DEMONSTRATION OF ZINC/AIR FUEL BATTERY TO ENHANCE THE RANGE AND MISSION OF FLEET ELECTRIC VEHICLES: PRELIMINARY RESULTS IN THE REFUELING OF A MULTICELL MODULE
The project was an effort to develop and demonstrate a refuelable zinc/air battery for fleet electric vehicle applications. A refuelable module consisting of twelve bipolar cells with internal flow system has been refueled at rates of nearly 4 cells per minute refueling time of 10 minutes for a 15 kW, 55 kWh battery. The module is refueled by entrainment of 0.5-mm particles in rapidly flowing electrolyte, which delivers the particles into hoppers above each cell in a parallel-flow hydraulic circuit. The concept of user-recovery is presented as an alternative to centralized service infrastructure during market entry.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
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Corporate Authors:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Avenue
Livermore, CA United States 94550 -
Authors:
- COOPER, J F
- FLEMING, D
- Keene, L
- Maimoni, A
- Peterman, K
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Conference:
- Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (29th)
- Location: Monterey, CA
- Date: 1994-8-7 to 1994-8-12
- Publication Date: 1994-8-8
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 9p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Battery chargers; Electric vehicles; Fleet management; Internal forces; Refueling
- Uncontrolled Terms: Battery charging
- Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I90: Vehicles;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00713702
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: UCRL-JC-117946
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 27 1995 12:00AM