Demonstration of a zinc bromine battery in an electric vehicle

Author

Swan, David H. ; Dickinson, Blake ; Arikara, Murali ; Tomazic, Gerd S.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

Volume

9

Issue

5

fYear

1994

fDate

5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

23

Abstract

The zinc bromine battery is a high energy density battery that utilizes low cost materials. The battery is of unique construction utilizing plastic storage tanks for the zinc bromide electrolyte and plastic bipolar electrode stacks. This paper briefly describes the zinc bromine battery technology and the experience gained in installing and operating an electric vehicle with this advanced system. The described electric vehicle (The "T-Star") was tested in March 1993 on the Chrysler Proving Grounds in Phoenix, Arizona and it participated in the May 1993 American Tour de Sol capturing second place over all and first place in the student division.<>

Keywords

electric propulsion; electric vehicles; secondary cells; zinc compounds; American Tour de Sol; Arizona; Chrysler; Phoenix; ZnBr; ZnBr battery; electric vehicle; high energy density battery; plastic bipolar electrode stacks; plastic storage tanks; student division; Additives; Batteries; Control systems; Costs; Electric vehicles; Plastics; Safety; Temperature control; Testing; Zinc;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.282513

Filename

282513