by Iris Su, Project Engineer II, Inventus Power A recent change in Li-ion battery pack safety is the shift from a focus on just prevention to one that emphasizes prevention and mitigation. Battery pack designers who were once focused on preventing thermal runaway (TR) are now taking increasing measures on preventing single cell failures within […]
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How power supply efficiency has evolved
The latest DoE energy efficiency requirements won’t be the last. Here are a few of the changes in efficiency regulations the power supply industry can expect. Authored by Inventus Power As early as the 1990s studies showed that smaller external power supplies — such as those powering cell phone chargers, game boxes, cordless phones, and […]
New power-backup source for data centers: Supercapacitors
Price points for supercapacitor technology are declining and the standards for backup times in data centers are dropping, says power systems manufacturer Inventus Power in Woodridge, Ill. So it makes sense for supercapacitors to become an alternative technology to Lithium-ion and lead acid batteries, the company says. Consequently, Inventus Power is has developed supercapacitor products […]
