Title
Bipolar lead-acid battery for hybrid electric vehicles
Author
Schmal, D.
Saakes, M.
ter Veen, W.R.
Raadschelders, J.W.
ten Have, P.T.J.H.
TNO Milieu, Energie en Procesinnovatie
Publication year
2000
Abstract
In hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) the requirements on batteries are very different from those for battery electric vehicles (BEV). A high power (bipolar) lead-acid battery could be a good alternative for other types of batteries under development for this application. It is potentially cheap and there is an established recycling infrastructure. At TNO work started somewhat more than 5 years ago on the development of a bipolar lead-acid battery for pulse power applications. The last two years TNO, in cooperation with the Centurion, a Dutch lead-acid battery manufacturer, worked on the improvement of this type of battery, with respect to specific power (and energy) and other relevant properties. Beside a number of laboratory test cells, two succeeding prototypes of 80 V modules have been built and tested with simulated HEV drive cycles. For the second prototype, a specific power of about 500 W/kg was obtained, a doubling in comparison to the first prototype. On the basis of the results, an evaluation has been made to come to a design which can be mass produced at acceptable cost.
Subject
Electronics
Hybrid electrical vehicles
Batteries
Bipolar lead-acid battery
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TNO identifier
256326
Publisher
TNO
Source
17th Electric Vehicle Symposium 17 (EVS-17), 13-18 October, 2000, Montreal, Canada
Article number
P 2000/014
Document type
conference paper