Demonstration of zinc/air fuel battery to enhance the range and mission of fleet electric vehicles: Preliminary results in the refueling of a multicell module

Conference · Mon Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:10196768

Cooper, J F; Fleming, D; Keene, L; Maimoni, A; Peterman, K; Koopman, R

We report progress in an effort to develop and demonstrate a refuelable zinc/air battery for fleet electric vehicle applications. A refuelable module consisting of twelve bipolar cells with internal flow system has been refueled at rates of nearly 4 cells per minute refueling time of 10 minutes for a 15 kW, 55 kWh battery. The module is refueled by entrainment of 0.5-mm particles in rapidly flowing electrolyte, which delivers the particles into hoppers above each cell in a parallel-flow hydraulic circuit. The concept of user-recovery is presented as an alternative to centralized service infrastructure during market entry.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10196768
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-117946; CONF-940812-23; ON: DE95004206
• Resource Relation: Conference: 29. intersociety energy conversion engineering conference,Monterey, CA (United States),7-12 Aug 1994; Other Information: PBD: 8 Aug 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
25 ENERGY STORAGE
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ZINC-AIR BATTERIES
TESTING
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RANGE
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