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

fYear

1994

Firstpage

104

Lastpage

109

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

automobiles; bromine; electric propulsion; electric vehicles; electrolytes; secondary cells; zinc; T-Star; Zn-Br; Zn-Br battery; electric vehicle; high energy density battery; plastic bipolar electrode stacks; plastic storage tanks; zinc bromide electrolyte; zinc bromine battery; Additives; Anodes; Batteries; Control systems; Electric vehicles; Electrodes; Plastics; Temperature control; Testing; Zinc;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1994., Proceedings of the Ninth Annual

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1795-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BCAA.1994.283609

Filename

283609