Midpoint conductance technology used in telecommunication stationary standby battery applications

Author

Troy, Michael E. ; Feder, David ; Hlavac, Mark J. ; Cox, Daniel C. ; Dunn, Jim ; Popp, William J.

Author_Institution

Midtronics Inc., USA

fYear

1997

fDate

19-23 Oct 1997

Firstpage

695

Lastpage

702

Abstract

This paper discusses the effectiveness of midpoint conductance monitoring on 48 V valve-regulated Pb-acid battery strings using a midpoint conductance transducer (MCT). Data from laboratory and MCT field installations is presented. The MCT accuracy in a stand-alone application, as well as with a remote monitoring system application, is examined. Results indicate that, in each configuration tested, midpoint conductance monitoring was effective in identifying capacity string failures

Keywords

battery testers; electric admittance measurement; lead; monitoring; secondary cells; telecommunication power supplies; transducers; 48 V; Pb; Pb-acid secondary batteries; capacity string failures identification; electrochemical performance tests; midpoint conductance transducer; remote monitoring system; stand-alone application; telecommunication stationary standby battery; valve-regulated lead-acid battery strings; Batteries; Condition monitoring; Costs; Energy storage; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Remote monitoring; Telecommunication network reliability; Testing; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1997. INTELEC 97., 19th International

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3996-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.1997.646072

Filename

646072