Lead acid battery storage configurations for improved available capacity

Author

Casacca, Margaret A. ; Capobianco, Maria R. ; Salameh, Ziyad M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Lowell, MA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

1996

fDate

3/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

139

Lastpage

145

Abstract

Battery storage is a crucial element in alternative energy and electric vehicle systems. Three battery storage configurations: a conventional; a parallel; and a dual, were analyzed for both shallow cycle and deep cycle lead-acid batteries to determine if capacity improvement is achievable. Daily profiles for the weekly irradiance, daily loads, and ambient temperature are simulated. Cycle tests were performed monthly to determine the effect each configuration had on the available battery capacity. Results for each battery type differ. Available capacity was improved using the parallel configuration with shallow cycle batteries and the dual configuration with deep cycle batteries

Keywords

electrochemistry; lead; secondary cells; testing; Pb; Pb-acid secondary batteries; ambient temperature; available capacity; battery storage configurations; capacity improvement; conventional configuration; cycle tests; daily loads; daily profiles; deep cycle; dual configuration; parallel configuration; shallow cycle; weekly irradiance; Batteries; Control systems; Electric vehicles; Energy storage; Low voltage; Photovoltaic cells; Size control; Software testing; System testing; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/60.486588

Filename

486588