LEADER 03766nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910972918903321 005 20251116181543.0 010 $a1-60876-298-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001041289 035 $a(EBL)3018352 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000835205 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12367351 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835205 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10989873 035 $a(PQKB)10258853 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3018352 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3018352 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10660213 035 $a(OCoLC)847643752 035 $a(BIP)15851639 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001041289 100 $a20071127d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDevelopment in valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries /$fP.G. Balakrishnan and John Rethinam 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNova Science Publishers$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (120 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-60456-269-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [91]-101) and index. 327 $a""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 a???OXYGEN CYCLEa??? 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"" 327 $a""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 a??? CAUSES AND REMEDIAL MEASURES""; ""POSITIVE GRID CORROSION""; ""SOFTENING OF PAM""; ""LEAKS""; ""CHARGING OF VRLA BATTERIES"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aVRLA battery technology being a comparatively new one, a lot of teething troubles were encountered in the initial periods of its introduction. A detailed analysis of the failure modes of VRLA batteries and remedial measures adopted by the industry is here critically analysed. 606 $aLead-acid batteries 606 $aStorage batteries 615 0$aLead-acid batteries. 615 0$aStorage batteries. 676 $a621.31/2424 700 $aBalakrishnan$b P. G$01872422 701 $aRethinam$b John$01872423 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972918903321 996 $aDevelopment in valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries$94481576 997 $aUNINA