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Display and Analytical
Software for your Cellcorder Standby Battery
Test Multi meter.
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Battery characteristics vary over time
and depend very much on maintenance and the environmental
conditions of the specific application. Each installation
tends to have its own 'fingerprint'. Capturing and
managing this critical operational data has always
presented a challenge to facilities managers. Recording
and analysing data using traditional pencil and paper
methods is both time consuming and prone to error.
Help is now at hand and is simplicity itself
with the leading Albér corp BAS software
package, designed for your Windows™
based PC.
All of the data that has been collected
by on-site battery testing with the Cellcorder
Standby Battery Test Multi meter is
archived, using your own location designations.
It is analysed and displayed in both graphical
and tabular format with default criteria
being set to suit the particular system.
As information is progressively added to
the battery string database over time 'trends'
begin to appear. These are dynamically displayed
for each parameter, enabling "exceptions"
to be easily identified and Go / No Go management
decisions rapidly taken.
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The Graph above shows a typical Cell Voltage
display. Cells outside the manufacturers
recommended limits can easily be seen by
the Red & Yellow alarm levels.
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This plot shows a typical UPS battery. You
can see a gradual increase in cell voltage
towards one end of the battery. The effects
of increased temperature at the top of the
six tier stand can clearly be seen.
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Where vented cells are in service and their specific
gravity and temperatures have been determined using
our CTL
200 Hydrostik Digital Data logging Hydrometer /
Thermometer then this data is imported into the Cellcorder
prior to downloading to your PC - for the complete Battery
picture.
The BAS software
will archive the data in its 'filing cabinet' within
your PC for future long term reference. The print command
will produce colour graphical and hard copy records
of :-
- Cell/Bloc Voltage.
- Total System Voltage, by summation.
- Calculated Average cell/Bloc
Voltage.
- Cell/Bloc Internal Resistance.
- Cell/Bloc Inter-connector Resistance.
- Specific Gravity - using the
Hydrostik,
for vented cells.
- Cell/Bloc Temperature using
the Hydrostik, or manual input.
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This picture shows the cell voltages and the inter-cell
connector resistance's. A regular pattern exists where
the 'row' changes occur. After the fourth row change you
can clearly see an erroneous reading. On further investigation
the cause was found to be an incorrectly fitted inter-cell
connector fixing nut. |
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