Semi-Solid State Battery Design for Storage: Rack-Scale
Six months ago I stood in front of a 20-foot container that was supposed to be our flagship semi-solid state storage product, and the thermal imagery told…
Battery Solution Testing for Robotics: HIL Duty-Cycle
What a “Robotics-Grade” Battery Solution Actually Has to Survive
Most cell datasheets are written for either handheld electronics or electric vehicles, so…
Home Energy Storage Design for Farms: Dust-Proof
Why Farm Energy Storage Is a Different Engineering Problem
Most residential battery guides are written for suburban homes with clean garages, stable grid p…
Sodium-Ion Battery Performance for Microgrids: Round-Trip
Over the past decade I have commissioned more microgrid battery systems than I can count — island resorts in Southeast Asia, mining camps in Inner Mongoli…
Semi-Solid State Battery Cost Optimization for Robotics (2)
Three years ago, a warehouse automation client asked me a question that has shaped how I quote every robotics project since: “We believe semi-solid is safe…
Sodium-Ion Battery Deployment for Microgrids (Guide)
I have spent the better part of a decade specifying lithium and sodium battery systems for off-grid and weak-grid sites, and microgrids remain the applicat…
Home Energy Storage Cost Optimization for New Homes (2)
I am Karl Huang, a senior lithium battery engineer at Horizon Power, and I spend most of my time walking new homes with framers, electricians, and homeowne…
Lithium Battery Performance for Power Tools: Pulse-Drain
In twelve years of designing lithium battery packs for cordless tools, I have watched more “failed” batteries get replaced for reasons that had nothing to…
Battery Solution Design for Equipment: Enclosure IP
Equipment battery packs fail in the field for reasons that almost never show up on a single-cell datasheet. Over the last eight years of designing batter…
Lithium Battery Testing for Power Tools: Pulse Load
Over the past decade I have personally signed off on lithium battery testing programs for more than forty cordless power tool platforms — drills, impact d…