Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Durapower Innovation Singapore Pte Ltd have fostered a cloud-based innovation that can enormously improve the life expectancy and wellbeing of lithium-particle batteries.
As the worldwide shift towards environmentally friendly power and electric vehicles (EVs) accelerates, the interest for productive, protected and supportable batteries has turned into a squeezing concern. Additionally, with the ascent in distributed computing, the interest for energy capacity frameworks for server farms has been developing.
Fueled by the Internet of Things (IoT) andArtificial Intelligence (AI), this new arrangement can help organizations and server farms bring down the dangers related with lithium-particle batteries, including potential fire perils, especially in warm and moist environments like Singapore.
Led by NTU Assistant Professor Hung Dinh Nguyen and Durapower CEO Mr Kelvin Lim, this research project is supported by the Energy Market Authority (EMA) and the National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF), under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2020 Plan.
Throughout recent years, the joint group fostered a Fire & Explosion Management System (FXMS), which uses Computerized Twin innovation – where a virtual imitation of a genuine battery is made to reflect the one, in actuality – offering high-exactness, constant observing, as well as expectations of battery conditions as long as five years.
The FXMS can give normal checking of which battery pack is probably going to come up short and can foresee when will be a great opportunity to supplant it, with up to 95 percent precision, up to north of a half year in future. At present, it is being tried in a compartment measured energy capacity arrangement on the NTU Shrewd Grounds.
The group gauges that their patent-forthcoming innovation can assist with broadening the life expectancy of lithium-particle batteries by more than 50%, essentially decreasing fossil fuel byproduct through the decrease of battery squander, as batteries require a ton of assets and energy to make.
Asst Prof Hung Dinh Nguyen, who is the Group Head of Renewables’ Combination and Microgrids at the Energy Research Institute at NTU (ERI@N), made sense of, “Our main aim is to enhance the safety and efficiency of large-scale energy storage systems and Electric Vehicles, as a single faulty cell can spark off a chemical fire that is extremely hard to put out. Since our technology is cloud-based, it is scalable and can easily be adapted for consumer electronics such as mobility devices, laptops and mobile phones, helping the batteries to last longer and in the long run, reduce electronic waste and carbon footprint,”
CEO of Durapower Gathering, Mr Kelvin Lim remarked, “With the global mandate for sustainability, smart mobility, and a carbon neutral future, we’re seeing widespread adoption of energy storage systems and uptake of EVs. The development of a customisable software platform like FXMS furthers efforts towards robust and comprehensive digital infrastructure based on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to capture increasingly complex battery and energy usage in the EV market. The outcomes from this joint initiative with the EMA, NTU and Durapower on FXMS will enable better decisions based on data and analytics, facilitating optimal battery health, performance, and longevity.”
NTU VP (Industry) Teacher Lam Khin Yong, said the joint effort among NTU and Durapower shows the way that new innovation in the green economy can be spearheaded through areas of strength for an industry organization upheld by the Singapore government.
“NTU has a strong track record in working closely with leading industry players, to develop innovations that can meet the key challenges in their sector. Combining our deep expertise in areas such as sustainability, battery technology and deep tech like IoT and AI, with Durapower’s industry knowledge and experience, we can propel innovation quicker and boost the competitiveness of our local SMEs globally in fast-rising industries such as EVs and energy storage systems.”
Computerized Twins, which are virtual imitations of offices or articles in reality, are an essential improvement in the Infocomm business, as it empowers more powerful and more secure dynamic through simulated intelligence proposals. It is likewise an examination region firmly upheld by the NTU 2025 Brilliant course of action, under its Development and Business venture drive sent off recently.
On account of huge battery stockpiling frameworks like those utilized for environmentally friendly power lattices or server farms, the computerized twin considers the immediate administration of batteries, for example, rerouting electrical burden to draw out the existence of more vulnerable batteries or to briefly stop the utilization of a battery pack until it very well may be supplanted.
As battery packs age, for example, those in EVs, they are ordinarily utilized for second-life applications like energy stockpiling lastly be reused into new lithium-particle batteries. The ERI@N is at present creating answers for all parts of battery stockpiling, from battery the executives frameworks to the assembling of batteries.
Pushing ahead, the NTU group will work intimately with Durapower to preliminary their answer on bigger server farms and to modify it for various applications and battery frameworks.