Lithium batteries are all the rage now especially since the rise of electric vehicles. The power density of these cells also makes it attractive in industrial applications such as utilities, power generation and oil & gas where voltages between 110 – 125VDC is commonly found in substations. Pairing these batteries with a suitable charger determines whether or not your asset (the lithium battery) is properly utilised and looked after so that they last as long as they were designed for.

Rectifier Technologies has developed an intelligent interface for data exchange between the battery charger and the battery management system (BMS) of the lithium battery. This CAN bus based interface reads from the BMS, and processes it in the algorithms of the battery charger so that optimum power is delivered to charge the batteries. This piece of hardware, integrated into our PACQ series of powershelves (from the Rectifier Technologies) offers a solution to customers that both maximises the capabilities of their lithium batteries and prevents over and under charging scenarios that may damage the asset.

“This development was initiated in response to our customers on the need for proper lithium battery charging, without which the true potential of the batteries cannot be realised. The goal was therefore to make a bridge between the charger and all CAN bus based BMSs, which is the protocol used by the majority of battery manufacturers. This technology makes future integration with various lithium battery manufacturers a lot less time consuming.” Nicholas Yeoh, Director of Sales and Marketing of Rectifier Technologies.

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Rectifier Technologies will exhibit in EVS32 (Lyon, France), an International Electric Vehicle symposium, exhibition & conference between 19th to 22nd of May 2019. See you there!

Booth location: CharIN, booth No.21

“Australians might be anxious about converting to electric powered transport primarily due to the lack of current infrastructure in the country.” – Nicholas Yeoh.

“The debate over the lack of a national energy policy is centred on ideological and climate change arguments. There is, however, a more immediate and practical problem that’s likely to be detrimental to Australia that has to do with the predicted rapid up-take of electric vehicles (EVs) and their impact on our power grid.” – Valentino Vescovi.

Rectifier Technologies Ltd and Tritium Pty Ltd have signed a Preferred Supplier Agreement, effective from the 3rd of December 2018. This contract includes an exclusive supply and purchase arrangement between Rectifier Technologies Ltd and Tritium Ltd for the supply of 35kW high-voltage and high-efficiency modular power supply units for high power DC electric vehicle chargers (120KW and above), for at least 1 year with options to extend. This exclusive arrangement provides further opportunities to advance our products in the high-power DC electric vehicle charging sector.

“We believe bi-directional chargers will be ubiquitous with the electric vehicle industry over the coming years, and we are pleased to be among the first to be developing rectifiers to meet this emerging need.” – Nigel Machin.

As part of Rectifier Technologies’ plan to pursue opportunities in the new energy market (presented at the AGM on the 27th of November 2017), the Company is pleased to announce its latest R&D project to introduce high efficiency bi-directional power conversion technology to its product offering. This allows the Company to address new needs in various new energy markets, driven by the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EV) globally. Bi-directional means that in addition to charging the battery from the grid, when required, the grid can be supported by the battery and energy is transferred from vehicle battery to the grid (V2G). A further application is home support where optionally a vehicle battery can transfer energy to a home during a blackout (V2H). The first R&D prototype is expected to be integrated into the EV Home Charger by end of Q2 2019 and can be in full production by the end of Q4 2019.

Thank you for spending time at our booth earlier this week at EVS31 2018 in Japan. Although day one was canceled due to typhoon alerts, days 2 and 3 were a huge success. Special thanks to CharIN and EVS31 for having us at the show, where we showcased our RT15 EV Charger Kit and 11KW Home Charger, with new contacts established and useful market feedback received. The event was a great opportunity to be connected with industry leaders, experts and manufacturers to drive product innovations in the EV space.

Rectifier Technologies will exhibit in EVS31 2018 (Kobe, Japan), an international electric vehicle symposium, exhibition and conference, between the 30^th of September – 3^rd of October 2018. We look forward to seeing you there.

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We are pleased to announce that the receipt of product purchase orders from Tritium Pty Ltd totalling 5 million USD for the supply of 35kW high-voltage and high-efficiency modular power supply units for DC electric vehicle charging. The orders are scheduled to be delivered in 2018 and are binding purchase orders. Further orders are expected to be received during the calendar year.

Supply agreements are subject to standard termination provisions including insolvency, and fundamental breach of agreement clauses. Supply agreements may be terminated by either party if a fundamental breach of supply conditions occurs and is not remedied within 30 days of notice of breach. Fundamental breach of supply conditions include non-payment, non-delivery of product by delivery date and product defect clauses.

About Tritium Pty Ltd

Brisbane-based Tritium is a technology company that specialises in the design and manufacture of fast chargers for electric vehicles (EV), power-electronic systems and battery energy-storage applications. Established in 2001, it has gained a reputation with the world’s largest organisations and top universities for providing solutions when quality, reliability and performance are critical for success. Its products are operational on every continent around the world and are to be found in submarines, UAVs flying at over 40,000ft and even working in the extremes of Antarctica.

Tritium’s headquarters are in Brisbane in Australia, with offices in Europe and the United States.

www.tritium.com.au