Power System Protection Through Monitoring and Remote Services Improves Availability

Frank Bibens, President
Emerson Network Power, Global Services

For five of the past seven years, availability has been one of the top three infrastructure concerns for data center, IT and facility managers according to biannual surveys of the Data Center Users’ Group (DCUG), and that concern is likely to remain. Read more about Power System Protection Through Monitoring and Remote Services Improves Availability

Demand Increases Worldwide for US-Made Batteries in Emerging Markets

Elke Hirschman, Vice President of Marketing
Trojan Battery Co., LLC

Trojan Battery and its team of engineers continually research and develop enhanced deep-cycle battery technologies to best serve a variety of markets.  In 2014, Trojan will focus its efforts on expanding our US-based manufacturing activities, and incorporating a proprietary carbon additive to its renewable energy battery lines. Read more about Demand Increases Worldwide for US-Made Batteries in Emerging Markets

Changing Focus of Battery Chargers for Differing Battery Chemistries

Bob Wylie, Director
Advanced Charger Technology

Since its incorporation in the late 1990s, Advanced Charger Technology (ACT) has maintained its focus on the charging and maintenance of rechargeable batteries used on portable two-way radios and thermal imaging devices. Throughout this time there has been a trade-off at the user level in terms of overall weight considerations, battery costs and energy demands of the battery from enhancements in radio features. Read more about Changing Focus of Battery Chargers for Differing Battery Chemistries

Testing Needs and Challenges of Today’s Battery Researchers and Manufacturers

Antony Parulian, Vice President of Marketing and Sales
Arbin Instruments

As a global supplier of energy storage testing systems, Arbin Instruments learns about the testing needs of battery researchers and manufacturers before anyone else. As 2014 unfolds, Arbin’s product focus continues to be to develop responsive, high quality and technically advanced testing solutions for our customers. Read more about Testing Needs and Challenges of Today’s Battery Researchers and Manufacturers

Rapid Charging for Battery-Powered Portable Devices

Michelle Li and Jinrong Qian
Texas Instruments

Mobile devices are becoming an integrated part of our daily life. Let’s use the smartphone as an example. Instead of a simple phone call function, smartphones are now packed with rich features for social networking, web browsing, messaging, gaming, large HD screens and many others. All these features are pushing the phone to become a power-hungry device. Battery capacity and energy density have been increased substantially to meet the higher power requirements. Read more about Rapid Charging for Battery-Powered Portable Devices