Webinars

(FREE) MALVERN PANALYTICAL: Optimizing Battery Separator Performance with Advanced Pore Characterization

Lithium-ion battery separators play a critical role in ensuring safety, performance, and longevity. This webinar explores advanced pore characterization techniques, Capillary Flow Porometry (CFP) and Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry (MIP), used to analyze separator materials. We’ll discuss the differences between through and blind pores, and how these affect battery function. Using experimental data from Celgard monolayer and trilayer separators, we’ll demonstrate how pore size distribution, bubble point, and porosity impact battery design. Attendees will gain insights into how these measurements guide material selection and improve battery reliability.

This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

• Role of Separators in Li-Ion Battery Safety and Efficiency
• Techniques for Pore Characterization: Capillary Flow Porometry vs Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry
• Understanding Through vs Blind Pores
• Experimental Insights from Celgard Separator Analysis
• Implications for Battery Design and Manufacturing

A PDF copy of the presentation will be sent to all attendees after the event.

Presenter
Julian Hungerford – Senior Application Scientist at Malvern Panalytical

Julian graduated from the University of Michigan with an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering, he then went on to pursue his PhD at Georgia Tech under the direction of Dr. Krista Walton. His research focused on the adsorption of acid gases in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). After completing his PhD, Julian joined Micromeritics in late 2020. He specializes in physisorption, separations, and porous materials.

Malvern Panalytical is a proud sponsor of this event.

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(FREE) INTERTEK: Applying Functional Safety in eMobility and Energy Storage Certifications

Functional Safety plays a critical role in the design and development of active control and safety systems across multiple industries, including automotive/EV, micromobility and stationary energy storage. This discussion outlines several of the core industry or regulatory requirements for functional safety as it applies to battery safety control systems. Specific areas of discussion are risk assessments, comparing various functional safety reference standards, and interpreting requirements across multiple certification schemes and standards.

This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

• Identifying key battery/ ESS standards
• Applying functional safety requirements to battery management systems
• Selecting appropriate Functional Safety standards
• Performing battery-specific risk assessment

A PDF copy of the presentation will be sent to all attendees after the event.

Presenter
Rich Byczek – Global Technical Director at Intertek

Rich Byczek is the Global Technical Director at Intertek. He has 30 years of experience in product development and validation testing, with over 20 years at Intertek. Rich is experienced in the areas of energy storage, product validation, EMC and Quality Management. As Intertek’s Global Technical Lead for Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage, Rich sits on several standards technical committees and working groups. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lawrence Technological University and is based at the Intertek EV and Battery Center of Excellence located in Plymouth, Michigan.

Intertek is a proud sponsor of this event.

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(FREE) BAUM & ASSOCIATES: Applying Functional Safety in eMobility and Energy Storage Certifications

Sales of battery electrics (including PHEVs and EREVs) are growing globally, but the North American market is pulling back based on the removal of consumer incentives and the termination of emissions and fuel economy regulations in the US.

Interest in electric vehicles continues to grow among consumers, including prior EV buyers that are looking to capitalize on improving product. How will automakers price their products, and will they sell at high price in low volume (based on a short-term effort to reduce losses), or will they see the North American market as a means to increase global scale and reduce costs (leading to profitability down the road). Range and charge anxiety is being addressed by infrastructure providers and a range of automakers, with new products seeking to address consumer desires.

This webinar will focus on the following key topics:

• Current sales and forecast to 2030
• How the termination of federal incentives and regulations will affect the market
• How various automakers are reacting in the North American market
• Developments in infrastructure and the potential impact on the market
• How evolving battery technology and improved features can lower cost and influence demand

A PDF copy of the presentation will be sent to all attendees after the event.

Presenter
Alan Baum – Principal, Baum & Associates

Alan Baum formed Baum & Associates in August 2009. The company produces a detailed sales forecast, market analysis, and product life cycle for the range of electrified vehicles and provides monthly sales results for these vehicles. Baum analyzes the impact of alternative fuel vehicles as well as advanced technologies in internal combustion engines that provide improved fuel economy. He consults with suppliers, the financial community, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. Since the 1980s, Baum has produced an automotive production forecast with detailed analysis of the automotive market.

PlugVolt is a proud sponsor of this event.

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