... Uric acid levels Lead is known to inhibit uric acid secretion thereby increasing serum uric acid levels Serum uric acid levels were therefore measured to use it as an indirect measure of lead ... there is no workplace regulation for lead exposure Therefore, workers at leadacidbattery units of the studied transport enterprises are clearly at high risk of lead exposure (Fig 5), as 39% of ... of blood lead in storage battery repair workers; owing to lack of facilities to measure blood lead levels δ-ALA is excreted normally in small amounts in urine, but levels increase with lead exposure...
... battery design, we must first understand how it will be used We will establish the power requirements for the battery from a previously reported electric vehicle design w17x for a leadacidbattery ... electrolyte diffusion and paste conductivity on leadacidbattery performance, J Power Sources 46 Ž1993 49–60 w12x D.B Edwards, P.W Appel, Modeling leadacid batteries that have positive electrodes ... Sources 85 (2000) 137–144 139 Table Battery design parameters Parameters Fig Critical volume fraction with material additives conductivity model, to estimate leadacidbattery performance over a wide...
... C/N1.1, Advancement of valve-regulated leadacidbattery technology for hybridelectric and electric vehicles, Final Report, July 2000 to June 2002 Advanced LeadAcidBattery Consortium, Research Triangle ... claims In suggesting that a carbon |lead acid HES device could offer improved performance over a standard VRLA battery, partly because of the replacement of the lead negative electrode with one ... performance of the carbon |lead acid HES device, due to the incorporation of lead into the carbon electrode, clearly makes it a stronger development proposition The presence of lead in the negative...
... potentials From Table it seems that H3PO4 and SnSO4 may be a good additive combination for the leadacidbattery The charging behaviour of the cell using H3PO4 and SnSO4 is very interesting The Sn2þ ... Table Potentiodynamic polarisation parameters for the corrosion of the negative plate (Pb) in leadacidbattery electrolyte with and without different mixed additives at 298 K Electrolyte Corrosion ... Potentiodynamic polarisation parameters for the corrosion of the positive plate (PbO2) in leadacidbattery electrolyte with and without different mixed additives at 298 K Electrolyte Corrosion...
... although its role is not clear and alloying elements in lead positive electrode current collectors in leadacid batteries are known to improve battery performance [4,5,16] Hence, the influence of ... electrolyte on the battery performance was also investigated Experimental All solutions were prepared with water from a Whatman Analyst Purifier, methanesulfonic acid (Aldrich) and lead carbonate ... ‘cauliflower’ form likely to be quite acceptable in battery operation Therefore, it can be concluded that ligninsulfonate is a levelling agent for lead in the battery electrolyte The next stage was to...
... collaboration by the Advanced LeadAcidBattery Consortium ŽALABC The Advanced LeadAcidBattery Consortium The responsibility for ensuring that the best possible leadracid batteries become available ... valve-regulated leadracid battery, is described in Section 3 Advances in valve-regulated lead r acid electricvehicle battery technology The major advances in the development of valve-regulated leadracid ... build a new generation of leadracid batteries As a starting point, it was decided that the electricvehicle battery must be maintenance free Thus, the flooded leadracid battery that was introduced...
... applicable in a leadacidbattery This is mainly because of the relatively heavy requirement for good corrosion resistance in leadacid batteries (i.e., at up to 2.5 V per cell in a leadacidbattery ... by 12 V, 30 Ah bipolar leadacid battery; sixteenth hour of PALC test Testing of 12 V 30 Ah bipolar leadacidbattery using PALC schedule The 12 V, 30 Ah bipolar leadacidbattery was discharged ... external cable connections, etc Fig Photograph of the bipolar leadacidbattery after assembly Fig Photograph of bipolar leadacidbattery under PALC testing 538 M Saakes et al / Journal of Power...
... used to model the bipolar leadacidbattery and also to use the results for up-scaling the battery This is the reason for ®tting the results of the 12 V bipolar leadacidbattery to an empirical ... low internalresistance of the 12 V module This resistance was as low as 44 mO using a HP milliohmmeter (measuring at 1000 Hz) In order to determine the Ragone plot for the bipolar leadacid battery, ... curve) and t 10 s (lower curve) for a 12 V bipolar leadacidbattery experiments, is a function of time For the 12 V bipolar leadacidbattery we measured the discharge power at t and t...
... of vacuum cooling Explanation Temperature peaks that lead to the production of burned lead come from points where the acid impacts on the lead oxide (Fig 4) At these points, the temperature rises ... reacting technology in terms of battery production These lead to: • higher initial capacity of the plates • better cold-start properties of the battery • better mechanical resistance of the plates • ... production of burned lead (monobasic lead sulfate) in an air-cooled system with the production results of a vacuum system that replaced the conventional plant The proportion of burned lead, thus the...
... Advanced LeadAcidBattery Consortium ŽALABC The leadacidbattery is often presented as an ancient technology with limited scope for improvement Although the traditional flooded leadacidbattery ... Advances in valve-regulated leadacid (VRLA) battery technology Uniquely, among the battery systems quoted as candidates for powering electric vehicles, the leadacidbattery is produced by well-established ... the battery is assembled, but are also intimately involved with the way the battery is charged The fundamental mechanisms of the function of the valve-regulated variant of the leadacid battery...
