battery monitoring Articles
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Lifespan of UPS batteries
Factors that affect their duration and advice on how to best manage them The battery system inside an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) can consist of a single battery or comprise thousands of cells. The ideal would be to be able to accurately measure the conditions of this system to predict failures. In reality, unfortunately, this is not possible due to the many variables that influence the ...
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Heat Flux Sensing in Battery Monitoring
Batteries are critical devices for many people today: they power smartphones, laptops, and even cars! The wide adoption of batteries was possible because of the invention of the lithium-ion battery (whose inventors won the Nobel Prize this year). If we look at its results, the Li-Ion battery was surely one of the most important engineering achievements of the last 50 years. Given its importance, ...
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New approaches in battery monitoring architectures, design and methodologies
The typical dilemma of a backup battery system user is whether to rely on the guarantees of a battery supplier with regard to product performance, or to independently monitor battery status to ensure reliable backup power when the power is needed. This dilemma has created a vague sense of mistrust between battery suppliers and end users. More and more end-user decision makers, however, are ...
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AKCP Battery Monitoring for Géoazur - Case Study
Géoazur is a team of geophysicists, geologists and astronomers. With more than 100 permanent staff they specialize in the observation and monitoring of geophysical and astronomical activities.Géoazur operates a network of seismological monitoring stations that are interconnected with a Tsunami early warning system. These monitoring stations are powered by solar and battery power ...
By AKCP
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Why Do We Need Battery Monitoring If We Do Discharge Testing?
Introduction This is a question that is often asked, and the answer is relatively simple. A discharge test measures the capacity of the battery and a battery monitoring system is a maintenance tool. Let me explain further. The Importance of Capacity Testing A lead acid battery is a collection of lead-based electrochemical cells, each with a nominal voltage of 2 Volts, assembled in series to ...
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FPV Drone Battery
FPV 4s Drone Battery For most drone newbies, racing drone battery is very important to know how to choose a best 4s lipo battery for your drone, multi-rotors are fueled by LiPo battery, they are able to store and deliver large amount of power. Since they're made of individual cells, the battery you buy ends up having the voltage of all the cells combined. So, if you get 3S batteries, they will be ...
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Wilson Energy Employs QEI MicroPAQ to Monitor & Control Peaking Generators for Load Management and Peak Shaving
Wilson Energy installed generators for use in their Peak Shaving program. Peak Shaving is initiated via their QEI SCADA system. Wilson employed the QEI MicroPAQ to communicate with their generators to monitor and control from SCADA. Wilson Energy employs a number of Caterpillar, Cummins and Volvo Generators. Wilson needed a communication module to obtain the data from the EZGen generator ...
By QEI, LLC
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Cubic Gas Sensing Solutions in Lithium-Ion Batteries Thermal Runaway Application
Recent years, lithium-ion batteries thermal runaway events have attracted widespread attention. To further reduce the loss of life and property caused by lithium-ion batteries thermal runaway, some important regulations have been promulgated. UN GTR 20: “The vehicle shall provide an advance warning indication to allow egress or 5 minutes prior to the presence of a hazardous situation inside ...
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Fiber Optic Testing Helps Ensure EV Battery Health and Safety
EVs face unique design challenges in order to be competitive with gasoline-powered vehicles. The root of many of these challenges is in the EV battery pack. Drivers want similar vehicle range per charge when compared to a tank of gas, as well as the convenience they are used to with refilling a tank in just a few minutes. This means battery packs need to be able to store enough energy to go ...
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Ways to Properly Charge Stationary Lead-Acid Batteries
After hundreds of site visits, multiple battery systems tests, and the examination of numerous maintenance records, I would say that almost 50 percent of all stationary lead-acid batteries are not being properly charged. Constant-Current Charging: Not generally used for stationary batteries except during the manufacturing process. Constant-Potential / Constant Voltage Charging: Used in ...
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High voltage switchgear SF6 maintenance – Case Study
Just like the main circuit breaker in your home, city grids have main on/off switches called switchgears. When these high voltage switchgears open or close, huge "lightning-like" arcs of electricity are created. If not maintained correctly, these sparks can causewidespread power outages and pose a safety risk. To avoid these dangerous sparks, power companies have traditionally filled the sealed ...
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DIY Components
The 5 Main Areas of DIY Drone Parts Once you’ve decided on the type of DIY drone you want to build (e.g. quadcopter, hexacopter, etc.), you’ll have to learn about the 5 areas of DIY drone construction, which are: Mechanics, Propulsion, Flight Controllers, Sensors, Video Diy Quadcopter Kit: Mechanics First, you'll want to familiarize yourself with the types of drones that you can ...
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What Reduces Battery Life?
Batteries have become the lifeblood of today’s machines, devices, and equipment. Batteries enable us to use them without an electrical connection. But batteries, as we know, have limited capacity. Sooner we’ll have to plug our laptops, our phones, or replace our car batteries. Batteries have a predetermined lifespan as indicated by the manufacturers’ specifications. However, ...
By AKCP
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Major EV Battery Safety Recalls? Electra`s AI Technology Can Help
Electric vehicle recalls have accelerated as the risk of battery thermal runaway due to faults and failures remains a major pain point in the eMobility industry. General Motors recently took a $1.8 billion hit for battery warranty and replacement costs for the Chevrolet Bolt, according to CNBC, and it is not the only major OEM challenged by battery malfunction. While thermal runaway in electric ...
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New chip captures power from multiple sources
System developed at MIT could combine power harvested from light, heat and vibrations to run monitoring systems. Written by David L. Chandler, MIT News Office.You can read the original new in MIT NewsResearchers at MIT have taken a significant step toward battery-free monitoring systems — which could ultimately be used in biomedical devices, environmental sensors in remote locations and gauges in ...
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Hydro Power. Power Integrator Power Pilot
The Power Pilot power integrator has been specifically designed for use in hydroelectric plants with off-grid installations. The Power Pilot has been designed to allow the delivery of power in typically critical load conditions for the hydroelectric power production unit only and to improve the quality of the power supply to the users. Dedicated to Off-Grid Installations Those who manage a ...
By IREM SpA
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Replacing and upgrading lead acid batteries with lithium ion
Despite being the energy storage solution of choice for over 150 years, industries and consumers alike are migrating from Lead Acid Batteries (LABs) to superior solutions like Lithium Ferrous Phosphate (LFP) batteries. If a homeowner or business currently has lead acid batteries installed for back-up power without solar, grid-tied or off-grid systems with solar, or mobile applications like RV and ...
By Lumos Solar
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Schneider Electric recognizes 6 EcoXperts for excellence in EcoStruxure Power solutions
Delivering Excellence to Customers and Growth to Partners Unique in industry, the award-winning EcoXpert program offers an esteemed partnership between Schneider Electric and a truly global, cross-expertise ecosystem of solution providers. Certified on EcoStruxure, EcoXperts employ some of the highest levels of competency in the industry, delivering integrated building control, reliable power ...
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Generator Maintenance Monitoring
Types of generators and maintenance requirements There are two categories of generator power installations. Emergency Power Supply Systems (EPPS) are an independent power supply system for life-critical infrastructure. For example, hospitals are legally required to have EPPS. The maintenance of such systems is tightly controlled and regulated. The second category is standby generators. These ...
By AKCP
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Industrial Battery Engineering - Definitions and Goals
Let’s take a look at industrial battery engineering and see what is it and why is it important. Our detailed guide will help you understand the field. ...
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