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NHR 9300 High-Power System for Battery Testing
Applications
Best forKey Features

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The Industry’s Most Flexible Battery Cycler for Battery Moduleand Pack Testing04

Modular and Scalable Power Provides Future-Proofing05

Built-In Comprehensive Measurement Capability

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Monitor Performance, Parameters and Status During Test
to Minimize Hazards

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Chart Recorder

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The Power of Choice: Multiple Control and Automation Options

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Simplify and Accelerate Battery Test
The Enerchron® Advantage

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Accelerate and Scale Battery Test
The NI BTS Advantage

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NHR 9300 High-Power System Specifications

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for Battery Testing
Applications

ELECTRICVEHICLESELECTRICTRUCKSELECTRIC
FLIGHT

MARINE

ENERGY
STORAGE

FUEL
CELLS

INDUSTRIALTEST LABS

BEST FOR:

Testing of high voltage batteries, fuel cells, and energy storage systems
Validation of high voltage batteries, fuel cells, and energy storage systems

KEY FEATURES:







Dual voltage range design: 600V, 1200V
Modular & scalable power up to 2.4MW- 100kW per cabinet (parallel up to 24 cabinets)- Current 333A per cabinet (up to 8,000A)
Regenerative power > 95% (Typical)
100% SiC-based technology
Fast transient speeds: Slew Rate < 2mS
Fully integrated battery cycler: built-in isolation contactor relays,
pre-charge circuit, reverse polarity checkerni.com






Modes: Charge/Discharge, Load, and Battery Emulation
High insulation resistance to ensure product safety
Air-cooled (no liquid cooling) provides simplified maintenance
Advanced digital measurements with charting
Multiple control options: touch panel, LabVIEW®, IVI Drivers,and SCPI
Battery Test Software: Enerchron® or NI BTS Software
Drive cycle simulation testing including FUDS, SFUDS, GSFUDS,WLDC, JC08, and ECE-15L

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The Industry’s Most Flexible Battery Cycler for Battery Moduleand Pack Testing
The 9300 High-Power System for Battery Testing is the industry’s leading test solution for automotive, aerospace, energy, and industrial
markets. The 9300 is used by well-recognized OEMs, Tier 1, 2, 3 manufacturers and suppliers, universities, government, and test labs,
around the world. Our flexible 9300 platform allows you to evolve with your test requirements from R&D and validation to productionand end-of life.
The 9300 provides modular and scalable power from 100kW up to 2.4MW. Its dual voltage range of 600V and 1,200V covers both lowerand higher power applications within a single product. Unlike custom built solutions, the 9300 provides maximum flexibility in voltage
and power, providing full power from 300 V – 1,200 V + (Fig. 1).

1200

Voltage (Volts)

1000
100kW
Constant
Power Curve

High-Voltage
Range

800
600
400

100kW

High-Current
Range

200

100kW
200kW

0050

100

150

200

250

300

100kW
100kW

300kW

350

Current (Amps)

FIGURE 1

FIGURE 2

Wide Constant Power Operating Envelope

Modular and Scalable Power up to 2.4MW

Modular and Scalable Power Provides Future-Proofing
NI’s Battery Test Systems are designed for fully independent operation. Additional 100kW cabinets can be run synchronously in parallel up
to 2.4MW/8000A, increasing the maximum power and current capability to the level required. This modular expansion allows you to scale
power as needed (Fig. 2).

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Built-In Comprehensive Measurement Capability
A wide range of precision measurement information is provided by the 1-MS/S digitization of analog measurement signals within eachcabinet. For example, the simultaneous measurements of voltage, current, amp-hours and watt- hours are continuously available. Data canbe accessed or downloaded to provide high-resolution, synchronized samples of voltage and current for advanced measurements such asbattery condition (Fig. 3).

CONTACTOR+/-?

POLARITYCHECKER
PRE-CHARGECIRCUIT

9300
Battery Cycler
FIGURE 3

FIGURE 4

Chart Recorder

Functional representation of the 9300. Bidirectional power supplies and othercyclers may not include isolation contactor relays, polarity checker
and pre-charge circuits.

Monitor Performance, Parameters and Status During Test
to Minimize Hazards
The 9300 performance is monitored continuously. Items such as measurement ambiguities, under/over-range conditions, heat- sinktemperature limits, and grid frequency limits trigger an appropriate warning message to the controlling device. Each tester provides
programmable trip limits to continuously double check the operator requested setting (Fig. 5); an interlock input that can be connected toan external test fixture; an emergency manual switch; and remote power-off input. When the trip limits, interlock, or emergency power-off isdetected, the tester halts power flow and follows an internal power-off sequence which includes opening the contactors and isolating itself
from the UUT.

FIGURE 5Enter Programmable Trip Limits

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The Power of Choice: Multiple
Control and Automation Options
NI Battery Test Systems are designed with multiple control options(Fig. 6) so that you can: write your own software (IVI or SCPI);
program with NI tools (LabVIEW or VeriStand); work with a solution
provider; or select a battery test software package such as NHR’s
Enerchron or NI’s BTS for a fully integrated solution.

