WF Bifrost for Reuse and Recycling

The WF Bifrost Series is a flexible and powerful platform designed to support the transition towards a more sustainable and circular battery industry. By streamlining the testing, discharging and classification of batteries ahead of refurbishment, reuse or recycling, Bifrost helps enable the goals and processes promoted by the EU’s Battery Regulation.

Bifrost handles multiple test stations in parallel and can process batteries at different stages of their lifecycle simultaneously. The platform identifies battery condition, qualifies it for reuse, or prepares it for safe discharge prior to recycling where energy is efficiently recovered during the process.

All monitoring and oversight are centralized througt our Single Point of Control concept, providing full control, high safety and operational efficiency.

A battery solution developed for real-world industry needs

The Bifrost platform has been developed in close collaboration with industry partners and is currently used in several critical phases of the battery lifecycle:

• Aftermarket & Refurbishment
  
• Remanufacturing & Repurposing
• Recycling

Compared to other available products in the market, our module series provides you with all you need to shift seamlessly from simple to advanced test and measurements with the possibility of a high degree of customization.

Examples of Bifrost applications

• Fast and safe battery discharge prior recycling with WireFlow TotalDischarge™ – including temperature monitoring and reverse polarity protection
• Measuring State of Health, both standard and customized measurements
• Reusing discharged energy internally or feeding it back to the grid
• Maintenance and transport charging
• Documenting the entire discharge process to ensure traceability – valuable for both internal audits and customer compliance
• Generating automatic work reports that provide insights into utilization and process efficiency
• Integrated into company production and IT systems, making it a seamless part of the entire battery discharge process

Configurable

We offer off-the-shelf products as well as customised systems with different functionalities to deliver a solution meeting your specific needs.

Programmable

All variables are available in the scripting environment, making it easy to set up tests with almost any criterion. From simple tests cases such as cycling whilst doing coulomb counting to more advanced scenarios.

Accessible historical data

All available data within the system can be logged during a test. The log files are easily accessible and exported to adjacent systems for further analysis.

Centralized

The system is controlled by a user-friendly software as a single point of contact. All stations can be run simultaneously and independent from each other and are controlled and monitored from one application.

Integrable

Using our Rest API or Modbus-TCP, you can communicate and control the system from any adjacent system making it a seamless part of your production and test infrastructure.

Sustainable/lower cost of ownership

The system is regenerative where the power from discharge is fed back to the grid, minimizing heat dissipation and reducing the operating cost.

Safe

The system has support for monitoring temperatures, both internal and external, to ensure safety and evaluate how the battery responds to different charge and discharge currents.

Upgradable

All products in this series are based on the Valand Battery Test and Measurement platform making it possible for customers to upgrade the systems with new versions and customer specific functionalities if needed.

* Voltage and current can be from 0 to maximum specified
** Advanced SOH: We also offer Advanced SOH measurements by using data analytics providing an extremely fast test process that is tailor made for your needs. Please request more information if interested.