TIRA Battery Test Chambers

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The technological challenge

Among the various solutions identified, lithium batteries have provedto be the most suitable instrument for achieving this aim, even if furtherexperimentation will be necessary to consolidate such a technology.

The storage of electrical energy has always posed a technological challenge.Even though there have been significant developments over the past decade,the challenge is still on, with the goalposts being moved continuously bythe new needs emerging in various application sectors, such as the necessityfor increasingly compact, lightweight batteries for electronic devices and forstoring in limited spaces the large quantity of energy required by electrictraction.

The most recent ideas have come, in fact, from the automobile sector andthe research being carried on for the development of electric and hybrid cars,with the aim of reducing CO₂ emissions and recovering braking energy.

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Thanks to our experience in the testing sector and our vast production program, we are able to offer both standard and costumized solutions for verifying the quality of batteries

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and electric vehicles, mainly based on the following products:

Thermal shock test chambers

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Test safety

Tests on batteries can generate potentially dangerous situations, since they are carried out by simulating the limit conditions that may occur when there is a transfer of energy from the battery to the electric motor or during the battery‘s fast recharge phase.These situations, in fact, may generate strong overheating or the formation of dangerous atmospheres.

To handle and solve these problems, our chambers are equipped with all the instruments necessary for monitoring potentially dangerous parameters and the following main devices which are activated to eliminate any risk conditons: - Smoke sensors - Dangerous gas (H₂, O₂, CO, CO₂ , ...) sensors - Inerting system - Flame extinguishing system

Electrically Isolated Test EnclosureAn electrically isolated and perforated mounting shelf is also included. The specifically designed perforated shelf ensures both eletrical isolation and consistent airflow around the test item.

Complete Software and Control SystemThe new battery test chamber range from TIRA UWS incorporates CAN bus interfacing to the battery ECU as a standard option, the chamber software and control system is also designed to interface with Industry standard loading and unloading systems.

Optional customer defined isolated power and signal connections for external electrical loading of customer test items within the chamber are available.

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Smoke sensors Dangerous gas (H₂, O₂, CO, CO₂ , ...) sensors

Inerting system Flame extinguishing system

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control system | interface | documentation

· KeyKratos Plus colour-touch screen panel· PID control through PLC· completely updated hardware and software working together to give much faster control

Hardware· 4096 colours with STN technology· faster control· 3 types of memory support for storing cycles, recordings and alarms· Compact Flash, Pendrive (USB key style), Internal memory

Software· touch menu with related pop up screens where necessary · memory capacity to 1000 cycles with 350 segments (on compact flash)· Real time recording of temperature and humidity versus time (LOG on compact flash)· USB interface on front panel for stick or printer· Ethernet Port· recordings in CSV format (Comma Separated Value) for easy export to Excel®, program files are easily convertible into graphic format· a trend chart for recorded variables available with a scale from -100/+200· four traces: temperature set point, actual temperature, humidity set point and actual humidity· user friendly data input during editing, check and administration of cycle · synoptic graphs for the chamber, humidity, low stage refrigeration and high stage refrigeration· messages on scheduled maintenance activities· the system is available in 6 languages: English, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch

PC-Software Winkratos®

· ability to add notes on the graphs· delayed start of the tests· optimized view of synoptic graphs· two editing modes: „entry-level“ and „advanced“

Teleservice· optional

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Touchpanel KeyKratos Plus | main window

Touchpanel KeyKratos Plus | maintenance activities

Touchpanel KeyKratos Plus | trend chart Software Winkratos® | notes on the graphs

Software Winkratos® | synoptic graphs

Software Winkratos® | notes on the graphs

Software Winkratos® | synoptic graphs

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Climatic chamber for tests on batteries for electric cars, complete with cooling air simulator

Technical features of the climatic chamber:Useful volume: 4,000 litersTemperature range: -40 ... +180°CRelative humidity range: 10 - 98%

Technical features of the air simulator:Temperature range: 0 ... 30°CAir flow rate: 20,500 m³/hMaximum pressure: 1000 Pa

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Customized solutions

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rsThe TIRA Umweltsimulation product spectrum includes furthermore:

· Temperature- and climatic test chambers· Walk-in and drive-in temperature- and climatic test chambers· Vibration test chambers· Vibration test systems / slip tables (TIRA GmbH Schalkau)· Test chambers for the biological research· Test chambers with sunlight simulation· Test chambers with wind simulation, gassing etc.· Test chambers with fog simulation· Sand- and dust test chambers· Rain test chambers· Dry corrosion test chambers· Temperature-shock test chambers (air-air / liquid-liquid)· Vacuum test chambers· High-vacuum test chambers / Space simulators· HAST-HALT-ultra high stress chambers· Industry oven· Temperature- and Climatic units· Chambers (internal and external) for tempering / conditioning of existing rooms· systems of the environmental simulation for the integration of manufacturing processes

Customizer-specific special solutions

TIRA Umweltsimulation GmbH | Gewerbestrasse 19 | D-08233 Treuenwww.tira-gmbh.de | Phone: 00 49 (0) 3 74 68 / 68 08 - 0 | Fax.: 00 49 (0) 3 74 68 / 68 08 - 21 | e-Mail: uws@tira-uws.de

Customizer-specific special solutions (excerpt)

Drive-in Climatic Test Chamber with integrated drive-simulation, wind-simulation, fresh-air treatment and exhaust

Test chamber in simulation of climatic and vacuum for tests with electrical and hydraulicdrives and components in the aerospace industry

Climatic Simulation Chamber with vertical, ho-rizontal vibration and high- and lateral moving

Walk-in plant growth chambers for the growth research

Climatic Simulation Chamber for special specimen, e.g. bumper

Weathering chamber incl. infrared-irradiation

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