RECENT ADVANCES IN LEAD-ACID CELL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The lead-acid battery still is and will be for the foreseeable future the most widely used secondary energy storage system. It will maintain this predominant role because of its highly developed technology, its low costs as compared to other secondary systems and its high reliability. During the last decade it has been demonstrated that the lead-acid system is capable of providing an attractive energy source of sufficient energy and power per unit weight and volume which allows its successful application for electric vehicle propulsion. Basic research has contributed in a worldwide effort to the improvement of active material utilization and cycle life as well. This is shown by a number of typical examples, such as the relationship between active material properties and capacity at high rates of discharge, the effect of acid stratification and others. Simultaneously, the expenditure for the maintenance of lead-acid batteries has been minimized by the development of peripheric equipment, as there are means for central-automatic water refill and recombination devices. It is shown that there is still a considerable potential for further improvement which might again strengthen the unique position of the lead-acid system in the market in comparison to competitive systems. (ERA citation 06:028751)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • EVA '80 conference, Adelaide, Australia, 25 Aug 1980.
• Corporate Authors:

  Argonne National Laboratory

  9700 South Cass Avenue
  Argonne, IL  United States  60439

  Varta Batterie AG

  6233 Kelkheim,   Germany 

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • Voss, E
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Pagination: 38 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric vehicles; Electrodes; Lead (Metal); Lead acid batteries; Maintenance; Performance; Propulsion; Research projects; Stratification; Sulfuric acid; Vehicle power plants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity; Propulsion systems; Research programs
• Old TRIS Terms: Charge state
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00346565
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-8008118-1
• Contract Numbers: W-31-109-ENG-38
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 29 1982 12:00AM