Book description
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.
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.
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.
Contents
Part 1. Universal Characteristics of Batteries
1. Definitions
and Methods of Measurement.
Part 2. Lead-Acid Batteries
2.
The Operation of Lead-Acid Batteries.
3. Internal Composition and
Types of Lead-Acid Batteries.
4. Lead Batteries: Main
Characteristics.
5. Manufacturing Starting, Lighting and Ignition
Batteries.
Part 3. Introduction to Nickel-Based Batteries
6.
Nickel-Cadmium Batteries.
7. Nickel-Metal Hydride
Batteries.
8. Other Nickel-Based Batteries.
