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Design the right BMS for LiFePO4 batteries
By JD DiGiacomandrea, Green Cubes Technology Learn why Lithium-ion-phosphate batteries need the right battery-management system to maximize their useful life. It’s all about chemistry. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries provide high energy density, low weight, and long run times. Today, they’re in portable designs. Their popularity has spawned a few sub-chemistries that all use the principle of…
SiC-enabled demo board available in six variant for 400 – 800 V battery systems
To provide BEV and HEV designers with a faster and more reliable high-voltage circuit protection solution, Microchip Technology announces the E-Fuse Demonstrator Board, enabled by silicon carbide (SiC) technology, available in six variants for 400–800V battery systems and with a current rating up to 30 amps. The E-Fuse demonstrator can detect and interrupt fault currents in microseconds,…
PXI multi-channel battery simulator modules emulate battery stacks up to 1000 V
Pickering Interfaces announced the latest version in its 41/43-752A range of battery simulator modules. Ideal for EV battery stack emulation in BMS test applications, the 41/43-752A-111’s increased voltage isolation (now 1000V) will be essential as the EV industry shifts from 400V to 800V architectures. Targeting EV (electric vehicle), electric aircraft and other automotive, aerospace and energy…
April 2023 Issue: Internet of Things Handbook
A frequency you can count on There are few constants in life, but what few there are might include death, taxes, and a U.S. grid frequency that doesn’t vary by more than ±0.5 Hz. However, the certainty of the grid frequency is coming into question, thanks to the rising percentage of renewable energy sources that…
Slide-in PCB mount battery contacts
Keystone Electronics has once again met increasing demands for higher energy, lower weight cylindrical battery usage with the introduction of their latest leaf spring contacts designed to slide into molded cases with wire leads or mounted directly onto a PCB as a surface mount contact. Engineered with a contact design that adjusts to variations in…
Breaking the microbattery barrier: solid-state lithium battery tech enables next-gen wearables and hearables
Solid-state lithium microbattery technology is poised to leapfrog Li-ion and Li-poly alternatives for hearable and wearable devices. By Arvind Kamath, Ensurge Micropower The more popular digital health and fitness wearables and hearables become, the more frustrating the shortcomings of their rechargeable microbatteries. Decades-old Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) technology has reached its limits while handcuffing product developers to…
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Epiroc Boltec M Battery makes its debut in Canada
The underground mining landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years, with evolving battery technology acting as a catalyst to change in the industry. As part of the ongoing effort to lead the charge on this battery-electric transformation, Epiroc has imported the very first Boltec M Battery rig onto Canadian soil. The fully mechanized bolter is…
What’s the difference between battery isolators and battery separators?
2020 EnergySage installer survey finds one in five solar installations nationwide included a battery
Blue Planet Energy launches new Blue Ion HI stackable lithium battery system
An insane increase in battery capacity came online in the United States in Q4 2020
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Battery management system targets robotics, AGV, 2/3-wheeler apps
The new i-BMS Battery Management System from Lithium Balance, acquired by Sensata earlier in the year, is a cell chemistry agnostic, compact, integrated BMS developed for the cost-optimized mass-production of applications up to 60 V, such as two and three-wheelers, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and robotics. The i-BMS is a long-term solution for customers who […]
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SiC-enabled demo board available in six variant for 400 – 800 V battery systems
To provide BEV and HEV designers with a faster and more reliable high-voltage circuit protection solution, Microchip Technology announces the E-Fuse Demonstrator Board, enabled by silicon carbide (SiC) technology, available in six variants for 400–800V battery systems and with a current rating up to 30 amps. The E-Fuse demonstrator can detect and interrupt fault currents in microseconds,…
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Li-ion batteries might lose their leadership in stationary applications, discusses IDTechEx
In their latest redox flow battery report “Redox Flow Batteries 2021-2031”, IDTechEx estimated the role of medium duration energy storage in the context of larger penetration of variable renewable energy penetration. Up to date, variable renewable energy has reached a medium-low penetration rate between 10% and 40%. As investigated by academic research, the storage of…
Crown Battery will buy RECs and eventually source local renewables to take operations 100% green
Power Edison to supply 12-MWh mobile battery system to U.S. utility
Con Edison to use 1-MW lithium battery to improve grid stability in the Bronx
