Batteries

Batteries are an essential component of energy independence. In addition, there are easily identifiable needs in the marketplace for batteries that are lighter, smaller, and more efficient. Future development in energy storage will involve new battery technologies with new materials that are lighter in weight and smaller in size.

Power Innovations is currently focusing on monitoring, control, and communications interfaces for existing battery technologies and for interaction with the electrical grid.

Boost Charging

The Q-LS systems, offers by Power Innovations, utilize a “cycle charge” method to maintain batteries. This method places a charge voltage on the batteries only when they drop below a pre-determined voltage or according to a user set schedule. “Cycle charging” decreases the possibility of damage that is usually caused by the “trickle charge” method. By cycling the batteries, battery life is extended beyond the average expectancy.

Sliding Tray Battery Modules

For its larger systems, Power Innovations introduced Sliding Tray Battery Modules in five configurations. Unlike traditional battery banks that are merely stacked inside a cabinet, the Sliding Tray Battery Modules provide easy maintenance/service and battery replacement (see Sliding Tray Battery Modules).

MatrixEMM

Power Innovations also provides individual battery monitoring. The Matrix^EMM ™ (energy monitoring and management) is Power Innovations’ answer to the age old problem of monitoring and managing the status of individual batteries, for the Q-LS Series only.  This system enables a user to easily gather information on a series or on individual batteries.  With the information gathered, problems can be anticipated and corrected quickly (see MatrixEMM).