The art of battery charging

Author

Cope, Richard C. ; Podrazhansky, Yury

Author_Institution

Adv. Charger Technol., Norcross, GA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

233

Lastpage

235

Abstract

The demand for portable products is showing exponential growth with no end in immediate sight. Along with the overall growth in volume has come increased demand for greater features and functions. This combination has brought the issue of power management to the forefront of engineering design considerations. The overall success of a portable product will not only be dictated by its features and functions, it will also be influenced by how long it can perform before running out of power, the time it takes to return the batteries to full capacity and the life expectancy of the battery. Sound engineering design begins with a good working knowledge of batteries and battery charging techniques

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; battery chargers; design engineering; power supplies to apparatus; secondary cells; battery capacity; battery charging; battery life expectancy; charging techniques; engineering design considerations; portable products; power management; Batteries; Chemicals; Design engineering; Electrochemical processes; Electrodes; Nickel; Particle separators; Power engineering and energy; Subspace constraints; Surface resistance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1999. The Fourteenth Annual

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

ISSN

1089-8182

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4967-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BCAA.1999.795996

Filename

795996