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Editor's Choice UPS Battery Monitoring System by Eagle Eye Power Solutions Eagle Eye Power Solutions has released the iPQMS-Pro real-time battery monitoring system, specifically designed for UPS battery monitoring. The iPQMS-Pro is a scalable system designed to monitor the health of critical battery systems by measuring string voltage and current, jar/cell voltage and impedance, connection resistance and temperature. The iPQMS-Pro battery monitoring system measures critical battery parameters via clamps connected to the inter-cell connections of the battery system. A single system includes an MPU (main processing unit) and all required cables and clamps for installation. One MPU can connect to 48 cells (or 48 jars). Up to ten MPU's can be configured in daisy-chain for monitoring up to 480 cells (or 480 jars). The iPQMS-Pro comes complete with Eagle Eye's Centroid Battery Management Software, which allows all battery systems to be monitored 24 hours a day / 365 days a year via a remote computer. The iPQMS-Pro records, trends and report data against user-defined tolerances. In the event that a measured parameter is out of tolerance, an outbreak alarm will occur in the software and email/SMS alerts will be generated. Immediate warnings of battery deterioration and failure will prolong the life of UPS batteries and reduce the need for costly battery maintenance and replacement. The iPQMSPro is well suited for monitoring and predicting the health and performance of UPS cabinets, telecom systems and other backup power systems. Panasonic and Tesla Reach Agreement to Expand Supply of Automotive-Grade Battery Cells Panasonic Corp. and Tesla Motors have reached an agreement in which Panasonic will expand its supply of automotivegrade lithium-ion battery cells to Tesla. With this agreement, the two companies update and expand their 2011 arrangement to now supply nearly 2 billion cells over the course of four years. The lithium-ion battery cells purchased from Panasonic will be used to power the award winning Model S as well as Model X, a performance utility vehicle that is scheduled to go into production by the end of 2014. This agreement builds upon a multi-year collaboration between Panasonic and Tesla to develop next-generation automotive-grade battery cells and accelerate the market expansion of electric vehicles. Panasonic's cells combined with Tesla's proven EV battery expertise have already enabled more than 130 million customer miles driven in Tesla Roadsters and Model S. Together, Panasonic and Tesla have developed a next-generation battery cell technology that provides the highest energy www.BatteryPowerOnline.com density and best performance cells in the market. Panasonic's cylindrical cell is a customized technology designed specifically for optimizing electric vehicle quality and life. These cells are integrated by Tesla into the battery pack in a way that enables a range of approximately 265 miles for the Model S. NREL to Research Revolutionary Battery Storage Approaches in Support of ARPA-E RANGE Program The Energy Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has announced that a project at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is among 22 projects that will receive funding to develop transformational electric vehicle (EV) energy storage systems using innovative chemistries, architectures and designs. ARPA-E's program, Robust Affordable Next Generation Energy Storage Systems (RANGE), aims to accelerate widespread EV adoption by dramatically improving driving range and reliability, and by providing low-cost carbon alternatives to today's vehicles. "We're very excited about the opportunity to work on a drastically different battery technology for EVs," said NREL project lead Jeremy Neubauer. "Not only does it have the potential to meet the demanding safety, cost and performance levels for EVs set by ARPA-E, but it could do so sustainably. This project will allow us to build on our preliminary findings and move closer to creating a battery system that will allow the next generation of EVs to drive further and more safely." Working closely with project partners EIC Laboratories and Chemtura Corp., NREL will use organic energy storage materials to develop a new low-cost battery that operates similar to a flow battery, where chemical energy is stored in liquid anolytes and catholytes that flow through an electrode to charge and discharge the system. Today's state-of-the-art flow batteries are generally low in energy density, have poor efficiency, suffer reliability issues and as such are largely unsuitable for transportation applications. However, NREL's EV battery technology will deploy newly developed, high energy, renewable organic compounds in modified system architecture to overcome these shortfalls. "We are excited to see NREL developing a new low-cost flow battery using organic energy storage materials," said ARPA-E program director Dr. Ping Liu. "NREL's electric vehicle liquid battery will use newly developed, renewable organic compounds to increase energy density and reduce cost. This fits well with RANGE's program funding high risk and high reward transformational technologies." Daikin America Receives Funding to Develop Electrolytes for Li-Ion Batteries Daikin Industries has received a $900,000 grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop advanced high performance electrolytes, based on fluorochemistries, which will allow lithium ion batteries to operate at higher voltages and temperatures. A manufacturer of fluorochemicals, Daikin is positioned to supply high performance electrolyte formulations for lithium ion Winter 2014 * Battery Power 5 http://www.BatteryPowerOnline.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Battery Power - Winter 2014

Editor’s Choice
IDT Announces Next-Generation WPC 1.1 Wireless Power Receiver for Portable Applications
NREL to Research Battery Storage Approaches in Support of ARPA-E RANGE Program
Features
UPS Goes Green to Save Green
When Rubber Stamping is Not Enough
Purdue University Project Aims to Mass-Produce ‘Nanopetals’ for Sensors, Batteries
Growth in Battery Industry Sparks the Need for Battery Innovation Center
ORNL-Grown Oxygen ‘Sponge’ Presents Path to Better Catalysts, Energy Materials
New Products
Batteries
ICs & Semiconductors
Charging, Testing & Monitoring
ICs & Semiconductors
Components
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Battery Power - Winter 2014