Touch I/F

Enerchron or NI’s

The 9300 has a large visual Touch-Panel that controls and displays
voltage, current, power along with other settings, limits, and test
status. The Touch-Panel allows you to create, run, monitor, chart,
and report UUT charge/discharge profiles without writing any code.
RemoteLabVIEW

FIGURE 6
Multiple Control Options for Flexible and Easy Integration.

Simplify and Accelerate Battery Test
The Enerchron® Advantage
Enerchron is a powerful but easy to use Test Executive created specifically to simplify and accelerate your test automation. It provides acomprehensive battery test environment (Fig. 7) that includes integration with HW and SW tools. This software solution that provides thesequence control and integration of hardware I/O, CAN, chambers/ chillers, and safety elements of the test station. A key differentiator fromother test software is the use of variables instead of hard-coded values. Test sequences can be easily scaled and adjusted for any UUT.

FIGURE 7
An Example Battery Test Environment

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Accelerate and Scale Battery Test
The NI BTS Advantage
NI offers more complete and open electrification solutions to optimize test workflows and accelerate time to market for our customers.
If required, we also have a reliable partner network of solution providers. The NI Battery Test System (BTS) Software provides additional
systems capability:

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System architecture effectively scales to large, distributedbattery labs.

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Agile test plan development improves utilizationand efficiency

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Powerful data and system management that optimizes
OpEx and reduces the overall CO2 footprint of yourtest facility

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Workflow, scheduling, data management, and dataanalytics delivers higher-performance batteries, faster,and within budget.

FIGURE 8
NI BTS 3.0 Example Dashboard

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NHR 9300 High-Power System Specifications
MODEL NUMBER*

9300100

9300200

9300300

9300400

9300500

9300600

9300700

9300800

9300900

93001000

93001100

93001200

Rating

100kW

200kW

300kW

Max Current @ 600V

333A

666A

999A

400kW

500kW

600kW700kW

800kW

900kW

1000kW

1100kW

1200kW

1332A

1665A

1998A

2331A

2664A

2997A

3330A

3663A

3996A

Current @ 1200V

±167A

±334A

±501A

±668A

±835A

±1002A±1169A±1336A±1503A±1670A±1837A±2001A

Programming Capability
Operating States

Charge (Source), Discharge (Load), Standby, Battery Emulation

Set Point Limits

Constant-Voltage (CV), Current (CC), Power (CP), Series Resistance (CR)

Trip Point Limits

Min/Max Voltage, Current (per direction), and Power (per direction) with time delay values

Charging Envelope

0 - 600V/±333A, 0 -1200V/±167A

Discharging Env.

30 - 600V/±333A, 60 - 1200V/±167A

Voltage Accuracy

0.025% Set + 0.025% Range

Current Accuracy

0.1% Set + 0.1% Range

Slew Rate

Same polarity 10 - 90% < 2mS Low Range, < 3mS High Range

Current Change Time

< 5mS

Current Reverse Time< 10mS

Parallelability

Synchronous control for up to 24 channels (2.4MW)

Macro Test Profiles
Development Source

Touch-Panel, Import from Excel or User’s System Controller

Max. Steps

1000

Min.Time Delay

50µS

Max. Step Delay

1mS - 7 days

Test Meas. (4-wire)

Range

Accuracy

Resolution

Voltage, DC Avg.

0 - 600V/0 - 1200V

0.025% Reading + 0.025% Range

0.005% Range

Current, DC Avg.
Amp Hr0 - 333A/0 - 167A

0.1% Reading + 0.1% Range

0.005% Range

Power, Watt Hr

I Range x V Range

0.12% Reading + 0.12% Range

0.005% Range

Time1mS - 1 Yr

0.1% Reading

0.005% Range

Temperature

0 - 150 °C

Control
Local User Int.

Touch-Panel with graphic meters & controls plus
Macro screens

Analog Voltage
Monitor0 to +10V full scale voltage

Ext. Sys. Comm.

LAN (Ethernet)

External Inputs

Interlock input & power-off (eOff) input

Drivers

LabVIEW, IVI-COM, IVI-C

Software Watchdog

Programmable

Analog Current
Monitor0 to +10V charge/0 to -10V discharge

Physical (Single 100kW Cabinet)
Connectors

Main power through buss bars

Input Power Factor

PF >0.997

Cabinet Dim.
(HxWxD)78 x 28 x 39”/1981 x 711 x 991mm

Isolation AC
Input

800VDC Mains to Chassis & UUT - / 1500VDC Mains
to UUT +Cabinet Weight

1200lbs/544kg

Isolation UUT
Input

800VDC UUT - to Chassis / 1500VDC UUT + toChassis

Operating Temp.

0 - 35°C full power

InternalMonitoring

Over-Voltage, Over-Current, Over-Power, OverTemperature

Input Power3ø, 50 - 60Hz, 380VAC/200A or 480VAC/160A.
Output Power reduced to 90kW below 360VAC input* Higher power models are available up to 9300-2400 at 2.4MW.
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