Performance evaluation of advanced battery technologies for electric vehicle applications
Abstract
At the Argonne Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory, advanced battery technology evaluations are performed under simulated electric vehicle operating conditions. During 1989 and the first quarter of 1990, single cell and multicell modules from seven developers were examined for the Department of Energy and Electric Power Research Institute. The results provide battery users, developers, and program managers with an interim measure of the progress being made in battery R&D programs, a comparison of battery technologies, and a source of basic data for modeling and continuing R&D. This paper summarizes the performance and life characterizations of two single cells and seven 3- to 960-cell modules that encompass six technologies (Na/S, Ni/Fe, Ni/Cd, Ni-metal hydride, lead-acid, and Zn/Br).
- Publication:
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Presented at the 25th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference
- Pub Date:
- January 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990iece.confS..12D
- Keywords:
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- Acceleration (Physics);
- Electric Batteries;
- Electric Motor Vehicles;
- Lead Acid Batteries;
- Nickel Cadmium Batteries;
- Service Life;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Maintenance;
- Performance Tests;
- Standards;
- Test Facilities;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering