Battery chargers and batteries for DC and AC back-up power systems

Author

Ripley, Jack ; Ansari, M. T Rick ; Dehn, Jerry

Author_Institution

Battery Service Co., Houston, TX, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

139

Lastpage

144

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide support in specifying batteries and battery chargers for both DC and AC back-up power systems. This paper details pertinent information relating to: battery types; typical DC load recommendations; typical charger features; site and load conditions that affect battery maintenance and battery life; charger features which improve battery maintenance and battery life; requirements when parallel chargers and/or batteries are used; manual methods for monitoring batteries; and automatic battery monitoring

Keywords

battery chargers; computerised monitoring; maintenance engineering; secondary cells; uninterruptible power supplies; AC back-up power systems; DC back-up power systems; UPS; automatic battery monitoring; batteries; battery chargers; battery life; battery maintenance; battery types; charger features; load conditions; manual battery monitoring methods; parallel chargers; site conditions; typical DC load recommendations; typical charger features; Batteries; Computerized monitoring; IEEE members; Ignition; Industrial power systems; Lifting equipment; Power systems; USA Councils; Voltage; Wood industry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 2001. IEEE Industry Applications Society 48th Annual

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7183-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCICON.2001.960534

Filename

960534