Abstract: A mixed chemistry battery is provided. The mixed chemistry battery includes a reference module having a first chemistry and a battery module having a second chemistry that is different that the first chemistry, the battery module is connected to the reference module in series. The mixed chemistry battery also includes a battery monitoring system configured to monitor an open circuit voltage of the reference module, an open circuit voltage of the battery module, and a current flow through the reference module and the battery module. The battery monitoring system is further configured to calculate a state-of-charge (SOC) and state-of-health (SOH) of the battery module based at least in part on a SOC of the reference module.

Abstract: System for measuring the composition of a multiphase fluid flow in a pipe, the multiphase flow containing a mixture of gas and liquid. The system comprising a first and a second sensor arrangement, wherein each sensor arrangement is adapted to measuring electrical characteristics (i.e. impedance) of the flow at a predetermined rate. The system also including an analysis unit being adapted to monitor the measured electrical characteristics from said first and second sensor arrangement and to detect occurrences of time periods involving a predetermined relationship between the measured characteristics, and during these periods assuming a liquid rich phase and calculating the composition based on the electrical characteristics.

Abstract: A method for determining a cell voltage of a battery cell of a traction battery of a vehicle includes filtering the cell voltage of the battery cell by a filtering device, sampling the filtered cell voltage by an analogue to digital converter, transferring the filtered and sampled cell voltage as a cell voltage signal to a computing device, evaluating the cell voltage signal by the computing device, determining a ripple value which describes a ripple of the cell voltage, and evaluating the cell voltage signal depending on the ripple value.

Abstract: A method includes receiving electric field data regarding an electric field that is detected in an underwater environment by a plurality of electrodes mounted on a first structure, and receiving sensor data from at least one sensor mounted on the first structure. The sensor data relates to a sensed location of a second structure. The method includes determining location data including information regarding a location of the second structure relative to the first structure in the underwater environment based on the sensor data, and determining one or more characteristics of the second structure based on the electric field data and the location data.

Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing a battery including battery cells, the apparatus according to an embodiment may include a voltage measurer for measuring the voltage of each battery cell during a preset period of time, a voltage variation calculator for calculating an individual voltage variation of each battery cell during the preset period of time, an average voltage variation calculator for calculating an average voltage variation of the battery cells during the preset period of time, and an abnormality detector for determining that a voltage abnormality has occurred in at least one battery cell among the battery cells when a difference between the voltage variation of the at least one battery cell and the average voltage variation of the at least one battery cell is greater than a threshold value.

Abstract: The electromagnetic induction displacement sensor consists of a transceiver board and an excitation board that may move relative to each other along a measuring path. The transceiver board is arranged with at least one transmitter winding and at least two three-phase receiver windings with different pitches, the number of three-phase receiver windings is one more than that of transmitter windings. Each transmitter winding encircles two three-phase receiver windings with different pitches in the same direction in series, and all receiver windings are in a distributed winding structure. The excitation board is arranged with at least two rows of excitation coils in the shape of short-circuit loop, the number of rows of excitation coils is equal to the number of the three-phase receiver windings on the transceiver board, respectively aligning with corresponding three-phase receiver winding and having the same pitch.

Abstract: The magnetic detector 1 according to the present disclosure includes a transmission line 10 having a linear first conductor 11 including a magnetic material, a signal generator 30 configured to input a pulse as an incident wave to the transmission line 10, and a calculator 20 configured to detect a reflected wave caused by impedance mismatching at a magnetic field application position of the transmission line 10 and the incident wave. The calculator 20 calculates a position and a strength of the magnetic field applied to the transmission line 10 on the basis of the incident wave and the reflected wave.

Abstract: A multi-fault diagnosis method has the following steps: measuring cell voltages of a battery pack to be diagnosed; constructing a cell voltage sequence according to measured cell voltages of the battery pack to be diagnosed, and calculating a sample entropy value of the cell voltage sequence; setting a correction coefficient for representing voltage fluctuation information, and correcting the sample entropy value through the correction coefficient to obtain a corrected sample entropy value; and judging and outputting a fault type of the battery pack to be diagnosed according to a numerical value change of the corrected sample entropy value. Faults of cells can be accurately diagnosed without a model, sample entropy values under different faults can be distinguished by setting the correction coefficient, the intuitiveness and efficiency of fault detection are improved, and the fault type and time of the lithium-ion cells can be quickly, accurately and stably diagnosed and predicted.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for detecting connection failure of a parallel connected cell that provides improved accuracy by first detecting the cell connection failure due to the current interruption device (CID) operation of the battery or opening the parallel connection line for a battery that is being discharged by the operation of an external device, and confirming the first detection result through Direct Current Internal Resistance (DCIR) measurement for the battery.

