Battery testing at Argonne National Laboratory
Abstract
Argonne National Laboratory's Analysis & Diagnostic Laboratory (ADL) tests advanced batteries under simulated electric and hybrid vehicle operating conditions. The ADL facilities also include a post-test analysis laboratory to determine, in a protected atmosphere if needed, component compositional changes and failure mechanisms. The ADL provides a common basis for battery performance characterization and life evaluations with unbiased application of tests and analyses. The battery evaluations and post-test examinations help identify factors that limit system performance and life and the most-promising R&D approaches for overcoming these limitations. Since 1991, performance characterizations and/or life evaluations have been conducted on eight battery technologies: Na/S, Li/S, Zn/Br, Ni/MH, Ni/Zn, Ni/Cd, Ni/Fe, and lead-acid. These evaluations were performed for the Department of Energy's. Office of Transportation Technologies, Electric and Hybrid Propulsion Division (DOE/OTT/EHP), and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Transportation Program. The results obtained are discussed.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- March 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993STIN...9414012D
- Keywords:
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- Characterization;
- Electric Batteries;
- Electric Motor Vehicles;
- Electric Propulsion;
- Hybrid Propulsion;
- Performance Tests;
- Service Life;
- Failure;
- Lithium Sulfur Batteries;
- Nickel Iron Batteries;
- Nickel Zinc Batteries;
- Sodium Sulfur Batteries;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering