Lead/acid battery development for heat engine/electric hybrid vehicles. Final report
A program was undertaken to develop a lead/acid battery system for use in a hybrid heat engine/electric vehicle. The basic requirements are that the battery be capable of supplying high-rate power pulses and of accepting high-rate charge pulses, both of short duration. The feasibility of developing a bipolar lead/acid battery system which conforms to these specifications was investigated by using a modular approach to system design. In the preferred design, a vertical array of lead strips placed on either side of each substrate are connected with adjacent strips on the opposite side only over the top of the substrate to provide electrical conduction through the substrate. The following topics are discussed concerning this system: study of electrochemical problem areas relevant to design of a high-power-density battery; corrosion of substrate materials; development and mechanical testing of structures; life testing; design and preliminary cost analysis.
- Research Organization:
- Tyco Labs., Inc., Waltham, MA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7099354
- Report Number(s):
- PB-221280/1; APTD-1346
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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