Abstract: An MI sensor includes: an amorphous wire; an insulator layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the amorphous wire; and an X-axis coil, a Y-axis coil, and a Z-axis coil which are formed, in a spiral shape, on an outer peripheral surface of the insulator layer. The X-axis coil, the Y-axis coil, and the Z-axis coil are formed of a conductive layer, and the X-axis coil, the Y-axis coil, and the Z-axis coil are arranged in directions orthogonal to each other.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting the connectivity of an absence of voltage detector to the source of power to be detected has a first terminal wire connected to a first terminal and a second terminal wire also connected to the first terminal. An RF signal is placed on the first terminal and then its presence is detected on the second signal wire. This method and system can also be placed on each phase of a three phase system.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave detection apparatus (10) includes a separation unit (16), first detector (17), propagation unit (18), second detector (20), and blocker (21). The separation unit (16) separates electromagnetic waves propagating in a first direction (d1) and propagates the electromagnetic waves in a second direction (d2) and a third direction (d3). The first detector (17) detects electromagnetic waves propagated in the second direction (d2). The propagation unit (18) includes pixels (px) along a reference surface (ss). The propagation unit (18) switches the propagation direction of electromagnetic waves propagated in the third direction (d3) and incident on the reference surface (ss) between a fourth direction (d4) and a fifth direction (d5) at each pixel (px). The second detector (20) detects the electromagnetic waves propagated in the fourth direction (d4). The blocker (21) blocks at least a portion of the electromagnetic waves propagated in the fifth direction (d5).

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for classifying a battery cell. The method may include: measuring load cycles of the cell using a coulometry apparatus; repeating the measurement until an abort criterion is met; determining values for a discharge capacity of the battery cell using a first and a second calculation rule; wherein a calibration is input differently into the first and the second rule; carrying out an optimization method to determine a calibration of the current measurement with the greatest match between the first and the second discharge capacity; determining an aging criterion for the battery cell based on the result of the measurement; and sorting the battery cell into one of several classification ranges based on the aging criterion.

Abstract: In an inspection apparatus for inspecting an inspection target device formed on an inspection object, the inspection target device is a back-illuminated imaging device into which light is incident from a rear surface opposite to a side of a wiring layer. The inspection apparatus includes a stage having the inspection object placed such that the inspection object faces the rear surface. The stage includes a light transmitter made of a light-transmissive material. The inspection object is placed on the light transmitter below which a light illuminator is disposed. The light illuminator includes a flat light guide plate having a facing surface facing the inspection object. A light source is provided laterally outside the light guide plate configured to diffuse light emitted from the light source incident from a side end surface of the light guide plate, and to emit the light as planar light from the facing surface.

Abstract: A battery management circuit includes: a reference signal generator that generates a first reference frequency signal and a second reference frequency signal having a phase different from a phase of the first reference frequency signal; an alternating-current superimposer that superimposes an alternating current on the secondary battery, the alternating current having a frequency component of the first reference frequency signal; a voltage measurer that measures a voltage of the secondary battery by performing sampling using a frequency; a current measurer that measures a current of the secondary battery by performing sampling using a frequency; and a converter that converts each of results of measurements by the voltage measurer and the current measurer into a complex voltage and a complex current, by multiplying the result of the measurement by the first reference frequency signal and the second reference frequency signal.

Abstract: Provided is a battery residual value determination system capable of easily and accurately determining the residual value of a battery. The battery residual value determination system includes: a battery information reception unit that receives information on the voltage, the current, the temperature, and the period of time elapsed from the time of manufacture of a battery; a first residual value determination unit that determines a first residual value indicating the SOH of the battery; an attenuation function determination unit that determines an attenuation function which indicates a time-dependent change of the SOH specific to the battery and is used for correcting the first residual value of the battery; and a second residual value output unit that determines and outputs a second residual value obtained by correcting the first residual value by using the attenuation function according to the period of time elapsed from the time of manufacture of the battery.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for measuring an impedance of a fuel cell in a system to which a DC-DC converter is applied and a method thereof. The method includes calculating an impedance of a fuel cell stack based on an impedance of an output terminal of the fuel cell stack measured in a state in which the output of the fuel cell stack is drawn and the impedance of the output terminal of the fuel cell stack measured in a state in which the drawing of the output of the fuel cell stack is stopped.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention includes: a memory which stores one or more mapping parameters that indicate the correlation between a voltage change amount and the state of health (SOH) of the battery; and a processor, wherein the processor can be set to: detect that an external device for charging the battery is connected to the electronic device; charge the battery by using a charging current supplied from the external device; decide on at least one mapping parameter among the one or more mapping parameters on the basis of at least the charging current; check the voltage change amount of the battery while the battery is being charged; and acquire the SOH of the battery at least partially on the basis of the at least one mapping parameter and the voltage change amount.

Abstract: A magnetic momentum transfer generator utilizes three or more magnets aligned with each other. A first control magnet is positioned outside a coil. A second magnet is positioned within the windings of the coil and a third magnet is positioned on the opposite side of the coil opposite the control magnet. When the control magnet rotated or moved, mutual magnetic flux lines generated by all three magnets and passing through the coil winding are aligned at right angles to the coil, thereby inducing a maximum voltage at the terminals. This generator is particularly useful for short burst radio micro-transmitters that can be used for battery-less and wireless switching applications.

Abstract: An estimation device includes: a derivation unit (31) configured to derive a derivation history based on a current, a voltage of a lead-acid battery and a temperature of the lead-acid battery; a specifying unit (31) configured to specify one or more physical quantities based on the derivation history, and one or more relationships selected from a first relationship between a first history and an amount of positive active material, a second relationship between a second history and a specific surface area of a positive electrode material, a third relationship between a third history and bulk density of the positive active material, a fourth relationship between a fourth history and positive active material particles in a cluster size, a fifth relationship between a fifth history and a cumulative amount of lead sulfate of a negative electrode material, a sixth relationship between a sixth history and a specific surface area of the negative electrode material, a seventh relationship between a seventh history and