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.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
• 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
• 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