Author: Josh Johnson
One Pivotal Incident Inspired the Development of Longer Lasting Batteries for Land Mobile Radios
Curt Quinter, President and Chief Engineer
Impact Power Technologies
A San Antonio, Texas police officer was out on patrol when he suddenly found himself caught in a shootout and away from his vehicle. He tried to call for backup only to discover that his 2-way radio battery had died and his spares were at the station. The officer was killed in the line of duty, but this kind of tragic loss should never happen. Read more about One Pivotal Incident Inspired the Development of Longer Lasting Batteries for Land Mobile Radios …
Summer 2016
Enhancing Smartphone Battery Performance During GSM Pulses Through The Use of a Parallel Supercapacitor
Ron Demcko • AVX Fellow
Patrick German, Field Applications Engineer • AVX Corp.
The continual addition of smartphone features and functionality, combined with users’ growing dependence on them for both business and personal use, has made battery life and reliability increasingly vital. The digital transmission signals that these devices rely on to operate require quick pulses of current from the battery. However, these pulses can also cause the battery’s instantaneous voltage to drop below the phone’s minimum operating voltage, which can temporarily interrupt the flow of power from the battery. To solve this problem, engineers performed a series of tests on multiple battery chemistries to determine whether placing a supercapacitor in parallel with the battery could effectively improve the life of the battery and the quality of the power it provides.
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Toolbox Energy Storage Systems: Modeling, Simulating and Testing Battery Systems of (H)EVs
Jörg Sauer, Senior Applications Engineer Modeling • dSPACE GmbH
Friedrich Hust, Research Assistant • RWTH Aachen University
Fabian Frie, Research Assistant • RWTH Aachen University
The storage system used in electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) is a key component of the drivetrain and defines the vehicle’s performance. To tap the complete potential of storage systems, it must be possible to model, simulate and test them holistically and seamlessly. Read more about Toolbox Energy Storage Systems: Modeling, Simulating and Testing Battery Systems of (H)EVs …
