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Testing patience rather than battery formation

Technical editor Mike McDonagh reports on more challenges for the β prototype battery formation unit.

14 Nov 2023
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Dr Mike McDonagh

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Giving your lead-acid battery grid a good pasting

15 Aug 2023
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Fig 6 Voltage spike error reducing with progress of formation schedule and SoC of battery.

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Calibrations and watt hour savings – new beta prototype battery testing unit delivers high accuracy results

03 Aug 2023
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Fig 7: Typical method for preventing electrolyte dry-out during VRLA battery formation.

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Save $1 million per annum – “It’s formation, Jim, but not as we know it”

12 May 2023
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Fig 6: Eirich vacuum technology LAB paste mixer.

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The importance of the lead-acid battery paste mixing process

12 May 2023
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Barton pot process – β oxide results?

09 Feb 2023
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Fig 1: New bespoke formation unit. The design is based on previous testing trials. It is the first prototype and will be the basic β prototype unit to be used to design and manufacture further units for field trials.

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VRLA formation – reducing process time and energy consumption

09 Feb 2023
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Typical BESS installation. Credit: Ørsted

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Choosing the right battery technology for your ESS

30 Aug 2022
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Fig 1: Test laboratory facility, connector testing with Digatron test unit.

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Latest battery formation programme saves manufacturers $millions per annum

30 Aug 2022
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Fig 5: This is an example of a battery with inaccessible terminal posts, leaving the stainless steel hardware as the only access point for an ohmic measurement. Inter-cell connectors are completely insulated, making them as an alternate instrument test probe point impossible

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Fundamentals of internal ohmic testing of stationary lead batteries

10 Aug 2022
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Size matters: the basics of UPS battery sizing

31 May 2022
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Seeing the wood for the trees: expanding the performance indicators of lead batteries

01 Mar 2022
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Commercial supercapacitors

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The art of making highly conductive interfaces for batteries and supercapacitors

28 Feb 2022
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This is an example of two temporary batteries used in the field during testing operations. Each is 120 volts but can be configured as a single 240 volt system when needed. Certain site circumstances require such a battery be connected to the dc system while the battery being tested is out of service to cover the need for backup power. The VRLA battery set in a utility trailer, along with the needed charger, switchgear and cabling is pretty common in the electric utility industry.

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Battery capacity testing: what it is, how it works, and why you should be doing it

25 Feb 2022
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Monitoring the pulse

10 Feb 2022
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