Adaptive Charging: Benefits of Adaptive Charging (Part 4 of 4)
This article originally appeared in the 2Q17 edition of Battery Power Magazine. The article is published on our blog in 4 parts. You can access the full article here.
Adaptive Charging Extends Battery Life and Delivers other Benefits
Continuous charging as a method of maintaining standby batteries at a full state of charge has been standard for many years, but has serious negative consequences that can add significant cost to battery management budgets. Continuous float charging accelerates battery failure due to increased temperature, grid corrosion, plate degradation and dry-out.
For companies that depend on backup batteries, this inevitably leads to higher capital and maintenance costs. Battery life can be increased by removing these harmful failure mechanisms and by charging only when necessary and only for as long as necessary. Adaptive charging combines an automated battery management process and a remote monitoring solution to maximize visibility into backup batteries.
- Adaptive Charge Management delivers meaningful and measurable benefits in four strategically important areas:
- Battery Life Extension: Adaptive Charging improves battery life through the mechanisms described above
- Site Insight: Adaptive Charging needs great battery data, which makes it easier to detect battery and equipment issues remotely
- Optimized Maintenance: Better insight means better maintenance, reducing costs and improving reliability and
- Other Reduced Costs: Battery life extension and optimized maintenance are key pieces, but the business case has many other cost savings associated with Adaptive Charging.
Parts 1-3 of the article are available on our blog here.
About Servato
Headquartered in New Orleans, LA, Servato is a leading provider of active battery management solutions to telecom, power, transportation, and solar companies. Servato’s solutions allow leading companies and infrastructure operators to reduce CapEx and OpEx by extending battery life, reducing maintenance costs and streamlining operations. Utilizing highly accurate data, proprietary algorithms, adaptive charging and cloud-based visualization software, Servato provides unprecedented insight and control over distributed DC power assets in industrial settings. To learn more, please visit: www.servatocorp.com
