The effects of intermittent charging on VRLA battery life expectancy in telecom applications

Author

Waltari, Pekka ; Suntio, Teuvo ; Tenno, Ander ; Tenno, Robert

Author_Institution

ABB Oy, Service, Helsinki, Finland

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

121

Lastpage

127

Abstract

A survey of a 2.5-year testing of VRLA batteries at elevated ambient temperature of 43°C is reported. The batteries were charged using float charging and standby charging or intermittent charging principles. The goal of the research was to verify the assumed adverse effects of continuous float charging in respect to intermittent charging. No clear correlation with the charging modes was noticed. The shorter than expected life of VRLA batteries may be addressed to the shortages in charging procedures rather than to continuous float charging. It was also noticed that the ineffective charging might be more harmful when using intermittent charging than when using continuous float charging.

Keywords

lead acid batteries; telecommunication power supplies; 2.5 year; 43 C; Pb; Pb-acid valve regulated batteries; VRLA battery life expectancy; charging procedures; continuous float charging; ineffective charging; intermittent charging effects; telecom applications; Acceleration; Batteries; Control engineering; Electronic equipment testing; Glass; Laboratories; Life testing; Telecommunications; Temperature; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 2002. INTELEC. 24th Annual International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7512-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.2002.1048644

Filename

1048644