DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED BATTERIES AT ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY. SUMMARY REPORT FOR 1979

A summary for 1979 of Argonne National Laboratory's program on the development of advanced batteries is presented. These batteries are being developed for electric-vehicle propulsion and stationary energy-storage applications. The principal cells under investigation at present are of a vertically oriented, prismatic design with one or more inner positive electrodes of FeS or FeS sub 2 , facing negative electrodes of Li-Al alloy, and molten LiCl-KCl electrolyte; the cell operating temperature is 400 to 500 exp 0 C. A small effort on the development of a calcium/metal sulfide cell is also being conducted. During 1979, cell and battery development work continued at ANL and contractors' laboratories. A 40-kWh electric-vehicle battery (designated Mark IA) was fabricated and delivered by Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. to ANL for testing. During heat-up, one of the modules failed due to a short circuit. A failure analysis was conducted, and the Mark IA program, completed. Development work on the next electric-vehicle battery (Mark II) was initiated at Eagle-Picher and Gould, Inc. Work on stationary energy-storage batteries consisted primarily of conceptual design studies. citation 05:024103)

• Corporate Authors:

  Argonne National Laboratory

  9700 South Cass Avenue
  Argonne, IL  United States  60439

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Publication Date: 1980-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 46 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alloys; Aluminum alloys; Calcium; Electric batteries; Electric vehicles; Electrodes; Electrolytes; Energy storage systems; High temperature; Iron compounds; Lithium alloys; Lithium chloride; Lithium sulfur batteries; Off peak periods; Performance tests; Potassium chloride; Propulsion; Pyrite; Research projects; Silicon alloys; Sulfides; Vehicle power plants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems; Research programs
• Old TRIS Terms: Binary alloy systems; Calcium alloys; Iron sulfides; Metal-nonmetal batteries; Performance testing
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318619
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: W-31-109-ENG-38
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1980 12:00AM