Title :
High current testing of batteries
Author :
Shkuratov, S.I. ; Kristiansen, M. ; Dickens, J. ; Horrocks, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA
Abstract :
Different types of commercial batteries were tested in a high-current mode to determine which is the best in portable pulsed power applications. The testing of the batteries was performed in two regimes: short time regime (one second) and long time regime (one hundred seconds). Alkaline, carbon, lithium, lithium ion, lead acid and nickel cadmium batteries of different dimensions have been tested to determine the maximum usable power for short and long time modes. The resistance of the load was varied from 1 /spl Omega/ to 22 m/spl Omega/. Current-voltage characteristics are presented for sixteen different types of batteries. Data are given for maximum power per unit of weight and per unit of volume.
Keywords :
battery testers; lead acid batteries; primary cells; pulsed power supplies; secondary cells; testing; 1 ohm to 22 mohm; 1 s; 100 s; Li; Li batteries; Li-ion batteries; Ni-Cd; Ni-Cd batteries; Pb; Pb-acid batteries; alkaline batteries; carbon batteries; commercial batteries; high current testing; lead acid batteries; lithium batteries; lithium ion batteries; long time regime; nickel cadmium batteries; portable pulsed power applications; short time regime; Batteries; Cadmium; Current-voltage characteristics; Laboratories; Lithium; Nickel; Optical recording; Performance evaluation; System testing; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2001. PPPS-2001. Digest of Technical Papers
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7120-8
DOI :
10.1109/PPPS.2001.1001860
