Some field experience with battery impedance measurement as a useful maintenance tool

Author

Hawkins, J.M.

Author_Institution

Telstra Res. Lab., Clayton, Vic., Australia

fYear

1994

fDate

30 Oct-3 Nov 1994

Firstpage

263

Lastpage

269

Abstract

This paper reports on the initial findings of a coordinated program to assess the usefulness of battery impedance measurements as a maintenance tool. A newly developed impedance meter is being widely used to characterise the online cell and battery impedances of the range of lead-acid batteries used in the network. Early trends and some aspects associated with the use and interpretation of on-line impedance measurements are discussed. Encouraging results of the use of dynamic impedance measurement during discharge testing are also presented

Keywords

battery testers; electric impedance measurement; lead; maintenance engineering; portable instruments; secondary cells; testing; Pb; Pb-acid batteries; battery impedance measurement; discharge testing; dynamic impedance measurement; impedance meter; lead-acid batteries; maintenance; on-line impedance measurements; Australia; Battery charge measurement; Current measurement; Frequency measurement; Impedance measurement; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Particle measurements; Power system interconnection; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1994. INTELEC '94., 16th International

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2034-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.1994.396645

Filename

396645