Results of advanced battery technology evaluations for electric vehicle applications
Abstract
Advanced battery technology evaluations are performed under simulated electric-vehicle operating conditions at the Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory (ADL) of Argonne National Laboratory. The ADL results provide insight into those factors that limit battery performance and life. The ADL facilities include a test laboratory to conduct battery experimental evaluations under simulated application conditions and a post-test analysis laboratory to determine, in a protected atmosphere if needed, component compositional changes and failure mechanisms. This paper summarizes the performance characterizations and life evaluations conducted during 1991-1992 on both single cells and multi-cell modules that encompass eight battery technologies (Na/S, Li/MS (M=metal), Ni/MH, Ni/Cd, Ni/Zn, Ni/Fe, Zn/Br, and Pb-acid). These evaluations were performed for the Department of Energy, Office of Transportation Technologies, Electric and Hybrid Propulsion Division, and the Electric Power Research Institute. The ADL provides a common basis for battery performance characterization and life evaluations with unbiased application of tests and analyses. The results help identify the most-promising R&D approaches for overcoming battery limitations, and provide battery users, developers, and program managers with a measure of the progress being made in battery R&D programs, a comparison of battery technologies, and basic data for modeling.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- October 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992STIN...9311432D
- Keywords:
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- Electric Batteries;
- Electric Equipment Tests;
- Electric Motor Vehicles;
- Lead Acid Batteries;
- Nickel Cadmium Batteries;
- Nickel Iron Batteries;
- Nickel Zinc Batteries;
- Service Life;
- Sodium Sulfur Batteries;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Research And Development;
- Technology Utilization;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering