Development in valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries / P.G. Balakrishnan and John Rethinam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balakrishnan, P. G.

Contributor:

Rethinam, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lead-acid batteries.

Storage batteries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

VRLA battery technology being a comparatively new one, a lot of teething troubles were encountered in the initial periods of its introduction. A detailed analysis of the failure modes of VRLA batteries and remedial measures adopted by the industry is here critically analysed.

Contents:

""DEVELOPMENTS IN VALVE-REGULATED LEAD-ACID (VRLA) BATTERIES""; ""NOTICE TO THE READER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""HISTORY OF THE LEAD-ACID BATTERY""; ""THE DEVELOPMENT OF VALVE-REGULATED LEAD-ACID BATTERY""; ""MERITS OR ADVANTAGES OF VRLA BATTERY TECHNOLOGY""; ""CRITERIA FOR THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF “OXYGEN CYCLE� IN VRLAB""; ""GRIDS AND ALLOYS FOR VR BATTERIES""; ""CASTING OF GRIDS""; ""PASTE MIXING AND PASTING OPERATIONS""; ""CURING""; ""ABSORPTIVE GLASS MAT SEPARATOR (AGM)""; ""FORMATION""; ""CADMIUM VOLTAGE READINGS""; ""ASSEMBLY OF VR BATTERIES""; ""CONTAINERS AND COVERS""

""PRESSURE VENTS (SAFETY VALVES)""""ASSEMBLY OF GELLED VR BATTERIES""; ""ASSEMBLY OF AGM VR BATTERIES""; ""FILLING OF VR BATTERIES WITH ELECTROLYTE""; ""FILLING OF AGM BATTERIES WITH ELECTROLYTE""; ""FILLING OF GELLED VR BATTERIES WITH ELECTROLYTE""; ""CONDITIONING CYCLES""; ""ADVANCED LEAD-ACID BATTERY CONSORTIUM""; ""ELEMENT COMPRESSION""; ""FAST CHARGE""; ""NEW GENERATION AUTOMOTIVE BATTERIES""; ""OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE""; ""FAILURES OF VRLAB � CAUSES AND REMEDIAL MEASURES""; ""POSITIVE GRID CORROSION""; ""SOFTENING OF PAM""; ""LEAKS""; ""CHARGING OF VRLA BATTERIES""

""VOLTAGE VARIATION IN FLOAT OPERATION""""ACCURATE CONTROL OF CHARGING VOLTAGE""; ""TEMPERATURE/THERMAL RUNAWAY/DRY OUT""; ""BATTERY MONITORING""; ""CATALYST""; ""USE OF RECOMBINING CATALYST PLUGS IN VRLA BATTERIES [210-211] (ELECTROCHEMICAL IMBALANCE)""; ""RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS WITH CATALYSTS""; ""FAILURE OF NEGATIVE HALF-BLOCK""; ""PREMATURE CAPACITY LOSS [220-229]""; ""PASSIVATION OF POSITIVE PLATE (PPP)""; ""LEADING THROUGH""; ""WATER LOSS""; ""POSITIVE MASS SOFTENING AND SULPHATION""; ""SHORT CIRCUITS [69, 208]""; ""ANALYSIS OF FAILURE MODES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]-101) and index.

ISBN:

1-60876-298-X

OCLC:

847643752