When management decided to purchase and install a new, vented lead-acid battery system at the Dogwood power plant, decision-makers also investigated the benefits of adding a continuous ...

Despite its critical importance, the battery system is easily the most vulnerable component of a UPS system. Unlike other UPS components, batteries degrade relatively quickly, and often unpredictably, ...

The U.S.-based PV system provider for infrastructure and industrial equipment without grid access has launched a battery health monitoring software module for its flagship Core Solar Power Systems ...

Vehicle manufacturers typically demand battery lifetimes exceeding 10 years, and they also specify the required usable battery capacity. The challenge to the battery system designer is to squeeze the ...

Battery packs are an integral element in every electric-vehicle and robotic system, and their optimum performance can be the difference between safe operation and catastrophic thermal runaway. Battery ...

Almost every boat today has a voltmeter of some kind—either as a dedicated gauge or as part of a multifunction display. But voltage does not tell the whole story when it comes to marine battery status ...

Lithium-ion batteries represent one of the best inventions of the 20 th century. They have one of the highest energy-density specifications of any battery made (energy density is the quantity of ...

Infrared (IR) temperature measurement plays a key role in ensuring the safety and optimal performance of batteries across a wide range of applications. Accurate temperature control is particularly ...

In today’s boats, electric power rivals the importance of engine horsepower. Even the electronic control unit on today’s marine engines—that brain that makes outboards and inboards do what we want ...

NXP’s battery management chipset integrates electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to enable lab-grade vehicle diagnostics. The system comprises three devices: the BMA7418 18-channel Li-Ion cell ...

The German navigation specialist Raytheon Anschütz introduces a newly developed wireless battery monitoring technology. The core of the system is a new sensor that features an innovative measurement ...