Semi-Solid State Battery Design for Energy Storage
Why a Stationary Energy Storage Battery Is a Different Animal from an EV Pack
I still remember the first time a grid-scale integrator asked me to re-spec a…
Battery Solution Integration for Equipment: An Engineer’ (2)
When a finished battery solution leaves the bench and lands inside a host machine, the work is not over. Integration is where a pack that survived 200 cycl…
Home Energy Storage Reliability for Cabins: An Engineer’s
Why Cabin Reliability Is a Different Problem From Grid-Tied Homes
Grid-tied residential battery systems live a gentle life: the grid covers everything dur…
Semi-Solid State Battery Cost Optimization for Robotics: An
I have spent eleven years specifying lithium battery packs for warehouse robots, and the most expensive mistake I see repeat across AMR and AGV fleets is j…
Lithium Battery Performance for Power Tools: An Engineer’s
Two packs sit on my bench this morning with the same label: 18 V, 5.0 Ah, 90 Wh. One rips thirty cuts through 2x lumber on a 6-1/2″ circular saw before the…
Home Energy Storage Performance for Apartments: An (2)
Apartment owners ask me a different question than house owners do. A house owner asks, “How big should my home energy storage system be?” An apartment owne…
Semi-Solid State Battery Reliability for Aerospace: An
Most of my career has been spent proving that lithium batteries will not do something spectacular on an aircraft. I have watched more thermal-runaway test…
Sodium-Ion Battery Design for Street Lights: An Engineer’s
Why Street Lights Are the Quiet Success Story of Sodium-Ion
I have spent eleven years designing battery packs for off-grid applications, and three years ag…
Battery Solution Safety for Vehicles: An Engineer’s (2)
I have spent fifteen years signing off on traction packs, and the pattern is always the same: the pack that fails in the field was never killed by one dram…
Lithium Battery Maintenance for Mobility Devices (Guide)
Why Mobility Duty Is the Hardest Job a Lithium Battery Will Ever Have
I have spent eleven years designing and servicing lithium battery packs, and I will s…