Bipolar nickel-metal hydride battery for hybrid vehicles

Author

Reisner, David E. ; Klein, Martin

Author_Institution

Electro Energy Inc., Danbury, CT, USA

Volume

9

Issue

5

fYear

1994

fDate

5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

24

Lastpage

28

Abstract

Hybrid electric vehicles are receiving increased interest as an approach to decrease vehicle pollution, dependence, and consumption of liquid petroleum and meet forthcoming Government vehicle emission standards. A number of schemes are under consideration (heat engine battery, fuel cell battery, peaking battery, inner-city battery, etc.). The success of any of the approaches will be dependent on battery capabilities, i.e., power, density, life, and cost. The nickel-metal hydride system appears to be the most promising of the candidate battery chemistries. Preliminary designs and analysis have been prepared and are presented for various configurations. Initial performance characterization tests are presented. It is concluded that a bipolar package arrangement for the Ni-MH chemistry appears most suited for the hybrid vehicle application considered

Keywords

electric propulsion; electric vehicles; nickel compounds; secondary cells; Government policies; Ni-MH chemistry; Ni-metal hydride battery; bipolar package; cost; density; hybrid electric vehicles; hybrid vehicle application; life; performance characterization tests; power; vehicle emission standards; Battery powered vehicles; Chemistry; Costs; Fuel cells; Government; Heat engines; Hybrid electric vehicles; Oil pollution; Petroleum; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.282514

Filename

282514