Published date: 13 August 2018
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Contract summary
Industry
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) - 38000000
Location of contract
TW11 0LW
Value of contract
£0 to £60,000
Procurement reference
tender_176449/695714
Published date
13 August 2018
Closing date
29 August 2018
Contract start date
31 August 2018
Contract end date
30 August 2019
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Other: Request For Quote
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The National Physical Laboratory [NPL] requirement is for a system for measuring the temperature inside battery casings during charging and discharging. The major challenges in this application are the difficulty of access to the battery pack and the lack of space between the modules within the battery pack.
After considering numerous possibilities, NPL has decided that the application requirements can be met with a Distributed Fibre Thermometer (DFT) using Frequency Domain Optical Reflectometry (FDOR)
NPL anticipates that after use on the Battery Project, the apparatus will find applications in a wide range of engineering challenges. The fibre sensors used in this technique can also be used to measure strain and NPL anticipates that the ability to make combined temperature and strain measurements may be relevant to future applications. We hope that the software supplied with the system will be sufficiently flexible to allow for many as yet unanticipated applications.
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