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Lead-Nickel Electrochemical Batteries
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9781118563120
Umbreit-Nr.: 4427015
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 320 S., 5.16 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 13.12.2012
Auflage: 1/2012
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p>The lead-acid accumulator was introduced in the middle of the 19th Century, the diverse variants of nickel accumulators between the beginning and the end of the 20th Century. Although old, these technologies are always very present on numerous markets. Unfortunately they are still not used in optimal conditions, often because of the misunderstanding of the internal electrochemical phenomena.<br /> This book will show that batteries are complex systems, made commercially available thanks to considerable amounts of scientific research, empiricism and practical knowledge. However, the design of batteries is not fixed; it is subject to constant developments as a result of user feedback and validation processes which are often long and fastidious. This book attempts to show that it is not possible to consider a family of batteries as having fixed, applicable properties and characteristics whatever the application and the technology used in their manufacture. For this reason, the authors have chosen to present the fundamental electrochemical and chemical phenomena involved in as simple and as clear a way as possible. It is essential to be aware of these mechanisms in order to develop suitable theoretical models.<br /> This work will be of particular interest to those working in the field of electrical engineering and to industrialists, the final users of these technologies. It will also be of interest to electrochemists, as experts in lead or nickel batteries are becoming fewer and farther between, and their knowledge and practical skills are steadily being lost.</p><p>Contents</p><p>Part 1. Universal Characteristics of Batteries<br /> 1. Definitions and Methods of Measurement.<br /> Part 2. LeadAcid Batteries<br /> 2. The Operation of LeadAcid Batteries.<br /> 3. Internal Composition and Types of LeadAcid Batteries.<br /> 4. Lead Batteries: Main Characteristics.<br /> 5. Manufacturing Starting, Lighting and Ignition Batteries.<br /> Part 3. Introduction to Nickel-Based Batteries<br /> 6. NickelCadmium Batteries.<br /> 7. NickelMetal Hydride Batteries.<br /> 8. Other Nickel-Based Batteries.</p>
- Autorenportrait
- <p><strong>Christian Glaize</strong> is Professor at University of Montpellier, France.<p><strong>Sylvie Genies</strong> is Project manager at Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission and internal expert for lead-acid technology, Grenoble, France.