Remote area power supply

FM4. Incomplete charging. Batteries operated under partial-state-of-charge duty (as experienced in remote-area power supplies and hybrid electric vehicles) require a periodic full charge in order to maintain capacity. 

Remote-area power-supplies PSoC duty reliable life of 10 years... 

REMOTE-AREA POWER-SUPPLY (RAPS) SYSTEMS AND THE VALVE-REGULATED LEAD-ACID BATTERY... 

The Need for Remote-area Power-supply Systems... 

M. Stevens, Proceedings Remote-area Power-supplies and Renewable Energy Applications Conference, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 1993, Electricity Supply Authority of Australia, 1993, p. 17. R.H. Newnham, A.F. Hollenkamp, D.A.J. Rand, J. Power Sources, 53 (1995) 215-228. 

Much of the recent advancement of VRLA technology has been achieved through a co-operative research effort under the auspices of the Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (ALABQ. The main effort has been directed towards the development of VRLA battery systems for new-generation road transportation — electric and hybrid electric vehicles — that will reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions. The progress gained in this endeavour will ultimately also benefit the enormously important markets in telecommunications and remote-area power supplies. 

The applications described in Sections 8.1.7.1 to 8.1.7.3 are expected to have the potential to become high volume products. However, numerous niche applications with more relaxed cost requirements as compared to the mass markets are available. Electric power can be provided where there is no electric grid connection such as for light transportation (electric bikes, wheelchairs), as auxiliary power units (trucks, boats), remote area power supply (mountains, camping), for appliances (lawn mower, vacuum cleaner), for military and defence purposes, space travel or for electric grid back-up where availability is crucial (telecommunication, computing). 

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