Asbjørn Halsebakke

Asbjørn has a demonstrated history of working in the electrical and electronic manufacturing industry. He is skilled in power electronics, electrical wiring, management, transformer, continuous improvement and research and development (R&D). He is a strong sales professional with an MSc focused on power electronics from The Arctic University of Norway (UiT).

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Presentation

Ensuring safe huge battery installations for crew, cargo and vessels

Bigger battery systems are being installed on vessels all over the world, which is good. But can we be sure that the potential short circuits behind these huge energy sources are controlled or have even been considered? Solutions have been developed that reduce the potentially high short-circuit levels in marine applications to a level that even the smallest converters can handle. This presentation will discuss the potential short-circuit levels of different battery chemistries and how to reduce the energy introduced to a short circuit to only a small percentage of the energy that looms behind, with a short-circuit current limiter.