Battery Testing Service Provider in Dubai - UAE

Batteries are used to ensure that critical electrical equipment is always on. There are so many places that batteries are used it is nearly impossible to list them all. Some of the applications for batteries include:

• Electric generating stations and substations for protection and control of switches and relays
• Telephone systems to support phone service, especially emergency services
• Industrial applications for protection and control
• Back up of computers, especially financial data and information
• “Less critical” business information systems

Batteries are used extensively and without them many of the services that we take for granted would fail and cause innumerable problems.

Why Test Battery System?

There are three main reasons to test battery systems.

• To ensure the supported equipment is adequately backed-up.
• To prevent unexpected failures
• To forewarn/predict death

And, there are three basic questions that battery users ask:

• What are the capacity and the condition of the battery now?
• When will it need to be replaced?
• What can be done to improve/ not reduce its life?

Even though there are many applications for batteries, they are installed for only two reasons:

• To protect and support critical equipment during an ac outage
• To protect revenue streams due to the loss of service

Even though a battery is considered only as a source of voltage, it is much more than that. It is obvious that batteries are much more complex than mere voltage sources. There are many parameters to verify the condition of a battery. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is responsible for promulgating battery testing practices. These practices are only recommendations; they are required to be followed by battery manufacturers in the event of a warranty claim. They also make good sense to follow in order to get the most from your battery assets.

IEEE Recommended Practices:

IEEE has split stationary battery testing into three groups:

• IEEE 450 for flooded lead-acid
• IEEE 1188 for sealed lead-acid
• IEEE 1106 for nickel-cadmium

How Battery Testing Is Done?

There are various tests for verifying whether the battery is in proper condition or not. Testing is designed to tell us things we want to know about individual cells and batteries. Some typical questions are: Is it fully charged? How much charge is left in the battery? Has there been any deterioration in performance since it was new? How long will it last? Do the safety devices all work? In all of the following tests, and testing in general, the test conditions must be specified so that repeatable results can be obtained, and meaningful comparisons can be made. This includes factors such as method, temperature, DOD, load and duty cycle.

Qualification Testing

Qualification testing is designed to determine whether a cell or battery is fit for the purpose for which it was intended before it is approved for use in the product. This is particularly important if the cell is to be used in a “mission critical” application. These are comprehensive tests carried out initially on a small number of cells including testing some of them to destruction if necessary. As a second stage, qualification also includes testing finished battery packs before the product is approved for release to the customer. The tests are usually carried out to verify that the cells meet the manufacturer’s specification but they could also be used to test the cells to arbitrary limits set by the applications engineer to determine how long the cells survive under adverse conditions or unusual loads, to determine failure modes or safety factors.

Abuse Testing

The purpose of abuse testing is to verify that the battery is not a danger to the user or to itself either by accidental or deliberate abuse under any conceivable conditions of use. Designing fool proof batteries is ever more difficult because as we know, fools are so ingenious.

Cycle Testing

This is perhaps the most important of the qualification tests. Cells are subjected to repeated charge – discharge cycles to verify that the cells meet or exceed the manufacturer’s claimed cycle life. Cycle life is usually defined as the number of charge – discharge cycles a battery can perform before its nominal capacity falls below 80% of its initial rated capacity. These tests are needed to verify that the battery performance is in line with the end product reliability and lifetime expectations and will not result in excessive guarantee or warranty claims.

Electrical Load Test

Measuring voltage tells only part of the story. A load test should also be performed to accurately determine a battery’s condition. One of the most common ways of conducting a load test is with a carbon pile load tester. Batteries can be tested inside or outside of the vehicle. (This should be done by a qualified technician only. The load is usually designed to be representative of the expected condit.