Zinc/bromine battery development
Abstract
The design and testing of 20-40 kWh zinc/bromine battery systems for electric vehicles and load-leveling applications are discussed. Cycling for a 20-kWh electric vehicle battery (Z20-low profile), including capacity tests, power tests, and standing self-discharge tests, is reported. A load management test facility is described, and assembly and testing of a 20-kWh load-leveling module is discussed. A zinc/bromine battery system of the existing Z-design, consisting of two 21 kWh, 144 volt modules, was installed in a modified full size Dodge van. The use of models to study the effects of design changes and to optimize the various design trade-offs is considered.
- Publication:
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IECEC 1987; Proceedings of the Twenty-second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987iece.conf.1039Z
- Keywords:
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- Electric Batteries;
- Energy Storage;
- Zinc-Bromide Batteries;
- Cost Reduction;
- Electric Motor Vehicles;
- Lead Acid Batteries;
- Plastics;
- Structural Members;
- Weight Reduction;
- Energy Production and Conversion