit from. "Even if the seats aren't as great... It would mean a whole lot more for me to be over there," Macconel said.
While we could not speak to the University Athletic Association on camera, spokesperson Steve McClain says that they do work hand in hand with UF's ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Compliance Office to ensure that they follow federal legislation to make reasonable accomodations.
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overcharged for concrete garage slabs
General contractor has put in 2 garage pads with footings and the bill is quite high. We were referred to him & I'd gotten prices from the other gc's in the area so we knew approx how much it should be.
The concrete alone was a total of $9290 w/concrete, screed, mileage as the explanation. Concrete is $80 p/cubic yard.
24x24 is 1st pad 6inch thick 36inch footers, 30x40 2nd pad also 6inch thick 36inch footers total for the 2 pads was over 21K. The dirt work for the pads were done, he did do the excavating with his own equipment & used rebar/ties/stakes/lumber. I've contacted the concrete company since we did not receive the bill from them it was all billed through the gc, asking them for a copy of the bill to verify prices. But until I receive it, I'm just trying to get an opinion on if it is too high or if it's just me. We are rural midwest & I question if he's charging us more since we're from the "city" , I certainly know with these prices vs the others, he would have no work otherwise!
Anyone with experience or has had slab work done, please let me know!
That is certainly a heavy duty slab from a thickness and footing standpoint. Those increase the excavating, compacted base and forming costs in addition to the amount of concrete needed. The concrete cost is certainly reasonable, especially if he used air-entrained and higher strength for durability. Around here all driveways 4" or so thick (sometimes 6", but no "footings") are over 4000 psi and air entrained and the concrete is more than $80.00/yard.
What kind of loads and guidelines were given to the contractor?
Can you explain the footers a little better,regarding dimensions?
yeah thats rediculous.... I did my entire garage pad, 9'' deep for 600 bucks.
That is a lot of concrete almost 3000 cubic feet. They could have poured your 2 slabs almost 2ft thick. Those better be big footings to use that much concrete. If they used standard truck it would have taken more than 10 which is why it pays to supervise any work, you could at least have counted the trucks.
What did your contract say?
I saw the footings, they are about 1foot wide x 36inches deep and they were poured and allowed to set before he put the slab on. They run the entire 24x24 (576sq ft)& 30x40 (1200sq ft) outer edge of the pad. He is currently finishing our house pad, so I was advised to wait to confront him on the overcharges until he completed that because we are on a timeframe to get that done so everything else can fall in line. So I will be discussing this with him once that is complete. I just want to make sure I have all my "ducks in a row" before I do sit down with him.
We do not have a contract with him.
Your contract should have the dollar amounts already layed out. If you signed a contract with no $ amounts, that could be a problem. plus, are you sure the concrete he used was $80/yd.? I am also in the midwest and it's higher here.
martin -
You may have some strange or problematic soils apparently you are doing a slab on grade construction to float the home.
Having work done wiithout a contract is always iffy.
What makes you think everyone's price is the same? Maybe it is high but the point is that YOU let the work be done without getting the price first, now you don't like the price. You can't come here on the internet and get ideas about pricing here and then go back to your contractor and tell him what information you received here. Doesn't work that way. You obviously don't have a signed contract form the GC with pricing. Is the GC licensed and insured?
You agreed to have a contractor put in slab and footing with no contract? Did you have drawings and specifications? This seems very unusual, what is your basis to say he overcharged, since you had no contract he could charge you a million dollars for the work.
According to your demensions you have 33 cu. yds. in the slabs $2640.00 and 26 cu. yds in the footings $2080.00 for a total of $4720.00,kinda late to be asking but why the heavy footings under the slabs??
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The Vols were back on the practice field on Tuesday afternoon for their sixth practice of spring. What did Butch Jones think of the team's performance? Find out in the #VolReport: Back To Work.
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- Associated Press: Vols' spring challenge: Rebuild offensive line
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BoinxTV gurus Basti and Tino launched their new podcast bitnapping.tv in english last month. bitnapping.tv features one power user tip per episode. The presenter - Basti and Tino take turns - stands in front of a greenscreen and demos the tip on a MacBook Pro. The screen of the MacBook Pro is captured via a Blackmagic Intensity HDMI input card which is connected to the DVI output of the MacBook Pro. The "Picture in Picture" Layer of BoinxTV is used to display the presenter in front of the video. The layer can shrink the presenter out of the way to the bottom of the video so the audience has an unobstructed view of the action on the MacBook Pro screen.
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On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
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