Battery testing at Argonne National Laboratory
Advanced battery technology evaluations are performed under simulated electric-vehicle operating conditions at the Analysis 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 FY 1992 on both single cells and multi-cell modules that encompass six battery technologies [Na/S, Li/FeS, Ni/Metal-Hydride, Ni/Zn, Ni/Cd, Ni/Fe]. 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 lie 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.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6673411
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/CMT/CP-77168; CONF-9211101--5; ON: DE93009204
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CAPACITY
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
EVALUATION
IRON-NICKEL BATTERIES
LIFETIME
LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES
METAL-METAL OXIDE BATTERIES
METAL-NONMETAL BATTERIES
NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERIES
NICKEL-ZINC BATTERIES
PERFORMANCE
SERVICE LIFE
SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES
TESTING
VEHICLES