... OE present, the lead crystals adsorbed on the lead are quite large in diameter and are covered by the lead sulfate product Accordingly, the crystals not reduce completely to lead during the charging ... produced during discharge Thus, PbSO4 crystallization on the lead crystals is restrained A sulfate-free internal surface is preserved in the lead electrode (BET surface area ~ 0.5 m 2g - ~), and the ... lignin left behind Lignin found its application in the battery industry in the mid-1920s, but was then superseded by humie and lignin sulfonic acid products The pattern for the future development...
... tried to trim down the negative effect of the charge with high I1 current on the capacity of leadacidbattery negative plates through optimization of the second and third charge steps Fig presents ... plate is completely reduced to Pb The resistance of the model electrode was determined during the ®nal step of charge using Arbin software for internalresistance measurements employing a pulse ... current step, the resistance of the negative electrode decreases This resistance decrease depends on the potential at the second charge step With increase of the potential, j2, the resistance of...
... after cycling Table Specific surface area of NAM and battery capacity for the two types of batteries before and after cycling PbSb battery PbSnCa battery Surface (m2/g) Before cycling After cycling ... phenolic-OH The apparent increase of the life of the battery with 2.02% phenolic-OH content could be due to higher concentration of the carboxylic acid in the lignin One possible reason for the shorter ... determining the charge acceptance of the battery For the UP-414 family of expanders only the carboxylic and the phenolic groups influence the charge acceptance of the battery The next test to which the...
... utilization of the negative active material and reduces the internalresistance of the negative plate The results obtained during cycling of lead- acid cells under simulated HRPSoC duty show that addition ... of internalresistance of tested negative plates on SoC PASP in the electrolyte This difference is greatest on discharge with current C/3 and C/2 A Another important characteristic is the internal ... C/2 A Another important characteristic is the internalresistance of the negative plate Fig illustrates the effect of PASP on the internalresistance of the negative plate (measured by employing...
... against PCL 2.1 Experimental The PAM paste made from leady oxide powder (raw material of lead- acidbattery active material), water and sulfuric acid was filled into a hole (diameter: 25 mm, thickness: ... demonstrated in battery tests It is difficult to apply this type of alloy to the positive grid by casting It is because that Pb–1%Ca alloy is highly corrosive in sulfuric acid, so the battery life ... (-PbO2 corrosion layer), and that discharging of the corrosion layer causes the increase of internalresistance during discharge The change of discharge voltage of the cells under various interfacial...
... of lead coated Aluminum (Al) grids which result in a lightweight leadacidbattery The battery with lead (Pb) coated Al grids are 15% lighter in weight when compared to conventional leadacidbattery ... are met leadacid battery, however, these batteries are bulky and heavy One of the important criteria for selecting an aircraft battery is its weight There is an acute need for a leadacid battery, ... weight savings of 10-15% when compared to the conventional leadacidbattery This paper presents the use of Pb plated Al grids in a leadacidbattery for aircraft application The results on capacity,...
... prevents an increase in the internalresistance due to contact problems In a leadacid battery, lead dioxide as cathode has a very important role in performance of battery There are many reports ... bipolar leadacidbattery which in principle can be produced at low cost, and possess high specific power values Application of true bipolar electrodes in leadacid batteries causes to increase the battery ... to initial weight of leady oxide powder used for each cathode b1 = battery type 1, b2 = battery type 2, b3 = battery type 3, b4 = battery type The end-of-life of different battery types based...
... coke Polyacene AS 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 LeadLeadLeadLeadLead Expanded graphite +AS (1:1) Lead paste Li2SO4 Electrolyte Expanded graphite + AS/LizSO4 1/1 Lead paste/ electrolyte paste paste paste ... in the Shenyang Battery Plant, China, the Shenyang Battery Research Institute, China, and the Harbin Battery Plant, China, respectively The test results obtained in the Shenyang Battery Plant showed ... with wt.% composite additive m a d e in the Harbin Battery Plant o - - Specimen untreated I ~ - - o o 6-QA-60" ~ 50 ~ Type of battery 40 ]o Battery No ~ ~ 30 J Total voltage Test on starting...
... phenomenon leading to an acceleration of the capacity loss [12] This study proposes an innovative solution in order to improve both cycling life and performance of a very low cost leadacidbattery ... tested in order to improve the performances of leadacid batteries and, despite a significant increase of the performances at the beginning of the battery life, the main long-term drawback met ... Additives selected The selection of additives depends on numerous criteria in terms of porosity, resistance to acid and positive potential, dimensions, purity, weight, cost, etc Three kinds of additives...
... International LeadAcidBattery Seminar 17-19 ILZRO, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, 1991 [7] J.A Wertz, ALABC Project B-005.1 Final Report, January 2000 [8] P Ruetschi, Review on leadacidbattery ... Fig Solubility of lead sulfate in sulfuric acid at 258C The separator and additives Now the interaction between additives and the function of the separator in the leadacidbattery is examined ... caused by the deposition of colloidal lead particles It is also possible that these lead accumulations have their origin in dissolved lead The solubility of lead sulfate undergoes a dramatic shift...