Stationary battery guide: Design, application, and maintenance. Final report

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:362514

This guide has been prepared to assist a variety of users with stationary battery design, application, and maintenance. The following battery-related topics are discussed in detail: (1) fundamentals--how batteries are designed and how they work; (2) aging, degradation, and failures with an emphasis on how various maintenance tasks can prevent, detect, or repair certain degradation mechanisms; (3) applications--how batteries are designed for a specific purpose and how the battery industry has evolved; (4) sizing for different applications; (5) protection and charging; (6) periodic inspections and checks; (7) capacity discharge testing; (8) installation and replacement considerations; and (9) problems that can occur with battery systems. Since the original guide was published, new IEEE Recommended Practices related to stationary battery applications have been issued. This revision addresses those industry changes as well as some of the emerging issues related to the development of other industry documents. This guide has been prepared as a comprehensive reference source for stationary batteries and is intended to address the design, application, and maintenance needs of users. The technical discussions are at the application level. Fundamentals of battery design are covered in greater detail in this revision. More details related to internal cell materials, their operational relationship, and performance over the expected life of the battery cell are provided. This information has been included because many changes in battery cell materials, manufacturing and design processes are not always communicated to the user.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Edan Engineering Corp. (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 362514
• Report Number(s): EPRI-TR--100248-R1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AUXILIARY SYSTEMS
DC SYSTEMS
DESIGN
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT PROTECTION DEVICES
FAILURES
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
MAINTENANCE
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TESTING
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