from chemistry to pack
The energy storage sector is growing faster than almost any other infrastructure market, yet for those approaching it from a finance background, the engineering can feel impenetrable. Cells, cathodes, C-rates, cycle life — the vocabulary creates a barrier that can make it difficult to evaluate projects, assess technology risk, or ask the right questions of … Read more
Battery engineering draws from more disciplines than almost any other field in engineering. A complete battery system requires electrochemistry, thermal engineering, power electronics, embedded software, mechanical design, materials science, and systems integration — all working together, all constraining each other. Most engineers arriving in the field are already expert in one or two of these … Read more
If you’ve spent your career in mechanical engineering, power electronics, software, automotive systems, or aerospace — and you’re now working on batteries — you’re in the right place. BatteryDesign.net is written by engineers, for engineers. The assumption here is that you can read a datasheet, you understand thermal gradients and control loops, and you don’t … Read more