Record Nr.

UNINA9910452171203321

Autore

Balakrishnan P. G

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa


New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2008

ISBN

1-60876-298-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RethinamJohn

Disciplina

621.31/2424

Soggetti

Lead-acid batteries

Storage batteries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

""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 â€œOXYGEN CYCLEâ€? 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 â€? 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""