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- From: mikep@polaris.unm.edu (Mike Prine CIRT)
- Subject: Battery chemistry info wanted
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- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 20:08:02 GMT
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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- After looking through several books on batteries I failed to find some
- of the information I wanted. Hopefully someone on the net can fill in the gaps.
- I am comparing Lead-Acid, Nickel-Iron and Nickel-Cadmium. While the
- books had adequate information for standard usage, typical voltages,
- charging-rates, cost and discharge characteristics, they were lacking in much
- specific information about what happens to batteries that are abused
- particularly on the discharge side. As Lead-Acid cells are in more common use
- I was able to obtain enough info about them but got conflicting statements on
- the Nickel types even in the same book.
- In particular I am want to know what chemical reactions take place
- during cell polarity reversals and how detrimental they are to cell capacity
- and life expectancy. Such reversals can occur in systems with poor voltage
- regulation where one or more cells reach exhaustion before the rest of the
- battery and are driven to a reverse polarity by the remaining cells forcing
- current through the now discharged cell in an attempt to power the load.
- If you have any information on this I would appreciate it, particularly
- book references. If the information is restricted to a particular construction
- type like the pocket plate or sintered, Please indicate that in your reply.
- A reply by email (instead or in addition to a post) would be appreciated. I
- read sci.energy but not sci.chemistry on a regular basis. Thanks in advance
- for any info you can supply.
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- Michael Lee Prine IRC (Information Resource Center) consultant
- Internet: mikep@hydra.unm.edu, Bitnet: MIKEP@UNMB, Phone: 1-505-277-8135
- I get most of my electricity, at home, from the sun. It's a hobby,
- who cares if it's cost effective yet.
-