Daily Archives: 16-January-2016

Worked Calculation Example of Lithium Battery Capacity Versus Load

I frequently am asked to comment on data that other engineers send me. This morning I received some test data obtained from an engineer measuring the backup time of an Uninterruptible Power Source (UPS) containing multiple lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries. The engineer was disappointed with the backup time provided by this UPS and wanted to know if his test results were reasonable considering the battery capacity of the UPS. While there were numerous circuit parameters measured during this testing, the critical information was the battery voltage versus time. Continue reading

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