Sodium-Ion Battery Performance in Microgrids
Over the last two summers I have watched microgrid operators quietly add sodium-ion battery strings to their inverters, often as a second technology alongs…
Battery Solution Design for Equipment: An Engineer’s
If a customer calls me with a stack of drawings and says “design a battery for this machine”, the first thing I do is put the drawings down and ask three q…
Home Energy Storage Maintenance for Cabins
Why Cabin Energy Systems Fail Differently
I have spent more than a decade designing lithium battery packs for off-grid and residential storage applications…
Semi-Solid State Battery Maintenance for Robotics
Twelve minutes into a shift change on a 60-robot automotive cell, one AMR stopped mid-aisle with a yellow battery icon, and the line lead asked the questio…
Lithium Battery Maintenance for Power Tools
If you have ever pulled a dead 18 V pack off the shelf and blamed the cell when the real culprit was a dry contact or a five cent BMS FET, you already know…
Sodium-Ion Battery Maintenance for Street Lights
Why Sodium-Ion Battery Maintenance for Street Lights Is a Different Job from Lithium Battery Maintenance
I am Karl Huang, a senior lithium and sodium-ion b…
Battery Solution Cost Optimization for Commercial Vehicles
Most vehicle electrification programs I review lose money in the same place: the battery solution. The cell price on the quote looks competitive, but the s…
Home Energy Storage Maintenance for Apartments
I have spent the last twelve years designing and servicing lithium battery systems, and I will say this plainly: home energy storage maintenance apartments…
Lithium Battery Deployment for Mobility Devices
Why Lithium Battery Deployment for Mobility Devices Is a Different Discipline
Over the past eleven years I have personally signed off on lithium battery pa…
Semi-Solid State Battery Maintenance for Aerospace
Why a Semi-Solid State Battery Changes the Maintenance Conversation in Aerospace
When I first started qualifying our company’s semi-solid state battery pac…